NOVEMBER 21, 2010 |
| 8:30 — 10:00 |
Participant registration.
Visit to an exhibition
Marian Palace, Hall of the Central Entrance |
| 10:00 — 10:25 |
Opening of the forum
Chair: Yuri Trutnev, Chairman, Organising Committee
Dias: Yuri Trutnev, Suwit Khunkitti, Valentina Matvienko, Igor Maydanov, James Adams
Marian Palace, Great Hall
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| 10:00 — 10:07 |
A video about the tiger (7 minutes) |
| 10:07 — 10:12 |
Welcome/opening addresses:
Yuri Trutnev, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation |
| 10:12 — 10:17 |
James Adams, Vice President, World Bank |
| 10:17 — 10:23 |
Valentina Matvienko, Governor of St-Petersburg |
| 10:25 — 13:00 |
Plenary session 1:
TIGER CRISIS: JOINTING EFFORTS FOR RECOVERY (Status of the tiger populations in the world, threats, and needed interventions to save the tiger)
Chaired by:
Suwit Khunkitti, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Thailand
Deepak Bohara, Minister of Forest and Soil Conservation, Nepal
Dias: Yuri Trutnev, Suwit Khunkitti, Deepak Bohara, Valentina Matvienko, Igor Maydanov, James Adams
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| 10:25 — 10:35 |
Presentations:
Wild tiger populations. Key threats and needed interventions to save the tiger (prepared by the Smithsonian Institution, WCS, and WWF)
James Leape, Director General, WWF International
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| 10:35 — 11:24 |
National commitments to save the tiger (Ministers of the Tiger Range Countries) (7 min each):
Mohamed Hasan Mahmud, Minister of Environment and Forests, Bangladesh
Pema Gyamtsho, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Kingdom of Bhutan
San Vanty, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia
Jia Zhibang, Minister of the State Forestry Administration, China
Satya Prakash Yadav, Deputy Inspector General, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India
Subadia Gelgel, Senior Advisory to the Minister of Forestry, Indonesia
Sitaheng Rasphone, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR
Coffee-break
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| 11:24 — 11:50 |
Coffee-break |
| 7 min each |
Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Malaysia
Thein Aung, Minister of Forestry, Myanmar
Deepak Bohara, Minister of Forest and Soil Conservation, Nepal
Yuri Trutnev, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Russian Federation
Suwit Khunkitti, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Thailand
Bui Cach Tuyen, Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam
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| 15 min |
From Hua Hin to St-Petersburg: Key results and future objectives for the Tiger Range Countries. The Global Tiger Recovery Program
(the Program was agreed in October 2010 in New Deli)
Suwit Khunkitti, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Thailand
Endorsement of the Global Tiger Recovery Program
Election of a Drafting Committee to draft Forum Recommendations and Secretaries of Session
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| 13:00 — 13:20 |
Photo session and press briefing by Ministers from Tiger Range Countries and other participants
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| 13:20 — 14:50 |
Lunch
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| 14:50 — 16:10 |
Plenary session 2:
Mobilising international financial
resources to implement the global program
Chairs:
Jia Zhibang, Minister, State Forestry Administration, China
Pema Gyamtsho, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bhutan, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bhutan
Dias: Igor Maydanov, Pema Gyamtsho, Jia Zhibang, Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas
Welcome addresses:
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| 14:50 — 14:55 |
Pema Gyamtsho, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bhutan |
| 14:55 — 15:00 |
Jia Zhibang, Minister, State Forestry Administration, China |
| 15 min each |
Speakers:
Hartwig Schafer, Department Director, World Bank
Charles North, US Mission Director of the US Department of State, Moscow
Gustavo Fonseca, Team Leader on Natural Resources, Global Environment Facility (GEF) |
| 25 min |
Discussion |
| 16:10 — 16:40 |
Coffee - break |
| 16:40 — 17:50 |
Plenary session 3
Best practices in tiger conservation
Chairs:
Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Malaysia
Dias: Igor Maydanov, Pema Gyamtsho, Jia Zhibang, Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas
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| 10 min for each TRC |
Presentations of Tiger Range Countries:
Ishtiaq Uddin Ahmad, Chief Conservator of Forests, Bangladesh
Sonam Wangchuk, Chief Forestry Officer, Wildlife Conservation Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Bhutan
Kry Masphal, Senior Officer, Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity of the Forestry Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia
Yan Xun, Deputy Director General, Department of Wildlife Conservation of State Forestry Administration, China
Satya Prakash Yadav, Deputy Inspector General, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India
Novianto Bambang Wawandono, Director of Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia
|
| 17:40 — 17:50 |
Discussion |
| 15:00 — 17:50 |
Drafting Committee for preparing the Draft Recommendations of International Tiger Forum |
| 17:50 — 18:10 |
Assembling for transportation of participants to Tsarskoye Selo (the Catherine Palace) |
| 18:10 — 19:00 |
Transportation of participants to Tsarskoye Selo (the Catherine Palace) |
| 19:00 — 19:50 |
Excursion on a Palace (the Amber Room) |
| 19:50 — 21:50 |
Reception on behalf of Yuri Trutnev, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Russian Federation |
| 21:50 |
Assembly of participants and transfer to hotels |
NOVEMBER 22, 2010 |
| 08:00 — 09:00 |
Participant registration
Marian Palace, Hall of the Central Entrance |
| 09:00 — 11:10 |
Plenary session 4:
Institutional support and partnering to implement the GTRP
Chairs:
Gennady Gatilov, Director of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia
Deepak Bohara, Minister of Forest and Soil Conservation, Nepal
Dias: Igor Maydanov, Deepak Bohara, Gennady Gatilov, Kim Chang Ryong, Jong Soo Yoon, Gennady Gatilov, Thein Aung
Welcome addresses:
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| 09:00 — 09:05 |
Gennady Gatilov, Director of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia |
| 09:05 — 09:10 |
Deepak Bohara, Minister of Forest and Soil Conservation, Nepal
Speakers:
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| 09:10 — 09:20 |
Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) |
| 09:20 — 09:30 |
Bakary Kante, Director of Division of Environmental Law and Conventions, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) |
| 09:30 — 09:40 |
John Scanlon, Secretary-General, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) |
| 09:40 — 09:50 |
Stanley Patrick Johnson, Ambassador of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) |
| 09:50 — 10:00 |
Simon Stuart, Chair, Species Survival Commission, IUCN (SSC IUCN) |
| 10:00 — 10:10 |
James Leape, Director General, WWF International |
| 10:10 — 10:18 |
Frederick O'Regan, President, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) |
| 10:18 — 10:26 |
John Robinson, Executive Vice-President, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS, USA) |
| 10:26 — 10:34 |
Jong Soo Yoon, Deputy Minister of Environment of the Republic Korea |
| 10:34 — 10:42 |
Mauring Frode, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Russia |
| 10:42 — 10:50 |
Kim Chang Ryong, Minister for the protection of national territory and environment, DPRK |
| 10:50 — 11:00 |
Vivek Menon & S.P.Yadav, Global Tiger Forum |
| 11:00 — 11:10 |
Keshav Varma, Program Director, Global Tiger Initiative, World Bank |
| 11:10 — 11:30 |
Coffee-break
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| 11:30 — 13:30 |
Plenary session 3
Best practices in tiger conservation (cont'd)
Chairs:
Thein Aung, Minister of Forestry, Myanmar
Mohamed Hasan Mahmud, Minister of Environment and Forests, Bangladesh
Dias: Igor Maydanov, Deepak Bohara, M.H.Mahmud, Thein Aung, Suwit Khunkitti, Kim Chang Ryong
Welcome addresses:
Thein Aung, Minister of Forestry, Myanmar
Mohamed Hasan Mahmud, Minister of Environment and Forests, Bangladesh
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| up to 10 min |
Chanthavy Vongkhameheng, senior biologist, Division of Forest Resources, Lao PDR
Dato Abd Rasid Samsudin, Director General, Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Malaysia
Win Naing Thaw, Director of Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division, Forest Department, Ministry of Forestry, Myanmar
Deepak Bohara, Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation, Nepal
Amirkhan Amirkhanov, Deputy Director of Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Russian Federation
Pimuk Simaroj, Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
Do Quang Tung, Deputy Director General of CITES Managment Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam
Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh, Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization, Iran
Galia Karibzhanova, Ministry of Environment, Kazakhstan
Discussion
|
| 13:30 — 14:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:30 — 16:00 |
Parallel session 1
Valuation of tiger habitats and ecosystems
Chairs:
San Vanty, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia
Bui Cach Tuyen, Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam
Dias: San Vanty, Bui Cach Tuyen, Pema Gyamtsho, Thein Aung, Kim Chang Ryong
Welcome addresses:
San Vanty, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia
Bui Cach Tuyen, Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam
|
| 10 min |
Speakers:
Juergen Becker, Vice Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany
|
| 20 min |
Eric Dinerstein, Vice President, WWF "Assessing the true economic value of ecosystems: a potential tool for influencing decision-making"
|
| 20 min |
Keshav Varma, Program Director, GTI "Creating new sustainable financing mechanisms: REDD +. Wildlife Premium Markets. Smart Green Infrastructure "
|
| 20 min |
Discussion |
| 14:30 — 16:00 |
Parallel session 2
Illegal trade
Chairs:
Igor Maydanov, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Russia
Subadia Gelgel, the Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia
Dias: Igor Maydanov, Subadia Gelgel, Satya Prakash Yadav, Vladimir Kirillov, Deepak Bohara, Yuri Fedotov
Welcome addresses:
Igor Maydanov, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Russia
Subadia Gelgel, the Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia
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| up to 10 min |
Speakers:
Bakary Kante, Director, Division on Environmental Law and Conventions, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Manop Lauprasept, ASЕAN-WEN
Krishna Prasad Acharya & Megh Bahadur Pandey, SAWEN
Steven Raymond Broad, Executive Director, TRAFFIC International
Vivek Menon, Regional Director for South Asia, IFAW
Vladimir Kirillov, Head, Federal Oversight Service for Natural Resource Management, Russia
John Scanlon, Secretary General of CITES
Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime
|
| 10 min |
Ceremony of Signing of the Agreement on International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC)Ceremony of Signing of the Agreement on International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) |
| 16:00 — 16:30 |
Coffee-break |
| 16:30 — 18:00 |
Plenary session 5
Review of the Forum's Recommendations
Chairs:
Igor Maydanov, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Russia
Deepak Bohara, Minister of Forest and Soil Conservation, Nepal
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| 16:30 — 16:45 |
Maria Otero, Undersecretary of State, USA |
| 16:30 — 18:00 |
Presentation of the Draft Recommendations from the Forum by the Drafting Committee
Discussion |
| 16:00 — 17:00 |
SIDE-EVENT (an ad hoc presentation) 100 persons
New Mechanisms for Protecting the Tiger and its Habitats (The International Climate Initiative, wildlife conservation lease and involvement of local communities to protect the tiger and its habitats)
Organisers:
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation
Federal Forestry Agency, Russian Federation
Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
WWF-Russia
WWF-Germany
Chairs:
Hans-Peter Mussig, First Vice-President, KfW Development Bank, Germany
Igor Maydanov, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Russia
Jurgen Becker, Deputy Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Presentation of a film titled Custodians of taiga forests (5 minutes)
Speakers:
Igor Maydanov, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Russia
Victor Myasnik, Vice-Governor of the Primorsky Kray
Juergen Becker, Deputy Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Alexander Panfilov, Deputy Chief, Federal Forestry Agency, Russia: Prospects for Promoting Forest Climatic Projects in Russia
Yuri Darman, Director, Far East Office, WWF-Russia: New Conservation Mechanisms - Climate Change and Tiger Habitat Conservation
Vladimir Shirko, Chairman, Udege Indigenous Community: Tiger Habitat Protection through Wildlife Conservation Lease by Indigenous People
Felix Klauda, Head of Division, KfW Development Bank, Germany: Experience Gained under the Bikin Project - How to Finance Sustainable Forest Use, and Tiger and its Habitat Conservation
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NOVEMBER 23, 2010
(High-level segment) |
| 15:00 — 16:30 |
Plenary session to be attended by Vladimir Putin, Prime-minister of the Russian Federation and eads of governments (Blue room, 2nd floor)
Chair: Robert Zoellick
Dias: Vladimir Putin, Wen Jiabao, Sheikh Hasina, Bouasone Bouphavanh, Madhav Kumar, Robert Zoellick
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| 15:00 — 15:05 |
Video presentation for Heads of Governments
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| 10 min |
Speakers:
Vladimir Putin, Head of the Government, Russian Federation
Sheikh Hasina, Prime-Minister, People's Republic of Bangladesh
Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council, People's Republic of China |
| 15:35 — 15:50 |
Video Conference with the Youth Tiger Forum in Vladivostok |
| 10 min |
Monique Barbut, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
Bouasone Bouphavanh, Prime-Minister, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Madhav Kumar Nepal, Prime-Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Closing Remarks by Vladimir Putin, Prime-Minister of the Russian Federation and Heads of Governments |
| 16:45 — 17:30 |
Press Conference (the Press Centre), adoption of the Declaration by Heads of Governments of Tiger Range Countries |
| 18:15 — 19:00 |
Assembling and transportation of participants to the Mikhailovsky Theatre |
| 20:00 — 21:00 |
Help the Tiger! Concert of music stars |
| 21:00 — 22:00 |
VIP reception to be hosted by Vladimir Putin |
| 22:00 |
Assembling and transportation of participants to hotels |
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
(Technical Sessions) |
| 09:00 — 10:00 |
Participant registration |
| 10:00 — 13:00 |
Panel sessions
Panel session 1. Global and national tiger population and habitat monitoring
Chairs:
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
Russian Academy of Sciences
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| 10:00 — 13:00 |
Panel session 2. Public awareness campaign in support of tiger conservation
Chairs:
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
TRAFFIC
|
| 17:00 — 19:00 |
Transfer to the Mikhailovsky Theatre |
| 20:00 — 21:00 |
Help the Tiger! Concert of music stars in the Mikhailovsky Theatre |
| 22:00 |
Assembling and transportation of participants to hotels |
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
(Technical session) |
| 09:00 — 10:00 |
Participant registration
Hotel Europe |
| 09:30 — 12:00 |
Concluding technical session of experts
Chairs:
Nuritdin Inamov, Head of Department of Intarnational Cooperation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Russia
Satya Prakash Yadav, Deputy Inspector General, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India
Presentations and discussions:
Presentation of the Forum Recommendations by the Chair of the Working Group for Preparing Recommendations
Discussion of the Forum Recommendations. Next steps to take priority actions in tiger range countries
Adoption of the Forum Recommendations
Closing remarks by Nuritdin Inamov, Head of Department of Intarnational Cooperation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Russia
Closing of the Forum
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