Doing Dialogue: Using multi-stakeholder processes as a tool to

reduce conflict and address deforestation in the forest sector

James Griffiths, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Marcus Colchester, Forest Peoples Program (FPP)

Rod Taylor, WWF International

Tropical Forest Alliance27 June 2013 (14:40-15:00)Jakarta, Indonesia

About this presentation 1. The Forests Dialogue

(TFD) - introduction 2. TFD’s Indonesian

Dialogues – lessons learnt

3. Avoided Deforestation and the 4F’s Initiative

Learning ObjectiveHow multi-stakeholder approaches can be developed as solution options

Why dialogue on natural resource use & land management issues?

• Natural capital = public assets held “in trust” by governments or regulated if privately owned or leased or community managed

• Generate multiple goods and services for multiple beneficiaries

• Multi-stakeholder approach can improve decision making on long term management, use and benefit sharing

• Help manage the real risk of mismanagement by– Sharing diverse perspectives and expertise– Building trust– Supporting collaborative approaches

3

TFD’s purpose & mission

Better managed forests, improved livelihoods

Dialoguing can bring positive change

Global Partners

Recent Donors

TFD focus 2000-2013• Sustainable management

verification via forest certification• Coming together to fight illegal

logging• Biodiversity conservation on

production forests– Intensively managed planted

forests– Genetically modified trees

• Forests for livelihoods– Pro-poor commercial forestry– Investing in locally controlled

forestry• The role of forests in mitigating

climate change and the prospects of REDD+

• Implementing Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

Doing

Dialogue

The Phased Approach

1. ‘ENGAGE’: Identify key

issues, build trust, share

perspectives and

information.

2. ‘EXPLORE’: Seek

consensus about challenges

and opportunities to solve a

forest-related ‘fracture-line’.

3 ‘CHANGE’: Promote and

facilitate actions that lead to

solutions, with impact in

policy and on the ground.

What has dialogue accomplished? For TFD….

• Built trust and created a network and resource for leaders

• Provided a credible neutral platform for all stakeholders, but particularly marginalized groups

• Catalyst for partnerships

• Promoted policy leadership

• Pushed for behavior change

• Developed a large body of information (or soft policy)

• Legacy impacts

Intensively Managed Planted Forests (IMPF)

Process• Pekanbaru and Kerinci,

Indonesia• March 2007• 70 International and National

stakeholders• Hosted by WWF and AprilObjectives• Understand driving forces of

expansion and develop agreed strategies to address environmental and social challenges

IMPF Dialogue ConclusionsChallenges• Marginalization of communities =

insecure tenure and rights• Social conflict = inadequate

governance• Mill capacity driving forest

conversionWays Forward• Private sector as vehicle for

Sustainable Development • Private sector can be proactive in

terms of community rights and use• Labor and supply contracts with

locals bring varied benefits• Avoided deforestation and REDD may

provide opportunities

Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)Process• Pekanbaru, Pangean, and Teluk

Meranti, Indonesia• October 2010• 80 International and National

stakeholders• Hosted by Kemitraan, FPP and

Scale upObjectives• Examine and learn lessons from

real world examples where consent-based approaches have been, or are being, used

FPIC Dialogue ConclusionsChallenges• 60-90 million people live within

forested areas, < 40% land titled, < 0.2% allocated to communities

• Obstacles and confusion in law and policy over FPIC led to land conflicts

• Some companies seeking to develop practical implementation of FPIC

Ways Forward• For FPIC to work, companies need to

recognize rights to land, livelihoods• All parties need support to build

capacity to engage with one another• Emphasizing the “prior” in FPIC will

greatly reduce conflict• Government should endorse

company-community agreements

Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry (ILCF)Process• Yogyakarta, Indonesia• February 2012• 55 International and National

stakeholders• Hosted by Telapak and the

Forest TrustObjectives• Identify actions necessary to

increase partnerships and investments in locally controlled forestry between communities and companies

ILCF Dialogue ConclusionsChallenges• Widening gap of raw material supply• LCF on margin of forest policy and

economic development• Complex and costly administration• Lack of access to financial toolsWays Forward• Create links to buyers• Transparency for all parties• Enabling investment as a precursor

to asset investment• Use credit unions to assist with cash

flow, build associations for LCF• Gear partnerships toward investment• Persuade policy makers to support

ILCF• Clarify expectations for communities

and investors

Food, Fuel, Fibre & Forests (4Fs)

Farmland

Plantation Other ecosystems

Unlogged forest

Logged forest

2010

The Big SqueezeDo Nothing in 2050 High greenhouse

gas emissions

Huge decline

in biodiversity

The 4Fs ChallengePolicy Innovation to -

• Enable forestry and farming practices that produce more with less land, water and pollution

• Encourage new consumption patterns that meet the needs of the poor while eliminating waste and over-consumption by the affluent

• Reconcile competing claims for land and water for different needs (e.g. food and energy security, biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration)

• Ensure that Indigenous peoples can give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent to activities affecting their land and resources

• Encourage local economies that are green and inclusive

Thank You!

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