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Seminar: From Mandates to Actions, Advancing Payments for Ecological Services in the Americas Date: November 7, 2007 - 10:00 AM Place: Padilha Vidal Room, General Secretariat Building of the OAS Washington, DC ▪ Press Releases ▪ Speeches ▪ Photos . PAYMENTS FOR ECOLOGICAL SERVICES COULD BENEFIT HAITI—OAS ASISSTANT SECRETARY GENERAL RAMDIN . OAS TO HOLD SEMINARS TO ADDRESS KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES . OEA REALIZARÁ SEMINARIOS PARA TRATAR IMPORTANTES TEMAS DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE   . Remarks by Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General - "From mandates to actions: Advancing Payments for Ecological Services in the Americas"   . Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin inaugurates OAS Seminar entitled “From mandates to actions: Advancing Payments for Ecological Services in the Americas,” which brought together experts to share information on how these payments have been helping to solve real-life problems   Moderator, Scott Vaughan, Director, Department of Sustainable Development. Introductory Remarks by Ambassador Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General of the OAS (15'22'') The Costa Rican Experience, Alvaro Umaña, International Monetary Fund (18'16'') The Mexican Experience, Josefina Braña, formerly General Coordinator of the Federal Program of Payment for Hydrologicaol Enviroment Services Research Team of the National Institute of Ecology, Mexico (16'22'') Payments for Ecological Services Trends in the Americas, Richard Huber, Department of Sustainable Development, OAS (14'28'') Environmental Markets and the Ecosystem Marketplace, Michael Jenkins & Ricardo Bayon, Forest Trends, Tropical America Katoomba Group  (40'30'') Private Carbon Markets, Gonzalo Castro, Sustainable Forestry Management  (17'19'') Legal-Institutional and Policy Frameworks that support PES: Approaches by 8 OAS member States, Adriana Casas, Department of Sustainable Development, OAS (22'12'') The World Bank Experience with PES, Stefano Pagiola, Environment Department, The World Bank.  (26'13'') From Mandates to Actions, Advancing Payments for Ecological Services in the Americas. Questions & Answers (19'04'')