Opening session

• Insights from the Quito dialogue seminar on Scaling Up Biodiversity Finance. Maria Schultz, Sweden
• Policy context on finance mechanisms and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Ravi Sharma, CBD Secretariat

Session I - Finance mechanisms for biodiversity: overview and case studies

Environmental Fiscal Reform

• Environmental fiscal reform – an overview. Carlos Munoz Piña, Lecturer at ITAM, visiting professor at Universidad Iberoamericana and Principal Economic Advisor, Forest Trends
• Experience from the ICMS-E in Brazil. Thiago Medeiros da Cunha Cavalcanti, Brazil

Payments for Ecosystem Services

• Payments for Ecosystem Services - an overview. Katia Karousakis, OECD
• Insights from the Mexican Payments for Ecosystem Services Programme. Paola Bauche, CONAFOR, Mexico

Biodiversity offsets

• Biodiversity offsets and biobanking – an overview. Kerry Ten Kate, BBOP
• Lessons from the NT2 offsets programme in Laos. Soukata Vichit, Laos

Markets for Green Products/certification

• Green markets – an overview. Shigefumi Okumura, Mitshubishi Research Institute, Japan
• Insights from the Rainforest Alliance. Ana Paula Tavares, Executive VP, Rainforest Alliance

Biodiversity in Development Finance

• Biodiversity in development finance – an overview. Valerie Hickey, World Bank
• Experience and insights from Jordan. Chris Johnson, Royal Society for Conservation of Nature