Programme: Day 1
Wednesday 24 February 2021, 11:00 – 16:55 (UTC)
Note: all timings are in UK time (UTC). The exact timings and order may change slightly as more details are confirmed. Please visit these pages for up-to-date programme information.
Welcome and opening address
Host: Professor Alexandre Antonelli – Director of Science, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
11:00 – 11:05
Welcome from the host
11:05 – 11:12
Dr Kate Hardwick – Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ten ‘golden rules’ for reforestation
11:12 – 11:20
Dr Paul Smith – Secretary General, Botanic Gardens Conservation International
Tools to support reforestation
11:20 – 11:30
HRH The Prince of Wales
Welcome from Kew’s Patron
11:30 – 11:35
President Carlos Alvarado Quesada of Costa Rica
Keynote talk: Deforestation and reforestation in the tropics: The big picture
11:35 – 11:50
Jeremy Darroch – Executive Chairman, Sky Group
Opening words
11:50 – 11:55
Dame Amelia Fawcett – Chair of the Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Opening words
11:55 – 12:10
Short break and film: Kew and Colombia
Session 1: Planting for carbon – successes and challenges from across the globe
Global overview and international case studies, with panel Q&A
Chair: Dr Musonda Mumba – The Rome Center for Sustainable Development, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Kenya
12:10 – 12:15
Welcome to session 1
12:15 – 12:30
Professor Simon L. Lewis – University College London & University of Leeds, UK
Can we plant our way out of the climate crisis?
12:30 – 12:40
Dr Pedro H. S. Brancalion – University of São Paulo, Brazil
Case study 1: Maximizing biodiversity and carbon recovery in tropical forest restoration
12:40 – 12:50
Dr Susan Chomba – World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kenya
Case study 2: Where is the evidence needed for land restoration?
12:50 – 13:00
Lee Dudley – Woodland Trust, UK
Case study 3: Utilising the UK Woodland Carbon Code to address climate change
13:00 – 13:10
Professor John Herbohn – Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Case study 4: Challenges of community-based forest landscape restoration, with a case study on the Biliran Project, Philippines
13:10 – 13:35
Panel Q&A
13:35 – 14:00
Short break and film: Forest restoration by Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Gardens, Hong Kong
Session 2: The right trees in the right place – natives vs exotics
Presentations and panel debate
Chair: Dr Gunter A. Fischer – Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG), Hong Kong SAR, China
14:00 – 14:05
Welcome to session 2
14:05 – 14:15
Dr Baomiavotse Vahinala Raharinirina – Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Madagascar
The use of native and exotic species in large-scale tree planting in Madagascar
14:15 – 14:25
Dr Patricia M. Holmes – Cape Ecological Services & Stellenbosch University, South Africa
The problem of invasive alien trees in the Fynbos Biome, South Africa and the implications for restoration
14:25 – 14:35
Dr Martin Cheek – Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
Progress with a reforestation trial of African indigenous rainforest species in Republic of Congo
14:35 – 14:45
Mr Guaraci M. Diniz Jr. – Araribá Botanical Garden, Brazil
Restoring the flora and fauna in the semi-deciduous Atlantic Forest of Brazil
14:45 – 14:55
Dr Dia P. Shannon – Forest Restoration Research Unit, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
The framework species method: The concept and its efficacy for restoring tropical forest ecosystems
14:55 – 15:25
Panel debate
15:25 – 15:40
Short break and film: BGCI’s Tree Conservation Fund
Session 3: Biodiversity and reforestation – the funders’ perspective
Keynote talk and panel discussion
Chair: Dr Colin P. Clubbe – Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
15:40 – 15:45
Welcome to session 3
15:45 – 16:00
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez – Global Environment Facility, USA
Keynote talk: Funding priorities for global reforestation
16:00 – 16:45
Panel discussion
- Caroline van Tilborg – HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management, UK
- Abyd Karmali OBE – Bank of America, UK
- Chris Bawtree – Ground Control Ltd, UK
- Jessica Chalmers – WeForest ABSL, Belgium
- Dr Jean-Christophe Vié – Foundation Franklinia, Switzerland
- Carlos Manuel Rodriguez – Global Environment Facility, USA
Day 1 summing up
16:45 – 16:55
Professor Alexandre Antonelli – Director of Science, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
