Third International Forum on Planete Terroirs

31 May -2 June 2010

Chefchaouen, Morocco

The SatoyamaSatoyama InitiativeInitiative• What it is?• What it intends to achieve?

Yoshihiro NatoriUnited Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies

(UNU-IAS)

Preparatory Meetings

& Workshops

Penang, Malaysia

1-3 October 2009Tokyo, Japan

25 July 2009

Global Workshop

29-30 January 2010

Paris Declaration on SI

1-3 October 200925 July 2009

What the Satoyama Initiative is?

An initiative for:

� Promotion and support of socio-ecological production landscapes

� And thus maintaining and/or enhancing their contribution to human well-being and the three objectives of the CBD

But what are socio-ecological production

landscapes?

Why should we

promote them?

What are socio-ecological production

landscapes?

• Dynamic mosaics of habitats and land uses shaped by interactions between people and nature over many years (cultural heritage), including sea-scapes

• Compatible with the Ecosystem Approach and Guidelines on Sustainable Use

• Natural resources are used, re-used, recycled in a cyclical manner within the carrying capacity and resilience of ecosystems

What are socio-ecological production landscapes

(SEPL)?

Found in many regions of the world under various names

• Srair-Chamkar in Cambodia

• Muyong, uma and payoh in the Philippines

• Mauel in Korea

• Dehesa in Spain

In common

� wise and sustainable use of biological resources

• Dehesa in Spain

• Terroirs in France and other Mediterranean countries

• Chitemene in Malawi and Zambia

• Satoyama in Japan

More examples in CBD Technical Series No. 52

of biological resources

� In accordance with traditional and, in some cases, modern cultural practices

SEPLs Case

Mt. Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania

Chagga communities

have practiced

complex agroforestry for centuries, providing key eco-

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providing key eco-system services to protect critical watersheds and biodiversity on Mt. Kilimanjaro, which is recently under threat

of climate change.

SEPLs Case

Kagogo, Northern Rwanda

Soil erosion have

caused loss of fertile soil, leading to sediment and pollution in lakes and

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pollution in lakes and rivers. Sustainable land management, esp. AF has reversed soil degradation and kept water clean, benefitting

communities.

Why should we promote SEPL?They are beneficial

• Provide humans with goods and services needed for their well-being (provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services) as well as maintain biodiversity

• Achieve optimal balance of food production, livelihood improvement and ecosystem conservation, thus achievement of MDGs and national development policies.national development policies.

• Provide sense of roots and identity

• Contribute to the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change

• Play role in achieving connectivity/corridor conservation

• Thus = tools for implementing CBD and post 2010 targets

Why should we promote SEPL?

They are threatened

� Abandoned because

� Rural depopulation in search of employment and better living conditions

� Ageing populations

� Insufficient provision for the livelihood of local communities

� Lost because of unplanned

Consequences

• Decline in ecosystem services with

serious consequences for the local and

broader communities and biodiversity

� Lost because of unplanned urbanization, industrialization encroaching on SEPL

� Overexploited or degraded due to increase in population/resource demand

We need

Urgent measures for socio-ecological

production landscapes:

�Support existing ones (maintain them)

Revitalize or rebuild degraded or abandoned �Revitalize or rebuild degraded or abandoned

ones

�Create new ones

• Building positive human-nature relationships by:

– Maintaining and developing socio-economic activities (including agriculture, forestry and fishing) in alignment with natural processes

Realizing Societies in Harmony with Nature

The Satoyama Initiative: Vision

with natural processes

– Ensuring that biological resources are managed and utilized in sustainable manner

• So that biodiversity can be maintained, and humans can enjoy a stable supply of various benefits of nature (ecosystem services) well into the future

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Conceptual Structure of the Satoyama Initiative

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Achieving the Vision (long term goal) by carrying out activities in accordance with the Three-fold Approach, which in concrete terms,

entails the Five Perspectives.

�Consolidating wisdom on a stable supply of diverse ecosystem services

�Integrating traditional ecological knowledge with modern science

Three-fold Approach of the Satoyama Initiative

modern science

�Exploring new forms of co-management system or “new” commons while respecting traditional communal land tenure

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(Source: Submitted report by P. Sharon et. al.)

Perspective 1:

Resource use within

the carrying capacity

and resilience of the

environment

Winter grazing in winterage on Burren Hills, Ireland•Farm management based on traditional knowledge of natural carrying capacity (13 cows per winterage for 6 months) •Ensures removal of accumulated dead vegetation and prevents overgrazing of the uplands

Five perspectives of the Satoyama Initiative

(Modified after Inui, 1996)

Traditional cyclic use of natural

resources in satoyama

Biogas generation from cow manure

in Spessart, Bayern State, Germany

Perspective 2:

Cyclic use of

natural resources

(Courtesy of Japan Wildlife Research Center)

Perspective 3: Recognition

of the value and

importance of local

traditions and cultures

<Toro Village, Central

Sulawesi, Indonesia>

Villagers work with NGO to help bring customary law of land and natural resource utilization into statutory form

<Lake Nyasa and Matengo Highlands, Tanzania >

Collaboration efforts have

Perspective 4: Natural

resource management by

various participating and

(Courtesy of Mr. Mohamad Shohibuddin)

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Collaboration efforts have been taken by farmers in the upstream and downstream areas, by universities and local government

various participating and

cooperating entities

Perspective 5:

Contributions to local

socio-economies

<Ixtlan de Juarez, Oaxaca State, Mexico>

Community forestry enterprise based on indigenous governance system

(Source: Submitted report by S.J. Nindi.)

(Source: Submitted report by K. Matsuzaki)

What the Satoyama Initiative intends to

achieve

• Better understand importance of socio-ecological production landscapes for livelihoods and the three objectives of the CBD

• Raise awareness

� Provide support to existing socio-ecological production

landscapes landscapes

� Expand where appropriate

= part of implementation of the post-2010 Strategic Plan

� Collaborate with other initiatives dealing with socio-ecological

production landscapes (e.g. GIAHS, ICRAF, IUCN, Bioversity

International, Planete Terroirs, UNESCO, UNEP, UNDP etc.)

Enhance Understanding

and Raising Awareness

Research on ways & means to:

• Promote wisdom on ecosystem services

• Bridge TEK & modern science

• Explore new forms of co-management

• Revitalize and innovate SEPL

• integrate policy results & decision-makingDissemination,

Expected Role (I)

Case-studies, lessons

learned & searchable

online databases

• integrate policy results & decision-makingDissemination,

Education Promotion

Measurable

indicators of

resilience for SEPL

Case Studies Collaborative Projects

Partners***Partners **Partners *

Electronic forum

What the Satoyama Initiative intends to

achieve

� Provide support to existing socio-ecological production landscapes

� Expand where appropriate

= part of implementation of the post-2010 Strategic Plan

• Enhance capacities (e.g. regional workshops) for

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• Enhance capacities (e.g. regional workshops) for

on-the-ground projects to maintain, rebuild and

revitalize socio-ecological production landscapes

• Provide support

What the Satoyama Initiative intends to

achieve

� Collaborate with other initiatives dealing with socio-ecological production landscapes (e.g. GIAHS, ICRAF, IUCN, Bioversity International, Planete Terroirs, UNESCO, UNEP, UNDP etc.)

• Collaborate with and/or strengthen synergies with partners

including

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including

– local community organizations

– National/local governments

– donor agencies

– IOs, NGOs

– other UN agencies and organizations

What enabling mechanisms to support

the Satoyama Initiative?

• An International Partnership to carry out, as much as possible

in synergy, the activities identified by the Satoyama Initiative

and individual activities

– linked to national/sub-national and regional partnerships

– open to all organizations dealing with socio-ecological

production landscapes production landscapes

• Financial mechanisms including mechanisms such as the

payment for ecosystem services for the implementation of the

Initiative and elated projects and activities of the International

Partnership

• Reporting to CBD SBSTTA and COP in accordance with CBD

MYPOW, and with milestones for MDGs 2015

Why International Partnership?

Ensure synergy, complementarities among all the activities of organisations

maximize resources and strengthen the work of each other

(with knowledge, expertise etc.)

SatoyamaSatoyama InitiativeInitiative（（（（（（（（Financial MechanismFinancial Mechanism））））））））

Other Potential

DonorsJICA

UNDP

CEPF

Other Development

Agencies

JAPAN

Close coordination

SCBD

Satoyama Initiative

On-the-ground projects

•Sustainable agriculture

and forestry

•Eco/green tourism

•Local communities, etc.

Knowledge Facilitation

•Case studies

•Training Courses

•Regional Workshops

•Int. Partnership, etc.

JICA : Japan International Cooperation AgencyCEPF : Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

SCBD UNDP

SatoyamaSatoyama InitiativeInitiative（（（（（（（（Support for onSupport for on--thethe--ground projects implemented by UNDPground projects implemented by UNDP））））））））

Small grants for

developing countries

Satoyama Programme

(tentative name)

• In-depth

review of the

project

Knowledge

Facilitation

CountryA

JAPAN

プロジェクトから得られた知見の取りま

とめ

GEF-SGP

review of the

projects

• Identify good

practices & key

challenges

• Community of

practice

UNU-IAS

Share & apply the lessons learned through global network, regional WSs, and the Int. Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative

A

CountryB

CountryC

Project Co-financing/

Collaboration opportunities

for developing

agencies/donors

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Further development of the Partnership

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Thank you very much !

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