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The 2nd World Congress on Agroforestry will assess opportunities
to leverage scientific agroforestry in promoting sustainable land
use worldwide. The Congress will serve as a forum for agroforestry
researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers from around
the world to:
Share new research findings, lessons, experiences, and ideas that
will help influence decisions that impact on livelihoods and the global
environment
Explore new opportunities and strengthen existing partnerships in
agroforestry research, education, training, and development
Form new networks and communities of practice, and nurture old ones
Program
The overall Congress theme is "Agroforestry - The Future of
Global Land Use". Plenary, symposia, concurrent sessions, and
poster sessions will be organized around different major topics,
based on the following:
- Markets as opportunities and drivers of agroforestry land use
- Tree-based rehabilitation of degraded lands and watersheds
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation
- Agroforestry's contribution to a multifunctional agriculture
combining productivity with environmental sustainability
- Policy options and institutional innovations for agroforestry
land use
We invite interested persons to submit suggestions for technical
sessions or abstracts for papers before the following deadlines:
- Deadline for proposing technical sessions: 31st March
2008
- Abstract submission(online): by 30th November 2008
- Abstract Review by Session Leaders: Deadline: 30 December
2008.
- Confirmation to Authors: Deadline: 31 January 2009.
- Abstract revision and confirmation of participation: Deadline:
28 March 2009. Authors may revise their abstracts
online, secure funding, and confirm their participation.
- Programme Finalization: Deadline: 31 April 2009.
All enquiries wca2009@cgiar.org
Expected Outputs
Planned publications include a summary document, a book of abstracts,
refereed journal articles, journal special issues, and books on
the key topics covered in the symposia and technical sessions. A
declaration that embodies the substance of Congress deliberations
will be developed as a tool for discussions with policy makers and
donor agencies to advance the cause of agroforestry worldwide.
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