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This Friday/Saturday:  Yale Conference on Bioenergy and Avoided Deforestation

Please join Yale University’s chapter of International Society of Tropical Forester’s for their annual conference:

DRIVERS OF LAND USE CHANGE:  BIOENERGY AND AVOIDED DEFORESTATION
Free Registration:  www.yale.edu/istf
Friday March 28th - Saturday March 29th, 2008
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 205 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT

Keynote Speaker: Roger Sedjo, Resources for the Future
Simon Counsel, The Rainforest Foundation, UK
Annah Peterson, Duke University
Bernardo Strassburg, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment
Ariane Kaper, Utrecht University
Graham von Galtitz, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Breno Rates Azevedo, MundusCarbo Environmental Solutions, Brazil
Julianne Hazelwood, University of Kentucky
Ricardo Mello, University of Florida
Onil Banejee, University of Florida
Petr Havlik, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Benoit Morel, Carnegie Mellon University

The conference will delve into the potential impacts of bioenergy and avoided deforestation on tropical landscapes. While both have the potential to offset carbon emissions, bioenergy generation and avoided deforestation could have significantly different impacts on land uses. The discussion will be driven by questions such as:

* Can global policies like REDD effectively abate tropical deforestation?
* Will bioenergy be a tool for tropical forest conservation or a catalyst of its destruction?
* Are biofuel production and avoided deforestation compatible?