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DocumentConsolidating the national monitoring capacity of the impact of forest and landscape restoration actions on CO2 sequestration
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) initiatives grew significantly in the past 10 years in Lebanon, highlighting the strong commitment of the Lebanese Government and stakeholders to restoration of forests and landscapes as attested by the National Afforestation/Reforestation Plan and the National Forest Program launched respectively in 2012 and 2015. ”The Paris agreement in action” project funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry of the Environment (BMU) offered the ministries of agriculture and environment the chance to analyze key national restoration actions and their impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reductions. A specialized tool that enables both ministries to estimate the past and future impact of restoration actions was developed. The ability to project the impact of restoration actions (e.g. afforestation, forest and rangeland management, etc.) on GHG emissions/reductions will be helpful to line ministries in planning their restoration actions and encouraging national stakeholders to adjust theirs. This work revealed the leading FLR activity was reforestation/afforestation (5228 ha), whereas forest (1389 ha) and rangeland (1755 ha) management did not receive the attention they warrant. The management of forests and rangelands urgently needs to gain prominence as a lower cost option that favors a wide range of ecosystem services. Finally, the effort done to assess the role of FLR on GHG emissions/reductions allowed for appropriate integration of FLR activities in Lebanon’s National Determined Contribution (NDC). Keywords: Forest and Landscape Restoration, GHG emissions/reductions, National Determined Contribution, Monitoring and data collection, Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) ID: 3486829 -
ArticleThe social engagement in the forest landscape restoration (FLR): An experience with restoration opportunity assessment methodology in Minas Gerais, Brazil
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.The Northern Gualaxo watershed in the Rio Doce basin in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, directly affected by the rupture of the mining tailings dam in 2015, among the actions to mitigation and compensation to reduce the impacts the Renova Foundation has applied the Restoration Opportunity Assessment Methodology (ROAM). ROAM is a toolbox that aims to support forest landscape restoration (FLR) planning process. The approach includes the engagement of local actors through discussions about motivation factors to join FLR efforts and the current situation of enabling conditions in the territory. All the analysis conducted under the ROAM application process had been validated by stakeholders and though these activities the governance local has strengthened. The results identified that income generation, water quality improvement and engagement were the three main motivational factors. From that, a spatial analysis identified the estimated areas that could support each of this factors that could support the establishment of the priorities in a land use planning process in the region. Also, based on the collective discussions the main identified gaps to implement FLR activities were the products commercialization, technical assistance, social engagement, and scalability. Based on this experience, strategies for solutions are being proposed and implemented in order to provide an enable environment FLR agenda with a strong social engagement in the process. Keywords: governance, forest landscape management ID: 3624093 -
ArticleCommunity forest management and local financing for forest and landscape restoration in Cambodia
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Forest and natural resources are critical to communities in Cambodia, but they are being strongly affected by land encroachment, illegal logging and over-harvesting. Through the support of FAO’s Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM), and with the local partnership of the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC), the Phnom Dek Chambok Hos Community Forestry (PDCHCF) committed to restoring the native trees in their designated forestland, protecting biodiversity, increasing forest cover, and preventing land encroachment. The challenge was to achieve these ambitious goals while also generating income for the community and possibly promoting eco- tourism in the long term. Led by Mr. Khea Sochea, who is from the Kouy Indigenous Group, the PDCHCF has developed an innovative restoration management plan paired with a local financing mechanism that provides short-and long-term incentives and credit schemes to engage members for sustainable forest management. The PDCHCF established a tree plantation site that mixes native and fast-growing tree species and dedicated some areas for intercropping within the degraded area. After consulting PDCHCF members, and in compliance with land laws, the PDCHCF Management Committee decided to grant access to two hectares of land for rice cultivation to the five members who are involved in the maintenance of the tree plantation to provide them with an income- generating activity and an incentive to support their restoration efforts. In the medium or long term, PDCHCF members expect to harvest fast-growing trees to generate revenues for community activities and the credit scheme serving as the financial mechanism and incentive scheme to their members. Keywords: Deforestation and forest degradation, Sustainable forest management, Economic Development ID: 3487212
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