Scenarios Training Course

Scenario building in the tropical forest margins will help decision makers in these dynamic areas to gain a better understanding of the potential impacts of tropical forest conversion. National and regional partners of the ASB consortium have underlined their need for such decision-making tools. In response, ASB, ICRAF, and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) conducted a global training workshop on scenarios development. This workshop was for the training of facilitators, where the participants could take their skills and disseminate them at local, regional, and national levels. Nineteen participants from 7 tropical countries (Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Cameroon) participated in this global scenarios training workshop in Chiang Mai in November 2004. This workshop is a key piece of ASB's effort to better understand the socio-economic and environmental dynamics at the forest margins, in order to develop consensus and manage conflicts at the local, national and regional levels. Funding: Netherlands Government. (Project leader: Sandra Velarde).