Keynote Address - The Conservation Response to Climate Change
Theme 1: Emission Trading
Chair: Tony Charters
Understanding the emerging carbon market: how will it work, where do carbon credit and offset schemes fit in, who are the likely buyers and sellers of carbon credits and what do they want?
8.30am
Includes 10 minutes Q&A
Australia's Carbon Trading Scheme - how will it all work?
9:10am
Includes 10 minutes Q&A
Carbon Credits and Offset Schemes - setting and ensuring standards
Keynote Address: Carbon Trading - Conservation Business
Theme 2: Risk Assessment
Chair: Tony Charters
The aim of this session is to identify key risks to conservation stemming from the characteristics of the emerging trading system, identify the source of these risks, the conservation and business outcomes we want and the resource needs.
8.30am
The Emissions Trading System: risks to conservation
9.10am
Workshop 1
What are the risks?
For example:
Monoculture
Loss of prime agriculture land
Adhoc approaches to rehabilitation
Loss of potential conservation revenue
What are the sources of these risks? For example:
Ownership
Rules for buying and selling credits
Standards for offset schemes
10.30am
Morning Tea
11.00am
Workshop 2
What outcomes do we want?
For example:
Conservation Outcomes
Business Outcomes
Standards
What do we need to address these risks? For example:
Information
Communications
Investors
Governance
Partnerships
12.30pm
Lunch
Theme 3
Chair: Tony Charters
This session aim to identify key conservation opportunities, significant barriers and required action.
1.30pm
Includes 10 minutes Q&A
The Carbon Trading System - can we leverage conservation bnefits?
2.10pm
Workshop 3
What are the conservation opportunities?
What are the barriers to taking advantage of these opportunities?
3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
4.00pm
Workshop 4
What actions can conservation agents take now to overcome barriers and secure opportunities?
For Example:
Strategic Partnerships
Capacity building
4.45pm
Wrap Up and Next Steps - Developing an Issues Paper
Tony Charters
5.00pm
Conference Close
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