2009/10 Katoomba XV Meeting - Integrated Solutions: Water, Biodiversity and Terrestrial Carbon in West Africa (Accra, Ghana)

Beyond Carbon: Integrated Solutions: Water, Biodiversity, and the Clean Development Mechanism

Ecosystem Marketplace, 2009

Carbon and Land-Use: The Economies of Cocoa, Timber and Agriculture

Ecosystem Marketplace, 2009

8:00—9:00am

9:00—10:30am

Master of Ceremonies: Jonathan Allotey, Executive Director, Environment Protection Agency, Ghana

• Michael Jenkins, President and CEO, Forest Trends & the Katoomba Group 
• Dr. Omane Boamah, Deputy Minister of Environment, Technology and Science, Government of Ghana  

10:30—11:00am

11:00am—12:30pm

Moderator: Mohammad Rafiq, Senior Vice President, Rainforest Alliance 

• Sachin Kapila, Group Biodiversity Advisor, Shell International Limited: “A Private Sector Perspective on Emerging Environmental Markets” 
• Mariano Cenamo, Executive Director, IDESAM, Brazil: “Forests, Climate and Carbon” 
• Ken Norris, Director, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading: “Exploring the Potential for „Cocoa Carbon‟ in Ghana” 
• Discussion

12:30pm –1:30pm

1:30-3:15pm

Moderator: Victor Agyeman, Director, Forestry Reseach Institute of Ghana (FORIG)

• Andre Aquino, BioCarbon Fund and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, World Bank

• Josep Gari, Technical Adviser for Natural Resources and Ecosystems, UNDP Africa: “The Status of REDD Readiness in Africa”

• Lucio Pedroni, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Decisions: “National REDD Architecture Options” 

• Alain Karsenty, Economist, Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique por le Developpement (CIRAD), France: “REDD and PES Perspectives in Central Africa” 

3:15—3:45pm

3:45-5:30pm

Moderator: Jacob Olander, Director, Katoomba Incubator, Forest Trends 

• Bernard Mercer, Chief Executive, Forests Philanthropy Action Network (FPAN): “Terrestrial Carbon: Lessons from FPAN‟s African Project” 

• Michael Coren, Forestry and Carbon Markets Specialist, Climate Focus: “The Potential for an Agricultural Carbon Facility for Africa”

• Edward Yeboah, Soil Research Institute, Ghana, and Phil Covell, Business Analyst, Forest Trends: “Biochar – Prospects for Africa.” 

6:30- 7:30pm

Hosted by the Katoomba Ecosystem Services Incubator and NCRC

7:30 - 9:00pm

Chair: Michael Brown, President, Satya Development International

DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 - BEYOND CARBON

8:3o—9:00am

WELCOME & RECAP ON DAY 1  

Tunde Morakinyo, Principal Consultant, ERM

9:00—10:45am

Moderator: Mr. Nick Westcott, British High Commissioner to Ghana

• Kerry ten Kate, Director, Business and Biodiversity Offset Program (BBOP), Forest Trends, and Amrei Von Hase, Science Coordinator, BBOP, Forest Trends: “Biodiversity Offsets and Conservation Banking: A Tool for West Africa” 

• Abdulai Barrie, Environmental Consultant, Bumbuna Hydro Electric Project, Sierra Leone: “Hydroelectricity and Biodiversity Off-setting – a Case Study from Sierra Leone.” 

• Christopher Holmes, Technical Director Madagascar Country Program, Wildlife Conservation Society: “Linkages between Biodiversity and REDD: the Makira Forest Protected Area, Madagascar” 

10:45–11:15am

11:15–1:00pm

PAYMENTS FOR HYDROLOGICAL, COASTAL AND MARINE SERVICES   

Moderator: Professor Chris Gordon, Africa Wetlands Centre, University of Ghana

• Yadvinder Malhi, Professor of Ecosystem Science, University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment: “Water, Weather and West Africa‟s Forests” 

• Gordon Ajonina, Mangrove & Wetlands Management Expert, National Programme Coordinator, Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society (CWCS): “PES for Mangroves and Wetlands” 

• Winnie Lau, Program Manager, MARES Program, Forest Trends: “International Experience with Marine PES” 

1:00—2:00pm

2:00–3:45pm

Facilitator: Phil Franks, Coordinator, CARE Poverty, Environment, and Climate Change Network, CARE International 

• Kyeretwie Opoku, Executive Director, Civic Response: “Regional Challenges and Opportunities for Pro-poor REDD”

• ;Kumeah Asaaf, National Climate Change Secretariat, Liberia, and Chris Neyor, Energy Advisor, Office to the President, Liberia : “Legal and Institutional Aspects of Pro-Poor REDD”

• Mark Ellis-Jones, Programme Coordinator, Equity and Efficiency in Payments for Ecosystem Services, CARE International: “Potential Pro-Poor Benefit Sharing Mechanisms” 

2. REDD/CARBON MEASUREMENT, MONITORING, REPORTING & VERIFICATION (MRV) 

Facilitator: Joerg Seifert-Granzin, Senior Advisor Climate Change and Environmental Services, Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN), Bolivia

• Yadvinder Malhi, Professor of Ecosystem Science, University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment: “Developing a Carbon Map for Ghana” 

• Johannes Eberling, Independent Consultant, Madagascar: “The Challenge of Accounting for Forest Degradation” 

• Mariano Cenamo, Executive Director, IDESAM: “Lessons from the Juma Project, Brazil”

3. TREE CROPS: LINKING REDD WITH FARMERS AND TREE PLANTING 

Facilitator: Frank Hicks,Vice President Investment Opportunities, BioLogical Capital, Biological Capital 

• Jim Gockowski, Technical Leader Regional Program, Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP): “Cocoa Carbon – Potential and Challenges in West Africa” 

• Paul C.K. Buah, President, Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union, and Nicholas Adjei-Gyan, Research and Development Officer, Kuapa Kokoo Ltd: “Cocoa Farmer Perspectives”

• Tony Lass, MBE, Sourcing Advisor for Cadbury plc : “Cocoa Buyer Perspectives on the Ghana Cocoa Carbon Initiative” 

4:15–5.30pm

7:30pm

Nguyen Tuan Phu, Director, Agriculture Department, Office of the Government of Vietnam

PRIVATE MEETING - October 8-10,
Coconut Grove Beach Resort, Elmina, Ghana

DAY 1: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 

12:00-1:00pm

1:00 – 2:45pm

Moderator: Raphael Yeboah, Executive Director, Forestry Services Division, Forestry Commission, Government of Ghana 

• Will Garrett, Senior Consultant, Camco, Kenya: “East African Experience with Sustainable Charcoal and Carbon Finance”

• Victor Mombu, Program Director, NCRC Ghana, and James Ohemeng, Katoomba Incubator West Africa: “”

2:45 – 3:15pm

3:15 – 5:00pm

Moderator: Odigha Odigha, Chairman, Cross River State Forestry Commission, Nigeria

• Musah Abu-Juam, Forestry Commission, Ghana: “Policy and Financial Mechanisms for Scaling up Climate Action in Agricultural Landscapes” 

• Joerg Seifert-Granzin, Senior Advisor Climate Change and Environmental Services, Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN), Bolivia, and Keith Shepherd, Senior Scientist, World Agroforestry Centre, World Agroforestry Centre: “Monitoring and Measuring Carbon at the Landscape Scale” 

• Sara Scherr, Ecoagriculture Partners: “Institutional Challenges for Engaging Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists in Landscape-scale Carbon Initiatives”

5:30 –7:30pm

Chair: Michael Jenkins, President and CEO Forest Trends

6:30-7:30pm

7:30-9:00pm

Moderator: Kwala Kemeur Woeli, Chief Director, Ministry of Energy, Government of Ghana

• Nana Kofi Adu-Nsiah, Executive Director, Wildlife Division, Ghana, and Winnie Lau, Program Manager, MARES Program, Forest Tends: “Potential Marine and Coastal PES Options in the Context of Ghana‟s West Coast Conservation Initiative” 

• Odigha Odigha, Chairman, Cross Rivers State Forestry Commission, Nigeria, and Tunde Morakinyo, Principal Consultant, ERM: “Lessons from Nigeria‟s Oil and Gas Experience” 

• Peter Anderson, representing Hon Samia Nkrumah, Member of Parliament, Jomoro Constituency: “Regional and Local Stakeholder Perspectives”