This conference aims to: discuss current strategies for rural development and forest conservation in the region; catalyze processes of reflection and learning as options for promoting forest-based rural development; discuss possibilities for overcoming political, technical, legal and financial barriers; identify feasible approaches to support forest users in the Amazon to use their resources more effectively; and provide orientation about skills, methods, strategies and key factors required for effectively reaching local forest users.  

dates: 1-5 December 2008  
location: Belem, Brazil  
contact: Lisa Hoch  
phone: 55-91-3201-5230  
fax: 55-91-3201-3627  
e-mail: congreso.forlive@gmail.com  
www: http://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forlive/05_Events/sc.html