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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
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
Challenges
• Survey response rate was very lowSerious 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
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
... 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
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