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Report of the Workshop co organized by the Governments of Indonesia and Switzerland on decentralization, federal systems in forestry and national forest programmes ( the Interlaken Workshop )

The manual is a practical tool for promoting agroforestry farming systems and the domestication, processing and marketing of agroforestry products of socio economic interest, particularly at the local level.

Country led initiative in Support of UNFF on Decentralization, Federal Systems in Forestry and National Forest Programs (27 30 April 2004)

The workshop considered a regional study on agroforestry practices, and a draft manual on agroforestry in drylands and related techniques that had been prepared by a team of experts.

Progress in reforming the forestry sector has been slow.

The reports emphasize the significant contribution of agroforestry to the development of agricultural systems.

Fuelwood conservation and substitution is of high priority in the African forest sector.

Since 2001, forestry has become one of the Central African Republic's main growth areas, accounting for 4.2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2002, as against 3.2 per cent in 1997.

The primary sector owes its dynamism to the sub sectors of cash crops, stock raising and forestry.

Parties in this region proposed 50 per cent of all forest sector projects.

These changes in management methods have resulted in changes to ancient woodland habitats, and a loss of ancient woodland to forestry.

At end December 2002, lumber production showed mixed results, while exploitation activities had improved markedly.

UNMIL has been working closely with the Liberian Forestry Initiative to formulate a workplan to help the new Government to manage its natural resources.

Since COP 6, emphasis of interregional cooperation has been on the development of information exchange and joint initiatives in the field of agroforestry.

Action by CPF members has included the National Forest Programme Facility, the work of PROFOR and capacity building.

A review, entitled Preliminary review of biotechnology in forestry including genetic modification , is being prepared for publication.

Prior to the launch meeting, subregional workshops on agroforestry had been held in the Gran Chaco, Puna and Hispaniola subregions.

On 2 July, the Congress adopted the Orlando Declaration, highlighting the contribution of agroforestry systems and technologies in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

To prepare reflections and proposals for the consideration of the United Nations Forum on Forests related to decentralization, federal centralized systems of forestry, and their implications for nfps.

TPN 6 on sustainable agriculture was launched in November 2004, back to back with an inter regional meeting on agroforestry.

CPF members explain that they have facilitated national forest programmes in a number of important ways, including through the National Forest Programme Facility and the Programme on Forests (PROFOR).7

The authors contend that this situation violates article 27, in that forestry operations are continuing and the effects are more serious than first thought.

This transition process has enabled forestry projects to acquire a new perception of the problems of managing natural resources, taking account of the evolution of both ecosystems and production systems.

Forestry, paper factories, and the agricultural sector (on which taxpayers spend around 3 billion euros annually) are politically sensitive to rural residents.

It observes that the effects of forestry should not be examined in the short term or in respect of individual logging sites, but from a wider perspective.

The reform of forestry policy is introducing two important innovations (i) preparation of forest management plans and (ii) adoption of forest certification and labelling systems.

According to the current land demarcation for forestry and statements made by the National Forest and Park Service, the area in question will sooner or later be absorbed into the felling cycle.

Forestry projects have been a driving force in this general evolution of practices for managing natural resources towards a more decentralized approach that involves people on the ground.

To analyse the implications of decentralization in key aspects of forest management for the development of national forest programmes (nfps) and to identify strategies that would allow such programmes to effectively address this issue.

The Congress also called upon the international community, including the Forum, to endorse the role of, and the potential afforded by, agroforestry in accomplishing the targeted objectives and goals set in international commitments and agreements.

Belarus believed that sustainable exploitation of forests could enable forestry to make a considerable contribution to the attainment of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.

The regional commissions of the United Nations and the regional forestry commissions of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) also help to reinforce political support for implementation of the proposals for action.11 Regional cooperation thus has an important role in driving the sustainable forest management agenda.

There is scope to improve synergistic approaches and to mobilize available resources, conducive to national level implementation, demonstrating the benefits and full value of forestry to stakeholders in and outside the forest sector.

Action taken by concerned countries in regard to degraded lands and the promotion of natural and planted forests includes forest restoration through natural regeneration, the establishment of plantations and the implementation of agroforestry projects.

In Senegal, IFAD has supported farmers with the following agro forestry technologies village woodlots, planting and protecting acacia albida, and construction of energy conserving clay cooking stoves.

Countries state that the National Forest Programme Facility aims to foster South South cooperation and that regional intersessional activities are necessary given the differing conditions among regions.

While reindeer owners have required the National Forest and Park Service to terminate forestry activities in the land areas administered by the Committee, they did not reduce their own logging operations.

The failure of intervention strategies mainly focusing on forestry activities and especially reforestation programmes under government control has led to the adoption of new approaches based on a more general understanding of resources in a rural environment.

Instead, the land use change and forestry sector is the biggest source of emissions (more than half of total GHG emissions in 1994), mainly due to desertification.

The Interlaken Workshop on Decentralization, Federal Systems in Forestry, and National Forest Programs was organized to examine the impacts of decentralization on management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests and its contribution to the Millennium Development Goals.

The temporary abolition of elected village, district, and national level governments in 2002, and the political insurgency from the Maoist movement, have affected the sustainability and profitability of Community Forestry.

Tehran Process. A strategic plan of action for the Tehran Process is currently being developed by the Low Forest Cover Countries (LFCC) secretariat to strengthen capacity of these countries, and to promote the inclusion of forestry and forest related issues in national development agendas.

The surface of the land area administered by the Herdsmen's Committee is approximately 248,000 hectares, of which some 16,100 hectares of forests (about 6 per cent of the land areas administered by the Committee) are used for the purposes of forestry on State owned lands.

In the authors' view, the National Forest and Park Service determines the principles, strategies and objectives of its forestry operations exclusively according to its own needs as its decisions are not open to appeal, this fails to ensure effective participation.