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Invitation to the Forum on deforestation in Mexico, its causes and actions to stop

May 26, 2010, Sala Octavio Gudino, Graduate Building (B), second floor,
Faculty of Economics, UNAM

global warming has been identified as one of the most important environmental dangers facing our modern society. The excessive emission of so-called "greenhouse gases" (GHGs) are causing climate change and global temperature to dangerous levels. Most of the emissions of greenhouse gases from industrial activity, transportation, power generation and deforestation.

To address this problem, government agencies, universities and research centers, as well as civil society organizations are seeking measures that will effectively reduce GHG emissions. These measures should enable to reduce consumption of gasoline and petroleum
in industry, transport and power generation. They should also allow to reduce emissions generates the elimination of tree cover.

To identify the best measures to stop deforestation and thereby help stop global warming, the Faculty of Economics, UNAM, GreenpeaceMéxico and Rural Studies and Consulting, invited to the Forum on Deforestation in Mexico, its causes and actions to stop, to be held next May 26 at the Faculty of Economics, UNAM.

The event will be held in Room Octavio Gudiño Graduate Building (B), Second Floor, Faculty of Economics at UNAM and open to the university community and citizens interested in the subject.

May 12, 2010

For the Faculty of Economics at UNAM:
Eduardo Vega López, Secretary General

For Greenpeace Mexico: Héctor Magallón
Larson, Coordinator, Forest Campaign

for Rural Studies and Counseling:
Francisco Chapela Mendoza, Executive Director


AGENDA:

09:30 Registration of participants 10:00 Presentation

: The national forest inventory and the process of deforestation in Mexico. Octavio Magana, Forest Inventory Management and Geomatics, CONAFOR.

10:45 Presentation: Methodological aspects and trends of deforestation in Mexico. Irma Trejo, Institute of Geography, UNAM



11:30 Break 12:00 Presentation: The process of deforestation in Mexico. Francisco Chapela, Executive Director, ERA

12:30 Presentation: Impact of federal programs related to forestry in Mexico. Eduardo Vega, Secretary General, Department of Economics, UNAM



13:30 Break 15:00 Working groups: the process of deforestation in Mexico and proposed measures to stop. Francisco Chapela, Executive Director, ERA

16:00 Presentation of conclusions from the tables

16:30 End of workshop: general conclusions and next steps