Restoration 
Plantations and tree crop commodities 
Enhanced nutrition and food security 
Biodiversity, safeguarding and conservation 
Nationally determined contributions 
Bioenergy and biomaterials 
Blue carbon and peatlands 
Climate change adaptation 
Landscape governance 
Gender 
Silvopastoral systems 
Market-based agroforestry-forestry 
Farm-forest policy interface 
Agroecology 
Livelihood trajectory modelling and assessment 
Inclusive finance and business models 
Innovating finance for sustainable landscapes 
Public and private commitments to zero deforestation 
Orphan tree crops 
Effectiveness of approaches to sustainable supply 
Quality of FTA research for development 
Sentinel landscapes 
Foresight 
Seeds and seedlings delivery systems 
Smallholder tree-crop commodities 
Presentations from the Final Validation Online Expert Workshop (23-24 November 2021)
Full report from the workshop can be accessed here
Day 1
- James Roshetko – Innovative Technologies, Main Findings
- James Roshetko – Innovative Technologies, Recommendations
Day 2
- Yves Laumonier – Primary Forests in Asia and the Pacific: Diversity, Status, Trends and Threats
- Alexandre Meybeck – Towards a Roadmap for Primary Forest Conservation
Presentations from the Online Expert Workshop (23-25 March 2021)
Full report from the workshop can be accessed here
Introduction:
Keynote address:
Expert presentations:
- Li Diqiang, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, the Chinese Academy of Forestry: The diversity, extent and status of primary forests in China and their importance for biodiversity conservation.
- Ate Poortinga, Senior scientist for the Servir-Mekong Project, Thailand will give a presentation entitled: Mapping forest disturbances using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
- Rajan Kotru, Lead Strategist Trestle Management Advisors & Fellow of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD): Diversity, extent and status of primary forests in India.
- Jalesi Mateboto, Land Resources Division, Pacific Community (SPC): Diversity, extent and status of primary forests in the Pacific Island countries.
Session 2. Increasing pressures on primary forests
Expert presentations:
- Nguyen Manh Hiep, Vietnam Administration of Forestry: Natural forest in Viet Nam.
- Lilik Budi Prasetyo, Professor at the Division of environmental analysis and geospatial modelling, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University, Indonesia: Disturbance of forest ecosystem in Indonesia.
- Jennica Masigan, Center for Conservation Innovations Ph Inc., the Philippines: Extent of forest cover change in West Mt. Bulanjao and Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Palawan.
Introduction to breakout group discussions:
Session 3. Priority areas for primary forest conservation
Introduction:
Expert presentations:
- Edward Game, Lead Scientist for the Asia Pacific Region in The Nature Conservancy: The Nature Conservancy.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, from the TropicalMap Research Group, Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia: Geospatial technology for identifying and mapping priority areas of primary forest for conservation in Malaysia.
- Riina Jalonen, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT: Conservation priorities for native Asian tree species from a multi-threat assessment.
Session 4. Primary forests: governance tools in the Asia-Pacific region
Introduction:
Keynote address:
Expert presentations:
- Vongvilay Vongkhamsao, Director of the Forestry Research Centre, National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF): Policies and directions for primary forest conservation in Lao PDR.
- Ricardo Calderon, Executive Director of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO): Role of AFoCO to support primary forest conservation in Asia.
- Tetra Yanuariadi, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO): Sustaining tropical timber trade: ITTO’s roles in preventing illegal logging and supporting primary forest conservation in Asia and the Pacific.
Conclusion of Day 2:
Keynote address:
Presentations from the Online Expert Workshop (Nov 30th, Dec 1st and Dec 3rd 2020)
Full report from the workshop can be accessed here
- James Roshetko, ICRAF/FTA, Indonesia: Introduction to Day 1
- Junqi Wu, Director of Communications, International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR), China: Harmonized system code for monitoring international trade of bamboo and rattan
- Tony Page, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia: Development and deployment of teak germplasm in Papua New Guinea [pdf]
- Jalaluddin Harun, former Director General of Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) and Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM): Rubberwood – Valuable source of plantation grown timber for high value-added products in Malaysia
- Bas Louman, Programme coordinator, Tropenbos International, the Netherlands: Innovative finance for forestry
- Dr Vu Tan Phuong, Deputy Director in Charge of international cooperation, Academy of Forest Sciences, Vietnam: Forest technologies application in Vietnam
- Wu Shengfu, National Forest Products Industry Association, China: Innovative practices in the woodworking industry in China
- Oliver Coroza, Center for Conservation Innovations Ph, the Philippines: Geospatial solutions to conservation
- James Roshetko, ICRAF/FTA, Indonesia: Introduction to Day 2
- Lok Mani Sapkota, RECOFTC, Nepal: Social innovations in community forestry: an application and success case from Nepal
- Andrew Lowe, University of Adelaide, Australia: Using DNA to identify illegal and conflict timber in global supply chains
- Lobzang Dorji, Director of the Department of Forest and Park Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Bhutan: Use of innovative technologies in sustainable forest management in Bhutan
- James Roshetko, ICRAF/FTA, Indonesia: Introduction to Day 3
