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Technical Workshop on Great Green Wall and Dryland
Restoration Fiji Action Against Desertification
by
Maika Daveta Fiji Forestry Department
P. O. Box 2218 Government Buildings
Suva Fiji Islands
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Presentation format • General Overview of Fiji
• About Department of Forestry Fiji
• Introduction to Fiji Forest and Land tenure
• Relevant policies
• Current and completed afforestation/ reforestation project
• Application of AAD in Fiji
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Organizational Chart for Forestry
Administration
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Forestry Department is Responsible for: Major functions of the Department:
Implementation of the Forest Policy 2007
Administer and enforce Forest Legislation
Ensure conservation, sustainable utilization and management of forest resources
Approve and issue forest related licenses
Provide training, extension services and research
Coordination with key stakeholders including forest resource owners
The above functions are executed through its 8 functional areas namely:
Forest Management Services Division
Training & Education Division
Timber Utilization Division
Extension & Advisory Services
Forest Parks & Nature Reserves
Harvesting & Logging Division
Silviculture Research
General Administration/Planning
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Introduction to Fiji’s Forest Forest cover includes the following:
- Indigenous Forest: 914,867.877 ha
- Hardwood Plantations: 59,548.105 ha
- Pine: 72,671.370 ha
Forest is also categorized according to potential management practices such
as:
- Multiple Use Forests: 803,997 ha
- Protection Forests: 55,871 ha
- Preserved Forests: 55,000 ha
Reclassification into Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) 2010 categories
Vegetation cover is classified as follows:
- Dense Forest: Crown density (75 – 100%)
- Medium Dense Forest: Crown density (45 – 80%)
- Scattered Forest: Crown density (15 – 20%)
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Land Tenure
• About 86% of the country’s land is owned by the indigenous units,
• 5% is managed by the state and 9% is freehold land.
• All activities/projects involved land owners or community consultation
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Biodiversity and Protected Areas
• Has 164 known amphibians species, 28.7% are endemic and 15.2% are threatened.
• Fiji is home to at least 1,518 species of vascular plants, of which 50.1% are endemic.
• 9.9% species of Fiji is protected under IUCN categories.
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Relevant Key Policies National framework for forest policy:
Forest Act 1953 – reviewed Forest Decree 1992
Fiji Forest Policy Statement 2007
21st century – forestry’s policy environment continues to change
National conservation and nature protection strategies:
National Environmental Strategy (NES)
National Bio-diversity Strategy & Action Plan (NBSAP)
Environment Management Act 2005
Rural Land Use Policy 2005
Internal compliance
Bio-security and quarantine regulations
Compliance with regional & national policies & strategies
Green Growth Framework
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Legal & Planning - International
Conventions
• Fiji has become party to 31 international agreements/conventions/treaties
• Major Environment Legislation in Fiji:
21 major environmental legislations are in place and all decisions on use of land/sea and practices need to abide by these legislations
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No. Project Name Site/Location Year
Commenced
Implementing
Agency
Funding Major Achievements
1 Reforestation of
Grassland Areas
Ra 2009
CI & DoF Internal CI Head
Office
1,200 ha planted
2 COWRIE Naroko District,
Ra
2010 USP-IAS &
DoF
GERSA-CRISP
(French)
30 ha planted
3 WANI Nakasaleka
District, Kadavu
2010 USP-IAS &
DoF
GERSA-CRISP
(French)
10 villages stream and river system banks
rehabilitated
4 One Million Tree National 2010 DoF DoF Operational 1,010,278 seedlings planted (3,637 ha)
5 Reforestation &
Afforestation
National 2012 DoF FJD$300,000.00 10,000 seedlings planted (36 ha),
16 community based nurseries & awareness
programs
6 REDD+ Emalu &
Dogotuki
2012
(on-going)
DoF & GIZ FJD$900,000.00 2 REDD+ sites established covering an ^
area of 9,000 ha
7 Bio-diversity
Enhancement –
Ridge to Reef
Initiative
National 2013 DoF FJD$200,000.00 Rehabilitation of some of the major river &
stream banks from ridge tops to coastal
environment (integrated approach by MFF)
8 Sandalwood
Development
National 2011 DoF FJD$100,000.00 112 ha seedlings planted, 21 community
based nursery & awareness programs
9 Forest &
Protected Area
Management
Teveuni,
Delaikoro &
Tomoniivi (Mt
Victoria)
2013
(on-going)
FAO & DoF GEF-PAS 4
USD$3.7m
Bio-diversity conservation
10 Reforest Fiji Western Viti
Levu, Fiji
2013
(on-going)
UN/SPC &
DoF
GEF-PAS 4 Key thematic areas of:
1) Extremely degraded sites – 3 sites on
Western, Viti Levu
2) Site that has been constantly burned
3) Poor soil quality
4) Abandoned agricultural land
11 RDF National 2015
DoF FJD$500,000.00 164, 72ha planted, new target for 2016
500ha , approximately 150,000 seedlings
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Reforest Fiji – UN/SPC-GEF 4 Project
Extremely degraded sites – 3 sites on Western
Viti Levu
Site has been constantly burned
Poor soil quality
Abandoned agricultural land
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Target 6000ha
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GEF PAS 4: Forest & Protected
Area Management
• Restoring forest
in protected
areas of Fiji
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GEF PAS 5: Ridge to Reef
Integrated Water Resource Management
Demonstration Project (IWRMP)
• Nadi water catchment
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Drivers of Degraded Areas
• Destructive
logging
• Unsustainable
agricultural
practices
• Burning
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Main Motivation to Undertake Forest
Restoration Activities The drive to undertake restoration activities in Fiji are as
follows:
• Restore forest
• Maintain biological diversity
• Enhance carbon stock
• Environmental benefits
• Access to clean water
• Soil stability
• Forest products
• Secured livelihood of forest dwellers and users
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Enabling Policies that Support Forest
Restoration • Fiji Forest Policy Statement 2007 • Rural Land Use Policy for Fiji; • Environment Management Act; • Fiji National Biodiversity Management Act; • Native Land Trust Act; • Mahogany Industry Development Decree; • Fiji Pine Decree; • Forest Decree; • Forest and Tree Genetic Resources Conservation,
Management and Sustainable Use in Pacific Island Countries and Territories 2007 – 2015;
• FNBSAP Priorities 2010; • REDD Plus Policy and • Green growth framework
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ADD in Fiji • Combating land degradation and desertification through
• Sustainable land management and land use planning • Addressing forest fire through policy and community
enforcement
• Restoring degraded landscape through: • Community nursery development • Afforestation and reforestation
• Improving rural livelihood • Incentive mechanism to enhance tree planting and
management in the first 3 years
• Poverty alleviation • Climate change resilience, mitigation and adaptation
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Institutional Arrangement
Title Description
Implementing agency Department of Forestry
Focal Point Department of Agriculture
Project Co-ordinator Department of Environment
Secretariat Department of Environment
National Steering Committee All stakeholders (Government, NGO, communities)
Report to Forestry Board, Agriculture Board, National Development Board and National Environment Council and to Cabinet
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Expected outcomes • Integrated rural development framework, as well as
legal, institutional and policy frameworks at all level towards sustainable land and forest management are improved.
• Local communities in the four selected landscape sites adopt and used improved sustainable land/forest management practices and technologies for rehabilitation of degraded lands.
• Knowledge and awareness are enhanced among key target audiences and stakeholders.
• Project management, monitoring, evaluation and information dissemination expanded
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Way forward
• Learning from previous projects
• Mainstreaming procedures and methodologies
• Capacity Building and Resource Development
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Strengthening Collaborations
Line Ministries or Government institutions – 7
International Organizations – 5
Regional Organizations - 2
NGO’s – 3
Private Organization - 1
Institutions - 1
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Thank You/ Vinaka