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CIFOR Director General Peter Holmgren gave this presentation on 22 May 2013 at the opening session of a two-day policy and science conference entitled "Sustainable forest management in Central Africa: Yesterday, today and tomorrow", organized by CIFOR and its partners and held in Yaounde, Cameroon. This presentation gives an overview of the objectives of the conference and the broader issues of sustainable forest management.
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Sustainable forest management inCentral Africa - past, present, futurePeter Holmgren, Director-General CIFOR
Yaoundé 22 May 2013
Outline
Conference objectives and opportunitiesSFM in Central AfricaCIFOR and Central Africa 3 issues:
• Where to from here? Putting SFM in context• Taking the Landscape approach• Science and Policy
Vision
CIFOR vision:Forests (and Landscapes) on the agenda – their values recognized
Decisions that influence forests and people supported by solid
science and principles of good governance
How it started Founded in 1993 after Earth Summit in
Rio de Janeiro; 2013 is 20th Anniversary
Founding sponsors were Australia,Sweden, Switzerland and the US
Indonesia bid successfully to host CIFORheadquarters in Bogor
Cameroon Regional Office opened in 1995
Conference objectives
Evaluate the impact of research, laws and policy on SFM Identify knowledge gaps Enhance collaboration among research and policy
institutions Provide a forum for stakeholders and leaders on forest
management and governance Clarify role of Central African forests in handling climate
change Highlight progress over the past 20 years
Opportunities!
Strengthen the role of forestry in the broaderdevelopment agenda
New partnerships across old boundaries in theLandscape
Stimulate public and private investments
Progress of SFM in Central Africa
UNCED 1992 – milestone• 3 conventions and forest principles• Focused importance of region
Strengthened institutions• Regionally (CBFP, COMIFAC, CBFF)• and also Nationally
Certification and trade Capacity developmentBut also challenges: Poverty and unrest Low return on investments Infrastructure
CIFOR and Central AfricaLong and deep engagementCertificationManagement planningNon-Timber Forest ProductsDomestic timber marketsUniversity educationState of Forests of the CongoBasinCOMIFAC collaborationForest ObservatoryRegional and national partnersConferences, networks,dissemination, media training
Issue#1:
HowcanForestrycontinuetoberelevanttothebiggerpicture?
What defines our focus and priorities? Post-2015 development agenda
• Sustainable Development Goals• Poverty reduction
Food security aspirations, with increasing focus on• Nutrition and health• Climate-smart agriculture and food systems
Handling climate change mitigation and adaptation• Rural communities and land-based sectors
Maintaining biological diversity Green growth with equity
• Return on investments in a green economy
Forestry and the bigger picture
Politicalrelevance
Positivecontributions
Not onlyproblems
Poverty
Foodsecurity
Climatechange
Biodiversity
Greeneconomy
MDG
WFS
UNFCCC
CBD
Rio+20
SustainableDevelopment“Big5”
Forestry
Issue#2:
WeneedtheLandscapeapproachtofindcombinedsolutions
Silos and fragmentation
Agriculture
Forestry
Fisheries
Citie
s
Poverty
Biodiversity
Foodsecurity
Climatechange
Greeneconomy
MDG
WFS
UNFCCC
CBD
Rio+20
MDG1c MDG7a MDG7a MDG7dZerohunge
rnil CCRF FCIT
notyet REDD ? indirect
AWP FWP
tbd tbd tbd tbd
MWP ?
An approximate mapping ofmajor intergovernmental actionsand the land-based sectors Land‐
basedSectors
The“Big5”
Sustainable Landscape framework (proposed)- objectives and performance measures
• Landscapes are a large part ofsustainable development
• Combined solutions needed• Strengthens role of sectors• Local stakeholders in chargeFramework needs to be:• Easy to understand• Applicable everywhere• Applicable on any scale
Allmeasuresstableorimproving=SustainableLandscape
Global Landscape Forum
Warsaw 16-17 November 2013, at UNFCCC COP-19 Joins Forest and Agriculture Day Wide support from all key partners
Issue#3:
WeneedtostrengthentheScience‐Policylink.
WeneedEvidence‐basedForestry.
It is increasingly difficultto know what we know
Science does not provide the solutions
…but without science, good solutions will not be found…
Bestscience
Society’sneeds&
preferences
Expertopinion
EBF
Bewareofexperts’bias!
Evidence-based Forestry initiative
First tranche of key policy questions
• Impactsofbiofuelcropsonbiodiversity
• Gender,forests&foodsecurity
• Conceptsofsciencequality&researchevaluation
• Biodiversitybenefitsof“alternativelivelihood”projects
• Propertyrightsandtheenvironment
Nomoreissues.
Take home messages
Forestry contributes to broader developmentgoals – but this is often not well explained
Sustainable Landscapes can be part of a newdevelopment narrative
Our plans for the future must be evidence-based
Thank you for your attention!