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Prof. Markku Kanninen and senior researcher Fobissie Kalame joined the COP meeting in Paris last December. On December 3, Prof. Kanninen was a speaker in a side event organised by CIFOR and titled “Forests, landscapes, climate & sustainable development – The evidence we need for the future we want” and his presentation (The future of forests in the low-emissions development agenda) can be found from the link. On December 4, Prof Kanninen was back in Finland for the launching of the latest forest report by the Finnish Climate Panel titled “Climate Effects of Forest Use and the Development of Carbon Sinks” (abstract in English here; full report in Finnish here). Prof. Kanninen went back to Paris to participate in the Global Landscape Forum (December 5-6) organising several event and as a rapporteur in collaboration with CIFOR. Continue reading “VITRI at Paris climate negotiations 2015 – COP21”
VITRI’s 35 years of experience in tropical research, education and development
On 16th December, 2015 VITRI in cooperation with Faculty of Forestry, National University of Laos organized a seminar called “VITRI’s 35 years of experience in tropical research, education and development”. Representative from all our partner organizations attended in the seminar. In addition, Mr. Somsack Chandara, Program Coordinator for Lao PDR, Finnish Embassy of Hanoi and Mr, Esa Puustjärvi, Chief technical advisor SUFORD project also attended in the event. Professor Markku Kanninen, Director of VITRI chaired the morning session and afternoon session was chaired by Mr. Dipjoy Chakma, Project Coordinator.
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