SUMMIT VIDEO RECORDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

Opening Session

Alen Amirkhanian, Director, AUA Acopian Center for the Environment

Jeanmarie Papelian, Executive Director, Armenia Tree Project

Opening Session

Nikol Pashinyan, RA Prime Minister

Keynote Speaker

Anthony Davis, Interim Dean and Professor, College of Forestry, Oregon State University
Topic: Armenia’s Future and Forests (Download presentation)

Panel 1

Topic: Key Challenges and Opportunities for Armenia to Protect and Increase its Forest Coverage: Institutional, Human, and Technical Aspects

Panel 2

Topic: Rural Energy Demand, Poverty, and Forest Conservation: How to Make Progress on All Fronts

Panel 3

Topic: Forestry-Sector Initiatives Supported by International Organizations: A Critical Overview of Impacts and Gaps

Panel 4

Topic: Special Focus on Biodiversity Conservation including Invasive Species and the Challenges They Raise for Armenia’s Forests

Panel Session

Topic: Financing Mechanisms for Forest Conservation, Restoration and Afforestation

Speaker

Dr. Omri Bonneh, Interim Chief Forester, KKL-JNF, Israel
Topic: Afforestation and Reforestation in Semi-Arid Landscapes – The Israeli Perspective (Download presentation)

Speaker

Mr. David Mathenge, Green Belt Movement, Kenya
Topic: Green Belt Movement and the Kenyan Forest Governance Success – Mobilizing Communities (Download presentation)

Speaker

Dr. Maya Nehme, Executive Director, Lebanon Reforestation Initiative, Lebanon
Topic: Lebanese Reforestation Initiative: Success in Steering the Policy Sail (Download presentation)

Parallel Panel 1