Day 1
Session 1: Overview of policies, practices and key issues in sustainable sloping land and watershed management

Presentation name	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Impact of innovative land management practices on annual run off and soil losses from 27 catchments of South-East Asia Christian Valentin, IRD/IWMI
Where central policies meet local initiatives: Exploring sub-basin-level participatory watershed management in northern Thailand David Thomas, ICRAF
Shifting Cultivation in the Eastern Himalayas: Farmers Innovations as Lessons for Policy Elisabeth Kerkhoff, ICIMOD

Session 2: Innovations and lessons in Sustainable Sloping land and Watershed management

Presentation name	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Enhancing Water Quality through the Better Land Management of Degraded Highland Regions in Northern Lao PDR Oloth Sengtaheaunghoung, NAFRI/SSLCC
A Systemic Approach Based on Direct-seeding, Mulch-Based Cropping Systems to Promote Sustainable Agriculture Florent Tivet, NAFRI, CIRAD
Improving information access for innovation of the Jhum farming system in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh Stephan Mantel, ISRIC Netherlands
Environmental impact of a hydropower dam in Fincha’a watershed, Ethiopia: Land use changes, erosion problems, and soil and water conservation adoption Bezuayehu Tefera and Geert Sterk, Erosion and Soil & Water Conservation Group, Wageningen University
Payment for Watershed Services in China: Role of Government and Market, A Diagnostic Study Li Xiaoyun, Jin Leshan and Zuo Ting, College of Humanities and Development, China Agricultural University