International Workshop on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)- Opportunities for the Forest Industry Sector in the Asia-Pacific Region

Republic of Korea

The project aims at providing an international forum to identify the current trends and potential impacts of carbon forestry on the global forest sector, with an emphasis on the forest industry sector and rural livelihood in tropical countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Topics of the workshop include a review on the current carbon projects/markets established in Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica and other selected countries. Speakers to be invited to the workshop include a representative from UNFCC and project leaders of ITTO projects relating to CDM. The major output expected from the workshop is a strategic analysis on the opportunities for carbon forest business and for the capacity building of developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region.