Transcript Session 2 - Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy

WHY IMPLEMENT THE FOREST INSTRUMENT?
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Overarching policy framework
 Only international policy instrument
dealing with All types of forests
 Covers all aspects of SFM
 Social, cultural, environmental
(biodiversity, Climate change,
Desertification) and economic functions
of forests
 Holistic or 360 degree view of forests
 How to create an enabling
environment for SFM
 Provides platforms for exchange of
experiences and best practices at all
levels
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Guiding and strengthening NFP
implementation
 Tool/checklist for assessing
comprehensiveness of NFP
 Assessing progress towards
achieving SFM
 Identification of areas
needing strengthening
taking into account the
progress and specific
features of each country
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Linking the NLBI to national
development frameworks
 Demonstrating contribution
of forests to national economy
beyond GDP
 Integration of forestry
programmes into
development plans at national
(e.g. PRSPs, five year
development plans) and subnational levels
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Coordinating international forestry related
initiatives and agreements
 Many countries implementing :-
CBD, UNFCCC, REDD+, FLEGT
and Voluntary partnership
agreements
 Usually implemented by
different departments or
ministries in a fragmented
manner
 Duplication
 Inefficient use of financial and
Human resources
 NLBI can serve to enhance
coordination between these
processes
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Enhancing inter-sectoral
coordination
 Many forest related
initiatives in other sectors:
 Energy, agriculture, water,
environment, trade,
finance, judiciary
 Identifying all forest related
activities and involving all
key stakeholders at national
level helps with integration
and coordination
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A basis for resource mobilisation
 Most developing countries
lack financial resources and
capacity
 Mobilise resources through
 Integrating the elements of
the NLBI into the NFP
 Clearly demonstrating
contribution to global
objectives on forests
 Comprehensive financing
strategy to guide
development partners to
contribute to the funding of
the NFP and NLBI
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Exercise 1.1: Relating existing national forestry development
framework to the NLBI policies and measures
 In 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
region/state/ country?
 This exercise will help participants to reflect and relate the policies and
measures to their own situations.
 Time: This exercise should take 30-45minutes to do
plus
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Exercise 2.2: Stakeholder analysis
 The participants will be asked to identify the important stakeholders
who need to be informed of, and participate in the implementation of
the Forest Instrument. In addition they participants will be asked to
identify or suggest the awareness raising strategies and methods they
could use to reach the identified stakeholders. This will be done in
country groups. The main guiding questions are:
 Who in the country do you need to convince of the benefits of
implementing the NLBI (this is essentially a stakeholder analysis)?
 How would you go about it (this is about awareness raising methods)?
This exercise will take 30min hour plus
Plenary discussion
15 minutes presentation by a few countries
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