| 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration |
| Opening Plenary: Setting the Stage
Chair: Chen Shijing, Deputy Director General, NDRC |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Welcome Remarks
- Xiao Weiming, Deputy Director General, NDRC
- Ayumi Konishi, Director General, East Asia Department, ADB
- Deng Zhigeng, Deputy Secretary, CAEP, Ministry of Environment Protection
- Liu Deqiang, Director General of the Yunnan Provincial Development Reform Commission
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| 09:00 – 09:30 | Keynote Presentations:
Advances in the PRC’s Eco-Compensation Program and Policy Framework
Chen Shijing, Deputy Director General, NDRC
Mainstreaming Eco-Compensation into Development: The ADB Vision
Alvin Lopez, Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, East Asia Department, ADB
In Focus: Book Launch
Toward a National Eco-Compensation Regulation in the People’s Republic of China; and Eco-Compensation Status Report (Chinese version) |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Group Photo and Coffee / Tea Break |
| Session 1: Recent Developments and Innovations in Payments for Ecosystem Services and Other Ecosystem Financing Instruments
Chair: Qingfeng Zhang, Director, Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division, ADB |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Eco-Compensation Legislation Development in the PRC – Progress, Challenges and Next Steps
Prof. Wang Jin, Peking University Law School |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | An International Overview of Innovative Financing Instruments for Ecosystem Management, and Implications for the PRC
Michael Bennett, Senior Advisor, Forest Trends; Adjunct Research Fellow, CEPRC |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | Progress in Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services in Viet Nam
Pham Hong Luong. Director, Department of Planning and Finance (DPF), Viet Nam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | An Overview of Valuation of Ecosystem Services and PES in Central Asia-Progress, Challenges and Opportunities
Oleg Guchgeldiyev, Independent Development Consultant, Turkmenistan |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | Current Status and Developments in REDD+ Globally
Jonah Busch, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development |
| 10:50 – 12:00 | Panel Discussion
Moderated by: Qingfeng Zhang, Director, East Asia Department, ADB
Panelists:
- Ina Porras, IIED Senior economist
- Jin Leshan, CEPRC executive director
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| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| Session 2: Eco-Compensation And Poverty Reduction
Chair: Paul Steele, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
| 13:30 – 13:40 | Setting the Social and Environmental Agenda in the PRC: Why is it Important?
Zuo Ting, Senior Advisor, China Poverty Alleviation and Development Center |
| 13:40 – 13:50 | Enabling Conditions to Foster Success in National Programmes: Messages from Cambridge International Workshop
Ina Porras, Senior Economist, IIED |
| 13:50 – 14:00 | Q&A |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Panel: Practical Experiences in Combining Poverty and Environment at National Level
Eco-Compensation and Poverty Reduction in the PRC: Current Progress and Future Directions (10 Min)
Leshan Jin, Executive Director, China Eco-compensation Policy Research Center (CEPRC)
The Experience of South Africa (10 min)
Luvuyo Mlilo, Chief Director, Environmental Protection and Infrastructure Programmes, South Africa
The National Greening Programme (10 min)
Marites Aquino, Forest Management Bureau, Philippines |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee / Tea Break |
| 15:30 – 17:10 | Session 3: Monitoring Ecosystem Services and Impacts of Eco-Compensation and PES Programs
Chair: Ren Hongyan, Environment Specialist, ADB
Measuring and Monitoring Ecosystem Services and PES Impacts
Meng Han, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre China Representative
Accounting Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP)
Ouyang Zhiyun, Deputy Director of RCEE, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Grassland Eco-Compensation in the PRC: What can and what cannot be monitored?
Hu Zhentong, China Institute for Rural Studies, Tsinghua University
Development of Feasible Indicators for Restoration of Watershed Services
Mark Kieser, Senior Scientist and Principal at Kieser & Associates, LLC
Panel Discussion
Moderated by: Alvin Lopez, ADB
Panelists:
- Palmer Hough, USEPA
- Oleg Guchgeldiyev, Consultant, Turkmenistan
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| 15:30 – 17:10 | Session 4: Watershed and Trans-Provincial PES and Eco-Compensation
Chair: Zhun Chunquan, IUCN China Country Director
Horizontal Eco-Compensation in the PRC Trans-Provincial Watershed Management
Wang Qi, Director, Ministry of Environmental Protection
On PromotingTrans-Provincial Eco-Compensation Schemes
Liu Guihuan, Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning
Eco-Compensation in the Dongjiang River between Jiangxi and Guangdong
Kong Fanbin, Vice President, Jiangxi Academy of Social Sciences
Water Funds in the PRC
Mu Quan, Project manager, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Panel Discussion
Moderated by: Michael Bennett, Senior Advisor, Forest Trends
Panelists:
- Fabien Quetier, BIOTOPE
- Song Jianjun, Macroeconomics Institute
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| 18:00 – 20:00 | Conference Dinner |
