Events, Seminars and Fora

Yale Forest Forum

On the 10th of December 2002, the Yale Forest Forum held a held a Forest Forum entitled: Forestry, Communities and Sustainable Management - Can local involvement contribute to sustainable forestry in the Tropics?

The Forum discussed the benefits and challenges of the community forest approach in the Tropics, with a presentation on community concessions in Guatemala. The Community Forestry Concessions in the Petén region of the country are an excellent example that demonstrates communal involvement in forestry project planning and implementation. The Concessions have led to many environmental, economic, and social benefits.

The participating panelists included:

Dr. Glen Galloway
Leader of "Transforma" Project and Professor at Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)
Turrialba, Costa Rica

Mr. Bastiaan Louman
Associate Researcher
Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)
Turrialba, Costa Rica

Mr. Spencer Ortiz
President and Representative
Fundacion Naturaleza para la Vida (Foundation Nature for Life)
Peten, Guatemala

Dr. Charles Peters
Kate E. Tode Curator of Botany
Institute of Economic Botany, New York Botanical Garden

The Forum was very well attended and was followed by a reception where panelists, professors and students had the opportunity to discuss the issues presented in the Forum.

Future events, seminars, and Fora will be posted on this site in due course.