Programme
DAY ONE – Monday 21st July
9am - 12pm — Opening session
(10am - 10:30am — Coffee break)
- Impacts of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Pastoral Systems.
Graciela Magrin, INTA (Argentina)
- Grazing livestock systems – greenhouse gas balances and fluxes and specific characteristics
Roger Hegarty and Harry Clark, AgResearch (New Zealand) - Overview of IPCC Inventory Methodologies – sources and categories of greenhouse gases from agriculture and different methodological approaches (Tier 1, 2, 3)
Sergio González Martineaux, INIA (Chile) - Mitigation of Climate Change in Pastoral Systems: IPCC Fourth Assessment Report and Ideas for Implementation
Daniel L. Martino, Carbosur (Uruguay) - Uruguayan National Programme on Climate Change
Luis Santos, DINAMA (Uruguay)
12pm - 2pm — Lunch
2pm - 5pm — Activity Data Session
(3pm - 3:30pm — Coffee break)
- National inventory reporting for Agriculture: The New Zealand experience
Sonia Petrie, Ministry for the Environment (New Zealand) - Uruguayan National Inventory of GHG: Agriculture Emissions
Daniel L. Martino, Carbosur (Uruguay)
Other Keynote Speakers to be confirmed
Topics to be covered include:
• Sources of data, proxies and gap filling by expert judgement
• Quality and uncertainty assessment
• Land Use and soils (Remote sensing and GIS techniques)
• Population characterisation
7 pm - Welcome Cocktail - “La Pergola” - Ground Floor
DAY TWO – Tuesday 22nd July
9am - 12pm – Ruminants / Soils
(10am - 10:30am – Coffee break)
Topics to be covered include:
• Methods of estimation/measurement of emissions
• Development of emissions factors including feed intake determination
• Protocols and best practice for measurement / estimation
• Upscaling emissions factors for national annual / regional inventory
Ruminants
- Measurement of enteric methane emissions from livestock: Challenges & opportunities for inventory
Roger Hegarty, AgResearch (New Zealand) - GHG Estimates in Cattle Units in Relation to National Inventories
Carlos Alfredo Gomez Bravo, Facultad de Zootecnia. Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Peru) - Invited presentations
Laura Finster, INTA (Argentina)
Soils
- N2O Emissions from Soils. Methods of Estimation, Development of Emission Factors, Protocols and Upscaling
Laura Cardenas, IGER (UK) - Carbon Sequestration in Tropical Pastureland: Evaluation of Mitigation Potential in the Livestock
Ladislau Martin Neto, Embrapa (Brazil) - Invited Presentations
Bernard Hyde, EPA (Ireland)
Topics to be covered include:
• Methods of estimation/measurement of emissions
• Development of emissions factors
• Protocols and best practice for measurement/estimation
• Upscaling emissions factors for national annual /regional inventory
12pm - 2pm – Lunch
2pm - 5pm – Models and Tools Session
(3pm - 3:30pm – Coffee break)
- Nitrous oxide emissions estimates by the ‘NZ-DNDC’ and OVERSEER® models, and assessment of the effects of nitrification inhibitors.
Surinder Saggar, Landcare Research (New Zealand) - Estimating GHG Emissions associated with Livestock and Manure Management using the Agriculture and Land Use Greenhouse Gas Inventory Software Program
Stephen Ogle, Colorado State University (EEUU)
Other Keynote Speakers to be confirmed
Topics to be covered include:
• Compilation tools
• Models including relative merits of tools
• Issues around measurability (modelling) and verification
7pm - 9pm – Evening Panel Discussion
Evening Panel Discussion – Greenhouse Gases in Livestock Production Systems: Greenhouse Gas Footprints and Carbon Markets A discussion on the contribution of the livestock sector to global greenhouse gas emissions, developments in consumer and market awareness and demands, and the response of the livestock industry including methodologies currently being developed to assess the greenhouse gas footprint of livestock products and their supply chains. Kimberly Crewther, Fonterra (NZ) Cocktail to follow |
DAY THREE – Wednesday 23rd July
9am - 12pm – Mitigation Session: Livestock / Soils
(10am - 10:30am – Coffee break)
Topics to be covered include:
• International review of mitigation science
• How to capture specific mitigation techniques (feed, DCD, drainage, avoiding compaction, stand-off pads, management, dietary additives etc)
Ruminants
- Optimizing feed and manure management to reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions from livestock manure storage and composting
Xiying Hao, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agriculture et Agroalimentaire (Canada) - Projections of methane emissions by the Brazilian beef sector and alternatives for mitigation
Luis Gustavo Barioni, Embrapa Cerrados (Brazil) - Invited presentations:
Harry Clark, AgResearch (New Zeland)
Philp O´Brien, EPA (Ireland)
Soils
- Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from grazed pasture systems and options for including these in national inventories.
Tim Clough, Lincoln University (New Zealand) - Approach to the cycle of the nitrogen in the systems of animal production and the losses of I oxidize nitrous in Urguguay
Alejandro Moron, INIA (Uruguay)
Other Keynote Speakers to be confirmed
12pm - 2pm – Lunch
2pm - 4:30pm – System Mitigation Session
Panel discussion – presentation of summary of discussions held over three days and interactive discussion with audience and panel.
Topics to be covered include:
• Total greenhouse gas effect of mitigation
• Integrating mitigation into farming systems – practical approaches
• Integrating mitigation into inventories (activity data, uncertainty etc) – methodological approaches
4:30pm – Workshop Closing Address
DAY FOUR – Thursday 24th July
Optional Day Trip – visit INIA La Estanzuela and Colonia