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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
  • Abstract Submission (online): Deadline 30 October 2008.
  • Abstract Review by Session Leaders: Deadline: 30 November 2008.
  • Confirmation to Authors: Deadline: 31 December 2008.
  • Abstract revision and confirmation of participation: Deadline: 28 February 2009. Authors may revise their abstracts online, secure funding, and confirm their participation.
  • Programme Finalization: Deadline: 31 March 2009.

All enquiries 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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