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Fighting
Climate Change
with
Carbon Offsets:
What
is the role of forestland in New England?
When:
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
8:30am-5pm
Where:
Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME
8:00
AM |
Registration
Opens (and continental breakfast)
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8:30
AM |
Welcome,
Background, and Goals for the Day
John
Hagan, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
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8:45
AM |
The
history and status of forest carbon offsets.
R.
Neil Sampson, The Sampson Group
Powerpoint presentation (as PDF)
click here
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| 9:30
AM |
Managed
forests: where is the carbon benefit?
R.
Alec Giffen ( Maine Forest Service) and Dan Sosland (Environment
Northeast)
Powerpoint
presentation (as PDF) (click
here)
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10:00
AM |
Characteristics
of high-quality forest offset projects: baselines, additionality,
and leakage issues.
John
Hagan (Manomet) and Steve Ruddell (FORECON, Inc.)
Powerpoint
presentation (as PDF) (click
here)
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10:30
AM |
Break
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| 10:50
AM |
Understanding
the climate change policy arena as a context for forest
carbon offset projects.
Dan
Sosland (Environment Northeast)
Powerpoint
presentation (as PDF) (cick
here)
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11:20
AM |
The
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): Will there
be opportunities for forest offset projects?
Malcolm
Burson, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Powerpoint
presentation (as PDF)
(click here)
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11:50
AM |
Lunch
(provided)
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| 12:45
PM |
The
Chicago Climate Exchange: a voluntary carbon trading platform
and the role of forest offset projects.
Steve
Ruddell, FORECON, Inc.
Powerpoint
presentation (as PDF) (click
here)
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1:15
PM |
Carbon
offsets: challenges and opportunities for small woodlot
owners.
Will
Price (The Pinchot Institute) and John Gunn (The Trust
to Conserve New England Forestlands)
Powerpoint
presentation (as PDF) (click
here)
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1:45
PM |
Optimizing
carbon sequestration for managed forests and forest products
in New Brunswick
Chris
Hennigar and David MacLean, University of New Brunswick
(presentation is unavaiable, contact author for more information-
click here) |
2:15
AM |
The
Climate Trust: brokering carbon offset projects.
Brian
Jones, M.J. Bradley and Associates
Powerpoint
presentation (as PDF) (click
here)
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2:45
PM |
Breakout
Groups/Practicum
In
this exercise each table (of ~8) will be given a task.
Some tables will be given existing or proposed forest
carbon offset projects to evaluate for quality. Other
tables will be asked to render an opinion to the full
group on the issues of additionality and leakage in forest
carbon offset projects.
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3:45
PM |
Group
Reports and Discussion
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17:00
PM |
Workshop
Adjourns
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