managing forests in the 21st century – a global view
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CIFOR’s Director General, Peter Holmgren, gave this presentation on 8 April 2013 in Canberra, Australia.TRANSCRIPT
Managingforestsinthe21stcentury–AglobalviewPeterHolmgren,8April2013
Shaping forests andforestry for sustainable
development
Vision
CIFOR vision:Forests on the agenda - Value of forests recognized
Decisions that influence forests and people supported by solid
science and principles of good governance
How it started Founded in 1993 after Earth Summit in
Rio de Janeiro; 2013 is 20th Anniversary
Founding sponsors were Australia,Sweden, Switzerland and the US
Indonesia bid successfully to host CIFORheadquarters in Bogor
CGIAR Research Programmes CIFOR is one of the 15 international research organisations in the CGIAR.
The world’s largest research consortium on agriculture, forestry and fisheries –2013 budget of USD 950 million
CIFOR leads global programme on Forests, Trees & Agroforestry and contributesto Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Poverty: How can forest and forestry contribute to the solutions?
Food security, nutrition and health: Opportunities for sustainable,equitable and effective provision of food, nutrients and medicine.
Climate change: Forests and forestry are essential for climate changemitigation and adaption.
Biodiversity: Effective integration of conservation and development
Production forestry for renewable materials and energy
Sustainable landscapes: Forests are an integral part ofthe landscape and essential for livelihoods as well as long-term resilience and productivity of food systems. We mustbridge institutional boundaries and find integratedsolutions.
Green growth: Policies for a green economy shouldgenerate sustainable forest products and services, ensuregood governance of natural resources, and reduce poverty.
Greengrowth
Livelihoods,income
Food&nutrition
Agricultureresilience
Biodiversity
Climatechange
Farme
r
REDD
nego‐
tiator
Env.ngo
Poor
farme
r
Forestindustry
Forestry priorities are different
Climatechange
Foodandnutrition
Biodiversity
Livelihoods,income Greengrowth
Agriculture,resilience
Landscape objectives & performance measures
• Cutacrosstraditionalsectorboundariesinpolicyinterventions
• Supportaffordableandlong‐termfinanceforlandscapeinvestments
• Investinresearchthataddressthelandscapelevelandmakeevidence‐basedpoliciespossible
Policy implications
Forestry in the 21st century
Forestsonly Landscapes
Developmentgoals
Forestersonly
Land‐basedsectors’people
Widerpublic
WHO?
WHAT?
1900
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2000
2100
Multiple andchangingobjectives