Congress Update
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- Download the First Announcement in English (PDF 367K)
- Download the Second Announcement in French (PDF 21K)
- Download the Third Announcement in English(pdf 471k)
Congress Objectives
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 cement exiting 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 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.
