Program
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Program
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| Friday August 31 - Day 1
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| 8:00 - 8:50 | Registration of Forum Participants
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| Opening Session Chair: Sveinn Runólfsson, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland |
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| 9:00 - 9:15 | Opening Address: Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Mr. Einar K. Gudfinnsson
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| 9:15 - 10:00 | Addresses from International Organizations - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Parviz Koohafkan - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Goodspeed Kopolo - Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),Jaime Webbe, - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Gemma Shepherd -European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Luca Montanarella
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| 10:00 – 10:10 | Forum Introduction, Context and Objectives Andrés Arnalds, Chair of Forum Organizing Committee
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| 10:10 - 10:30 | Introduction to Forum Working Groups: Themes and Objectives
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break
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| Session 1: Setting the Stage: Soils, Society and Global Change – The Global Perspectives
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| 11:00 - 11:20 | Soils and the Living Earth Ólafur Arnalds, Agricultural University of Iceland
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| 11:20 - 11:40 | Global Land Degradation:l State, Risks and Prospects under Global Change Uriel Safriel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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| 11:40 - 12:00 | The Global Social and Ethical Context of Sustainable Land Management Maryam Niamir-Fuller, UNDP
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| 12:00 - 12:20 | Questions and Discussion
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| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Break
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| Session 1: Setting the Stage: Soils, Society and Global Change – The Regional and Local Perspectives Chair: Roger Crofts, Scotland
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| 13:30 - 13:45 | Land Degradation/Desertification, Society and Global Change in Latin America Elena María Abraham (IADIZA) and Ricardo Villalba (IANIGLA), Argentina
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| 13:45 - 14:00 | Agriculture – a Poverty Trap in Dry Lands? Sem Shikongo, Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Iceland and the Global Picture Andrés Arnalds, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Panel Discussion: Questions and Discussion
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| 14:55 - | Field Seminar (Hólaskógur – Hekluskógar – Gunnarsholt)
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Dinner at SCS Headquarters in Gunnarsholt
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| Saturday September 1 - Day 2
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| Session 2: Healthy Soils - Supporting Food Security, Water Provision, Poverty Reduction and Biodiversity Chair: Magnús Jóhannesson, Ministry for the Environment, Iceland
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| 8:30 - 8:50 | Agriculture, Land and Global Changes Parviz Koohafkan, FAO
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| 8:50 - 9:10 | Land Degradation and Sustainable Management of Water Resources Zafar Adeel, UNU-INWEH
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| 9:10 - 9:30 | The Role of Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Land Management for Biodiversity Ása L. Aradóttir, Agricultural University of Iceland
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| 9:30 - 9:50 | Capacity Building for Developing National Legal Policy Frameworks for Soil Conservation and Protection Ian Hannam, University of New England, Australia
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| 9:50 - 10:20 | Coffee Break
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| 10:20 - 10:40 | A Global Systems Approach for Healthy Soils Michael Stocking, University of East Anglia, UK
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| 10:40 - 11:00 | The Economics of Ecosystem Services Mélanie Requier-Desjardins, OSS, Tunisia
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Questions and Discussion
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | Lunch Break
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| Session 3: Mitigating Climate Change Through Restoration of Degraded Land Chair: Brynhildur Davidsdottir, University of Iceland
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| 13:00 - 13:20 | Mitigating Climate Change through Combating Soil Degradation and Desertification Rattan Lal, The Ohio State University, USA
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| 13:20 - 13:40 | Carbon Finance and MDGs Anna Tengberg, UNDP
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| 13:40 - 14:00 | Harnessing Carbon Finance for Land Restoration – Can It Be Done and Will It Work?Richard Tipper, Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management, UK
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| 14:00 - 14:20 | Opportunities for Climate Change Mitigation in Agriculture: A Semi-Quantitative Assessment of Costs and Reduction Levels Louis Verchot, ICRAF
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| 14:20 - 14:40 | Can Iceland Become a Carbon Neutral Country by Reducing Emissions and Restoring Degraded Land? Anna María Ágústsdóttir (SCS), Árni Bragason (Línuhönnun) and Andrés Arnalds (SCS)
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| 14:40 - 15:10 | Questions and Discussion
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| 15:10 - 15:40 | Coffee Break
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| 15:40 - 17:30 | Parallel Working Group Sessions
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| 19:00 | Dinner at Hotel Selfoss
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| 20:00 – 22:00 | Open Discussion on the Icelandic Land Restoration Training Programme
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| Sunday September 2 - Day 3
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| Session 4: Creating an Enabling Environment Chair: Sizwe Mkhize, National Department of Agriculture, South Africa
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| 8:30 - 8:50 | Our Covenant with Earth: the Contribution of Soil Ethics to Our Planetary Future J. Ronald Engel, Center for Humans and Nature, Indiana, USA
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| 8:50 - 9:10 | Learning and Knowing Our Way to Better Land Care Andrew Campbel, Triple Helix Consulting, Australia
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| 9:10 - 9:30 | Engaging Stakeholders in Integrated Natural Resource Management: Experiences and Lessons from Landcare Delia Catacutan and Joseph Tanui, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Philippines
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| 9:30 – 9:40 | Reading the Landscape Gunnar Bjarnason, Agricultural Council of Faroe Islands
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| 9:40 – 10:10 | Coffee Break
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| 10:10 – 10:30 | Incentives and Disincentives: A Systematic Approach Paul Martin, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law - University of New England
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| 10:30 – 10:50 | Global Gender Issues and Sustainable Land Management Mirey Atallah, UNDP
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| 10:50 – 11:20 | Questions and Discussion
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| 11:30 – 12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Parallel Working Group Sessions
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| 14:00 – 14:15 | Break
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| 14:15 – 15:30 | Parallel Working Group Sessions
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| 15:30 – 15:50 | Coffee Break
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| 16:00 – | Field Seminar (Thorlákshöfn – Hengill – Ölkelduháls – Gígahnjúkar – Skarðsmýrarfjall)Jointly Organized by the Reykjavík Energy and the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland
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| 19:00 | Light Dinner at the Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant (Reykjavík Energy)
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| Monday September 3 - Day 4 | |
| 8:30 - 10:00 | Parallel Working Group Sessions
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | Parallel Working Group Sessions
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| 12:00 - 12:30 | Parallel Working Group Sessions: Wrap Up
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| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch
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| Session 5: Working Group Reports and Discussion
Chair: Anton Imeson, Amsterdam University, Netherlands
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| 13:30 - 14:20 | Reports by Working Group Chairs
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| 14:20 – 15:30 | Discussion on Working Group Reports
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| 15:30 - 16:30 | Coffee Break
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| Session 6: Forum Conclusions, Recommendations and Discussion
Chair: Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir, Agricultural University of Iceland – the Icelandic Land Restoration Training Programme |
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| 16:30 - 16:50 | Forum Conclusions and Recommendations
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| 16:50 – 17:30 | Discussion on Forum Conclusions and Recommendations
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| 18:30 - | Forum Dinner at Hotel Selfoss
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| Tuesday September 4 - Day 5
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| Closing Session: Centennial Celebratory Event
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| 10:00 -10:20 | Celebratory Speech His Excellency the President of Iceland, Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
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| 10:20 – 10:35 | Iceland’s Century of Conserving and Restoring Soil and Vegetation Sveinn Runólfsson, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland
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| 10:35 – 10:45 | Soil Conservation in Iceland: Celebrating a Century and Looking Forward Roger Crofts, Scotland
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| 10:45 – 11:00 | Addresses from Icelandic Organizations - The Iceland Forest Service, Thröstur Eysteinsson - The Icelandic Farmers Association, Sigurgeir Thorgeirsson
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| 11:00 -11:15 | International Forum on Soils, Society and Global Change – Results from Forum Roger Crofts, Scotland
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| 11:15 -11:45 | Addresses by International Organizations - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Olav Kjørven - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Halldór Thorgeirsson, - United Nations University (UNU), Zafar Adeel, - Clinton Foundation, Jan Hartke
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| 11:45 – 12:00 | Common Ground for 21st Century Conservation Dana York, Associate Chief USDA-NRCS
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| 12:00 – 12:20 | Honorary Speech Rajendra K Pachauri, DG of TERI and Chairman IPCC
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| 12:20 | Closing Remarks Andrés Arnalds, Chair of Forum Organizing Committee, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland |
