If you’re at the World Water Week this year, come see SIANI and partners to learn about the many benefits of forests to water and agriculture and their future.
We will highlight the mechanisms behind the benefits at the global, regional and local scale as well as potential trade-offs and synergies. The session will include real-world examples of the effects of forests and deforestation, and a panel discussion on how to ensure the lessons learned are taken up, including bridging different sectors, overcoming challenges and making the business case for changing practices.
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Agenda
Welcome/introduction
Moderator – Maria Ölund (Focali)
Opening remarks
Amy Duchelle – Senior Forestry Officer (FAO)
PART 1: “Forests and water: From complex mechanisms to benefits for agriculture”
This section will highlight the mechanisms behind the benefits that forests provide to agriculture through their impact on the water cycle at different scales, as well as how they may also result in tradeoffs and synergies.
- Global and regional scales – Dr. David Ellison (SLU)
- National and sub-national scales – Dr. Rafaela Flach (SEI)
PART 2: “Forests for agriculture in action”
This section will feature short presentations from around the world on the benefits provided by forests to agriculture through their impact on the water cycle.
- Deforestation and reduction of rainy season in Brazil – Dr. Gabrielle Pires (Viçosa University, Brazil)
- Restoration and water in Ethiopia – Nesibu Yahya, (WeForest Ethiopia)
- Extreme heat and worker health – Dr. Nicholas Wolff (The Nature Conservancy)
- Agroforestry systems and livelihoods in Burkina Faso – Dr. Aida Bargues-Tobella (AGROTECNIO-CERCA Center & SLU)
PART 3: “Building bridges across sectors and upscaling”
This part will be an interactive panel section on how we can better implement actions that consider the benefits of forests for water and agriculture. Panellists will discuss challenges, cross-sectoral engagement and ways forward to incentivise changes to current practices that are siloed and undervalue the benefits that forests provide for agriculture.
- Sara Casallas – Forestry Officer (FAO)
- Dr. Malin Lundberg Ingemarsson – Research Advisor (Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI)
- Edith Paredes – Director (Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, ACTO)
- Dr. Selorm Kugbega – Research Fellow (SEI – SIANI)
Closing remarks
Speaker TBA
Session ID + Location
Online participation: Session ID 12241
In-person: Location: C3, Level 2
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