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Forest Day 5
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Landscape approaches
The place of agroforestry, afforestation and reforestation in REDD+
A joint event sponsored by the organisers of Forest Day and Agricultural and Rural Development Day
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World Agroforestry Centre, ITTO
Global climate policy has so far segregated mitigation and adaptation as distinct issues, and followed separate approaches for agriculture and forestry, based on historical institutional divides. Yet extensive areas in developing countries are landscapes with considerable tree cover, forest margins and transitions to farm-based forestry. And a large proportion of the rural population live in such landscapes. Evidence-based policy development can do well by starting from the reality of rural livelihoods and actual carbon stock dynamics in living landscapes, and find ways to develop high carbon stock development pathways. This Discussion Forum presented several case studies on how more integrated approaches can help decision makers avoid the pitfalls of segregated policies at international, national and local levels.
Key questions
- How can agroforestry, afforestation and reforestation contribute to emission reductions through REDD+?
- Under what conditions and in what ways can landscape approaches enable emission reductions while promoting sustainable development?
- What policies and incentives are needed to promote effective landscape approaches?
- What are the key knowledge gaps?
Moderator
Henry Neufeldt, World Agroforestry Centre
Keynote speakers
Landscape approaches: The place of agroforestry, afforestation and reforestation in REDD+: An overview
Peter A. Minang, World Agroforestry Centre and ASB Partnership
Panellists
- Carole Saint Laurent, Senior Forest Policy Advisor, International Union for the Conservation of Nature; Coordinator of the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration
- Valentina Robiglio, Scientist, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Michael Dutschke, Chair, Global Conservation Standard
- Manoel Sobral Filho, Former Executive Director, ITTO
Contact
World Agroforestry Centre, Henry Neufeldt, H.Neufeldt@cgiar.org
Background reading
- Robiglio V., Sinclair F.L. (2011). Maintaining the Conservation Value of Shifting Cultivation Landscapes Requires Spatially Explicit Interventions. Environmental Management . 48(2): 289-306.
- International Tropical Timber Organization. (2005). Restoring Forest Landscapes: An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration. ITTO Technical Series No. 23.
- International Tropical Timber Organization. (2002). ITTO guidelines for the restoration, management and rehabilitation of degraded and secondary tropical forests. ITTO Policy Development Series No. 13.
- Larwanou, M.; Saadou, M. (2011). The role of human interventions in tree dynamics and environmental rehabilitation in the Sahel zone of Niger. Arid Environments 75 :194-200
- Larwanou, M.; Oumarou, I.; Snook, L.; Danguimbo, I.; Eyog-Matig, O. (2010). Pratiques sylvicoles et culturales dans les parcs agroforestiers suivant un gradient pluviomtrique nordsud dans la rgion de Maradi au Niger TROPICULTURA 28(2 ):115-122
- Neufeldt, H.; Wilkes, A.; Zomer, R.J.; Xu, J.; Nang’ole, E.; Munster, C.; Place, F.; ( 2009). Trees on farms: Tackling the triple challenges of mitigation, adaptation and foodsecurity. World Agroforestry Centre Policy Brief 07. World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.
- Ekadinata A; van Noordwijk M; Dewi S and Minang P A. (2010). Reducing emissions from deforestation, inside and outside the ‘forest’. ASB PolicyBrief 16. ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins, Nairobi, Kenya.
- van Noordwijk, M.; Minang, P. A.; Dewi, S.; Hall, J.; Rantala, S. (2009). Reducing Emissions from All Land Uses (REALU): The Case for a whole landscape approach.ASB PolicyBrief 13. ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins, Nairobi, Kenya.
