Forest Investment Program support for the forest sector in Mozambique

World Bank support to the forest

sector in MozambiqueChina-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform

Fourth International Learning Event

Celine Lim – World Bank

25 October 2017

Context – forest sector context & challenges

• 90% of the timber in Mozambique is exported

• $200M lost per year due to illegal logging

• Operação Tronco ~150,000m3 timber seized

Reform actions

• Log export ban from 2017 (Law 14/2016)

• Moratorium on simple licenses and concessions for 2 years

• Legal framework reform - forest law, policy and strategy,

National Forest Program

• Law enforcement under newly

created AQUA

Context – forest trade and sector reform

• Forest Carbon Partnership Facility support to REDD+ Readiness – under

implementation since 2013, US$8.8M. Creating institutional capacity to

implement REDD+: National REDD+ Strategy, forest monitoring system, national

reference emissions level and a safeguards information system. Also the national

forest inventory; national forest certification standard

• Mozambique Forest Investment Project (MozFIP) – implementation in 2017,

US$47M. To strengthen forest governance and integrated landscape

management.

• Mozambique Dedicated Grant Mechanism – implementation in 2018,

US$4.5M. To strengthen capacity of communities and CBOs to participate in

REDD+ processes and integrated landscape management

• Emission Reductions Payments to the Zambezia Program – under preparation, up

to US$50M in performance-based payments for emission reductions.

• MozBio and SUSTENTA – under implementation since 2015 and 2017. Provide

co-investments that contribute to sustainable resource management and rural

development

Bank support to the sector -

integrated forests and landscape management portfolio

Mozambique Forest Investment Project (MozFIP)

MozFIP is a $47M project co-financed by the Forest Investment Program

of the Climate Investment Funds, the International Development

Association (IDA), and the Integrated Landscape and Forests

Management Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF).

Objectives

Strengthen the enabling environment for

sustainable forest management and

promote integrated landscape

management in Zambézia and Cabo

Delgado, to address significant drivers of

deforestation while contributing to livelihood

improvements of rural populations

Mecanismo de Doação Dedicado (DGM)

Resumo executivo do processo do DGM em

Moçambique

Abril de 2016

Strengthening the enabling conditions

for sustainable forest management

National land use plan

Strengthening forest governance

Sustainable natural forest

management

Promoting Integrated Landscape

Management

(Zambézia & Cabo Delgado)

Regularizing land tenure, community-

level land use planning and integrated

landscape management

Multi-purpose planted forests,

agroforestry systems and sustainable

charcoal production


Strengthening the enabling conditions for

sustainable forest management


• Forest law enforcement (AQUA)

• Forest information system

• National Forest Forum & forest sector assessments

Sustainable natural forest management

• Capacity building for forest administration (DINAF & SPFs)

• Technical assistance to private operators

• Sustainable small and medium-scale forest enterprises


Strengthening the enabling conditions for sustainable forest management





Sustainable natural forest management

• Capacity building for forest administration (DINAF and SPFs)


• Small and medium-scale forest enterprises

Revision of Forest Law, Policy and Strategy, National Forest Program, Forest Concessions Framework

Agenda 2035 for the Forest Sector

Supported

by FAO


Strengthening the enabling conditions for sustainable

forest management





Strengthening natural forest management

• Capacity building for forest administration (DINAF and SPFs)


• Small and medium-scale forest enterprises

Mozambique

Dedicated Grant

Mechanism for Local

Communities

(MozDGM)


Forest Governance Assessment –

Zambezia and Cabo Delgado

Low score areas:

• Forest sector policies contradict those in other sectors

• Stakeholder participation in planning and decision-making in the sector is low, particularly

the inclusion of women

• Implementation of laws and regulations – forest law enforcement is absent and forest

crimes often go unpunished

• Measures to combat corruption do not exist

Carried out in 2016 using the Framework for Assessing and Monitoring Forest Governance, (developed by FAO and the Program on Forests (PROFOR))

Integrated landscape

management programs

• Community land delimitation and

issuance of DUATs

• Multi-stakeholder landscape forums

• Planted Forests Grant Scheme

• Agroforestry systems

• Sustainable charcoal production

…. FCPF, MozBio, SUSTENTA

• Unless the enabling environment is created, the sector cannot realize its potential

• Current low sustainability generates limited income locally and for the economy – adding value to the forest is essential

• The Government and private sector have critical roles - much more is needed

• The Integrated Forests and Landscape Management portfolio aims to support a new vision in the sector

Concluding Thoughts

Obrigada!

Celine Lim

[email protected]

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Forest Investment Program support for the forest sector in Mozambique