Day-by-day Schedule

Day 1: Tuesday  9 October 2018

 

08:00-09:00       Registration

• WII Auditorium Lobby

 

09:00-11:00     Networking

• ES market
• NGO events
• Exhibition
• Poster

• In front of WII Auditorium building

※ Network meeting places are provided during the conference.

• Networking room in UNESCO C2C building
• Rooftop of UNESCO C2C building

 

11:00-11:30     Tea break

• WII Auditorium Lobby

 

11:30-13:00       Opening Ceremony & Keynote I

Shri Vinay Sheel Oberoi

(Former Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO)

The role of Ecosystem Services in the communication and management of UNESCO protected areas

• WII Auditorium

 

13:00-14:00     LUNCH

• WII Auditorium Lobby

 

14:00-16:00       Parallel Sessions

NOTE: See appendix II & III for details and room arrangement

 

• S8b - Economic Valuation of Protected Areas
• T17 - Accounting For Ecosystem Services : Policy and Practices

 

16:00-18:00       Inter-governmnetal Meeting “ES to Support Nature

Conservation in Policy and Practice”

• WII Main Office Board room

& Parallel Session

• T14b - Human-Wildlife conflicts & coexistence: Implementing Ecosystem (dis)Services for sustainable management

 

18:00-20:00       Welcome Dinner & Cultural Show

 

※ Bus to the Welcome Dinner & Cultural Show Venue leaves at 18:00 in front of the WII Auditorium. Anyone who didn’t sign up yet, please sign up for it at the registration desk. Shuttle bus service back to the hotel will be provided after the Welcome Dinner & Cultural Show.

 

Day 2: Wednesday 10 October 2018

 

08:00-09:00       Day registration

• WII Auditorium Lobby

 

09:00-10:00       Opening & Keynote II

Pavan Sukhdev

(Leader of the TEEB study and now President of WWF International)

Lets Change Our Economic Compass: from GDP to corporate performance

• WII Auditorium

 

10:00-11:00       Poster session

NOTE: See Appendix III for a list of poster presentation. ESP will award this year’s best poster and award sponsored by National Institute of Ecology will be handed out during closing ceremony on Thursday. The jury will consist of all participants of the ESP Asia conference.  At registration, everyone will receive a voting ballot. Poster presentations are evaluated for their scientific quality, enthusiasm of the poster presenter, link to the conference theme “Communicating and Engaging Ecosystem Services in Policy and Practice in Asia”, and the visual looks of the poster.

 

11:00-13:00       Parallel sessions

• S9 - Mainstreaming Indigenous and local communities connections with nature
• T7 - Sharing the Experience of Ecosystem Service Valuation in Korea
• T8 - How do we assess threats to cultural ecosystem services? – Toward Asian Red List of CES
• G3 - Guidelines and Toolkits for Ecosystem Services Assessment

 

13:00-14:00     LUNCH

• WII Auditorium Lobby

 

14:00-16:00       Talk show with Pavan Sukhdev

• UNESCO C2C Auditorium

& Parallel session

• S8a - Natural Heritage and Protected Area Conservation: Ecosystem Services in Planning and Management
• S9 - Mainstreaming Indigenous and local communities connections with nature (Continued)

 

16:00-16:30       BREAK

 

16:30-18:00       ESP Asia Forum

• UNESCO C2C Auditorium

 

※ Shuttle bus service back to the hotel will be provided at 18:00 in front of WII Auditorium building.

 

 

Day 3: Thursday 11 October 2018

 

08:00-08:50       Day registration

• UNESCO C2C Auditorium

 

08:50-09:00       Opening

• UNESCO C2C Auditorium

 

09:00-11:00       Parallel sessions

 

• B10a - Integrating ecosystems and their services in peri-urban planning and policy in Bengaluru
• T14a - Endorsing Nature and Community based Solutions for healthy and resilient natural and modified ecosystems in S. Asia
• G2 - Young Ecosystem Services Specialists (YESS) session: Engaging early career researchers to strengthen and communicate science of Ecosystem Services in Asia
• Open – Communicating and Enganing Ecosystem Services in Policy and Practice in Asia

 

11:00-13:00       Parallel sessions

 

• T18 - WII-INSEE Panel Discussion on Communicating and Engaging Ecosystem Services in Policy and Practice in India
• G1 - The Perfect Storm- trends of ecosystem services and gaps in policy responses in the IPBES Asia- Pacific Regional Assessment
• G2 - Young Ecosystem Services Specialists (YESS) session: Engaging early career researchers to strengthen and communicate science of Ecosystem Services in Asia (Continued)
• Open – Communicating and Enganing Ecosystem Services in Policy and Practice in Asia (Continued)

13:00-14:00     LUNCH

• WII Auditorium Lobby

 

14:00-15:30       Keynote III

Madhav Karki

(Co-chair IUCN-CEM and Co-lead of the IPBES Asia & Oceania Assessment)

State of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Asia-Pacific: Opportunities in the midst of challenges

& Plenary Discussion “The Way Forward”

• UNESCO C2C Auditorium

 

15:30-16:30       Closing ceremony

• Overview of Session Outcomes
• Acknowledgement of CO₂ Compensation
• Poster Award
• Volunteer recognition
• Group Photo

• UNESCO C2C Auditorium

 

※ Shuttle bus service back to the hotel will be provided at 17:00 in front of WII Auditorium building.

 

 

 

Day 4: Friday 12 October 2018

 

08:00-18:00       Field Trips

Two field trips are organized. All trips relate to the conference theme "Communicating and Engaging Ecosystem Services in Policy and Practice in Asia". It will provide unique opportunities to experience diverse Indian ecosystems. To participate in an excursion pre-registration is mandatory.

                     

1. Rajaji National Park – Ganga River (10 hour trip)

Highlights: Shivalik/Sub-Himalaya ecosystem, Ganga River

 

2. Benog Wildlife Sanctuary – Mussoorie  (10 hour trip)

Highlights: Birdwatching, Shiwalik range

 

To bring along on the field trip

• Camera, Personal medicines, Diary or small notebook, Water bottle (in addition to the water provided), A copy of your passport, sun protection, walking shoes, mosquito repellent

 

All field trips include

• Pick-up from accommodation, Transportation round trip, Snack & water, Lunch, Field Visits, Activities and talks

 

Major Programs

Opening

• Theme : Communicating and Engaging Ecosystem Services in Policy and Practice in Asia

• Time : 11:30 – 13:00 Tuesday, 9 October 2018
• Venue : WII Aditorium

 

Time	Content		Coordinator & Presenter
11:30	Opening and Ceremonial Lighting of Lamp
11:40	Opening Remarks	V.B. Mathur, Director, Wildlife Institute of India
11:50	Keynote Address	Rudolf de Groot & Namue Lee Chair, ESP & Director, ESP Asia RO
12:00	Address by Chief Guest	Shri Vinay Sheel Oberoi, Former Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India & Former Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO
12:20	Discussions - Future collaboration on ES policy and practice in Asia	R.B.S.Rawat Former PCCF & HOFF Government of Uttarakhand Dehradun, Uttarakhand
12:35	Report Release: Evaluating the Outstanding Universal Value of Western Ghats  (Sahyadri Sub-cluster) for Long Term Monitoring of Ecosystem Services
12:40	Vote of Thanks	Malvika Onial, Scientist D, UNESCO Category 2 Centre, Wildlife Institute of India
12:45	Group Photo

 

ESP Asia Intergovernmental Meeting

• Theme : Ecosystem Services to support nature conservation in the policy & practice of nature conservation and sustainable development in Asia

• Time : 16:00 – 17:4550 Tuesday, 9 October 2018
• Venue : WII Main Office Boardroom

 

Time	Content	Coordinator & Presenter
16:00	Opening and greetings	ESP (Rudolf de Groot) & WII (V.B.Mathur)
16:10	Special Address	Pavan Sukhdev (WWF)
16:20	Country overview on ES policy and practice	Vietnam, Philippines, ROK, Nepal, DPRK, India
17:00	Q & A
17:15	Discussions - Future collaboration on ES policy and practice in Asia
17:45	Closing & Group photo

 

Talk show with Pavan Shukhdev

• Theme : Pavan Sukdev Responds to YOUR QUESTIONS on ”Let’s Change Our Economic Compass”

• Time : 14:00 – 15:30 Wednesday, 10 October 2018
• Venue : UNESCO C2C Auditorium

※ Questions will be collected at the Talk-show Box at the registration.

 

Time	Content	Coordinator & Presenter
14:00	Opening and greetings	ESP (Rudolf de Groot) Pavan Sukhdev (WWF)
14:10	Pavan’s  Stories on Ecosystem Service Experience
14:20	Questions from YESS (Young Ecosystem Services Specialists)
14:30	General discussion
15:20	Closing and group photo

 

ESP Asia Forum

• Agenda : Organization of ESP Asia RO Steering Committee (2019-2020) & Discussion about Future collaboration”

• Time : 16:00 – 17:30 Wednesday, 10 October 2018
• Venue : UNESCO C2C Auditorium

 

Time	Content	Coordinator
16:00	Opening and greetings	ESP & ESP Asia RO
16:10	Special presentation Overview of ESP & ESP Asia RO Suggestion of new SC members
16:40	Discussions Expectations and roles of ESP Asia Future collaboration & support Next ESP Asia Conference
17:20	Closing & Group photo

 

ESP Asia Plenary Discussion and Closing

• Theme : Ecosystem Services, the Way Forward in Asia

• Time : 14:00 – 16:30 Thursday, 11 October 2018
• Venue : UNESCO C2C Auditorium

 

Time	Content	Coordinator & Presenter
14:00	Opening	ESP (Rudolf de Groot)
14:10	Keynote Speech “State of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Asia-Pacific: Opportunities in the midst of challenges”	Madhav B. Karki Co-chair IUCN-CEM & Co-lead of the IPBES Asia & Oceania Assessment
14:50	Overview of Session Outcomes
15:10	Plenary Discussions : “The Way Forward in Asia” Panelist : Karachepone Ninan(INSEE, India) Madhav Karki(IUCN-CEM, Nepal) Nguyen Chien Cuong(VNFF, Vietnam) Soeun An (KEI, ROK) V.B.Mathur (WII, India)
16:10	Closing Ceremony Acknowledgement of CO₂Compensation Poster Award Volunteer recognition Group Photo
16:30	Closing

 

 

ESP Training

• Theme : Valuing and Capturing the benefits of Ecosystem Restoration

• Instructor : Rudolf de Groot (Chair of ESP, Associate Professor of Wageningen University)
• Time : 14:00 – 17:30 Monday, 8 October, 2018Venue : UNESCO C2C Auditorium
• Venue : UNESCO C2C Training Room

 

Time	Content	Coordinator & Presenter
14:00	Opening and Greetings
14:15	Lecture I : Guidelines to value and capture the benefits of ecosystem restoration	Rudolf de Groot
14:40	Online demo of the main ES-assessment tools
14:45	Group Exercise I	Facilitator : ESP Asia RO
15:30	Coffee Break
15:50	Lecture II : Capturing the value – incentives for conservation and restoration	Rudolf de Groot
16:15	Group Exercise II	Facilitator : ESP Asia RO
17:00	Review and Wrap-up
17:30	Closing