ITTO/AFF Forest Policy Day

Session 1: keynote addresses

• Influence of academic and research institutions on African forestry David Okali

• What shapes forest management in Africa: the niche for science Lidia Brito

• Generating and communicating science information to support policy and decision-making in forestry  Robert Nasi

• Decision-making in the public forestry sector: the case of Cameroon Denis KOULAGNA

Session 2: Policies and governance in African forestry

• Introduction to ITTO Project on “Generating and disseminating scientific information on REDDES in Africa” Ernest Foli

• “REDDES Pilot Areas in Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria” Louis Bernard Cheteu

• Deforestation in East and Southern African woodlands: A call for policy change Paxie Chirwa

• Commercial chainsaw logging, corruption and livelihoods in Central Africa Paolo Omar Cerutti

Session 3 : Panel discussion: The Food-Fibre-Fuel Nexus in Africa

• The Food-Fibre-Fuel Nexus in Africa Mafa E. Chipeta