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International dialogues on forest landscape restoration and wood energy

Preliminary outcomes from multi-stakeholders consultations in sub-Saharan Africa

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 65 p.

Author Pirelli, T., Morese, M.M., Miller, C.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-132738-8

Synopsis (short abstract) This working paper presents the preliminary outcomes of a project that FAO has been conducting in a collaborative effort with IEA Bioenergy and with the financial support of GIZ, to promote “International dialogues on Forest Landscape Restoration and wood energy” worldwide. It focuses on the outcomes of three dialogues organized in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) at International (Global Landscape Forum Accra 2019) and at National level (in Togo and Ghana) on “Wood Energy and FLR”. The three events, whose organization and implementation benefited from the active contribution of various teams of work within FAO (e.g. GBEP, FFF, Forestry Department) and with other international organizations (e.g. IRENA, GIZ), brought together relevant stakeholders of the two realms, raised their awareness on the activities currently on-going on the same thematic area and spatial context, and created a network among them to enable synergies, thus accelerating the achievement of common goals (e.g. SDGs, NDCs). The dialogue approach proved extremely constructive and efficient. It provided Togo and Ghana with a cross-cutting analysis of their wood energy and FLR sectors, which resulted in tailor-made suggestions and targeted take home messages, ready to be incorporated in their wood energy- and climate-related strategies (e.g. NDCs), which are currently in the process of being reviewed/updated. We strongly hope that this work will encourage other SSA countries, primarily the ones that have committed to the AFR100 initiative, to replicate this experience, thus setting a more structured and solid basis for the development of sustainable FLR-modern bioenergy integrated systems.

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Pirelli, T., Morese, M.M. and Miller, C. 2020. International dialogues on Forest Landscape Restoration and wood energy – Preliminaryoutcomes from multi-stakeholders consultations in sub-Saharan Africa. Rome, FAO

https://doi.org/10.4060/ca9289en

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