Exploring Areas of Learning and Cooperation on Forest Tenure Reform of Asia

Mr.Preecha OngprasertForest OfficerUrban Forestry Development SectionCommunity Forest Management BureauRoyal Forest Department, Thailand

Forest Tenure and Regulatory Reforms: Experiences, Lessons & Future Steps in Asia

25th September 2010, Beijing,, Republic of China

ASFN:ASEAN Social Forestry Network

Association of Southeast Asian NationsASEAN: Ten Nations, One Community (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia,Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore,Thailand and Viet Nam)

The ASEAN Secretariat, serving all ten ASEAN Member Countries, is based in Jakarta,Indonesia.

Mandate and Policy Framework

Medium-Term Action Plans:• Ha Noi Plan of Action (1999 – 2004)• Vientiane Action Programme (2004 – 2010).

ASEAN Vision 2020ASEAN Community by 2020:• ASEAN Security Community• ASEAN Economic Community• ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community.

“… a concert of Southeast Asian nations, outward looking, living in peace,stability and prosperity, bonded together in partnership

in dynamic development and in a community of caring societies …”___________________________________________________________“… to promote the forestry sector as a model in forest management,

conservation and sustainable development …”

ASEAN Cooperation in ForestryASEAN Summit

(ASEAN Heads of State/Government)

AMAF(ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry)

SOM-AMAF(Senior Officials Meeting of the

ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry)

ASOF(ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry)

Secretary General of ASEAN

Bureau for Economic Integration and Finance

Agriculture and Infrastructure Cluster

Natural Resources UnitAnimal Health (HPAI),

Crops,Fisheries,

Food Safety, Food Security,

Livestock,Agricultural R&D,

Training & Extension,etc.

ForestryAEG on R&D for Forest Products

AEG on Herbal & Medicinal Plants

AEG on CITES

AHWG on a Pan ASEANTimber Certification Initiative

AEG on International ForestPolicy Processes

ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network

ASEAN Social Forestry Network

ASEAN-WENSupport Programme

ASFN Secretariat

ASEAN-GermanRegional

Forest Programme(ReFOP)

ASEAN Workshop on Social ForestryMadiun – East Java, Indonesia, 28 – 30 March 2005

• Aimed at sharing of knowledge and experiences in social forestry development,

• Recommended the ASEAN Member Countries to develop cooperation in the field of social forestry through the establishment of an ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN), through which the ASEAN Member Countries can strengthen initiatives and cooperation activities in achieving sustainable forest management while improving the welfare of the community.

ASEAN Social Forestry Network

OBJECTIVES:• to establish, operationalize, and

strengthen the ASEAN Cooperation in Social Forestry ,

• to promote policy and practices of social forestry where possible in ASEAN Member Countries,

• to establish and strengthen the ASFN information and communications system,

• to promote and develop support for the ASEAN Cooperation in Social Forestry.

ASFN

MEMBERSHIP:the members of the ASFN includes

the government officials, experts and practitioners in social forestry.

Coordination with ASEAN Secretariat ASFN

Indonesia,as Lead Country of the ASFN,has allocated the office space,

the necessary facilities andhuman resources for the

ASFN Secretariat,at the Ministry of Forestry

of Indonesia.

The relevant Desk Officers of theASEAN Secretariat for

ASEAN Cooperation in Forestryare consulted on regular basis.

ASFN Communication ASFN• An official electronic mail account had been established for the ASFN

Secretariat to communicate with ASFN Members and Partners at asfn.secretariat@dephut.go.id

• Inputs and comments from ASFN Members for activities undertaken have been received at this e-mail addressed administered by the ASFN Secretariat.

• Expression of interest from external parties outside the ASFN to take part in the ASFN Meeting and activities are also received at this e-mail address.

Mission of ASFN:To take part in

various events relevant to social forestryheld in the region

To Promote andDevelop Support for ASFN

(ASFN Objective, Rule 4 of ROP)

ASFN Project with UNDP funded by EC ASFNThe 10th ASOF Meeting, 12 – 13 July 2007, Vientiane: • Agenda Item 8.2: agreed in-principle to the concept paper that

was developed under the purview of the ASFN for a joint programme in social forestry with partner organizations, for further development as an ASEAN project proposal.

• Agenda Item 14.7: noted that the proposed amount of funding is considerably large and more information are needed before going through ASEAN project appraisal process.

Development:• Proposal had been further developed with more information needed, with

adjustment at the Title and the Budget to fit with the theme of cooperation for funding assistance and volume of funds indicated by the targeted Donor for proposal application in the year 2008;

• Budget of the proposal is now at EUR 2,632,662 and had been developed intodetailed break-down;

• As much as 83% of the Total Budget is proposed to be sourced from the targeted Donor (EC), while UNDP and SEARCA will provide 12.66% and 1.44% of it, respectively. Local Government Units in participating Countries will provide office space and in-kind facilities that is estimated at 2.92% of the overall Budget.

ASFN Project with UNDP funded by EC ASFN

Recommendation: The ASFN Meeting may wish to1) take note of this development under detailed Budget of the Project and endorse the

proposed ASFN Project with UNDP to be funded by the EC; and2) endorse and make ASFN consolidated comments to the project proposal, if any;3) support the project to undergo further appraisal process at ASEAN Secretariat.

Roles of ASFN:• Under Two Components of the three-year EC funded project (Learning Sites and

Knowledge Management), the Specific Activities for ASFN will be:a) At least one yearly Regional Conference on Local Forest Governance to be

held back-to-back with ASFN Meetings;b) Publications on Local Forest Governance to be jointly published by the

ASFN, UNDP and SEARCA;c) Reflection Visits to Project Sites by the ASFN Leaders.

• ASFN sits in the Regional Steering Committee of the project, together with the the identified funding donors (EC, UNDP and SEARCA) as well as Partners of the project (ASEAN Center for Biodiversity and the Asia Forest Network), which allows further discussion in the implementation of the project.

Proposed MOU with RECOFTC ASFNBackground:Pursuant to the ongoing discussions between the ASFN & RECOFTC on strengthening collaboration between the two Parties, the Executive Director of RECOTFC met with the ASFN Chairman at the ASFN Secretariat on 11 June 2008, which was followed with the proposed MOU drafted by RECOFTC to be signed by the ASFN and RECOFTC.

Public Awareness/Outreach ASFN

Introduced in Partners’ Websites ASFN

The First Meeting of the ASFNSemarang - Central Java, Indonesia, 24 – 27 April 2007

• Sharing of knowledge and experiences in networking and social forestry capacity building among the EC/UNDP/SEARCA SGPPTF, ICRAF, RECOFTC, ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand,

• Adopted the Terms of Reference (TOR) and Rules of Procedures (ROP) of the ASFN, as well as the Strategic Plan of Action of the ASEAN Cooperation in Social Forestry (2007 – 2012).

• Developed brief project concept paper for the ASFN for further improvement according to the format of ASEAN as well as the targeted partner organizations.

The 2nd Meeting of the ASFNBangkok, Thailand, 27 – 29 August 2008

Presentations were delivered by the ASEAN Secretariat, partner organizations as well as each ASEAN Member State;

Country Report was covered the current development of social forestry, the developed training needs and training opportunities, as well as any potential activities proposed for the ASFN;

Discussion on ASFN Collaboration with Partner Organizations covered: (i) the proposed ASFN Project with UNDP to be funded by the EC; and (ii) the proposed MOU between ASFN and RECOFTC.

The 3rd Meeting of the ASFNSubic, Philippines, 8 – 14 June 2009

Presentations were delivered by the ASEAN Secretariat, partner organizations as well as each ASEAN Member State;

Country Report was covered the current development of social forestry, the developed training needs and training opportunities, as well as any potential activities proposed for the ASFN;• Developments towards ASEAN Socio-

Cultural Community (ASCC) 2015• EC-UNDP Project Proposal with the

ASEAN Social Forestry Network andOther Identified Partners

• Strategic Plan of Action of ASFN(2007 – 2012)

The 4th Meeting of the ASFNJogjakarta, Indonesia, 8 – 14 June 2009

Presentations were delivered by the ASEAN Secretariat, partner organizations as well as each ASEAN Member State;

Country Report was covered the current development of social forestry, the developed training needs and training opportunities, as well as any potential activities proposed for the ASFN;• Developments towards ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) 2015•Promoting policy and practices of Social forestry and developing support for ASFN with Swiss Development Cooperation (ADC)•Strategic Plan of Action of ASFN (2007 – 2012)

ASFN Conference on “Community Forestry in Contributing Food Security and Climate Change Mitigation and

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Field trip to Karangasem Village, Gunungkidul District, Jogjakarta

ASFNMeetin

gsYear Chairperson Vice-

Chairperson Host Country

1st 2007 Indonesia Malaysia Indonesia

2nd 2008 Thailand Philippines Thailand

3rd 2009 Philippines Lao PDR Philippines

4th 2010 IndonesiaBruneiDarussalam Indonesia

5th 2011BruneiDarussalam Cambodia

BruneiDarussalam

6th 2012 Cambodia Lao PDR Cambodia

7th 2013 Lao PDR Malaysia Lao PDR

8th 2014 Malaysia Myanmar Malaysia

9th 2015 Myanmar Philippines Myanmar

10th 2016 Philippines Singapore Philippines

11th 2017 Singapore Thailand Singapore

12th 2018 Thailand Viet Nam Thailand

13th 2019 Viet NamBruneiDarussalam Viet Nam

14th 2020BruneiDarussalam Cambodia

BruneiDarussalam

15th 2021 Cambodia Indonesia Cambodia

16th 2022 Indonesia Lao PDR Indonesia

17th 2023 Lao PDR Malaysia Lao PDR

18th 2024 Malaysia Myanmar Malaysia

19th 2025 Myanmar Philippines Myanmar

20th 2026 Philippines Singapore Philippines

Recommendation for further cooperation on forest tenure reform in Asia

• Promote international-wide forum, giving great attention to forest tenure reform

• Using lesson learned from experienced countries/organizations as conceptual idea to be applied for promoting forest tenure reform

• International organizations should response to the needs of any countries, where appropriate, to support an effort on forest tenure reform

• Exchange of information between and among countries an organizations to share knowledge about successful of forest tenure reform

Recommendation for further cooperation on forest tenure reform in Asia

• Greater coordination of research activities to support potential joint implementation initiatives under forest tenure reform is needed

• A range of representatives from international and non-government organizations (NGOs) and private sector should be invited to take part in the meetings of forest tenure reform

• International frameworks should be explored to promote grater cooperation

• Ad-hoc working group should be established to explore frameworks and options for improving forest tenure reform

Thank you!!!