Congress Update
- Download the Second Announcement (PDF 121K) Date: 13-Feb-2008
- Download the Second Announcement in Portuguese (PDF 120K) Date: 18-Feb-2008
- Download the Second Announcement in Spanish (PDF 120K) Date: 18-Feb-2008
- Download the First Announcement (PDF 367K) Date: 04-May-2007
Congress Objectives
The 2nd World Congress on Agroforestry will assess opportunities to leverage scientific agroforestry in promoting sustainable land use worldwide. The Congress will serve as a forum for agroforestry researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers from around the world to:
- Share new research findings, lessons, experiences, and ideas that will help influence decisions that impact on livelihoods and the global environment
- Explore new opportunities and cement exiting partnerships in agroforestry research, education, training, and development
- Form new networks and communities of practice, and nurture old ones
Program
The overall Congress theme is "Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use". Plenary, symposia, concurrent sessions, and poster sessions will be organized around different major topics, based on the following:
- Markets as opportunities and drivers of agroforestry land use
- Tree-based rehabilitation of degraded lands and watersheds
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation
- Agroforestry's contribution to a multifunctional agriculture combining productivity with environmental sustainability
- Policy options and institutional innovations for agroforestry land use
We invite interested persons to submit suggestions for technical sessions or abstracts for papers
before the following deadlines:
Deadline for proposing technical sessions: 31st March 2008
Deadline for submitting paper abstracts (300 words maximum): 31st August 2008
You may submit your proposal to wca2009@cgiar.org
Expected Outputs
Planned publications include a summary document, a book of abstracts, refereed journal articles, journal special issues, and books on the key topics covered in the symposia and technical sessions. A declaration that embodies the substance of Congress deliberations will be developed as a tool for discussions with policy makers and donor agencies to advance the cause of agroforestry worldwide.
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