IMPROVING PEOPLE'S LIVING CONDITIONS

David Kaimowitz, Center for International Forest Research,observed that forests are not prioritized on the global political agen-da, due to, inter alia, declining media attention, a sense of failureconcerning conservation efforts, and a lack of understanding of howforests help to address other priority issues, such as poverty eradica-tion, health and war. Stressing the importance of forests for thepoor, he called for incorporating forest issues in national povertyreduction strategies, and for markets that work better for forest-dependent communities. Kaimowitz noted progress in community-based management and recommended adopting realistic cross-sec-toral approaches to conservation, underscoring that people shouldbe compensated for their conservation efforts. He recommendedadapting the landscape approach to conservation, and expressed deter-mination to lobby to put forests back on the international agenda.

INTRODUCTIONS TO AREA A (FORESTS FOR PEOPLE)AND AREA B (FORESTS FOR THE PLANET)

Liz Alden Wily, independent land tenure and natural resourcesmanagement specialist, discussed community forestry as an instrument of good governance. She identified the importance of

achieving harmony between forest conservation and people's needs.She recommended moving from a paternalistic to an empoweringapproach. Wily explained that, as a result of legal reforms, morelocal communities manage a wider class of forests on longer-termcontracts. She underlined the importance of legal recognition ofcommunity forest ownership. Wily noted that in many states, cus-tomary land rights are now recognized and legally enforceable. Shecalled for a focus on immense unreserved estates, a rigorous evalua-tion of approaches, and the consideration of communities as share-holders and not stakeholders.

Henson Moore, International Council of Forest and PaperAssociations, stressed the industry's commitment to sustainable for-est management (SFM). Acknowledging the growing role of public-private partnerships, he highlighted the role of governmentsin creating framework conditions for sustainable forestry.Underscoring that economic concerns should not overshadow con-cerns about forests, Moore recommended that sustainable forest-related commercial activities become an important part of the solu-tion to forest problems, and urged the global community to createtransparent communication on progress toward SFM. He called forpromoting the mutual recognition of certification schemes, improv-ing technical measures, ensuring accountability of forestry compa-nies, and removing trade barriers.

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In the morning, the Plenary Session focused onimproving people's living conditions. Morningand afternoon Theme Sessions addressed a varietyof issues related to "Forests for People" and"Forests for the Planet," including: the acquisitionand sharing of knowledge; efficient use and pro-cessing of resources; underlying causes of forestdegradation and deforestation; climate change;management of forest resources and ecosystems;and urban forestry. Side events also convened inthe morning, afternoon and evening.

Speakers at the morning session, 'Acquisition and Sharing of Knowledge' emphasize the need to use commonsense approaches to acquire and disseminate knowledge. Marilyn Hoskins (left) makes that point that compati-ble goals are key to ensuring success in community forestry. Alice Kaudia (right) notes that knowledge sharingshould not be discussed in academic papers alone, and must be a reality on the ground.

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PLENARY SESSION

AREA A - FORESTS FOR PEOPLE

ACQUISITION AND SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE:Noting that many stakeholders - not just foresters - could benefitfrom a greater understanding of forest issues, J.K. Rawat, IndianForest Service, stressed the importance of knowledge distribution.Emile Mokoko Wongolo, Secretary General of the African TimberOrganization, indicated that research, information disseminationand financing are key to improving future forestry work. AliceKaudia, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, outlined critical trendsand needs for forest research in development, including the need forskilled, robust human resource capital and poverty reduction.Kaudia also noted the adverse effects of HIV/AIDS and acutepoverty levels on human and financial resources. To improveknowledge sharing in Africa, Kaudia made a number of sugges-tions, including: generating statistics on the number of scientists,their fields of expertise, and relevance of the expertise to currentand future needs; attracting funding for research from diversesources; improving skills for transnational knowledge sharing andcollaborative learning; determining the impact and sustainability oftraining programmes; and encouraging market-driven production.Henri Boukoulou, Manieu Ngonabi University, noted that previous-ly excluded groups are now recognized as stakeholders and saidparticipatory management in rural areas can promote accountabilityand improve SFM in the future. Ernst Zürcher, Swiss School ofEngineering for the Wood Industry, discussed a recent project inMadagascar, which produced a bridge for a local rural community.Zürcher noted that the project had low costs and used an exchangeof knowledge and know-how between a local community and a for-eign organization. Jorge Antonio Téllez, Desarrollo ForestalCommunitario, described how electronic training was used toimprove knowledge of community forest management in rural areasin Bolivia. Marilyn Hoskins, Indiana University, indicated that insti-tutional analyses can help to identify incentives for planning, man-aging and implementing community forestry programmes. Shenoted that withholding information and using incompatible goals todevelop community forest programmes could hamper their success.

EFFICIENT USE AND PROCESSING OF RESOURCES:Emile Mokoko Wongolo, African Timber Organization, noted thatsustainable forest products have become more competitive in theworld market. Ian de la Roche, Forintek Canada Corporation,emphasized the need for sustainable consumption of wood productsand said wood is the only renewable mainstream building material.He indicated that the public's perception is “build with wood” or“save the forest,” but noted that the two goals could be compatible.De la Roche noted that wood-based construction systems are chang-ing to meet the demands of consumers. Paul Vantomme, FAO,emphasized the need for improved reporting on non-wood forestproducts (NWFP) at a global and national level in order to includeNWFP in policy planning. He noted that the primary users ofNWFP, developing countries such as India, China and Indonesia,

have definitions, product classifications and statistics for NWFP,but the majority of countries do not. Vantomme also recommendedthat countries work with customs officials to incorporate NWFPinto national product classification schemes and, at the internationallevel, cooperate with the World Customs Organization on NWFP.Luc Duchesne, Natural Resources Canada, explained that non-tim-ber forest products (NTFP) can be used to reduce poverty, and forecosystem, species and cultural conservation because they requirelow start-up costs and create employment for both genders, thusreducing gender inequities. He recommended that the timber indus-try in developed countries take into account social concerns. Healso emphasized that energy consumption is the most critical issuefacing the forest industry. Asghedom Ghebremichael, NaturalResources Canada, said that enhanced productivity in the timber-harvest industry can help ensure sustainable forest supply and SFM.Reynolds Okai, Forestry Research Institute, noted that the demandfor timber is increasing, and discussed the challenge of promotingthe value of using logging residues to increase forest production.

AREA B - FORESTS FOR THE PLANET

CLIMATE CHANGE: Christian Barthod, Ministry for Ecologyand Sustainable Development in France, opened the session on therole of forests with respect to climate change. Michael Apps,Natural Resources Canada, explained that forest management couldbe part of the problem or part of the solution, noting that forestmanagement can increase the forests’ capacity to balance humanperturbations in the global carbon cycle. He described some possi-ble actions, such as reducing pressures for deforestation, increasingthe use of wood products and wood as biofuel, and promoting agro-forestry. Anne Prieur, University of Bordeaux, presented a lifecycleapproach to account for the energetic aspects and the carbon stockfunction of wood products, emphasizing that the effect on climatechange will depend on the maximum storage and the optimal trans-formation, transportation and use of wood products.

Haripriya Gundimeda, London School of Economics and PoliticalScience, addressed the implications land-use change and forestry

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Haripriya Gundimeda, London School of Economics and Political Science,describes Land-Use Change and Forestry projects (LUCF).

THEME SESSIONS

projects (LUCF) under the clean development mechanism (CDM)of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)could have on sustainable livelihood strategies in India. She encour-aged further research on on the long term effects of LUCF projectson sustainable livelihood strategies on climate change. WernerKurz, Natural Resources Canada, outlined Canada’s national forestsector carbon accounting system, a tool that supports scientificanalysis, monitoring and policymaking in forest management forclimate change. Bruno Locatelli, Center for Agricultural Researchin Developing Countries, addressed controversies over forest plan-tations in tropical countries under the CDM. He said social impactsneed to be included in the evaluation of CDM projects and calledfor a new approach that balances negative and positive impacts.

Participants discussed the need to develop better tools to accountfor carbon storage in wood products. They also discussed the use ofwood instead of fossil fuels, stressing the need to address this issueat future negotiations under the Kyoto Protocol. Kurz explained that this is unlikely to occur during the first com-mitment period as there is considerable controversy, and a differen-tiated perspective on energy and forestry issues must be developedfirst. Barthod stated that forestry can be one of the solutions to theclimate change problem, but much remains to be done on account-ing and assessment. He encouraged all participants to prepare forthe next round of negotiations under the Kyoto Protocol in order toinclude storage and energy aspects of wood production.

URBAN FORESTRY, TREES OUTSIDE FORESTS: RobertLindeckert, Pro Silva Méditerranée, presented the history of ParkFontainbleau, a forest reserve near Paris, outlining its historicalimportance as a hunting area, artistic reserve, landscape conserva-tion site and UNESCO biosphere reserve. He said a worldwide net-work of such parks would “re-enchant” the world and serve as anopportunity for people to experience and share knowledge aboutforests and nature. Cecil Konijnendijk, Danish Forest andLandscape Research Institute, offered perspectives on the role offoresters in urban areas, arguing that fast population growth indeveloping country cities makes it necessary to develop knowledge,strategies and recommendations for good urban forestry practices.He called upon foresters to cooperate in the development and imple-mentation of the FAO strategy on urban and peri-urban forestry.

Omar Mhirit, National School of Forestry Morocco, described themanagement of trees outside forests in North Africa, underliningproblems in developing a management strategy, including: invento-ry assessment problems; multiple stakeholders; complexity of legalstatutes and institutions; and the sensitivity of ecosystems toexploitation and population pressures. Bruno Locatelli, Center forAgricultural Research in Developing Countries, presented a case forbroadening the FAO concept of trees outside of forests (TOF) toincrease the attention given to urban and peri-urban areas in devel-opment planning. He underscored the multiple benefits that localcommunities derive from non-forest wood and suggested a newconcept of ligneous urban agrosilvopastrurals, which encompassesall types of non-forest woodlands.

Syaka Sadio, FAO, outlined how TOF can contribute to sustain-able development, noting that trees are planted for multiple reasonssuch as: food and fodder production; firewood; soil protection andimprovement; shelter; and rehabilitation. He encouraged forestersand other researchers to contribute to a change of attitudestoward TOF by addressing the problems of incentives, policymaking and regulation in order to realize the potential of TOF forsustainable development.

Participants discussed how TOF programmes and urban forestscan be established.Panelists said that integra-tion into urban planning,the involvement of localcommunities, and theadaptation to local condi-tions are important factorsfor TOF management.They also suggested thataligning TOF with locallivelihood strategies canhelp to solve fundingproblems.

One participant outlinedexamples for the strategicintegration of trees inEuropean cities for shad-ing buildings and improving air quality.

UNDERLYING CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION: Jose CarlosCarvalho, Ministry of Environment of Brazil, introduced the sessionwith a brief history of deforestation, noting that deforestation isoften the result of policies put in place at a time when governmentsactively encouraged settlement. He said new demands being placedon forests sometimes have led to social conflict.

Jean-Paul Lanly, French Academy of Agriculture, argued that tocomprehend the underlying causes of deforestation, the factors con-tributing to it must first be understood. He then differentiated fac-tors and causes, saying that factors were observable phenomena,such as ranching or urbanization, whereas underlying causes weremore systemic. He differentiated between deforestation and forestdegradation, defining deforestation as the disappearance of forests,and degradation as a negative change in a forest’s condition. Heconcluded that attempts to address the underlying causes of defor-estation require international cooperation.

Simon Lovera, Friends of the Earth, argued that tree plantationswere one of the underlying causes of deforestation, noting that plan-tations displace workers who, in turn, convert forests in order toobtain livelihoods from subsistence agriculture. She argued thatheavily subsidized export agriculture also contributes to deforesta-tion. Matti Palo, Finnish Forest Research Institute, presented apaper on the relationship between population and economic growthand deforestation. He concluded, inter alia, that more reliable

Matti Palo, Finnish Forest Research Institute,provides a paper on the relationship betweenpopulation and economic growth and defor-estation.

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monitoring systems and statistics are needed in order to increaseawareness of deforestation at the political level.

Jonas Veiga, Brazilian International Research Centre, presented hisfindings on the relationship between cattle ranching and deforestationin the Amazon, arguing that Amazonian ranching rose considerably inthe 1960s and continues to be driven largely by road construction andpublic financing. He concluded that the Amazon region is important forcattle ranching, the ecological impacts of ranching are evident, and sys-tems to mitigate these effects are needed.

Leyla Montenegro, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caladas,summarized the results of her research on forest fragmentation inChile. She concluded that it is necessary to protect forest fragmentswith a view to reconnecting them in the future.

Jean-Marc Roda, French Agriculture Research Centre forInternational Development, spoke about the underlying causes of ille-gal harvesting in tropical forests, noting, inter alia, that an increase inprotected areas can often result in illegal logging. Part of the problem,he argued, was the existence of large consumer markets that do not dis-criminate between legally and illegally-sourced forest products. He saidthat independent verification was one method for addressing illegality.

MANAGEMENT OF FOREST RESOURCES AND ECOSYS-TEMS: Dennis Garrity, World Agroforestry Centre, raised the questionof whether ecosystem management can help to meet social needs.

Hamish Kimmins, University of British Columbia, distinguishedbetween ecosystem-based management and ecosystem managementand said that single-value forest management overlooks the complexityof ecosystems.

Catherina Morosi, Italian Academy of Forest Science, provided acomprehensive overview of the incorporation of systemic forest man-agement into Italian forestry and conservation practices.

Larry Innes, consultant to the Innu Nation of Labrador, Canada,described a forestry development agreement involving the Innu Nationand the Government of Québec, which incorporates not only ecologicaland economic considerations, but also Innu land ethics.

Mette Wilkie, FAO, summarized the results of an FAO study thatevaluated the extent to which countries are using forest managementplans, noting the absence of reliable statistical data. She concluded thatover the last 20 years there had been an improvement in the amount offorest area under formal and informal management plans, but said thatmore accurate results could be obtained with better information.

Rodney Keenan, Department of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry ofAustralia, described the Australian Government's effort to incorporateSFM and the ecosystem approach into its forestry programme.

Johnny Méndez Gamboa, San Carlos Forestry DevelopmentAssociation, Costa Rica, stated that with support from the internationalcommunity, Costa Rica was able to implement a forest managementregime for the first time. He concluded that the regime is generatinggood results that helped shift Costa Rican forestry from an industrialfocus toward a conservation-based approach.

Garrity concluded the session highlighting that, while ecosystemmanagement techniques are improving, the question remains whetheror not ecosystem management can effectively reduce poverty.

Peter de Marsh, Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners, out-lined the history of the International Conference on Private Forests.

Peter Sanders, Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners, present-ed a report on urban-rural land-use conflicts and stressed the impor-tance of conflict analysis and resolution. He highlighted key issuesaffecting woodlot owners, including: disparate political considera-tions favoring urban concerns over rural ones; a misunderstandingof private land management; and restricted management choicesdue to increased regulation. Sanders noted that urban "conservation"is driven by fundraising opportunities and urbanization, and pro-posed a pro-active role for woodlot owners in lobbying. In closing,he emphasized the need to educate both urban and rural populations.

Victor Brunette, forestry consultant, stressed the necessity foreffective lobbying by woodlot owners, noting the environmentalservices they provide. After underscoring the relevance of pro-gramme analyses, he highlighted three surveys demonstrating thaturban and rural populations often have different values than wood-lot owners. He stated that incentive programmes can align these disparate values.

He said farmers require incentives for conservation and that par-ticipation should be voluntary. He said New York State, Costa Rica,Austria, Quebec and France offer good examples of diverse landmanagement systems where accountability, compensation, safeinvestment and profit exist. In closing, he stressed the need for stan-dardization of incentive programs.

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SIDE EVENTS

Link to more information:http://www.nycwatershed.org

Contacts:Peter de Marsh: nbfwo@nbnet.nb.caPeter Sanders: Peter_Sanders@telus.netVictor Brunette: vbrunette@sympatico.ca

IV International Conference on Private ForestsPresented by the Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners

Peter Sanders, Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners, advocates incen-tives for private forest owners.

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David Bills, UK Forestry Commission, explained that theGlobal Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) will,inter alia, provide a framework for sharing experiences, comple-ment the UK's actions on illegal logging, and contribute to thework of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and theConvention on Biological Diversity.

Stewart Maginnis, IUCN, introduced FLR as a process that aimsto: regain ecological integrity; enhance human well-being in defor-ested or degraded forest landscapes; restore forest functions; bal-ance land-use trade-offs at a landscape level; and leave options forfuture landscape use.

Anne-Claire Goarant, New Caledonian Directorate for NaturalResources, presented a case study on the conservation and SFM ofdry forests in New Caledonia, which offers an example of success-ful on-the-ground FLR implementation. Carole Saint-Laurent,Global Partnership on FLR, stressed that relevant internationalcommitments exist, and that FLR can help create synergies amongdifferent forest-related processes. She explained that the partnershipis an open and informal network that aims to increase the profile of,and support for, FLR and reinforce the positive effects of existingactivities of its partners. She welcomed prospective partners, notingthat their support can include, inter alia, hosting workshops, pro-viding technical and policy advise, preparing case studies, andundertaking field projects.

Libby Jones, UK Forestry Commission, said that in the future thepartnership will broaden its range of partners; conduct workshopswith the aim of developing recommendations for international for-est processes; present best practice case studies; and stimulateinvestment in FLR.

Various organizations involved in the partnership then outlinedtheir support for FLR. Eva Müller, International Tropical Timber

Organization (ITTO), presented ITTO’s work on the Guidelines forRestoration, Management, and Rehabilitation of Degraded andSecondary Forests, which incorporate a landscape approach. JimCarie, FAO, commended the partnership’s interdisciplinaryapproach to FLR and noted an upcoming publication of relevantcase studies. Pekka Pattosaari, UNFF, expressed his support forFLR as a critical component of SFM. He said that UNFF-5 willconsider the report of the global workshop on FLR, and that theCollaborative Partnership on Forests will regard the partnership high-ly. Participants also heard the announcements of the new partnersjoining the partnership.

Joel Holtrop, USDA, opened the session on community-basedecological approaches to forest management and fire prevention andintroduced the speakers. Iñigo Ascasíbar Zubizarreta, Ministry ofthe Environment of Spain, discussed the engagement of local peo-ple in fire prevention. He described the geographical distribution offires in Spain, noted their causes, and called for a preventiveapproach to forest fire management. He explained that to achievethis aim, his Ministry uses a combination of policy instruments,including education and legislation. He outlined his Ministry’s ruralcampaign, which conveys to farmers that fires are a threat to theirown interests. Peter Moore, Metis Associates, described a commu-nity-based fire management project in Indonesia, explaining that thecommunity needs ash to reduce soil acidity, but still balances theecological impact of fires with their needs. Moore said that fire isdisastrous for ecosystems that are not adaptable, and that fire affectslocal airports and community health. He described the project'sactivities, including recording the community’s use of fire, educat-ing the community about fire, issuing regulations, and resorting toalternative crops adapted to acidic soils.

Jeff Hardesty, Nature Conservancy Fire Initiative, explained thatthe initiative aims to restore ecosystems and protect communities.He explained that fire regimes are ecosystem-specific and that themajority of US ecosystems are fire adaptable. He stressed, however,that altered fire regimes are a serious threat to biodiversity conser-vation and affect hundreds of communities. Hardesty then listed thenegative consequences of fire, including health effects, smoke, andinvasive non-native fire-adapted species that alter the fire regime.

Forests and fires in harmonyUS Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service

Links to more information:http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/restorationhttp://www.forestry.gov.ukhttp://www.itto.or.jphttp://www.fao.org

Contacts:David Bills: david.bills@forestry.gsi.gov.ukStewart Maginnis: stewart.maginnis@iucn.orgAnne-Claire Goarant: env@province-sud.ncCarole Saint-Laurent: carsaintl@bellnet.caLibby Jones: libby.jones@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Forest landscape restoration: Building livelihoodsand assets for people and naturePresented by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the World WideFund For Nature (WWF)

Carole Saint-Laurent, Global Partnership on FLR, explains that the activitiesof the partnership will include, inter alia, exchange of information and les-sons learned on FLR, analysis of its contribution to the implementation ofthe existing laws and agreements, and the promotion of an FLR investmentportfolio.

He said the barriers to threat reduction include disagreement withincommunities over the goal of fire management, complex land-scapes, and lack of funding coordination.

Jessica Dempsey, Global Caucus for Community-Based ForestManagement, and Lisa Ambus, International Network of Forest andCommunities (IFNC), introduced an informal discussion on build-ing a community forest movement. Participants engaged in smallgroup discussions on regional approaches to community-based for-est management. Some participants from developed countriesdescribed their work on landscape-scale biodiversity conservationby providing SFM plans to small woodlot owners and ensuring eco-nomic incentives. Some developing country participants talkedabout their countries’ dependencies on biomass energy and resultingpressures on forests for both firewood and agricultural use. Theydiscussed ways to sensitize communities to the value of conserva-tion, and advocated community titles for open access forests.Participants then addressed the challenges in building a global com-munity forestry movement.

Marilyn Hoskins, IFNC, reported on the groups’ conference oncommunity forestry in 1988 and the resulting Saanich Declaration.Tom Griffiths, Forest Peoples Programme, presented a recent reportby Centre for International Forestry Research on bridging commu-

nity forests and international networks, which found that interna-tional forest-related networks are diverse in their objectives andsize, and that while some are run by volunteers, others are moreformal. He found that: networks had moved from a technical debateto a focus on rights; regional networks had emerged; indigenouspeoples have started using flexible ad hoc steering committees; andsome developing country groups are concerned that networks couldbe used to legitimize the status quo. Participants then discussedoptions for a future network, including to garner support from theglobal community for local communities in need, rights-basedadvocacy, communications and funding.

Link to more information:http://www.tncfire.org

Contacts:Joel Holtrop: jholtrop@fs.fed.usPeter Moore: metis@metis-associates.comIñigo Ascasíbar Zubizarreta: iascasibar@mma.esJeff Hardestry: jhardesty@tnc.org

The Nature Conservancy and the US Department of Agriculture's ForestService co-host the side event on forests and fire in harmony, where pre-sentations were made on the involvement of communities in fire preventionand forest management.

Growing a community forest movementPresented by IFNC and the Global Caucus for Community-Based ForestManagement

Links to more information:http://www.forestsandcommunities.orghttp://www.wrm.org.uy/subjects/CBFM.html#caucushttp://www.forestpeoples.orghttp://www.cifor.cgiar.org/

Contacts:Jessica Dempsey: jdempsey@interchange.ubc.caLisa Ambus: lisa.ambus@shaw.caMarilyn Hoskins: marilynndc@indiana.eduTom Griffiths: tom@fppwrm.gn.apc.org

THINGS TO LOOK FOR TODAYSPECIAL SESSION: A Special Session will take place at 8:00

am in room 200 to hear the results of the Youth and IndigenousPeoples Forums.

PLENARY SESSION: Plenary will convene at 9:00 in room 200and will focus on rehabilitation of the world’s forests.

ECOREGIONAL SESSIONS: Roundtable discussions willaddress: boreal forests (room 200 AB); temperate forests (Room 200 C);dry sub-tropical forests (2000 D); dry tropical forests (room 2000 C); andsub-tropical and tropical humid forests (room 2000 B).

OPEN FORA ON EMERGING ISSUES: Open fora willaddress participatory management, SFM, climate change and plantations.

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Marilyn Hoskins, IFNC, (standing) asks participants if they are more inter-ested in an informal group to meet at international meetings or in a plat-form for information exchange and what they are ready to contribute tothe group.