It addresses critical challenges such as climate change, deforestation, and land-use shifts by exploring legal frameworks, policy mechanisms, and modern monitoring tools. The session features a detailed presentation on ADB's Model Forest Act initiative to demonstrate modern governance and community- led forest management strategies. It aims to foster cross-sectoral collaboration to establish a shared vision, priority actions, and a measurable roadmap for future forest conservation and governance.
The objective is to present the key features, guiding principles, and implementation approach of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s Model Forest Act initiative, highlighting its role in modernizing forest governance, promoting sustainable forest management, strengthening community participation, conserving biodiversity, and aligning national legal frameworks with emerging environmental and climate priorities.
The objective is to examine emerging threats to forests, including climate change, biodiversity loss, forest fires, land-use change and unsustainable resource extraction. Discuss effective legal, institutional and policy mechanisms for forest protection. Explore technology, scientific monitoring and satellite-based tools for preventing forest degradation. Promote cooperation among governments, judiciary, local communities, indigenous groups and other stakeholders.
This session intends to discuss the way forward, set goals, & create a road map for the future. The objective is to develop a shared vision and strategic roadmap for advancing environmental law and governance by identifying priority actions, strengthening regional cooperation, fostering institutional partnerships, and establishing measurable goals for future collaboration and implementation.
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra
Judge, Supreme Court of India
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin
Chief Justice, National High Court of Brazil, Superior Tribunal De Justica (STJ)
Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nicola Hope Pain
Judge, Land & Environment Court of NSW
Ms. Mio Oka
Country Director, India Resident Mission, South Asia Development, Asian Development Bank
Ms. Patricia Kameri-Mbote
Director, UNEP
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Karen Zarikyan
President, Administrative Court of the Republic of Armenia
Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.K. Singh
Judicial Member, National Green Tribunal