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Food security and pro-poor-oriented forest and landscape management: Evidence from initiatives in Sri Lanka

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    Conditions for successful local collective action in mangrove forest management: Some evidence from the Eastern coastal area of south Sulawesi, Indonesia
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    Resource management characterized by Common Pool Resources (CPRs) requires collective action for its sustainable management. CPRs with “rivalry” and “non-excludable” features face overexploitation problems because unlike the nature of pure public goods, the use of CPRs by one user will reduce the chances of other users taking advantage of it. This study aims to analyze the most appropriate local institutions and tenure arrangements for sustainable mangrove management in Eastern coast area of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Data and information were collected through in-depth interviews involving key informants selected by using snow- ball method and continued by Focus Group Discussion. Design principles for sustainable management of common pool resources from Ostrom has been used in this study as an analytical framework which illustrate the structure of rules established and imposed by the local CPR’s institutions. The findings show that collective action in sustainable mangrove management can be achieved through accepted rules and agreements that are participatory formulated. The agreed norms and rules have enacted as a benchmark for collective action in maintaining mangrove and to enforce sanctions for violators. The success of the community in sustainable mangrove resources management is mainly supported by the existence of several prerequisites that facilitate collective action. It is necessary to strengthen regulations both at the local and higher level through socialization to the community along with the development of incentive and disincentives system. Keywords: Community, local institution, mangrove function, participatory rule setting ID: 3486273
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    Key lessons from a community-based forest and rangeland management initiative in Afghanistan
    XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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    It is increasingly recognized that the management of forest and rangeland resources through the involvement of resource users is a sound strategy for the protection, conservation, and sustainable use of those resources in mountainous communities in Afghanistan. Community-based management of natural resources, especially forest and rangeland, is a priority of the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA). Accordingly, the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL), with donor support, has initiated community-based natural resource management practices throughout the country. This paper highlights the key lessons learnt from successfully implementing community-based forest and rangeland management interventions under a project implemented by the FAO in two provinces (Nangarhar and Parwan), with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). It also draws some lessons from a similar project currently ongoing in five provinces (Badghis, Bamiyan, Gazani, Kunar and Paktiya) with close collaboration of different government agencies. The paper builds on the information gathered from focus group discussions, field observations and historical records. The results indicate that more efforts are needed to make the communities and the government recognize the full potential of and emphasize community-based natural resource management through capacity building, provision of financial support, and clarification of user rights and ownership status. The results also revealed that capacity of government agencies, especially the office bearers, had to be strengthened in order to put the relevant policies and procedures issued by the GoIRA into practice more effectively and efficiently. The most important entry-point initiatives and interventions that showed progress in achieving sustainable natural resource management include: (i) providing alternative energy sources for reducing pressure on forest andrangeland in remote areas for wood fuel; and (ii) promote improved management of natural resources through awareness raising, capacity building, and introduction of new technologies. Keywords: Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), community, community-based association. ID: 3486395
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    From projects to landscapes: FAO/WRI tools for monitoring progress and impacts of Forest and Landscape Restoration
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    Restoring degraded lands is a key strategy for mitigating climate change, improving ecosystem health, and sustaining goods and services for people and planet. As part of the Bonn Challenge, New York Declaration on Forests, and other international initiatives, countries are encouraged to collectively restore at least 350 million hectares of degraded lands. Also, 2021-2030 has just been declared the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Monitoring restoration progress is important for ensuring that restoration activities stay on track to meet local and global goals. Monitoring also provides evidence for communicating successes, which will attract further investments for restoration projects, thereby scaling up efforts. In this context, WRI and FAO have jointly developed a series of tools to help with monitoring restoration. First is a guidebook for practitioners on discussing objectives and impacts and deciding which indicators to consider for monitoring their restoration projects, entitled The Road to Restoration: A Guide to Identifying Priorities and Indicators for Monitoring Forest and Landscape Restoration. Alongside this publication, the organizations prepared an e-learning course within the FAO e-learning academy and a web application called AURORA (Assessment, Understanding and Reporting of Restoration Actions), which facilitate the decision-making process and support users is selecting desired impacts and their indicators, setting up their goals, and monitoring progress. To complement this process, the publication Mapping Together: A Guide to Monitoring Forest and Landscape Restoration using Collect Earth Mapathons was produced to help project managers organize data collection events that establish baselines and monitor progress focusing on biophysical indicators. Here, we briefly present the FAO/WRI set of tools that will facilitate monitoring at different stages and will contribute to more robust monitoring and reporting processes. Keywords: Monitoring and data collection|Landscape management ID: 3623051

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