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Title: CREATING AWARENESS ON THE NON-LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT ON ALL TYPES OF FORESTS


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CREATING AWARENESS ON THE NON-LEGALLY BINDING
INSTRUMENT ON ALL TYPES OF FORESTS
  • Peter Gondo

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Session1 INTRODUCTION TO THE NLBI/FOREST
INSTRUMENT
  • BACKGROUND AND ORIGIN OF THE NLBI
  • PURPOSE OF THE NLBI
  • Guiding Principles of the NLBI
  • National policies and measures of the NLBI

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BACKGROUND AND ORIGIN OF THE NLBI
  • Forests cover one third of the worlds land area
  • 4billion ha India- 78 million ha (68million ha
    2010FRA)
  • 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their
    livelihood
  • High rate of deforestation -13 million ha. p.a.
    (-0.1
  • India- afforestation rate of 0.21 p.a.
  • 17 of GHG emissions (global)
  • lt 6 under management
  • US 1-1.5 trillion in lost revenue (TEEB 2010)
  • Finding ways to ensure that forests benefit
    present and future generations is the essence of
    sustainable forest management.

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A milestone event
  • Rio conventions (UNFCC, CBD, UNCCD)
  • Agenda 21
  • Forest Principles
  • IPF/IFF proposals for action
  • UNFF (2000)
  • Global objectives on Forests (2006)
  • NLBI (2007)

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United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
  • Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Resolution
    E/2000/35, (2000)
  • International arrangement on forests
  • Establishing the UNFF as subsidiary body of
    ECOSOC
  • Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)
  • Facilitative Process
  • Multi-stakeholder dialogue
  • Objectives
  • Promote the management, conservation and
    sustainable development of all types of forests
  • Strengthen long-term political commitment

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Principal functions of UNFF
  • Facilitate implementation of forest-related
    agreements and foster common understanding SFM
  • Provide for continued policy development and
    dialogue among Governments, international
    organizations, and major groups, to address
    forest issues and emerging areas of concern in a
    holistic, comprehensive and integrated manner,
  • Enhance cooperation, policy and programme
    coordination on forest-related issues
  • Foster international cooperation
  • Monitor, assess and report on progress

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UNFF functions
  • Strengthen political commitment to SFM
  • Enhance contribution of forests to achievement of
    the internationally agreed development goals,(
    MDGs, Johannesburg Declaration and the JPI of the
    WSSD),
  • Encourage and assist countries develop and
    implement SFM strategies,
  • Strengthen interaction between the UNFF, relevant
    regional and sub regional forest-related
    mechanisms, institutions and instruments,
    organizations and processes,

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Global Objectives on Forests (2006)
  • Reverse the loss of forest cover
  • Enhance forest-based economic, social and
    environmental benefits
  • Increase the area of sustainably managed forests
    and proportion of products from sustainably
    managed forests
  • Reverse the decline in official development
    assistance (ODA)

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Non-Legally Binding Instrument on All types of
forests (NLBI)
  • Forest Instrument
  • May 2007
  • Why NLBI?
  • Forests and trees provide multiple economic,
    social and environmental benefits
  • Existing consensus on forests Forest principles,
    IPF/IFF proposals for action, resolutions and
    decisions of UNFF
  • Impact of climate change on forests, contribution
    of forests to addressing climate change

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Why NLBI
  • Need to strengthen political commitment and
    collective efforts at all levels
  • Mobilize increased financial resources, capacity
    development and transfer of technology
  • No agreement on Forest Convention or other legal
    arrangement
  • Keep international forest dialogue alive in
    absence of legally binding agreement

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Purpose of the Forest Instrument (FI)
  • Strengthen political commitment and action for
    SFM at all levels to implement SFM and achieve
    the shared global objectives on forests
  • Enhance contribution of forests to achievement
    of internationally agreed development goals
    including MDGs especially poverty eradication and
    environmental sustainability
  • Provide a framework for national action and
    international cooperation.

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Guiding Principles
  • The instrument is voluntary and non-legally
    binding
  • Each State is responsible for the sustainable
    management of its forests and for the enforcement
    of its forest-related laws
  • Major groups, local communities, forest owners
    and other relevant stakeholders should be
    involved in a transparent and participatory way
  • Achieving SFM depends on significantly increased,
    new and additional financial resources
  • Achieving SFM also depends on good governance
  • International cooperation is crucial

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Components
  • National policies and measures
  • International cooperation and means of
    implementation

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National policies and measures
  • Develop and implement NFPs or similar strategies
    for SFM and integrate them into strategies for
    sustainable development incl. PRS
  • Consider the seven thematic elements of SFM
  • Promote the use of management tools to assess the
    environmental impact promote good environmental
    practices
  • Develop/implement policies that encourage SFM to
    provide a wide range of goods and services,
    contribute to poverty reduction and the
    development of rural communities
  • Promote efficient production and processing of
    forest products

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National policies and measures
  • Support the protection and use of traditional
    forest-related knowledge and practices incl. fair
    and equitable sharing of benefits
  • Further develop and implement CI for SFM
  • Create enabling environments for investment by
    private sector, communities other forest
  • Develop financing strategies taking into account
    all funding sources
  • Encourage recognition of range of values from
    forests and ways to reflect such values in the
    marketplace

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National policies and measures
  • Enhance cross sectoral policy and programme
    coordination to integrate the forest sector into
    national decision-making processes
  • Integrate national forest programmes or other
    strategies of SFM into national sustainable
    development strategies e.g. PRSs
  • Establish or strengthen partnerships and joint
    programmes with stakeholders
  • Review and improve forest legislation, strengthen
    forest law enforcement, promote good governance
  • Address threats to forest health and vitality
    from natural disasters and human activities

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National policies and measures
  • Develop or expand, and maintain networks of
    protected forest areas
  • Assess the conditions and management
    effectiveness of existing protected areas
  • Strengthen the contribution of science and
    research in advancing SFM
  • Promote the development and application of
    scientific and technological innovations, incl.
    for local communities
  • Strengthen public understanding of the importance
    and benefits of forests and SFM

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National policies and measures
  • Promote access to and support formal and informal
    education, extension and training, for
    implementation of SFM
  • Support education, training and extension
    programmes involving local and indigenous
    communities, forest workers and forest owners
  • Promote active and effective participation of
    major groups, local communities, forest owners
    and other relevant stakeholders

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National policies and measures
  • Encourage the private sector and civil society
    organizations to implement voluntary instruments
    such as certification,
  • Enhance access by households, small-scale forest
    owners and communities to forest resources and
    markets

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Monitoring, assessment and reporting
  • Member states noted importance of monitoring and
    reporting and agreed as follows
  • Member States should monitor and assess progress
    on the instrument.
  • Member States should submit, on a voluntary
    basis, taking into account availability of
    resources and the requirements of other bodies or
    instruments, national progress reports to the
    Forum.

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Exercise 1.1 Relating existing national forestry
development framework to the NLBI policies and
measures
  • In country groups, participants should
    indicate the type of forest development framework
    they are using i.e. NFP, Forest Master Plan or
    other equivalent and when it was developed or
    adopted.
  • Which of the national policies and measures are
    being implemented in your country?
  • This exercise will help participants to reflect
    and relate the policies and measures to their own
    situations.
  • Time This exercise should take 45 minutes

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