Policies against tropical deforestation

Organisers:

Bård Harstad (UiO) and Torfinn Harding (NHH)

Abbreviations:

  • Cemaden: National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters, Brazil
  • INPE: National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
  • KLD: Ministry of Climate and Environment, Oslo 
  • NHH: Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen
  • UIO: University of Oslo, Oslo
Programme
09:00-09:15

Welcome by Bård Harstad and Torfinn Harding

09:15-10:00

NICFI ten years: Results and challenges
Per Fredrik Ilsaas Pharo, KLD

10:00-10:15

Coffee

10:15-11:00

Commodity prices and land regulation in Brazil
Torfinn Harding, NHH

A study of Bolsa Verde
Liana Anderson, INPE and Cemaden

 

11:00-11:15

Coffee

11:15-12:00 Economic theory and REDD
Bård Harstad, UiO
12:00-13:15 

Lunch

13:15-14:00

Satellite monitoring and law enforcement in Brazil
Sacha Siani, INPE

Deforestation and regrowth across small and large properties in Brazil
Bruna Pechini, INPE

14:00-14:15

Coffee

14:15-15:00 On the way forward - what research is needed?
Lars Andreas Lunde, Norad
15:00-16:00

Discussion