Forests & climate change: A convenient truth?

 

Climate Change Conference, 18th June 2008

This one-day conference in Cardiff Bay brought together 100 senior policy-makers, opinion formers and climate change experts from government, NGOs and the private sector. The conference aimed to take a closer look at some of the issues, the challenges and the opportunities surrounding Climate Change in Wales and beyond.

Jon Owen Jones, Chairman of the Forestry Commission Wales National Committee opened the conference and introduced Elin Jones AM, Minister for Rural Affairs, who gave the key note speech. Tim Rollinson, Director General of the Forestry Commission  followed the Minister and outlined the International perspective and action at a GB level. Six of the UK 's leading experts then gave presentations on forestry and climate change throughout the remainder of the conference.

An interactive approach was taken during the conference. Betsan Powys, BBC Wales Political Correspondent acted as master of ceremonies and engaged delegates in electronic voting on key questions that arose during the day. Results of the votes were immediately projected on the screen and speakers were invited to comment both individually and during an end of conference plenary session.



Video
Forests and climate change: A convenient truth? (WMV, MP4)

Documents
Conference programme (PDF, 139kb)
Forests and climate change conference brochure (PDF, 849kb)
Minister's speaking notes (PDF, 34kb)
Conference summary (PDF, 249kb)


Presentations
(If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint, you can download PowerPoint Viewer 2003 for free.)

	Sustainable Forest Management: An international perspective (PowerPoint, 485kb) - Tim Rollinson, Director General Forestry Commission
	Carbon and forest management (PowerPoint, 1.63MB) - Robert Matthews, Forest Research Programme Leader, Biometrics, Surveys and Statistics Division, Forestry Commission
	Biomass Heating in the UK (PDF, 3.37MB) - Dr Robin Cotton, Wood Energy Ltd
	Wood for Gold in the 21st Century (PDF, 13.9MB) - Craig White, Chair Wood for Gold and Director of White Design
	Cost-effective Carbon (PowerPoint, 8.1MB) - Professor Colin Price, Forest Economist, University of Bangor
	Climate change adaptation: adapting to change (PowerPoint, 4.8MB) - Dr Mark Broadmeadow, Climate Change Programme Manager, Forestry Commission
	Coping with the 21st Century: The role of woodlands (PowerPoint, 1.51MB) - Professor Chris Pollock (Abersytwyth University), Chief Scientific Advisor to the First Minister