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ArticleIntegrating adaptive management strategies for coping with climate change impacts on farming households in forest communities of Nigeria
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Most Nigerians depend on natural ecosystems such as forests, for extensive rain-fed farming and short fallow periods. Forest communities interact with their ecosystems for income, food, nutritional security and livelihood sustenance. It is important to determine the response of these communities to climate change vulnerability through modified livelihood activities. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to assess the perceived impact of climate variability on farming communities in major ecosystems (rainforest, savannah and mangrove) of Nigeria. Using focus group discussions, we identified perceived impacts, traditional adaptive measures and new technologies that communities were adopting to cope with climate change. Over the last 30 years, there were perceived shifts in the rainfall patterns, durations and intensities with negative effects on rain-fed agriculture. Planting operations and cropping calendars had been altered, especially in the savanna, which had the highest incidence of drought and flooding. Climate variability negatively affected food production and available land for farming. Livelihoods most impacted were farming, hunting, fishing, timber and non-timber forest products’ collection. High temperatures, illegal logging and charcoal production were the most important environmental drivers of climate change. While poor governance, poverty and unemployment were the key political and economic elements. Local adaptation strategies included crop rotation, mixed cropping, diversification of trade, water conservation and adjustment of planting calendars based on traditional weather forecast. Sustainable adaptation strategies required included provision of credit facilities, affordable insurance policy; increased supply of drought and disease resistant crops; road networks, favourable forestry regulation; and improved climate information systems. Farmers were struggling with adaptive strategies and required external assistance to cope with climate change. Keywords: adaptive and integrated management; climate change; agriculture; sustainable forest management; food systems. ID: 3474255 -
ArticleSocial forestry programs: A responsible investment to support sustainable forest management and provide alternative income for local communities, Indonesia
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) has had a long experience in Indonesia to support the sustainable forest management. The CBFM approach has evolved into a new model, i.e., Social Forestry (SF). The SF drives to a more legal access from local community to utilize forest area. This SF opens opportunity for a more responsible investment by private sector to create cooperation’s with community organizations. The Forest Investment Program-1 implements CBFM through SF and has conducted activities in 17 villages, targeted a 17,000 ha into an agreement between communities with FMU and private sectors. A SWOT analysis is used to identify potential commodities in the targeted village and also to assess capacity of community organization. Interviews and focused group discussions were conducted to facilitate the development of a proposed cooperation with external parties for potential investment. Within the FIP-1 villages, there are five licenses for Social Forestry. Additionally, 6 new licenses are in the process. A total of USD 5 Million investment is planned for 17 villages. In average, for those 5 villages that has obtained SF licenses, a total of USD 1.6 Million have been invested in creating alternative livelihood, including USD 100 K/village for bee keeping, aquaculture and handicraft business development, USD 1.3 M for forestry program, and USD 222 K for village infrastructure program. Keywords: social forestry, sustainable forest management, Kalimantan, community forest ID: 3488277 -
ArticleIntegrated land use planning, a centerpiece for a successful forest and landscape restoration planning and implementation in Vanuatu
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Vanuatu has fragile ecosystems, which relies on the health of its forests. If forests are not protected or restored, the land becomes degraded, which results in a loss of soil fertility and increases in sediment loads in rivers and streams affecting drinking water supplies, inland and coastal fisheries and coastal tourism, all of which have a negative effect on the wellbeing of its citizens.Vanuatu started to work on a national Forest and Landscape Restoration Strategy (FLRS) after launching the Decade of Reforestation in March 2016. The idea had been circulated and discussed within government circles and non-government organizations where it received unanimous support. Between 2016 and 2018, three stakeholder consultations were conducted on Efate, Malekula and Santo to gather inputs from stakeholders. The results from these consultations were then incorporated into the first version of the strategy delivered in 2019. The first FLRS draft mostly revolved around tree planting, which was ambitious but did not put enough focus on the landscape part of forest and landscape restoration (FLR) and on the need to integrate restoration in long- term land use planning and livelihoods enhancement plans. FLR has to be part of, and trigger, integrated land use planning. Plans should be developed with all the stakeholders involved in the landscape agreeing on a common vision. These plans should focus on addressing the drivers of degradation and deforestation and on restoring lands for the benefits of people. With this in mind, the FLRS was revised in 2020. The implementation of this strategy relies in stakeholders’ ownership of the integrated plan and its implementation. Making all the stakeholders responsible for the sustainable management of the land is paving the way to success. Keywords: Deforestation and forest degradation, Adaptive and integrated management, Landscape management, Sustainable forest management ID: 3484481
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