[Day.1: 19 September 2021]
11.30 – 13.30 Hours | Central European Time
ROUNDTABLE FOR MOUNTAINS:
Inaugural of Summer Field School
Opening of Sessions and Inaugural Speeches by the Guests of Honors

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12.00 – 12.10 Hours CEST | 19 September 2021
Inaugural Speech on the Technical Sessions Group-1Mountain Ecosystems; Freshwater Ecosystems; Forest Ecology; Environmental Issues
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Prof. Dr. Eng. Gabriela Teodorescu
Vice Rector, Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania, & Full Professor & Head, Research Centre for Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Engineering

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12.10 – 12.20 Hours CEST | 19 September 2021
Inaugural Speech on the Technical Sessions Group-2Climate Change and Mountain Ecosystems & Communities
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Mr. Antonio Oposa
Philippine’s Environmental Activist, awarded by Ramon Magsaysay Award, UNEP Global 500 Roll of Honor, International Environmental Law Award

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12.10 – 12.20 Hours CEST | 19 September 2021
Inaugural Speech on the Technical Sessions Group-2Climate Change and Mountain Ecosystems & Communities
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Rosalaura Romeo
Program Officer, Mountain Partnership Secretariat, Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy

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12.20 – 12.30 Hours CEST | 19 September 2021
Inaugural Speech on the Technical Sessions Group-3Participatory Resource Management; Watershed Management; River Basin Management
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Em.O.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Hans Peter Nachtnebel
Professor Emeritus, Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria

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12.20 – 12.30 Hours CEST | 19 September 2021
Inaugural Speech on the Technical Sessions Group-3Participatory Resource Management; Watershed Management; River Basin Management
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Dr. Tobias Salathé
Senior Advisor, Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Gland, Switzerland

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12.30 – 12.40 Hours CEST | 19 September 2021
Inaugural Speech on the Technical Sessions Group-4Mountain Livelihoods; Rural Micro-Enterprises; Livestock-Based Livelihoods
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Izabella Koziell
Deputy Director General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal

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12.40 – 12.50 Hours CEST | 19 September 2021
Inaugural Speech on the Technical Sessions Group-5Transhumance; Pastoralism; Rangeland Governance
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Dr. Ilse Köhler-Rollefson
Author, Scientist, Activist & Founder, League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development & Co-Director, Marwar Camel Culture Festival India, Ober-Ramstadt, Germany

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12.50 – 13.00 Hours CEST | 19 September 2021
Inaugural Speech on the Technical Sessions Group-6Biodiversity Conservation; Wildlife Management; Ecotourism; Park-People Interface
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Prof. Dr. Konstantia Koutouki
Full Professor at Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal, Senior Director of Nomomente Institute, Research Expert at McGill University's Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science, President of International Law Association - Canada Branch, & Lead Counsel NRM, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, Canada

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13.00 – 13.10 Hours CEST | 19 September 2021
Inaugural Speech on the Technical Sessions Group-7Mountain-Based Conventions; SDGs & Mountains; Mountain Sustainability
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Mr. Harald Egerer
Head of the Carpathian Convention, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Vienna Office, Austria

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13.10 – 13.20 Hours CEST | 19 September 2021
Inaugural Speech on the Technical Sessions Group-8Sustainable Agriculture; Organic Farming; Agro-Biodiversity
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Dr. Alain Peeters
Secretary, European Association for Agroecology, Belgium

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13.20 – 13.30 Hours CEST | 19 September 2021
Inaugural Speech on the Technical Sessions Group-9Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Tourism and Cultural Diversity
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Professor Dr. Anatoly Getman
Rector, Yaroslav Mudriy National Law University of Ukraine, & Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine
EASY LINKS TO THE SESSIONS’ STRUCTURE
- Chairs and Co-Chairs of the Sessions
- https://www.grassrootsglobal.net/mer2020/honorable-chairs.html
- Technical Sessions Group-1
- https://www.grassrootsglobal.net/mer2020/technical-sessions-group-1.html
- Technical Sessions Group-2
- https://www.grassrootsglobal.net/mer2020/technical-sessions-group-2.html
- Technical Sessions Group-3
- https://www.grassrootsglobal.net/mer2020/technical-sessions-group-3.html
- Technical Sessions Group-4
- https://www.grassrootsglobal.net/mer2020/technical-sessions-group-4.html
- Technical Sessions Group-5
- https://www.grassrootsglobal.net/mer2020/technical-sessions-group-5.html
- Technical Sessions Group-6
- https://www.grassrootsglobal.net/mer2020/technical-sessions-group-6.html
- Technical Sessions Group-7
- https://www.grassrootsglobal.net/mer2020/technical-sessions-group-7.html
- Technical Sessions Group-8
- https://www.grassrootsglobal.net/mer2020/technical-sessions-group-8.html
- Technical Sessions Group-9
- https://www.grassrootsglobal.net/mer2020/technical-sessions-group-9.html
19 SEPTEMBER 2021 | SPECIAL SESSION
OPENING THE DOORS INTO MOUNTAIN SUSTAINABILITY
Special Chair

President, World Agricultural Heritage Forum, Rome (Italy), & Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing (China), Professor, Beheshti University, Teheran (Iran), Professorial Senior Research Fellow, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto (Japan)
Special Moderation

Associate Professor, Yaroslav Mudriy National Law University, Kharkiv (Ukraine), & Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
Special Panelists

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Nachtnebel
Professor Emeritus, Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria)

Senior Agriculture Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Rome (Italy), & Former Professor, Tajik Agrarian University, Dushanbe (Tajikistan)

Chief Economist, World Resources Institute USA, New Delhi (India), & Former Professor, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal

Prof. Dr. Eng. Gabriela Teodorescu
Vice Rector, Valahia University of Targoviste, & Full Professor & Head, Research Centre for Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Engineering, Targoviste (Romania)

Deputy Director, Carpathian National Nature Park (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources), Yaremche (Ukraine)

Programme Coordinator, HUC Secretariat Lead, Anthropologist & Mountain Education Specialist, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu (Nepal)

Food Security Economist, Livelihoods, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu (Nepal)

Dr. habil. Maria-Mihaela Antofie
Associate Professor & Director, Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Protection, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (Romania)

Distinguished Academic & Scholar, University of Eastern Finland & University of Helsinki/University of the Arctic, Helsinki (Finland)

Honorary Research Fellow, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Nepal Office, & Adjunct Professor (Agricultural Economics), IAAS, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu (Nepal)

Professor Emeritus, University of Tehran, & Focal Point for Mountain Partnership in the University of Tehran, Tehran (Iran)

Senior Scientist, National Agriculture Genetic Resources Center (National Genebank), Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Kathmandu (Nepal)

Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, & Assistant Proctor, University of Chittagong, Chattogram 4331 (Bangladesh)

CIRAD Biodiversity Advisor & Senior Researcher, UMR SENS, Center for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), Montpellier Cedex 5 (France)

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (Slovenia), & President, CIPRA Slovenia

Chairman, Central Himalayan Institute for Nature & Applied Research, Nainital (India)

Professor, Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, School of Natural Resource Management, College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, Central Agricultural University Imphal, Meghalaya (India)

Professor, Department of Geography & Resource Management, Mizoram University, Mizoram (India)

Chairperson, Institute of Socio-Economic Regional Studies, & Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Trade and Exchange Activities, State Agrarian and Engineering University in Podilia, Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine)

Associate Professor, Environmental Management Systems, & Vice-President of NatRisk Interdepartmental Research Centre on Natural Risks in Mountain and Hilly Environments, School of Management and Economics, Department of Management, University of Torino, Torino (Italy)

Architect-Engineer & Mayor, Municipal Council of Capizzone, Capizzone, Province of Bergamo (Italy)

Founder & President, Terra Ethics, Vancouver Island (Canada), & Co-Director, The Grassroots Institute, Montreal (Canada)

Prof. Dr. Prasanthi Gunawardena
Professor in Environmental Economics, Resource Economics Unit, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda (Sri Lanka)

Director, Rural Development Fund (RDF), & Manager, ILC Asia Platform on Locally Managed Ecosystems, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)

Dean of Research and Industrial Linkages & Lecturer, Department of Environment and Climate Studies, College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Thinphu (Bhutan)

Professor, Department of Zoology, Assam Don Bosco University, Kamarkuchi, Sonapur, Tapesia, Assam (India)

Administrator and Project Coordinator, Albanian Alps Alliance, & Lab Specialist, PANBiORA Project (funded by EU HORIZON 2020), EPOKA University, Tirana (Albania)

Prof. Dr. Zin Maung Maung Thein
Professor, Department of Geology, University of Mandalay, Mandalay (Myanmar)

Dean - Development and External Relations, & Associate Dean - Academic Affairs, & Associate Professor of Environmental Management, Royal Thimphu College, Thimphu (Bhutan)

Dr. M. Abdul Samad Ibrahim
Senior Academic, Electronic Media Production Centre, & Former Member, Board of Management, lndira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi (India)