reducing tropical forest loss through multiple use?
DESCRIPTION
To meet growing global demands for food without losing more forests to conversion, we need innovation in forestry practices to keep space for productive forests while meeting ever-growing societal needs. This presentation explores the potential of multiple use forests for reducing tropical forest loss – because despite technical, managerial and regulatory challenges, ‘multiple use’ has proven to be beneficial in many areas. CIFOR scientist Manuel Guariguata gave this presentation during Tree Diversity Day, held on 11 October 2012 at the 11th Conference of Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP11). Tree Diversity Day was organised by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. For more information visit www.worldagroforestry.org/crp6/events/tree-diversity-day-cbd-cop11TRANSCRIPT
Reducing tropical forest loss throughmultiple-use?
Manuel R. Guariguata
“Forestresourcesandforestlandsshouldbesustainablymanagedtomeetthesocial,economic,ecological,culturalandspiritualneedsofpresentandfuturegenerations.
Theseneedsareforforestproductsandservices,suchaswoodandwoodproducts,water,food,fodder,medicine,fuel,shelter,employment,recreation,habitatsforwildlife,landscapediversity,carbonsinksandreservoirs,andforotherforestproducts.”
20yearsagoinRio…
• Foodsupplieswillexpand70%by2050anddemandforwoodandfiberwillconcurrentlyincrease
• Howcanwesustainenoughproductiveforestandlandavailableforagriculturetomeetcurrentdemandswithoutfurtherforestconversion?
• Keepingspaceforproductiveforestswillrequireinnovationinforestrypracticeswhilemeetingever‐growingsocietalneeds
Strict protection(IUCN I-IV)
Multiple use (IUCN V-VI)
Indigenous territories
NelsonandChomitz(2011)
How are forests being used?
Who owns the forest?
Sunderlinetal.2008
How do deforestation and degradationfit in the current scenario?
• InLatinAmericaandAsia,strictforestprotectionsubstantiallyreducedfireincidencebutmulti‐useareaswereevenmoreeffective
• Acrossthetropics,deforestationratesinprotectedareasweresignificantlylargerthaninmulti‐useprotectedareas
NelsonandChomitz2011;Porter‐Bollandetal.2012
• Technicalandmanagerialcapacitiesdifferfordifferentforestproductsandmarketopportunities
• Localcommunitiesandsmall‐scaleoperatorsstruggletoadjusttheirpracticestomeetofficialregulations—whichinturnshowlittleharmonizationformultipleobjectives
• Spatialplanningforlongtermproductionisusuallydisregarded—particularlyformultipleusesandmultipleviews
• Ossifiedtropicalforestrycurricula
Multi-use: challenges
InGuatemala,tenyearsafter
theimplementationof
communityforestconcessions,
thosewiththehighestdegree
ofproductdiversification
andsocialorganizationare
betterabletobuffereconomic
uncertainty
Radachowskyetal.2012
InPeru,segregationofproductionobjectiveswasnoteffective
AichiTarget5:Rateoflossofallnaturalhabitats,includingforests,isatleasthalved…anddegradationandfragmentationissignificantlyreduced
AichiTarget11:Terrestrialareasareconserved…andintegratedintothewiderlandscapesandseascapes
• Managementtradeoffsarecomplexandacuteinmultipleusesystems
• Sociallearningandmulti‐stakeholderdialogueisessential
• Spatialapproachesforplanning
Policy dimensions
