| Thursday, April 20, 2006 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Registration |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and opening remarks by FUNGLODE |
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Climate Change: A global approach. |
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Michael MacCracken |
Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs. Climate Institute (USA) |
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Moisés Alvarez |
National Climate Change Office. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic. |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Questions and Answers |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
International and national Legal Framework on Climate Change |
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Mario Leiva Vega |
Legal Advisor. Costa Rican Office for Joint Implementation. (Costa Rica) |
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Rafael Almonte |
Coordinator, Graduate Program in Environmental Law. Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Questions and Answers |
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Climate Change and its impact on key areas: |
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Agriculture
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Thoric Cederstrom |
Sustainable Development and Food Security Vice President. Counterpart International (USA). |
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Nostanling Díaz Ferreira |
Ministry of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic. |
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Edward Matos |
Climate Change Project. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic. |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Questions and Answers |
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| 12:10 p.m. |
Sustainable Development
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Sixto Inchaustegui |
Program Officer, Environment Unit. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Dominican Republic. |
| 12:25 p.m. |
Questions and Answers |
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| 12:40 p.m. |
Coastal Marine Ecosystems
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Robert Ginsburg |
Marine Geology Professor. University of Miami. Caribbean Sea Coral Reefs Monitoring Center (AGRRA). (USA). |
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William Gutierrez |
Management and Conservation Director, Coastal-Marine Under Ministry. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic. |
| 1:10 p.m. |
Questions and Answers |
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| 1:25 p.m. |
Morning wrap up |
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| 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch time |
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Tropical Storms and other Atmospheric Phenomenon
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Joel Pérez Fernández |
Climate and Temperature Technologies Expert. Latin American and Caribbean Humid Tropic Water Center (CATHALAC) (Panama) |
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Antonio Cocco Quezada |
CODIA |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Questions and Answers |
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Biodiversity
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Daneris Santana |
Under Secretary for Protected Areas. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic. |
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Sixto Incháustegui |
Program Officer, Environment Unit. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Dominican Republic. |
| 4:15 p.m. |
Questions and Answers |
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| 4:30 p.m. |
Hydro Resources
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Héctor Rodríguez |
National Institute of Hydro Resources of the Dominican Republic (INDHRI). |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Questions and Answers |
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| 5:15 p.m. |
Managing Climate Change: Policies and Strategies |
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Christiana Figueres |
Founder and former Director, Center for Sustainable Development in the Americas (USA) |
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Luis Rodrigo Chaparro |
National University of Colombia. (Colombia) |
| 5:45 p.m. |
Questions and Answers |
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| 6:00 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
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