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Information to organize a side-event
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Agroforestry 2019 encourages delegates to take the opportunity of the congress to go beyond simple attendance to sessions and organize side-events to network with colleagues, launch new ideas, meet partners, etc. To this effect, the evening of Monday 20 May has been kept free, as from 6:30 pm. We also encourage delegates to consider holding side-events before or after the congress, e.g. the week before, the week after, on Sunday 19 May or between 23-25 May if you do not plan to attend a field trip. Different venues can be found in Montpellier. However, please do not plan to organize these events during plenary or parallel sessions.
If you have a side-event in mind, please contact us on agroforestry2019@cirad.fr. We will try to help you. We can also advertise your side-event on the website of the congress. Please note that the congress cannot provide financial support for side-events. All costs should be borne by the organizers of the side-event.ARTrees learning village: Special event for young participants
13-19 May, Mas de l'Olivier, Verargues+
Presentation:
International congresses offer promising venues for young scientists (students and early career researchers) to start building their professional network. However, congresses such as Agroforestry 2019 can be a new and daunting experience for them as they might feel intimidated by the environment and the presence of high-level well-known scientists. With this side event we would like to address these challenges and foster the development of this type of network for young scientists. During one week we will work with 20 participants to get them prepared to make the best from their participation in Agroforestry 2019. Our side event will be the starting point of a mentoring programme that will be pursued during the 3 days of the conference. Confidently it will be the base of a new and productive community of young scientist that will become the next generation of experts in tomorrow’s Agroforestry.Participants: 20 young scientists (students and early career researchers) to be selected upon application
Venue: Mas de l’Olivier
To apply, please download or go to the event’s official website
For any question, please contact: myriam@gaealliance.org
ICRAF-led, CTA-funded: A training on Agroforestry and the NDCs
Sunday 19 May, all day - Hôtel Oceania Le MétropoleAgroforestry is central to Nationally Determined Contributions in over 80 countries. But how does it help meet this critical Paris Acord commitment? On 19 May a one-day training will throw light on this. Participants will be 20 delegates from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, from Papua New Guinea to Jamaica. Thanks to CTA for funding this and their attendance at WCA2019. We look forward to meeting you!
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Reserved for selected participants
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) Forestry Program Information Exchange
Sunday 19 May, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm - Crowne PlazaBy invitation only
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Presentations and discussions about 12 ACIAR-funded agroforestry projects
For any questions, please contact: tony.bartlett@aciar.gov.au'The agroforestry-based agrivoltaic revolution' Side-event
Sunday 19 May, 3 to 4 pm - Hôtel Oceania Le Métropole, Salon Reine Hélène+
A conference on how agroforestry inspired dynamic agrivoltaism
To register, please fill out this form
For any question, please contact: stephane.heraud@sunr.fr'Agroforestry and the tenure barrier' FAO Side-event
Sunday 19 May, 4 to 6 pm - The Corum Conference Centre (room Sully 1, level 1)+
Around the world, the situation is much the same. Ask farmers if they would consider adding trees to their systems, and often, the first problem to come up will be land tenure.
This side event will explore how land-tenure challenges influence the adoption of agroforestry systems and how this fits in the larger framework of upscaling agroforestry and agroecology. FAO and its partners invite you to join them for an event to review and discuss this important issue. Following a general overview of the main tenure-related challenges and some concrete examples from the field, including the adaptation of a Brazilian successional agroforestry system to Ghana, panelists will discuss the role of Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure and how the issue of tenure fits within the wider framework of 10 Elements of Agroecology. The event will also be the opportunity to launch a new FAO publication on Agroforestry and Land Tenure.To register please contact: Simone Borelli, FAO: simone.borelli@fao.org
Embrapa Side-event
Sunday 19 May, 4 to 6 pm - The Corum Conference Centre (room Sully 2, level 1)'The Carbon Neutral Brazilian Beef Initiative: agrosilvopastoral systems towards biodiversity and sustainable intensification'
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Organizers: Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation - Embrapa
Public: approx. 40 participants
In its intended Nationally Determined Contribution (iNDC) including mitigation and adaptation measures, Brazil is willing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 37% below 2005 levels in 2025. To be consistent with the 2°C temperature goal, Brazil wishes to strengthen the Low Carbon Emission Agriculture Program (ABC Program), which includes restoration of an additional 15 M hectares of degraded pastureland and enhancing 5 M hectares of crop-livestock-forestry systems by 2030. This side event aims to show the Carbon Neutral Brazilian Beef (CCN) initiative, launched in 2015, as part of an activity for agrosilvopastoral systems. The CCN initiative is a commercial certified label referring to beef cattle produced in integrated zero-tillage systems with mandatory presence of trees that can neutralize greenhouse gas emissions associated with beef production. It reduces the greenhouse gas emissions associated with production by improving daily cattle weight gain through better pasture quality and the presence of trees. Additionally to carbon storing and improved water cycling and biodiversity, animal welfare is increased. Larger productive and reproductive efficiency can be achieved even of Nelore (Bos indicus), the predominant beef cattle breed in Brazil. Finally, animal welfare is increased favouring a value-added product.
To register, please contact: Ms. Fabiana Villa Alves, Embrapa research scientist: fabiana.alves@embrapa.br
World Agroforestry (ICRAF) 40th Anniversary
Sunday 19 May - 4 to 6 pm - Vien Courtyard, Musée Fabre13 rue Montpelliéret, 34000 Montpellier
RSVP here
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Réunir-AF project meeting on the future of Agroforestry in the European CAP
Sunday 19 May, 5 to 6 pm - The Corum Conference Centre (room Sully 3, level 1)+
For registration and enquiries, please contact: Léa lemoine by email at lea.lemoine@apca.chambagri.fr
European Agroforestry Tour
Monday 20 May, 6 pm - Corum Conference Centre (levels 0, 1 & 2)Organised by EURAF
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More information coming soon
Launch of the International Union of Agroforestry (IUAF)
Monday 20 May, 7:00 to 9:00 pm - Hotel Mercure Antigone, Room Hermes-ZeusNew schedule: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Followed by a reception in the ‘Espace Jacques Cœur’
Join the world’s pre-eminent agroforesters to launch the first global association devoted to furthering the cause of agroforestry. Agroforesters from around the world will join forces in the IUAF, take on the responsibility for future World Congress on Agroforestry and inspire and support each other as they seek to develop agroforestry policies, support mechanisms, and to advance agroforestry-related research and education. You have the opportunity to join the IUAF and help choose its key office bearers and to approve the By-laws and Consortium Agreement. If you wish to be elected to office, in your registration indicate the position you are interested in.
For registration and enquiries, please contact: Stella Muasya, Senior Manager, Planning, Results and Quality Assurance, World Agroforestry (ICRAF) by email at s.muasya@cgiar.org
Agroforestry Systems Journal Editorial board meeting
Tuesday 21 May, 12:30 am to 2:00 pm - Crowne Plaza hotelClosed event, by invitation only, reserved for Agroforestry Systems Editors
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Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) Partners side-event
Wednesday 22 May, 6:45 to 9 pm - Crowne Plaza+
Information about ACIAR’s work, managing gender diversity and achieving success in its projects
For registration or any question, please contact lisa.borthwick@aciar.gov.au
Can we still eat chocolate? What do tropical forests think? Film projection and round-table about cocoa agroforestry
Thursday 23 May - 9 to 11 pm - Centre RabelaisOpen to all, no registration required (simultaneous interpretation French/English/French provided)
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Agroforestry Modelling Workshop side-event
Friday 24 May, all day - SupAgro Campus, MontpellierFully subscribed: We have reached maximum numbers for this workshop, but you are still welcome to register and have your name put on a waiting list.
If you have already registered but have changed your mind, we’ll miss you, but please let me know (Philip.Smethurst@csiro.au) so we can free-up a place for someone else.
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This workshop will provide an introduction to plot-scale biophysical modelling of agroforestry systems. Models l included are HisAFe, WaNuLCas and APSIM, and the program will include some demonstrations. The venue is close to the city centre and the conference centre. A cafeteria is nearby.
To register , please indicate you are already registered for the congress, what you'd like to get out of this workshop (e.g. general awareness, particular training, simulation of your particular system etc.) and contact: Philip Smethurst (Philip.Smethurst@csiro.au), with cc to Neil Huth (Neil.Huth@csiro.au).
Make our planet treed again!
Friday 24 May - 9 to 11 pm - Centre RabelaisAgroforestry film festival and discussion with the congress organizers
Open to all public, no registration required
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Film festival about agroforestry. Come and enjoy the best films on agroforestry worldwide and ask everything you always wanted to know about agroforestry with the congress chairs.
Venue: Centre Rabelais
