Rio Conventions Pavilion - Day of Synergies

Economics of land degradation: Development Alternatives, WOTR & The ELD Initiative

Welcome address: Zeenat Niazi

Keynote address:A.k Jain, Additional Secretary, MoEF&CC, India

Context Setting and Presentations

• ELD Movie Screening
• Rethinking land as an economic asset: The economics of Natural Capital, Sustainable Land Management & LDN-Hannes Etter, GIZ, Germany,The ELD Initiative
• Example of land remediation project-Marcella D‟Souza,WOT
• Background Presentation on India and overall DA work-Gitika Goswami, DevelopmentAlternatives

Panel discussion:

• Mr. A.k Jain, Additional Secretary, MoEF&CC, India
• Dr Anil Markandya, Expert, Basque Centre of Climate Change, Spain
• Dr. Ashok Khosla, Chairman, Development Alternatives, India
• Farmer representative from Bundelkhand (TBA)
• Dr. Rohini Chaturvedi, Independent Consultant
• Nitin Pandit, Director of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE)