Welcome to the presentation of the report Seven reasons to invest in agroforestry for post-war reconstruction and reform efforts in Ukraine. Organised by Agroforestry Network in Sweden and its partner organizations in solidarity with Ukraine.
Are you a development practitioner, policymaker or researcher engaging in sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, rural livelihoods or perhaps food security? Are you interested in the situation in Ukraine and post-war recovery?
Main presenter: Margot Wallström, Co-chairman, President Zelenskyjs’ group for reconstruction in Ukraine
Agenda
09.30 Coffee and sandwich
10.00 Introduction and welcome – Charlotta Szczepanowski, General Secretary of Vi-skogen
10.05 Presentation of launch – Moderator Matthew Fielding, Head of Project Communications and Impact, SEI
10.10 Programme to address the massive environmental damage caused by Russia to Ukraine, environment and climate – Margot Wallström
10.30 Summarizing the brief – Marine Elbadzike, Co-author of the brief, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Skinnskatteberg / Södertörn University, Stockholm / Ivan Franco National University of Lviv
10.40 Strategy for Sweden’s reconstruction and reform cooperation with Ukraine – Samuel Tunfjord, Desk Officer Eastern Europe and Central Asia Department, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Writer of the Swedish strategy for Sweden´s reconstruction and reform cooperation with Ukraine 2023-2027.
10.50 Questions from the audience
11.00 Panel with Ganna Lobchenko, NULES, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine / WWF-Ukraine, Marine Elbakidze, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) / Södertörn University / Ivan Franco (National University of Lviv), Maksym Matsala, SLU Alnarp, Svitlana Sydorenko, Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration (URIFFM), Kharkiv) and Bohdan Vykhor, Executive Director, WWF-Ukraine.
11.40 Summary
12.00 Closing
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The policy brief in short:
Agroforestry is a multifunctional land-use system that integrates woody vegetation with crops and animal production, which can improve the resilience of yields and livelihoods and contribute significantly to environmental sustainability. This policy brief has been compiled by Agroforestry Network and its partner organizations in solidarity with Ukraine. It highlights seven reasons to invest in agroforestry for post-war recovery, green transition and integration of Ukraine into the European Union.
A range of current needs and recommendations across development perspectives, research, legislative, and networking/dialogue, are also presented to support the expansion of agroforestry – both to strengthen resilience in this time of war, but also long term, to mitigate and adapt to the climate and biodiversity crises. Ukrainian actors from different sectors have been involved, and also suggested ideas for potential bilateral collaboration as well as contact details (the appendix) to actors in the sector of agroforestry in Ukraine and Sweden.