IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
South Asia Region
in collaboration with Leaders for Nature, IUCN India office and CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur organizes
Master Class
on
"Ecosystem Management, Nature Based Solutions and SDGs: Perspectives from South Asia"
December 4th 2017
Venue: Magnolia Hall, Habitat World Center, New Delhi India
08:35AM-Arrival, Registrations
09:00 AM-10:00 AM
Opening Session
Welcome Remarks -Director CSIR NEERI
Chair Remarks & Overview IUCN CEM-Dr. Madhav Karki, IUCN CEM
Opening Remarks-Mr. Priya Ranjan Sinha, Director IUCN India
Overview CSIR NEERI- Dr. Shalini Dhyani, CSIR-NEERI
Overview -Prof. Hemanthi Ranasinghe, IUCN CEM S. Asia
Vote of Thanks- Aditya Petwal Leader for Nature
Inauguration of few Environmental Reports by Corporate Partners
10:00-10:30AMTea/Coffee Break and a quick Group Photograph session
Session I
10:30AM-11:45 AM
Tackling emerging challenges in ecosystem management with reference to SDG Goal 14 and 15: Identifying Key Players and their roles
Session Chair and Moderator:Dr. Madhav Karki , Deputy Chair IUCN CEM(Role Play Nepal)
Challenges and approach
-Prof. M. L. Khan, (Role Play India)
-Dr Anil Gupta, NIDM (Role Play SDG and DRR)
-Dr. Sonali Ghosh, IFS (Role Play PAs)
-Dr. Tuhin Banerji, CSIR NEERI
Corporate Contributions
-TATA Steel
-TATA Power
-Ambuja
-Rio Tinto
Session Rapporteur: Ms. Pritha and Mr. Rajendra
Session II
11: 45 AM- 1:00PM
Emerging Challenges in Sustainable Management of Agro ecosystems with reference to SDG Goals
Session Chair and Moderator:Mr P R Sinha, Director IUCN India
Emerging Challenges and Solutions
-Dr. Jitendra Sharma, UNIDO (Role Play Conventions and Asia)
-Dr Kavita Gandhi, CSIR-NEERI (Pesticides)
-Dr Chandrashekhar ( Mountain Agriculture)
Corporate Inputs and Approaches
-Dr Ashesh Ambasta, EVP -ITC
-HUL
-Mr Rishi Pathania, Head CSR, UPL
Session Rapporteur: Dr. Jitendra, UNIDO and Ms. Pritha, IUCN
13:30-2:30PMLunch Break
Session III
2:30PM-3:45 PM
Nature Based Solutions, EbDRR and UrbanEcosystem Management: Challenges and approaches with reference to SDG Goal 11
Session Chair and Moderator: Prof. Hemanthi Ranasinghe, IUCN CEM
Corporate Speakers
-Wipro
-Toyota
-HCL/ Oracle
-MRPL
Speakers
-Dr. Asha Dalwani, NGT (Wetland Governance)
-Dr. Hemant Bherwani, CSIR NEERI
-Dr. Sudipto Chatterji (Restoration of ecosystems)
-Mr. Manu Bhatnagar, INTACH
-Mr Aditya Petwal , IUCN (Urban Ecosystem Management Role Play India)
Session Rapporteur: Ms. Shruti and Mr. Rajendra
15:45-4:15 PMTea/Coffee Break
4:15-5:00PMBrainstorming Session Moderator: Mr. Aditya Petwal and Dr.Shalini Dhyani
-How to increase the reach of knowledge of IUCN in S. Asia
-How to involve corporate, universities and private sector
- Discussions on increasing awareness and linking up with ongoing efforts
Session Rapporteur: Ms. Pritha and Ms. Shruti
5:00 -6:00 PMConcluding Session
Session Moderator:Dr. Madhav Karki and Prof. Hemanthi RanaSinghe
With
Prof. M. L. Khan, Dr. Anil Gupta, and Corporate Partners from WIPRO, TOYOTA and TATA Steel/ TATA Power
Discussions on increasing co-operation in IUCN CEM in India
-What is the key stimulus needed?
-Who are potential partners?
-How can national and international missions be used for maximizing Ecosystem management and SDG based approaches?
-What international support/partnerships are available?
-Inviting suggestions on developing technical documents and topics
Session Rapporteur: Dr. Jitendra, UNIDOand Mr. Rajendra JNU
All speakers can be given 7 minutes to present with 5 minutes for discussions (Keep the PowerPoint slides limited to only 4/5)
Focus will be on (a) what worked in their example (b) What did not work and (c) what are the key challenges to scale up?
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