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Sustainable forest management inCentral Africa - past, present, futurePeter Holmgren, Director-General CIFOR
Yaoundé 22 May 2013
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Outline
Conference objectives and opportunitiesSFM in Central AfricaCIFOR and Central Africa 3 issues:
• Where to from here? Putting SFM in context• Taking the Landscape approach• Science and Policy
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Vision
CIFOR vision:Forests (and Landscapes) on the agenda – their values recognized
Decisions that influence forests and people supported by solid
science and principles of good governance
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How it started Founded in 1993 after Earth Summit in
Rio de Janeiro; 2013 is 20th Anniversary
Founding sponsors were Australia,Sweden, Switzerland and the US
Indonesia bid successfully to host CIFORheadquarters in Bogor
Cameroon Regional Office opened in 1995
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Conference objectives
Evaluate the impact of research, laws and policy on SFM Identify knowledge gaps Enhance collaboration among research and policy
institutions Provide a forum for stakeholders and leaders on forest
management and governance Clarify role of Central African forests in handling climate
change Highlight progress over the past 20 years
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Opportunities!
Strengthen the role of forestry in the broaderdevelopment agenda
New partnerships across old boundaries in theLandscape
Stimulate public and private investments
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Progress of SFM in Central Africa
UNCED 1992 – milestone• 3 conventions and forest principles• Focused importance of region
Strengthened institutions• Regionally (CBFP, COMIFAC, CBFF)• and also Nationally
Certification and trade Capacity developmentBut also challenges: Poverty and unrest Low return on investments Infrastructure
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CIFOR and Central AfricaLong and deep engagementCertificationManagement planningNon-Timber Forest ProductsDomestic timber marketsUniversity educationState of Forests of the CongoBasinCOMIFAC collaborationForest ObservatoryRegional and national partnersConferences, networks,dissemination, media training
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Issue#1:
HowcanForestrycontinuetoberelevanttothebiggerpicture?
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What defines our focus and priorities? Post-2015 development agenda
• Sustainable Development Goals• Poverty reduction
Food security aspirations, with increasing focus on• Nutrition and health• Climate-smart agriculture and food systems
Handling climate change mitigation and adaptation• Rural communities and land-based sectors
Maintaining biological diversity Green growth with equity
• Return on investments in a green economy
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Forestry and the bigger picture
Politicalrelevance
Positivecontributions
Not onlyproblems
Poverty
Foodsecurity
Climatechange
Biodiversity
Greeneconomy
MDG
WFS
UNFCCC
CBD
Rio+20
SustainableDevelopment“Big5”
Forestry
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Issue#2:
WeneedtheLandscapeapproachtofindcombinedsolutions
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Silos and fragmentation
Agriculture
Forestry
Fisheries
Citie
s
Poverty
Biodiversity
Foodsecurity
Climatechange
Greeneconomy
MDG
WFS
UNFCCC
CBD
Rio+20
MDG1c MDG7a MDG7a MDG7dZerohunge
rnil CCRF FCIT
notyet REDD ? indirect
AWP FWP
tbd tbd tbd tbd
MWP ?
An approximate mapping ofmajor intergovernmental actionsand the land-based sectors Land‐
basedSectors
The“Big5”
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Sustainable Landscape framework (proposed)- objectives and performance measures
• Landscapes are a large part ofsustainable development
• Combined solutions needed• Strengthens role of sectors• Local stakeholders in chargeFramework needs to be:• Easy to understand• Applicable everywhere• Applicable on any scale
Allmeasuresstableorimproving=SustainableLandscape
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Global Landscape Forum
Warsaw 16-17 November 2013, at UNFCCC COP-19 Joins Forest and Agriculture Day Wide support from all key partners
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Issue#3:
WeneedtostrengthentheScience‐Policylink.
WeneedEvidence‐basedForestry.
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It is increasingly difficultto know what we know
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Science does not provide the solutions
…but without science, good solutions will not be found…
Bestscience
Society’sneeds&
preferences
Expertopinion
EBF
Bewareofexperts’bias!
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Evidence-based Forestry initiative
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First tranche of key policy questions
• Impactsofbiofuelcropsonbiodiversity
• Gender,forests&foodsecurity
• Conceptsofsciencequality&researchevaluation
• Biodiversitybenefitsof“alternativelivelihood”projects
• Propertyrightsandtheenvironment
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Nomoreissues.
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Take home messages
Forestry contributes to broader developmentgoals – but this is often not well explained
Sustainable Landscapes can be part of a newdevelopment narrative
Our plans for the future must be evidence-based
Thank you for your attention!