Seminar and Workshop

Ecosystem Services and Markets

Forest: From global trends to local practices

Organização:

Quercus – Nacional Association for Nature Conservation

Sponsor and Support:

Caixa Geral de Depósitos, FEADER - PRRN Rede Rural, Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento,

GNF - Global Nature Fund, Autoridade Florestal Nacional

Venue: Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Rua do Sacramento à Lapa, 21, Lisboa

Date: April, 26th 2012

Target Audience:

NGOs working on forest related topics (from Portugal and other EU countries); companies from agri-forest

sector; decision-makers, public services working on forest management; academia, etc.

Framework and Goals:

Under the projet Enterprises and Biodiversity - Rural World, Quercus selected some business sectors which for

their dynamism, economic relevance and existence of good environmental practices, may have a more active

role and influence on rural areas and society in general. Departing from an analysis of current international

trends of valuing environmental services, including services provided by ecosystems and biodiversity, we will

analyze pro-biodiversity practices implemented on the ground by Portuguese companies and finally move back

to the discussion on the role and contributions from various stakeholders in the protection and economic

valuation of ecosystem services of forest in Portugal and Europe.

PROGRAM

09:30h – Opening Charles Buchannan (Manager, FLAD), Nuno Sequeira (President, Quercus) e Francisco Viana (Director Coordinator - Direction of Communication and Branding, CGD)

09:50h – Introductory Presentation Paula Silva, Coordinator of project Empresas e Biodiversidade, Quercus

10:00h – Why biodiversity and ecosystem services matter for business: Out-puts from the European Summit on Business and BiodiversityJoost Bakker, Project manager, Global Nature Fund

10:20h – State of biodiversity markets in the world Nathaniel Carroll, Director of Biodiversity Markets, Ecosystem Marketplace, Forest Trends

10:45h – Coffee-break

11:10h – Economic valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) in forest Nuno Oliveira, CIGEST - Instituto Superior de Gestão, Grupo Lusófona

11:30h – Best practices for promoting forest ecosystem services Alfredo Cunhal Sendim, Herdade do Freixo do Meio

Francisco Almeida Garret, Herdade do ConqueiroVasco Campos, Caule – Associação Florestal da Beira Serra

12:00h – The experience of Quercus:Forest plantation, management and promotion of best practicesNew concepts for a Green Economy: the initiative Eco-Saldo (Eco-Budget)

Domingos Patacho, Coordinator of working group on Forests, QuercusPaulo Magalhães, Condomínio da Terra Project Manager, Quercus

12:20h – Forest ecosystem services payment schemes in Portugal: Current approaches and undergoing projects, future perspectives. Lúcio do Rosário, Coordinator of the working group on “Ecosystem Services of Forest Areas” at Autoridade Florestal Nacional.

12:45h – Lunch break

14:30h – Workshop (World Cafe method):Good practices for pro-biodiversity management of forest – challenges and opportunitiesContributions to build a SWOT analysis on forest ecosystem markets in Portugal Discussion on payments for forest ecosystem services in Europe

16:00h – Presentation of discussion outputs and conclusions

16:30h – Closing

17:30h – Guided wine tasting at Sala Ogival, ViniPortugal, Praça do Comércio

More informations: ecossistemas.eventbrite.com E-mail: paulasilva@quercusancn.pt