Glimpses of Developments in Asia-Pacific Forestry

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seeking to accompany, seeking synergy
rowenasoriaga_at_ asiaforestnetwork.org 19th
Session Committee on Forestry
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accompaniment

• changing attitudes ways of doing things,
  developing trust relations, seeking justice
• sharing stories, revealing trends patterns,
  generating knowledge, finding hope
• it is in this dynamic that the capacity grows
• beneath programming and policy-making

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How we accompany and find synergy

• Regional and cross-country thematic exchanges to
  catalyze learnings at the local level
• Monitoring regional international waves
• Informing global mechanisms about local actions
• Reviewing global recommendations for local action

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Insecurity to Security
People First Forests Follow
Human Security

• SD
• HS
• MDG

Community Relations
Global Agenda

• Traditional Practice
• Cultural integrity
• Community Forest Management
• Governance Decentralization

Management Responsibility Basic Needs
Safety Net to Sustainability
Resource Security
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interests and initiatives

• reducing poverty, restoring forestlands and water
• local people and protected areas
• alliances for managing land and seascapes
• social concerns when curbing illegal forest
  activities

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recent knowledge products

• CFM Trends in Southeast Asia (EU USAID CFI)
• Forest Lives (RECOFTC EU UNDP SEARCA SGPPTF)
• In Search of Integrity (Japan Fund for Global
  Environment) Where is the future for cultures
  and forests? (FAO APFSOS 2020)
• No-Fire Bonus Scheme Livelihood impacts of
  incentive payments for REDD (Australian National
  University, DENR, Besao Municipal Government)
• Climate policy as a component of fair and
  sustainable globalisation (Institut für
  Gesellschaftspolitik Potsdam Institute Climate
  Impact Research)

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food for thought

1. When the cultural fabric is strengthened, the
   environmental fabric holds. (In Search of
   Integrity)
2. The more important investment with communities is
   time, not money. (Forest Lives)
3. In areas where cultural cohesion is strong, the
   preference is to have an incentive scheme that
   provides benefits not only to individuals but
   also to the entire community.
4. Supporting knowledge sharing between collective
   institutions and government systems improves the
   negotiating position of the smallholder sellers
   of environmental services. (No-Fire Bonus Scheme)