Symposium Schedule (June 3 and 4)

This is the daily schedule for the Spring Symposium. Please note that this a provisional schedule is still subject to change.

The public facing events of the Spring Symposium will take place on June 3 and 4 in hybrid mode. The audience is welcome to join us in-person at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki or online on Zoom. Please see the days below for the more detailed schedule. Interested to join us either in-person or online?

Please note all times in the schedule are listed in Finnish time which is UTC+3. to our favorite time zone converter if you are joining us from a different time zone. 
Wednesday, June 3

10:00 -10:45: Symposium Opening featuring presentations by Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes and Markus Kröger

10:45 -12:00: - Fictions, Frictions, Fractures: Remaking Nature in Repair Mode

12:00 -13:15: LUNCH BREAK (at participants' expense)

13:15 -14:45: Project Presentations 

Session Commentator Eshetu Yirdaw, Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki

  1. Linda Annala Tesfaye, post-doctoral researcher/TreesForDev, Hanken School of Economics

Overview of the work done in the Ethiopian Work Package 

  1. Tesfay Godifey Tsegay, Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Bridging ecological restoration with human plant interactions in Endamekonni district, Southern zone of Tigray, Ethiopia

  1. Bikila Warkineh Dullo, Associate Professor of Ecosystems Ecology, Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Green Legacy Initiative contributions to ecosystems restoration and alignment with National and Global Environmental Targets

  1. Ossi Ollinaho, University Lecturer, Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki

Overview of the work done in the Mozambican Work Package

  1. Natasha Sofia Ribeiro, Professor, Department of Forest Engineering, Faculty of Agronomy and Forest Engineering, UEM

Restoration of Miombo woodlands of southern Africa: research insights and recommendations

14:45-15:15: COFFEE BREAK (hosted) 

15:15-16:45: Project Presentations 

Session Commentator Amber Huff, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

  1. Markus Kröger, University of Helsinki

Towards a Socio-Tree Planting turn? New tree-planting initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon by socio-ecological movements

  1. Marketta Vuola, University of Helsinki

Overview of the work done in the Malagasy Work Package 

  1. Bruno Salomon Ramamonjisoa. Forest Applied Research Laboratory, School of Agronomy, University of Antananarivo

Effectiveness of landscape restoration strategies and farmer involvement: the approach of promoting local uses in Madagascar

  1. Tanjona Ny Rindra Odine Fitiavana, Project researcher, REMM Madagascar

Environmental Education and Ecological restoration by trees plantation in Ranomafana, South-eastern of Madagascar

  1. Lussac Matthieu Pierre, Doctoral school of Governance and Societal Transformation, University of Fianarantsoa

Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge in ecological restoration: Case studies in the boeny region, northwestern Madagascar
Thursday, June 4

10:00 -10:15: Opening 

10:15 -11:30: - From Measurement to Market:
What Carbon Accounting Can—and Cannot—Deliver for Native Forests in the Global South

11:30 -12:30: Panel Discussion facilitated by Linda Annala-Tesfaye in collaboration with Siemenpuu (more details to follow)