SYMPOSIUM

The Role of Ecosystem Restoration in Mitigating Climate Change

     Organized by Ryan Szuch (rszuch@environcorp.com) and Scott Luchessa (sluchessa@environcorp.com)

Sponsored by the Global Change Ecology Section of SWS

Confirmed Speakers

Roger Sedjo, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, Forest carbon sequestration: Principles, costs, and policies

Jeff Hayward, Smartwood/Rainforest Alliance, Washington, DC, Carbon incentives catalyzing ecosystem restoration and alleviating poverty in Latin America, Asia, and Africa

John Kinsman, Edison Electric Institute, Washington DC, Power generators and terrestrial CO₂ offset programs

Brad Raffle, Conservation Capital, Houston, TX, Recommended federal and international policy initiatives to incentivize ecological restoration by private landowners

Dawn Browne, Ducks Unlimited, Memphis, TN, Carbon sequestration and waterfowl habitat conservation on private lands

Brian Needelman, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Carbon offsetting through tidal marsh restoration and conservation