forest financing in sids: feedback from background papers
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Forest financing in SIDS: Feedback from Background Papers. Benjamin Singer United Nations Forum on Forests. Objectives. Immediate objective : to improve the understanding of SFM and related financing policies and mechanisms for SFM in LFCCs and SIDS present financing flows - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Forest financing in SIDS: Feedback from Background
PapersBenjamin Singer
United Nations Forum on Forests
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Objectives• Immediate objective: to improve the
understanding of SFM and related financing policies and mechanisms for SFM in LFCCs and SIDS
present financing flows demand for financing problems, challenges and opportunities in mobilizing financing enabling environment for enhanced forest financing recommendations
• Ultimate objective: to facilitate additional financing for forests in LFCCs & SIDS, and to reverse the decline in official development assistance for SFM
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Study covered 49 LFCCs and 38 SIDS; total 87 countriesIncluding 7 case study countries of which 4 were LFCCs - a reasonably representative set:
• Jordan • Kyrgyzstan • Mali • Uruguay • Cape Verde • Fiji • Trinidad and Tobago
Scope
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Methodology
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• Data mining: available documents, reports and statistics
• Email survey for 87 countries• In-depth country case studies (7) using broad cross-sectoral consultations
• Analyzing and summarizing collected information• Products: 11 papers
– 4 macro level papers– 7 case study papers
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Challenges• Survey response rate was very low
Serious capacity constraintsForests simply not a priority issue in political
agenda in many of the countries• Earlier reports in study countries not available• Specific data on SIDS not available (e.g.
agriculture and forest linkages, livestock and forest linkages)
• Cross-sectoral coordination and even information exchange a serious problem in many countries
• Collecting relevant cross-sectoral information at country level requires patience and dedication
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Forestry ODA in SIDS 2002-2008
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SIDS share of total forestry ODA 2002-2008
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Forestry ODA contributions by donor in SIDS 2002-2008
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Percentage forestry ODA by country in SIDS 2002-2008
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Allocation of forestry ODA for SIDS by theme 2002-2008
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SIDS face several challenges...• Small surface area
= competition for land • Hotspots of endemicity and biodiversity • Economic and ecological vulnerability• Forests not considered a major source
of income• Heavy reliance on ODA
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... But also have opportunities
• Need to reach out to other sectors• Full range of forest products and
services needs to be recognized • Integrated approach to finance
planning • Greater focus more on education
and training
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Thank you for your attention!
UN Forum on Forests Secretariat1 UN Plaza, DC1-1245, New York, NY 10017email: [email protected] web: http://www.un.org/esa/forests