Oslo Tropical Forest Forum 2024
Oslo, 25-26. June 2024.
Selected presentations will be streamed here.
The Oslo Tropical Forest Forum (OTFF) is a key global conference that gather ministers, policy makers, multilateral institutions, civil society, indigenous peoples, and private sector to advance action on protecting tropical forests. The OTFF 2024 will celebrate tropical countries’ results in implementing policies to reduce deforestation and protect nature, indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ forest stewardship, actions to combat nature crime, and new solutions for transparency and forest monitoring.
OTFF will showcase how these results can inspire action in other ecosystems and highlight challenges that need attention from the global community. The conference is hosted by Norad, the Norwegian Development Cooperation Agency, on behalf of the Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI). The next Oslo Tropical Forest Forum will take place on June 25-26, 2024. Participation is by invitation only.
DAY 1 - TUESDAY JUNE 25
09.00-10.10 Conference opening - plenary session
Confirmed speakers:
HE Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway
HE Huang Runqiu, COP15 President, Minister of Ecology and Environment, PR China
HE Susana Muhamad, COP16 President, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia
John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, The White House, USA
Wanjira Mathai, Managing Director, WRI Africa and Global Partnerships
HE Silje Karine Muotka, President of the Sami Parliament
Master of Ceremonies: Fiona Harvey, Environment Editor, The Guardian
Interpretation to French, Portuguese and Spanish in the plenary
10.10-10.40 Coffee break
10.40-12.00 Plenary - From national action to global effect
Plenary discussion between Ministers of Environment on how nature and climate goals can strengthen and reinforce each other. The plenary session will also highlight national action to halt and reverse deforestation, social inclusion and rights, and how we can move from national results to delivering on global goals.
Confirmed speakers:
HE Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia
HE Eve Bazaiba, Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, DR Congo
HE Dr. Girma Amente, Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Federal Democratic Repulic of Ethiopia
HE Steffi Lemke, Federal Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection, Germany
Joao Capobianco, Vice Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil
Raquel Soto, Deputy Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources, Ministry of the Environment, Peru
Moderated by: Fiona Harvey, Environment Editor, The Guardian
Interpretation to French, Portuguese and Spanish
12.00-13.15 Lunch
Next generation REDD+: Key learnings and the way forward to mobilizing finance for sustainable land use policies
The purpose of this session is to share key lessons and experiences from implementing REDD+ that are critical for designing the future of the REDD+ financing architecture as a key pillar in forest finance. It will showcase experiences from forests countries that have received REDD+ payments, how they are strengthening institutions and legal frameworks to deliver REDD+ results and thereby unlocking financial rewards.
Session organizer: The World Bank
Confirmed speakers:
Valerie Hickey, Environment Director, World Bank, Malavika Prasanna Venkatesan, Policy Associate, Sylvera, Jamey Mulligan, Head of Carbon Neutralization, Amazon, Maria Elena Herrera Ugalde, Director Development and Marketing of Environmental Services and Director of National REDD+ Strategy, Fondo Nacional de Financiemiento Forestal, Costa Rica, Mario Boccucci, Head of Secretariat, UN-REDD Programme
Interpretation to Portuguese and Spanish
13:15: Innovative Solutions for Brazil's Forests
This session aims to foster a forward-looking discussion on solutions that are additional to the importance of command-and-control, focusing on collaborative and innovative approaches for forest conservation and socio-economic prosperity in the different biomes of Brazil.
Session organizer: NICFI
Confirmed speakers:
Joao Capobianco, Vice Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil, Juliano Assunção, Executive Director, Climate Policy Initiative, Maria Netto, Executice Director, Instituto Clima e Sociedade, Marcello Britto, Executive Secretary, Interstate Amazon Consortium
Interpretation to Portuguese
13:15 Shifting to sustainable food and agricultural systems for forest protection - reforming land governance and aligning financial incentives
Agricultural production is a leading cause of deforestation and biodiversity loss. At the same time, the agriculture industry is the second largest sector most dependent on nature. Nature is therefore central to the livelihoods of farmers, including the world’s 600 million smallholders. In this session we will discuss how food systems can be reformed to reduce pressure on forests.
Session organizer: Food and Land Use Coalition
Confirmed speakers:
HE Dr. Girma Amente, Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Federal Democratic Repulic of Ethiopia, Bjørg Sandkjær, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ricardo Abramovay, Full Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Sharon Cherono, Head of the Climate Action Practise, Kenya National Farmer's Federation, Wanjira Mathai, Managing Director, WRI Africa and Global Partnerships, Edward Davey, Head of WRI UK, John Mundy, Director of Global Partnerships and Climate Finance, One Acre Fund, Claudia Martinez, Director, E3 - Ecologia, Economiá y Etica
Interpretation to French and Spanish
15:15 From satellite imagery to action on the ground: Linking data, people, and policy development of effective forest protection
This session will reflect on recent breakthroughs in the forest monitoring field, real-world successes, and remaining gaps and needs for transparent data. Additionally, the session will reflect on how forest monitoring can bring together various actors and stakeholders, and contribute to stronger and improved forest policies.
Session organizer: World Resources Institute
Confirmed speakers:
François Mukendi Mulumba, Spatial Data Manager, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, DRC, Christian Samper, Managing Director and Leader of Nature Solutions, Bezos Earth Fund, Rasio Ridho Sani, Director General of Law Enforcement, Minstry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia, Joana Faggin, Senior Researcher and team manager Deforestation-free Supply Chains, AidEnvironment, Tasso Azevedo, General Coordinator, MapBiomas, Mikaela Weisse, Director Global Forest Watch, WRI
Interpretation to French and Spanish
Lessons from the frontline: Efforts to disrupt and deter organized forests crime (Not streamed)
There is a need to increase the awareness of the seriousness and scale of forest crime and how important law enforcement efforts is in reducing tropical deforestation. This session will showcase how law enforcement officers from key tropical forest countries work to investigate and seize individuals and networks involved in organized forest crime.
Session organizer: NICFI
Confirmed speakers:
Oswaldo Joaquín Cuadro Franco, Coordinator, Financial Analysis and Information Unit, Colombia, Roy Cornelius, Manager Investigations, Papua New Guinea Immigration and Citizenship Services Authority, Salvador Ortega, Criminal intelligence Officer at Environmental Security Programme, Interpol, Humberto Freire de Barros, Director of Amazonia and Environment, Federal Police of Brazil, Nguyen Thi Viet Nga, Deputy Director, International Cooperation Department, General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC), Nicole Quijano-Evans, Deputy Head, UNODC (moderator), Rannveig Knutsdatter Formo, Senior Advisor, NICFI (moderator)
Interpretation to Portuguese and Spanish
Indonesia: How to succeed in reducing deforestation?
Through the FOLU Net Sink 2030 plan Indonesia is turning the forest and other land use sector from a net source of emission to sink by 2030. The implementation of the plan is based on the principles of sustainable forest management as well as environmental and carbon governance and was launched under the leadership of Indonesia’s Minister of Environment and Forestry, HE Siti Nurbaya Bakar. The session will also highlight the advances of the Indonesian Environment Fund - a funding mechanism to support Indonesia’s commitment to reducing emissions and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.
Session organizer: NICFI
Confirmed speakers:
HE Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia, Lord Zac Goldsmith, Senior Fellow, Bezos Earth Fund, Endah Tri Kurniawaty, Director of Fund Raising and Development, Indonesia Environment Fund, HE Rut Giverin, Ambassador, Norwegian Embassy, Jakarta, Mas Ahmad Santosa, Chief Executive Officer, Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative and Indonesian Center for Environmental Law
Dinner at the Oslo City Hall
DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY JUNE 26
08.30-10.00 3 parallell sessions to choose from
Propelling deforestation-free investments in Central Africa for forests and people
Private sector can play a crucial role in achieving conservation and sustainability objectives in Central Africa. There is a theoretical potential to scale up commercial investment in tropical commodity supply chains while making them deforestation-free and socially inclusive at a landscape level. However, at present there are limited flows of finance for forest and land use mitigation in Central Africa. This session will explore opportunities and challenges in the intersection of sustainable investments and environmental conservation, focusing on sectors like agriculture and forestry.
Session organizer: Central African Forest Initiative
Confirmed speakers:
Danièle Remanda, Carbon and Sustainability Manager, ARISE IIP, Zita Wilks, Adviser, National Climate Council Gabon, Michael Schlup, Chief Sustainability Officer, SAIL Investments, Samuel Donatien Nengue, Director, Fonds de Développements des Filières Cacao et Café, Juan Carlos Mendoza Casadiegos, Director of Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Jostein Lindland, Policy Director, NICFI
Interpretation to French
Indigenous People's solutions to the biodiversity crisis and climate targets
Deforestation levels tend to be lower on indigenous people’s lands compared to most other land categories, even compared to national parks and other conservation units in some regions. These invaluable contributions by indigenous peoples to conserving biodiversity and avoiding emissions from deforestation are recognized by the global biodiversity and climate frameworks, yet there is still a way to go for it to be properly supported in policy and implemented in many rainforest countries. In this session we will discuss the challenges and opportunities for official recognition of indigenous territories in four rainforest countries, and the role indigenous governance and stewardship of traditional lands play in achieving national biodiversity and climate targets.
Session organizer: Global Alliance of Territorial Communities and Rainforest Foundation Norway
Confirmed speakers:
HE Dr. Eloy Terena, Acting Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Brazil, Alana Manchineri, General Communications Manager, COIAB, Nicky Kinguina Ineet, Head of Biodiversity Division, Ministere de l'Environment e development DURA, Jorge Perez Rubio, President, AIDESEP, Casey Box, Director of Global Strategy, The Christensen Fund, Juan Carlos Jintiach, Executive Secretary, GATC, Oswaldo Marcial Muca Castizo, President, OPIAC, Kleber Karipuna, Executive Coordinator, APIB & co-chair GATC, Patrick Saidi Hemedi, National Coordinator, Dynamique de Groupes de Peuples Autochtones, Tørris Jæger, Executive Director, RFN, Maria Amelia Trigoso Barentzen, Directora de la Dirección de Pueblos en situación de Aislamiento y Contacto Inicial, Ministerio de Cultura
Interpretation to French, Portuguese and Spanish
Reshaping the global economy - from nature negative to nature positive
The ecosystem services of nature – pollination, water purification, flood protection and carbon sequestration – have an estimated value of US$125 – $140 trillion annually - nearly one-and-a-half times greater than the global economy. That these services are not currently given a clear financial value, constitutes a massive failure of current financial markets and economic systems. To halt the ongoing nature and biodiversity collapse, we must fundamentally rethink our relationship with nature and transform current economic models and finance systems. This session sets out to tap into what these fundamental changes may entail.
Session organizer: NICFI
Confirmed speakers:
Pavan Sukhdev, CEO and Founder, GIST Impact, Emine Isciel, Head of Climate and Environment, Storebrand Asset Management, Danielle Carreira, Head of Finance Sector Engagement, Tropical Forest Alliance/World Economic Forum, Anahita Yousefi, Executive Director, Harvest, Eivind Fliflet, Head of Environmental Team Active Ownership, Norges Bank Investment Management, Nabil Kadri, Deputy Managing Director, BNDES, Brazil
Interpretation to Portuguese and Spanish
10.30-12.00 3 parallell sessions to choose from
High stakes: Transition to sustainable cattle production in Brazil
Cattle production is the highest GHG emitting agricultural activity globally – a large part of which is caused by the clearing of land to create new pastureland. Historically, pasture expansion has been the main driver of deforestation and conversion in Brazil. This session will highlight the contextual factors surrounding the cattle sector in Brazil, while illustrating leadership examples to-date and illuminating the path forward. The discussion will focus on the cattle sector in Brazil, but key components have applications across the world where collective action is being undertaken to align production and protection agendas in tropical forest ecosystems, acknowledging that the two are interdependent
Session organizer: Tropical Forest Alliance
Confirmed speakers:
José Octavio Passos, Director Brazilian Amazon, The Nature Conservancy, Raoni Rajão, Director of Deforestation and Burning Control Policies, Ministry of Environment, Brazil, Leila Harfuch, Managing Partner, Agroicone, Fernando Sampaio, Sustainability Director, Brazilian Beef Exporters Association, Mauro O'de Almeida, State Secretary for Environment and Sustainability, Pará State Government, Jack Hurd, Executive Director TFA, WEF, Toby Gardner, Director, SEI and Trase, Maggie Charnley, Head of International Forest Unit, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom, Alice Gargano, Global Forest and Land Manager, Mars Global Petcare
Interpretation to Portuguese
Not streamed.
Inclusive governance and finance for Indigenous Peoples and local communities in forest climate action
This session will discuss how inclusive governance and financial mechanisms can be further developed and supported. Indigenous leaders, policy makers, philanthropy, and civil society organizations will be invited to reflect on how governance and finance can be more responsive to the forest stewardship provided by Indigenous peoples and local communities.
Session organizer: NICFI
Confirmed speakers:
Raquel Soto, Deputy Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources, Ministry of the Environment, Peru, Joan Carling, Director, IPRI, Francisca Oliveira de Lima Costa, Presidente do Comité Regional de Povos Indigena, Elaine Shajian Shawit, President, CORPI-SL, Solange Bandiaky Badji, President and Coordinator, Rights and Resources Initiative, Christopher Jordan, Latin America Director, Re:wild, Anton Willems, Executice Director, Profonape, Myrna Cunningham, Chair of Board of Directors, Pawanka Fund/The Tenure Facility, Torbjørn Gjefsen, Senior Forest Finance Advisor, RFN, Anthony Bebbington, International Program Director Natural Resources and Climate Change, Ford Foundation.
Interpretation to French, Portuguese and Spanish
Deforestation, illicit economies, and peacebuilding in the Amazon: Experiences in Colombia and Ecuador
This session will focus on the interlinkages between deforestation and the illegal economies in the Amazon, and how this affects governments’ policies for sustainable land use and reduced deforestation. Countries in the Amazon basin experience similar challenges and threats to their forests. Key experiences from Colombia will be shared and discussed with Ecuador. Representatives from governments and civil society will share their views on how the illegal economy and conflict drives deforestation, how it affects national plans and strategies to stop deforestation, and how to counteract the risk of displacing illegal activities – and deforestation - to neighboring countries.
Session organizer: NICFI
Confirmed speakers:
Sandra Valenzuela, Executive Director, WWF Colombia, Candice Welsch, Regional Representative, UNODC, Carmen Josse, Executive Director, Fundacion EcoCiencia, Bram Ebus, Consultant Conflict & Environment, International Crisis Group/Amazon Underworld
Interpretation to Spanish
12.00-13.15 Lunch
13.15-14.45 Plenary session: High integrity forest carbon finance: Outstanding questions and way forward
Confirmed speakers:
Roselyn Adjej, Director, Climate Change, Forestry Commission of Ghana
Frances Seymour, Senior Advisor, Forests and Nature, US State department
Edgar Heredia, Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition, Ecuador
Juan Carlos Jintiach, Executive Secretary, Global Alliance for Territorial Communities (GATC)
Jamey Mulligan, Head of Carbon Neutralization, Amazon
Raoni Rajão, Director of Deforestation and Burning Control Policies, Ministry of Environment, Brazil
Moderated by: Fiona Harvey, Environment Editor, The Guardian
Interpretation to French, Portuguese and Spanish
14.45-15.15 Coffee break
15.15-16.30 Plenary session: The way to Cali and Belem - a call to action
Confirmed speakers:
Joao Capobianco, Vice Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil
HE Dr. Eloy Terena, Acting Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Brazil
Craig Hanson, Managing Director Programs, World Resources Initiative
Candice Welsch, UNODC regional representative in Latin- America
Jack Hurd, Executive Director, the Tropical Forest Alliance at the World Economic Forum
Moderated by: Fiona Harvey, Environment Editor, The Guardian
16.30-17.00 Closing session
Confirmed speakers:
HE Andreas Bjelland Eriksen Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway
HE Susana Muhamad, COP16 President, Minister of Environment an Sustainable Development, Colombia
Bård Vegar Solhjell, Director General, Norad
Master of Ceremonies: Fiona Harvey, Environment Editor, The Guardian
Interpretation to French, Portuguese and Spanish