Seminars and Conferences

Upcoming events | Past events

As part of our outreach mission, PRORENA hosts annual Native Species Reforestation Meetings as well as occasional topical conferences and training seminars on issues related to forest management, sustianable development, and applied research.

Upcoming events

No meetings are currently planned. Please check back soon.

 

Past events

2nd Meeting on Sustainable Development in Panama -- On April 23, 2004, the City of Knowledge Foundation, the United States Peace Corps, the International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG), and the Native Species Reforestation Project (PRORENA) hosted the 2nd Meeting on Sustainable Development in Panama. The meeting featured presentations by government agencies, NGOs, and private companies working in the broad field of Environment and Development in the republic of Panama.
Introduction to plantation establishment and controlled burning -- On February 11-13, 2004, Panama's National Environmental Authority's Center for Sustainable Development (CEDESO), Panama City's Pulaski Battalion of Forest Fire Fighters, and the PRORENA Project hosted a 3-day workshop on controlled burning and plantation establishment in Río Hato, Coclé. Twenty-seven university students, local landowners, and PRORENA staff and collaborators participated in the seminar.
3rd Annual Native Species Reforestation Meeting: A symposium on financing reforestation in Latin America -- On November 21, 2003, PRORENA hosted a symposium to explore the challenges and opportunites for financing reforestation efforts in Latin America. Speakers included James Gustave Speth, Stefano Pagiola, Senior Environmental Economist for the World Bank, John Forgach, Yale McCluskey Fellow, and others... more
2nd Annual Native Species Reforestation Meeting: Silviculture and management of native trees -- On November 15, 2002, PRORENA, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and Ecoforest (Panama) S.A. hosted a 1-day meeting to discuss the state of knowledge of native species silviculture and management in Central America. Speakers included Gerardo Budowski of the United Nations University of Peace, Richard Condit of the Smithsonian Institute's Center for Tropical Forest Science, and others... more
1st Annual Native Species Reforestation Meeting: Reforestation in Panama -- On November 22, 2001, PRORENA and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute hosted the first annual Native Species Reforestation Meeting. Presenters included Adriana Sautu of the PRORENA Project, Mark Ashton of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Iliana Armien of Futuro Forestal S.A., and Arturo Cerezo of the Panama Canal Authority.