Trees Store Carbon Seminar
Wednesday 27 January 2010,College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), Conference Hall, Loughry Campus
| Speakers and organisation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 09.30 - 10.00 | Registration | |
| 09.45 - 10.00 | Welcome | Martin Mc Kendry, Head of Crops and Horticulture Development Branch |
| 10.00 - 10.15 | Carbon and climate, Northern Ireland context | Geoff Smyth Carbon Trust, NI. (PDF 1.95 MB) |
| 10.15 - 10.45 | Trees as a carbon resource for the future | Bill Mason, Forestry Commission, UK PDF 1.11 MB) |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Tea break | |
| 11.15 - 11.35 | Trees and The Woodland Trust | Patrick Cregg, The Woodland Trust, NI (PDF 2.57 MB) |
| 11.35 - 11.55 | Forestry and carbon | Stuart Morwood and Joe Bradley, Forestry Service, NI (PDF 643 KB) |
| 11.55 - 12.15 | The role of trees in agroforestry | Jim McAdam, AFBI (PDF 1.74 MB) |
| 12.15 - 12.30 | Accelerating carbon capture using root pruning technique | Raja Harun, CAFRE (PDF 1.29 MB) |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Q&A Panel of speakers | |
| 13.00 - 13.45 | Lunch and poster displays | |
| Afternoon session - Field Tour | ||
| 13.45 | Leave for AFBI, Loughgall | |
| 14.30 - 17.00 | Biomass project, Agroforestry systems and oak using root pruning technique | Rodrigo Olave, Jim McAdam, AFBI |
