Date : April 20
Time: 17:00 – 22:00
Price:
Regular: 210 kr
Earlybird: 180 NOK (until 6.04.2023)
Student: Free
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On April 20th, invites Vitenparken to Rainforest evening at Andedammen.

Rainforests are essential for maintaining the climate, supporting biodiversity and human resources. Want to learn more about this fascinating ecosystem? Join the Rainforest Evening at Vitenparken and listen to lectures from leading experts such as Anders Krogh from the Rainforest Foundation, who has lived with two indigenous groups in the Amazon for 18 months and discovered an unknown people group, Prof. Torbjørn Haugaasen from TREcoL at NMBU, who has worked with the Brazilian Amazon for 20 years and will talk about TREcoL's work, and Prof. Arild Angelsen from NMBU Business School, who will share his expertise in development economics, climate and poverty.
And if you're feeling social after the main activities, we can tempt you with a rainforest quiz with Forsker-Frederic and Jungle Joe and a good atmosphere among like-minded rainforest enthusiasts.

Program:

5:00 PM: Doors open to the public
18:00: Welcome to the rainforest evening
18:10: Anders Krogh from the Rainforest Foundation talks about his time with the Matses in Brazil
19:00: Cultural event
19:15: Short break
19:25: Prof. Torbjørn Haugaasen, TREcoL and their research on tropical rainforests
19:55: Panel discussion with Anders Krogh from the Rainforest Foundation and Prof. Torbjørn Haugaasen from TREcoL at NMBU, and Prof. Arild Angelsen from the NMBU School of Business.
20:30: Social and mingling + rainforest Quiz with ForskerFrederic and Jungel Joe for those who wish. Doors close at 22:00.

Anders C. Krogh, Rainforest Foundation

Anders C. Krogh has been deeply involved in the fight for the tropical rainforest and the indigenous people's right to self-determination over their traditional territories all his life. He works for the Rainforest Foundation and is among the world's leading experts on indigenous peoples who still live without contact with the outside world. Krogh spent 18 months living with two indigenous groups in the Amazon, the Matsés and the Yine, in the inaccessible border regions between Peru and Brazil. In 1999, he discovered an unknown people – “the long-haired people”. His documentation helped this people's existence achieve official recognition in Peru in 2017. Krogh is a committed speaker and combines exciting personal stories with a unique insight into the tropical rainforest and the people who live there.




Torbjørn Haugaasen, TREcoL, NMBU

Torbjørn Haugaasen has extensive experience in tropical ecology and conservation biology. He has worked in the Amazon for over 25 years, as well as in Africa and Asia. His research interests are broad and include studies of plant-animal interactions, animal behavior, ecology and seasonality in floodplain forests, the impact of agricultural changes on biodiversity, and the ecology and management of forest resources.



Arild Angelsen, NMBU Business School

Arild Angelsen is a professor of environmental and development economics at NMBU School of Business. Over the past three decades, he has researched the causes of tropical deforestation, and the interaction with poverty and government policies. He has worked in particular on the forest-climate initiative (REDD+), and has edited four REDD+ books that have become standard references in the debate.