Opening Day

Monday, 24th August 2009 - Plenary Sessions and Symposia

Plenary Symposium
Agroforestry – The Future of Global Land Use
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Film: Trees for Life
A story of agroforestry in Malawi
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Welcome
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director, United Nations Environmental Programme
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Introducing the Conference Theme
Dennis Garrity, Director General, World Agroforestry Centre
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Keynote address
Nobel Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, Green Belt Movement
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Host Country Address
H.E Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka Vice President Republic of Kenya (on behalf of the President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Hon. Mwai Kibaki
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Keynote address on Congress Theme 1
Agroforestry for an ever-green revolution
MS Swaminathan, Founder, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
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Keynote address on Congress Theme 2
Environmental resilience and agroforestry
Richard Leakey, Chairman, Wildlife Direct
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Keynote address on Congress Theme 3
Key policy issues for agroforesty
Sara Scherr, President, Ecoagriculture Partners
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Public-private partnerships and agroforestry
Navin Sharma, ITC, India
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Panel discussion: How can agroforestry rise to the challenges?
Moderator: Ravi Prabhu (UN-REDD)
Jan Heino, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Coosje Hoogendoorn, Director General, INBAR
Ambika Upadhyay, ITC, India
Nyaga Mwai, Dairy Goat Association of Kenya
Aissetou Yaye, African Network for Agriculture, Agrorestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE)
Abdon Nababan, AMAN
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