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Towards strengthening capacity for advancing forest and landscape restoration (FLR) in Asia and the Pacific

14 December 2021 ǀ 14.00-16.00 (ICT)










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    Advancing the role of natural regeneration in large-scale forest and landscape restoration in the Asia-Pacific region
    19-21 June 2017, Nanning, Guangxi Province, China
    2018
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    There are numerous global, regional, national and even subnational targets for increasing forest area and forest restoration. In light of these global targets and emerging ambitious national commitments, it is imperative to develop low-cost strategies and techniques for landscape restoration. The most widely used restoration strategies involving planting of tree seedlings are often costly and their application for restoring vast expanses of degraded forest lands in the region may be limited. Case studies and experiences with natural regeneration from the region have shown that natural regeneration significantly reduces the cost of restoration in areas that meet certain conditions. Native species that are adapted to the prevailing conditions re-establish on their own with some assistance, achieving accelerated growth in accordance with natural succession, leading to the recovery of native ecosystems. Restoration strategies based on natural regeneration also provide low-cost opportunities for conserving biodiversity and enhancing ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration and watershed protection. Despite these economic and environmental advantages, natural regeneration is often overlooked when restoration policies and programmes are designed for a number of reasons. These include lack of its recognition as a viable restoration option; perverse incentives favouring clearing of young secondary growth for plantation development or other land uses; lack of institutional support by government agencies and other organizations; unclear tenure and property rights; lack of incentives for local communities; and uncertainty about the restoration processes and outcomes. This publication aims to share information on the outcome of the regional workshop, entitled ‘Promoting the Role of Natural Regeneration in Large-scale Forest and Landscape Restoration: Challenges and Opportunities, held in Nanning, Guangxi Province, China, from 19 to 21 June 2017, which was organized to better understand the challenges and opportunities for natural forest regeneration and to promote its inclusion as a major component of large-scale restoration initiatives.
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    Fostering linkages between sustainable wood supply and forest and landscape restoration in Asia and the Pacific 2024
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    Demand for wood and wood products within the Asia and Pacific region, and exports of wood products from the region, are growing, particularly through rising interest in the forest-based bioeconomy. Wood supply to meet this demand needs to be sustainable, to address climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty and economic development challenges. In the face of these developments, at the 36th Session of the FAO Regional Conference, Member States requested stronger work on the sustainable production and consumption of wood. Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) is also a high priority for the region: some 500 million hectares of land in the Asia and Pacific region is considered degraded and current national goals aim to restore at least 185 million hectares.Sustainable wood supply (SWS) from part of this restored land can contribute to FLR goals by regenerating and better managing natural forests, through large-scale and small-scale plantations and woodlots on degraded land, and by integrating trees in farming in agroforestry systems. This Issue Brief summarizes the deliberations of a RegionalDialogue on Integrating Sustainable Wood Supply and Forest and Landscape Restoration in Asia and the Pacific, held on 2 October 2023 in conjunction with the 30th Session of theAsia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC) in Sydney, Australia.The Dialogue found that enabling conditions for SWS and FLR are similar, providing opportunities to increase investment in FLR by producing wood in support of restoration goals. Realizing these opportunities will require actions in landscapes and along value chains resourced from public and private finance. Policymakers across the region can drive these actions through developing and implementing enabling policies, fostering collaborative learning, technical packages and capacity building, mobilizing finance to support all forms of SWS and FLR, and engaging small-scale actors in SWS and FLR.
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    Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) Asia Investment Forum
    Bangkok, Thailand, 15-16 November 2023
    2023
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    Global restoration commitments cover around one billion hectares. Implementing these requires investments of up to USD 1,670 billion (for 10 years) . Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) is gaining momentum in the context of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, co-led by UNEP and FAO, to contribute to the targets of the Bonn Challenge, Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, Land Degradation Neutrality, and Global Land Initiative among others. Restoration of the world’s degraded landscapes is critical for ensuring a healthy natural resource base for more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems. FAO has been assisting Bangladesh, Lao PDR, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste to scale up FLR through a Regional Technical Cooperation Programme (regional TCP) project. A key planned output of this project is a donors and partners’ conference for scaling up restoration. A Regional Programmatic Framework for FLR building on the RSAP has been prepared as part of this project, and a Regional FLR Network of implementing partners is being shaped to help countries meet their restoration commitments and visions. FAO and partners aim to enhance and strengthen finance partnerships and coordinated investments in FLR, including through South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC), the private sector, project aggregation, blended financing, and other emerging opportunities. The FLR Asia Investment Forum is a part of this effort.

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