<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; "><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; color: black; text-align: justify; "><a class="style13" name="COURSE_SCOPE_AND_BACKGROUND" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font color="#00008B">SCOPE</font></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; color: black; text-align: justify; "> </div><div class="style60" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; color: black; text-align: justify; ">The symposium REDD+SCIENCE+GOVERNANCE will address key challenges and concerns regarding REDD+. It will touch upon REDD+
negotiations, different scientific perspectives on REDD+ and the actual implementation of REDD+ activities. The symposium forms the start of a week-long set of activities on REDD+ at Wageningen University, which also includes a post-graduate course (link to the<a href="http://www.pe-rc.nl/database/Courses%2520and%2520Activities/PE-RC%2520postgraduate%2520courses/REDD+Science+Governance.htm" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">course</a>) and an authors’ workshop to discuss a forthcoming special issue on REDD+. <br><br>The symposium starts with key note speeches by a prominent researcher, practitioner and negotiator, who will later enter into a lively discussion touching on some of the contentious debates related to REDD+. During four parallel sessions in the afternoon, special issue authors present their work on REDD+ from both a natural and
social science perspective. These sessions will address the governance of REDD+; Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems for REDD+; REDD+ in a larger context; and the implementation of REDD+ projects. In the plenary session that follows, the authors and the public will discuss some key propositions that came up during the parallel sessions. The symposium ends with a drink and a dinner. </div><div class="style60" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; color: black; text-align: justify; "><br></div><div class="style60" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; color: black; text-align: justify; "><a
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