Side events
A total of 116 side events were held during the Congress, organized by a wide range of institutions, including NGOs, research institutions, government agencies and development partners. Almost 80% were organized as hybrid events, allowing online participation.
Side events provided an opportunity for increasing for dialogue and exchange amongst the Congress’ participants on the theme and subthemes of the Congress.
Forest plantations and water: sharing responsibility experiences at the landscape scale
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 KST | Conference Room 308B. Download the Flyer.
Forest restoration - a feasible pathway for sustainable development?
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 317B. Download the Flyer.
Building healthy and resilient communities through development of sustainable outdoor recreation
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 317A. Download the Flyer.
Enhancing the capacity of countries to mobilize funding for sustainable forest management: the Role of the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 327A. Download the Flyer.
Future direction for forestry cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Central Asia
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Hall E5.
Integrating socioeconomic suitability and impacts into forest restoration planning: an FAO Open Foris SEPAL decision support tool
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 318A. Download the Flyer.
Landscape forestry in the tropics: Science meets policy
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 301B. Download the Flyer.
Forests for human health and well-being: Strengthening the forest–health–nutrition nexus
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Hall E5. Download the Flyer.
Landscape Partnership Asia: restoring drylands and drought-prone areas
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Grand Ballroom 101+102. Download the Flyer.
Quelles avancées en Méditerranée suite à la mise en place de l’Initiative Régionale Méditerranéenne pour la Restauration des Forêts et des Paysages : bilan et présentation de 3 études
de cas
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Conference Room 308A. Download the Flyer.
Satellite monitoring for forest management - the case of tropical dry forests and the changing paradigm in information management
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Conference Room 317A. Download the Flyer.
Strengthening forest management for enhanced livelihoods and resilience in a changing environment in Africa
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Conference Room 308B. Download the Flyer and the Agenda.
Systematic approach to agroforestry policies and practices in Asia
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Conference Room 318A. Download the Flyer.
Transformational change in land use and climate change
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Conference Room 327A. Download the Flyer.
An enhanced high level political ambition for rainforests: Introduction of the alliance for the conservation of rainforests
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Conference Room 327B.
Collaborative forest landscape restoration - lessons learned
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Conference Room 301B. Download the Flyer.
Efficient monitoring for evidence-based decision making and good governance in the forestry sector
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Conference Room 327C. Download the Flyer.
From vision to implementation: what is needed to bring forest landscape restoration into action?
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Hall E3. Download the Flyer.
Innovation in partnership approaches for promoting legal and sustainable supply chains of forest-risk commodities
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Hall E7. Download the Flyer.
Protective functions of forests in a changing climate: 70 years of European experience
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Conference Room 307B. Download the Flyer.
The Economics of Ecosystem Restoration (TEER) initiative
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Hall E1. Download the Flyer.
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The landscape approach in practice: lessons learned and future implementation of TFD’s land use dialogues
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Conference Room 307C. Download the Flyer.
Sistema inteligente de monitoreo y evaluación de los incendios
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Conference Room 321. Download the Flyer.
Globe to Grove: Translating large-scale reporting to local management practice with examples and success stories
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Conference Room 318C. Download the Flyer.
Making Gabon a leader for sustainable tropical timber in global markets – collaborative approaches to increase the societal value of forests
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Conference Room 308C. Download the Flyer.
Making it work: Enabling conditions for successful community-based tropical landscape restoration
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Hall E2. Download the Flyer.
Peatland restoration in Southeast Asia: challenges and opportunities
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Hall E4. Download the Flyer.
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Launch of the FRA 2020 remote sensing survey key findings
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 307A. Download the Flyer.
A look through the lens of the VPA FLEGT in Viet Nam – Enabling legal timber value chains by synergising local practices and (inter)national timber legality requirements
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 321. Downloads: Flyer; Timber trade overview; Cameroon country profile; Laos country profile; Viet nam country profile.
Climate-positive forest products in mass timber: stakeholder perspectives on barriers and opportunities
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 317A. Download the Flyer.
Development of forest landscape restoration strategies at different scales to achieve restoration commitments and scale up action on the ground
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 307B. Download the Flyer.
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International forum on integrated forest restoration for SDGs
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 318C. Download the Flyer.
Strengthening the ability of smallholders in the Mekong region’s forest sector to operate legally and sustainably
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 327A. Download the Flyer.
The Role of NGO’s in International Forestry Cooperation
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Hall E3. Download the Flyer.
A challenge to harmonize international efforts to fight against deforestation: towards a new, ecologically robust typology of the world's forests
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 318A. Download the Flyer.
A framework to expedite transition to bioeconomy with non-timber forest products
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 307B. Download
the Flyer.
Can bioenergy from degraded peatlands provide a potential alternative to meet growing energy demands? Lessons from Indonesia
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Hall E1. Download
the Flyer.
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Green Up to Cool Down: A movement of collaboration, restoration and building a resilient future
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST |
Conference Room 307A. Download the Flyer.
Promoting green economy growth in natural rubber systems and beyond
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 308A. Download
the Flyer.
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Smart forest monitoring: the Italian proposal to monitor forests through satellite applications
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 327A. Download
the Flyer.
The future direction of forests and livelihoods in Mekong river basin countries
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 318B. Download
the Flyer.
The Restoration Initiative: A flagship collaborative programme addressing restoration of degraded and deforested lands for the well-being of people and nature
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 317B. Download
the Flyer.
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Unlocking private green finance to halt deforestation and forest degradation and accelerate climate action
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Hall E4. Download
the Flyer.
What is shared stewardship in the United States? A discussion with national and state leaders
12:30 PM KST - 2:00 PM KST | Conference Room 308B. Download
the Flyer.
Agroforestry concessions - an innovative approach to reduce deforestation and improve livelihoods in the Peruvian Amazon
5:30
PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Conference Room 307C. Download the Flyer.
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Communities speak about forests and livelihoods: Enabling mechanisms for a successful community enterprise initiative in forested landscapes
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Conference Room 307B. Download
the Flyer.
Over a decade of REDD+: outcomes and socioecological impacts
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Conference Room 327A. Download
the Flyer.
Positioning civil society in forest governance: the rise from advising and facilitating roles towards legitimate influencing
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Conference Room 308B. Download
the Flyer.
Second-biggest lungs of the earth: what kind of contributions can the Congo Basin offer to the global climate and threatened biodiversity and how it can be supported?
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Hall E5. Download
the Flyer.
System-wide capacities needed to enhance ecosystem restoration throughout the Decade and beyond
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Conference Room 317B. Download
the Flyer.
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Turkey's experience on national and international studies on desertification, land degradation and forestry
5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST | Conference Room 318B. Download
the Flyer.
Green infrastructure for people and environment
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Hall E7. Download
the Flyer.
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Healthy forests and sustainable livelihoods: case studies from the Environmental Peacebuilding Association
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Conference Room 308C. Download
the Flyer.
Managing forests for water
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Conference Room 317A. Download
the Flyer.
Putting a spotlight on "unseen foresters": recognizing communities' roles in sustainable forest management
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Conference Room 321. Download
the Flyer.
The Lower Mekong in transition – Latest trends and impacts of China on forest trade
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Conference Room 320. Download
the Flyer.
Unleashing the power of research to shape forest governance in Southeast Asia
6:00 PM KST - 7:30 PM KST | Conference Room 307A. Download
the Flyer.
Enhancing cooperation on forest and landscape restoration: A flagship mechanism funded by the Korea Forest Service within FAO
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Hall E4. Download
the Flyer.
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Evaluating policy impacts: How to best assess the effectiveness of international forest policy?
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Conference Room 318C. Download
the Flyer.
Forest education for children: innovations in learning for a sustainable future
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Hall E2. Download
the Flyer.
Bamboo as sustainable biomass energy for Africa
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Hall E1. Download
the Flyer.
Building data foundations for sustainable forest management: experience and integration in reporting at global and regional scales to show progress towards healthy and resilient forests
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Conference Room 327C. Download
the Flyer.
Case studies from the Amazon to Scandinavia: How Forest Stewardship Council certification balances forest conservation, Indigenous rights and community well-being
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Conference Room 318A. Download
the Flyer.
Managing forests for multiple ecosystem services under changing climates
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Hall E3
Role of forestry as a nature-based solution to address climate change
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Conference Room 308A. Download
the Flyer.
Transformative programmes for forest conservation and restoration at scale for economic growth, climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation
6:30 PM KST - 8:00 PM KST | Conference Room 301B. Download
the Flyer.
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Community-based forest landscape restoration in Africa - Tree-rich landscapes to foster biodiversity, climate change resilience and better livelihoods on all levels
9:00 AM KST - 10:30 AM KST | Conference Room 318B. Download the Flyer.
International Drylands Greening Network
9:00 AM KST - 10:30 AM KST | Conference Room 327C.
Role of social forestry in facing COVID-19
9:00 AM KST - 10:30 AM KST | Conference Room 308A. Download the Flyer.
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Gender-responsive reform of perverse incentives in the forest and land use sector
9:30 AM KST - 11:00 AM KST | Hall E7. Download the Flyer.
New opportunities for the teak sector in the post COVID-19 scenario
9:30 AM KST - 11:00 AM KST | Conference Room 327A. Download the Flyer.
Promoting legal timber trade through developing Xylarium networking and integrated wood identification system
9:30 AM KST - 11:00 AM KST | Conference Room 307B. Download the Flyer.
Public and private sustainability initiatives to promote greater inclusion of smallholders and small and medium-sized enterprises
9:30 AM KST - 11:00 AM KST | Conference Room 307C. Download the Flyer.
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Sustainable woodfuel management in multifunctional landscapes
9:30 AM KST - 11:00 AM KST | Conference Room 327B. Download the Flyer.
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Forest biosecurity as a shared responsibility – towards a global framework
10:00 AM KST - 11:30 AM KST | Conference Room 318C. Download the Flyer.
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Communities speak: Indigenous Peoples’ local actions and initiatives are vital to implement Paris Agreement and the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
10:00 AM KST - 11:30 AM KST | Conference Room 318A. Download the Flyer.
Cooperation for ecological restoration of degraded forest areas in the DMZ and borderlands
10:00 AM KST - 11:30 AM KST |Hall E2. Download the Flyer.
Could a virtual collaborative platform help preserve tropical peatland?
10:00 AM KST - 11:30 AM KST | Conference Room 317B. Download the Flyer.
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Deploying fast-growing trees to support family farmers and restore ecosystems: how the IPC helps people and our planet
10:00 AM KST - 11:30 AM KST | Hall E1. Download the Flyer.
Harnessing the full potential of tertiary forest education globally
10:00 AM KST - 11:30 AM KST | Conference Room 308C. Download the Flyer.
Partners on the frontlines: forest communities lead the way to resilience and building back better
10:00 AM KST - 11:30 AM KST | Conference Room 308B. Download the Flyer.
Expanding sustainable forest product management and utilization through forest big data
11:30 AM KST - 1:00 PM KST | Conference Room 318A. Download the Flyer.
Expert dialogue on combating desertification and sand and dust storms in Northeast Asia
11:30 AM KST - 1:00 PM KST | Conference Room 308A. Download the Flyer.
Forest skills to pay the bills! The juncture of education and employment
11:30 AM KST - 1:00 PM KST | Conference Room 307A. Download the Flyer.
East Asian forestry cooperation for tackling climate crisis
11:30 AM KST - 1:30 PM KST | Conference Room 307B. Download the Flyer.
Green growth and sustainable landscapes: Integrating forests and economic solutions
11:30 AM KST - 1:00 PM KST | Conference Room 327B. Download the Flyer.
International symposium on sustainable use of wood to maintain healthy forests
11:30 AM KST - 1:00 PM KST | Conference Room 318C. Download the Flyer.
Managing forests in the 4th Industrial Revolution era: big data, AI technology and climate-smart forestry
11:30 AM KST - 1:00 PM KST | Hall E3. Download the Flyer.
Forest to food: Sustainable agriculture operations through the expansion of forest bioeconomy
12:00 PM KST - 1:30 PM KST | Conference Room 317A. Download the Flyer.
Addressing gender inequalities in forest-dependent communities through circular bio-economy
12:00 PM KST - 1:30 PM KST | Hall E1. Download the Flyer.
Building a green, healthy and resilient future on the Korean Peninsula – afforestation and reforestation in North and South Korea
12:00 PM KST - 1:30 PM KST | Conference Room 327A. Download the Flyer.
Governance of local forest commons
12:00 PM KST - 1:30 PM KST | Conference Room 327C. Download the Flyer.
Mangrove planting initiatives in ASEAN countries: post Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004
12:00 PM KST - 1:30 PM KST | Conference Room 307C. Download the Flyer.
Roadmaps for primary forest conservation and innovative forest technologies
12:00 PM KST - 1:30 PM KST | Conference Room 308C. Download the Flyer.
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What role can forest and landscape restoration play in the climate change agenda?
12:00 PM KST - 1:30 PM KST | Conference Room 308B. Download the Flyer.
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