Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St. James’ Square, London. Thursday 17th – Friday 18th January 2008

AGENDA
Thursday 17th January
09.00 – 09.30 Keynote speaker: Phil Woolas, Minister for the Environment,
UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
 
09.30 – 10.15 EU FLEGT Action Plan update
Speakers: Julia Falconer, European Commission – Action Plan and VPA
negotiations status update; Ralph Ridder, European Forest Institute –
FLEGT Support Team.
10.15 – 11.30 Lacey Act and Additional Legislative Options
Speakers: Chip Murray, Deputy General Counsel American Forest and
Paper Association; Esa Puustjarvi, Indufor – Additional Legislative
Options Impact Assessment; John Bazill, European Commission.
11.30 – 12.00 Refreshment break
Rövid a szünet után
Voluntary Partnership Negotiations
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12.00 – 13.30 Africa VPA partner country updates and preparations
Speakers: Chris Beeko, Ghana Forestry Commission; Adonis Milol, IUCN
Cameroon – VPA preparations; James Mayers, IIED – Ghana VPA
impact assessment.
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.30 Asia VPA partner country updates and preparations
Speakers: Tran Kim Long, Deputy Director General International
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam;
Jozsef Micski, EC-Indonesia FLEGT Support Project, Jakarta –
Indonesian VPA impact assessment.
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15.30 – 16.00 Refreshment break
16.00 – 17.45 Forest Governance Initiatives and Research
Speakers: Carlos Aragon, Senior Advisor, Amazon Cooperation Treaty
Organization – ALFA initiative; Bill Magrath, World Bank – Timber Theft
Prevention; Caroline Stein, Timber Trade Action Plan and Neil Bird,
Verifor; Guido Broekhoven, IUCN; Sam Lawson, EarthSight – Uganda
report; Duncan Brack, Chatham House – Environmental Crime Workshop
report.
18.00 – 19.00 Drinks reception
Friday 18th January
09.30 – 11.00 Public Procurement Policies
Speakers: Rachel Butler, CPET; Federico Lopez Casero, IGES; Wolfgang
Richart, Greenpeace International - MTCC and the issue of legal origin.
11.00 – 11.30 Refreshment break
11.30 – 13.00 Democratic Republic of Congo Panel
Speakers: Reiner Tegtmeyer, Global Witness; DRC Government
representative; Françoise Van De Ven, Fédération des Industriels du Bois
en RDC; Alison Hoare, Chatham House.
Az ebédszünet előtt
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Certification and private sector initiatives
Speakers: Mr. Li Mingqi, Deputy Director General of Science and
Technology Development Center, State Forestry Auth; Datuk Sam
Manan, Director of Forestry, Sabah; John White, UK Timber Trade
Federation – finance for verified and certified operators.

15.30 – 16.00 Refreshment break
16.00 – 17.30 Reduced Emissions from Avoided Deforestation and
Degradation (REDD)
Speakers: Jade Saunders, Chatham House, Ruth Nussbaum, ProForest;
John Lanchbery, RSPB.