The Korea Forest Service will hold 「International symposium on Forest Sink and Carbon Credit 」on Nov. 26, 2008 in Seoul, recognizing the increasing interest in carbon markets.




The carbon market is introduced to assist developed countries in achieving their emission reduction targets and ultimately mitigating climate change. According to World Bank report, volume and value of carbon credits trading in the international markets are increasing dramatically, but the portion of forest carbon credits is not significant yet.






Considering these trends, this symposium will discuss new findings and the prospects in the carbon markets under Kyoto Protocol and the voluntary carbon market. Further, it will offer opportunity to identify limitations and roles of forest in the international carbon market, and to recommend forest functions in each nation''s carbon market.



Symposium Program - November 26, 2008, Seoul

Time	Contents	Presenter
13:30~13:40	Welcoming Address	Dr. Ha Young-je Minister of KFS
13:40~13:45	Congratulatory speech	Dr. CHUNG Rae-kwon Ambassador for Climate Change, MOFAT
13:45~13:50	Congratulatory speech	Mr. Emmanuel Ze Meka Executive Director of ITTO
13:50~14:10	Keynote address : UNFCCC and Forests	Dr. LEE Don-koo President of IUFRO
14:10~14:20	Photo time for distinguished participants
	First Session: International carbon market and forest
14:20~14:50	o International Carbon market under Kyoto Protocol and forest roles	Mr. EUM, Ji-hyun Korea Investment & Securities Co.
14:50~15:20	o Strategic approach to voluntary carbon markets in forestry sectors	Mr. HAN, Ki-joo EcoServices Consulting
15:20~15:30	Break
	Second Session: Carbon market and forest activities in developing countries
15:30~15:50	o Chance for Indonesia : Green Carbon Market	Dr. Yetty Rusli Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia
15:50~16:20	o Integrating approach for managing forest sink in climate change mitigation	Dr. Rizaldi Boer Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
16:20~16:40	o Prospect of forest investment for carbon credits in the Philippines	Dr. Leni Camacho University of Philippines
16:40~17:10	o Demonstration projects for A/R CDM and REDD activities between Korea and Indonesia	Dr. BAE Jae-soo Korea Forest Research Institute
17:10~18:00	Discussion o Chair: Dr. YOON Yeo-chang, Seoul National University o Panel (Five) - Dr. PARK Chong-ho, Korea Forest Service - Dr. LEE Kyeong-hak, Korea Forest Research Institute - Dr. JEONG Kwan-seok, ECO-FRONTIER - Mr. KIM Hoon, KORINDO - Mr. Dibyo, Personnel Association at Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia