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ArticleFAO strategy / plan / policy / roadmapAddressing local stakeholders’ priorities on the development process of action plans for forest landscape restoration in Atlantic Forest Biome, Brazil
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) goes beyond planting trees. Ecological and environmental principles guide restoration actions at the landscape level by integrating different land uses, reconciling protected areas with farming practices, and recovery of native vegetation. In the context of restoration planning, the local, social, cultural and economic aspects should be considered. Moreover, the involvement and engagement of key stakeholders from different sectors is also critical to ensure the success of restoration strategies and actions, as well as the identification of the motivational factors to restore degraded lands. This approach is part of the application of the Restoration Opportunity Assessment Methodology (ROAM) and was applied in in Espirito Santo State, Brazil that led to a FLR 10-year action plan. Several tools of ROAM were applied at different scales to generate information that supported decision makers in the formulation of public policies and implementation of restoration. The results of this work showed that the identification of key restoration success factors and barriers were crucial to mobilize and engage key stakeholders and define strategies and solutions that better address local demands and needs in the management of natural resource. Also, mapping the social landscape was essential in creating a larger movement to support restoration commitments. The main outcome was the development of a collaborative action plan aligned with the local reality and the commitments made by different actors. Moreover, the information generated had the potential to attract investment and finance opportunities to support the implementation of restoration actions at scale and to contribute to the state/national and international targets. Keywords: governance, forest landscape restoration, communities, planning, environment ID: 3624088 -
ArticleJournal articleA study on the establishment of crucial forest resources and cultural heritage protection systems using public big data (focusing on the use of QGIS)
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.In case of huge wildfires, the command headquarter of the relevant forest site immediately becomes a center on which all resources, such as material resources and manpower, are concentrated, giving a negative impact on effective management for fire-fighting manpower on ground. Even worse, the conditions of wildfires are naturally varied by each case while the fire spreads into vast areas in a short time, if left unchecked, so a quick decision for the fire fighting is inevitable. For this reason, the necessity of providing wildfire maps is increasingly recognized. Therefore, a wildfire map was created by mapping major forest resources, protected-trees and spatial information of cultural assets with QGIS (Quantum Geographic Information System), an open source geographic information system. Also, a verification experiment was conducted by utilizing ‘QField’ (a smartphone application) as a decision making platform in the forest disaster scene. As a result of the experiment, firstly, there was an improvement in effectiveness of the hours required to deploy firefighters (300 meters reduced, 61% improvement in terms of time), as the command headquarters could easily identify the case to be handled with the highest priority, and deploy the necessary number of firefighters promptly; secondly, immediate decision making was available at the scene of forest fire frequently changed its development by several factors, including wind; and thirdly, by utilizing big data for several elements like helicopters stations and catchments, we secured interoperability and expandability through which various kinds of forest maps could be generated. It is expected that various kinds of forest maps in this study can be widely utilized in the wildfire scenes by combining the maps with big data platforms, such as public data portals and national spatial data infrastructure. Key words: QGIS; QField, wildfire fighting; Korea Forest Service ID: 3623494 -
ArticleJournal articleParticipatory forest conservation, restoration, and sanitation in a resilient and resistant social-ecological system in Mexico
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.The world continues the search for effective mechanisms to protect the natural heritage of forested landscapes. Mexico is among the most important forested and mega-biodiverse countries, with some 60% (62.6 million ha) of forests owned by communities, which operate as common property forest social-ecological systems (SES). Mexican forests are under varying natural and anthropic threats, but community collective action around forest management is the most important response for facing them. Here, we document experiences of participatory-adaptive forest management for conservation, restoration and sanitation in community forests. Combined methods were used, included: document review, participatory mapping, forest cover analysis, community workshops, key actor interviews and participant observation. Participatory forest management strategies by varying communities commonly used community resources, labor, cultural values, local traditional knowledge and governance institutions, both with and without sustained government support. The hundreds of voluntary conservation areas demonstrate that nature and people can coexist. As well, thousands of participatory forest restorations are based on cultural motivations and concerns for environmental legacies. Also, despite the growing bark beetle threat in temperate forests, large- scale participatory sanitation logging illustrates the opportunities to maintain forest health at the community level. A better understanding of approaches that improve resistance and adaptive capacity in forest SES, may help to design public policies for government and non-governmental interventions oriented to support and strengthen grassroots initiatives in Mexico and beyond. Lessons from bottom-up collective action examples can help to build a more sustainable future in comparable inhabited forests. Keywords: Adaptive and integrated management, habitat conservation, forest transition, climate change, local governance. ID: 3487226
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