09:00 - 10:45

Albert Appleton (United States of America)
Former Head of New York Environmental Protection Agency

Francis Vorhies (Switzerland )
Director - Earthmind

Investing in protected productive areas.

1) Can we manage productive landscapes sustainably?
2) Should we invest in sustainably managed landscapes?

Christo Marais (South Africa)
Head: Operations Support - Working For Water

The restoration of natural capital and the development of payments for ecosystem services in South Africa: An opportunity for sustainable natural resource management and use?

1) Are payments for ecosystem services economically viable in the African context?
2) Is the restoration of natural resources affordable to the buyers of ecosystem services and economically viable for land users/sellers of the services?

Martha (Mexico)
Federal Director - Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve

Biodiversity and extreme poverty

1) What need is there to develop mechanisms that guarantee the vital services provided by Nature?
2) How can the demand for voluntary offsets generate the creation of ecosystem products that create a better standard of living to rural and urban communities through the care and functionality of the natural infrastructure?
3) How do we create the value of nature and sustainable development in high biodiversity areas? The natural capital is the livelihood of extreme poverty communities.

Guillaume Sainteny (France)
Director-Direction des Etudes et de L'Evaluation Env. - Ministere de l'Ecologie