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ArticleJournal articleREFLOR-CV: Adaptation of local communities to the impacts of climate change in Cabo Verde through restoration of wooded areas
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Cabo Verde (CV), a small island developing state, is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change, where drought and highly variable and concentrated rains constitute the main climate change threats. In this context, land degradation resulting from prolonged dry spells, surface runoff and erosion, and indiscriminate land use have been affecting land productivity, while shrinking native vegetation to microrefugia sites. The project Building Adaptive Capacity and Resilience of the Forestry Sector in Cabo Verde (REFLOR-CV) focuses on the restoration of wooded and silvopastoral areas in three islands of the archipelago. The goal is to increase the resilience of local communities by promoting the conservation of habitats and biodiversity, favoring soil conservation and the replenishment of groundwater, as well as supporting livelihoods through valorization of non-timber forest products. The project uses a knowledge-based approach that includes capacity building and the development of forest co-planning and co-management instruments, enabling participation and transparency in decision making. For the development of island and stand-level planning instruments, an agency approach is employed to ensure equity and accountability in the prioritization and implementation of nature-based solutions and restoration measures. During this process, locally preferable endemic, native, or adapted woody species are produced in communitarian nurseries and in household orchards. Then, after a biophysical-climatic suitability of potential sites is technically analyzed and conveyed, community-level decisions on site-specific land interventions are defined and implemented. The results include ~ 800 ha planted in 40 patches and ~300 000 plants fixed, including 9 different native and endemic species. There are ~600 men and ~900 women directly involved in soil conservation and plantation activities, with ~50 technical staff capacitated. The calculation of the direct contribution of these results to the NDC of CV will be provided. Keywords: sustainable land use, co-management, endemic and native species, suitability analysis, governance ID:3635736 -
ArticleJournal articleTransboundary forest management strategies are needed to adapt to climate change in East Asian temperate forests
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Cli mate impacts traverse administrative borders, so paradigms that address forest preservation and adaptation strategies across international borders are needed. Here, we measure climate change exposure for forests of the East Asian Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forest Biome, which occupies 3,092,381 km2 and covers 18 ecoregions. This Biome includes parts of China, North and South Korea, Japan, and the Russian Federation. We quantify future climate change exposure as the change per pixel in climate conditions relative to the baseline (1960-1990) climate conditions occupied by each forest type and project future climate change exposure levels to each forest type within and among the ecoregions. We use the entire biome and its ecoregions as units within which to quantify climate change exposure. We then examine the resulting spatial patterns of climate change exposure relative to provincial and international boundaries to identify several levels at which governments will need transboundary coordination in order to develop forest preservation and climate adaptation strategies. By 2070, using the RCP8.5 emission scenario, 24.5-65.7% of these forests enter non-analog or the most marginal 1 % of baseline climate conditions. These results reveal the need for extensive transboundary governmental coordination, including forest preservation actions among 51 of 54 provinces that will retain some forest locations in climatically stable or low-risk conditions. Furthermore, among 96 provinces with forests that will be highly exposed, 90 will require transboundary climate change adaptation strategies because these forests span their borders, including the border areas of China, the Russian Federation, and North Korea. The analytical approach of this study could serve as a template for supporting transboundary institutional coordination to address climate change. Keywords: Climate Change Risk; Temperate Forests; Eas;t Asia; Transboundary Coordination; Climate Adaptation Strategies ID: 3608288 -
ArticleJournal articleFarmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) on Nigeria's drylands: the influence of changing climate on agroforestry trees management
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.In Northern Nigeria, prolonged drought critically affects parkland tree regeneration and reduces land productivity and income. However, documentation of parkland trees management in extreme climatic conditions is scarce in the region. Hence, the need to evaluate the management via tree preferences by farmers on Nigeria’s dry agroecological zones (AEZ). To address this, field surveys were conducted in nine villages along a north-south transect, with precipitation increasing southwards through three AEZ of Nigeria: Sudan Savannah (SS), Northern Guinea Savannah (NGS) and Southern Guinea Savannah (SGS). Using Open Data Kit (ODK), information from 92 respondents and 4 focused groups relating to tree regeneration management were collected and aggregated. These include the abundance of the most preferred trees on farms, their regeneration potentials, management and propagation status, as well as usage and land-use constraints. Results showed drought- tolerant species (Parkia biglobosa and Mangifera indica) topped the dominant trees list across the three AEZ, both having 50% more than other agroforestry trees. Though farmers’ management strategies were highly relevant to regeneration and productivity, they did not differ across the zones (P<0.05) except at cropping outside tree canopy cover between SGS and SS using the Kruskal-Wallis test. Positive associations (0.5-0.8) between functions and preference for trees on farms for dominant agroforestry species. Farmers’ adaptation strategy to minimise risk to climate drivers and increase dry forests landscapes resilience made the driest AEZ (SS) had most species on farms and positively impacted the locals' livelihoods. Keywords: Trees, Drought, Farmers, Regeneration, Parklands ID: 3486501
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