Forests: Finances, Fighting, and Fragility [EnPAx Forest Interest Group]

Theme Icon - Conservation, Conflict, and Cooperation Theme Icon - Environmental Change, Displacement, and Mobility

Date & Time
Jun 19, 2026 | 11.00 - 12.30

Participants
Alice Taberner, Universidade de São Paulo and King's College (Italy/Brazil)
Lina Aburas Awadalla, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Shaadee Ahmadnia, Conservation International (United States)
Uche Okpara, University of Greenwich (United Kingdom)
Chikaodili Orakwue, University of Johannesburg (Nigeria)
Abdul-Jalil S. Umngan, Bangsamoro Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (Philippines)

Criminalization of tree cutting: A climate-friendly policy that increases insecurity.

Lina Aburas Awadalla, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Jurisdictional REDD+ as a Pathway to Low Emissions Development in Fragile, Conflict, and Violence-Affected States​

Shaadee Ahmadnia, Conservation International (United States)

Weapons, Forests, Land and Rivers: How Armed Conflicts Drive Environmental Change in the Nigeria's Lake Chad Territory

Uche Okpara, University of Greenwich (United Kingdom)

Greening the Sahel, Building Resilience and Fostering Peace: Examining the Transformative Role of the Great Green Wall Initiative

Chikaodili Orakwue, University of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Freedom Fighters for Forest Frontiers: Developing a Sustainable Forest Management Model for Bangsamoro Peacebuilding

ABDUL-JALIL UMNGAN