The Satoyama Initiative - advancing socio-ecological production landscapes for

the benefit of biodiversity and human well-being -

COMDEKS Inception Workshop, Accra, 24 September 2011

Fumiko Nakao Deputy Director, Secretariat of the International

Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative United Nations University

Institute of Advanced Studies

Overview of the presentation

Socio-ecological Production landscape

Satoyama Initiative Activity

Satoyama Initiative Approach

International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative

Development of COMDEKS

1. Socio-ecological Production landscapes

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Satoyama and Satoumi

“Dynamic mosaics of managed socio-ecological systems producing a bundle of ecosystem services for human well-being.”

[Definition by Japan Satoyama Satoumi Assessment]

Satoyama Satoumi

Socio-ecological Production Landscapes

(SEPLs) in Asia

Satoyama (Japan) Nepal

Kebun (Indonesiaand Malysia)

muyong (Philippines)

Srair (Cambodia)

… and around the world

Landscapes formed through long-term interaction between humans and nature

Terroir (France)

Ayllu (Peru)

Morocco

Solomon Islands Malawi

©JWRC © Setsuko Nakayama

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SEPLs are beneficial

Benefits - Human well-being / livelihoods - Poverty alleviation / MDGs - Climate change mitigation and adaptation - Achievement of biodiversity targets

… but SEPLs are threatened

Threats - Abandoned (rural depopulation, aging population

etc.) - Degraded (Population growth, overexploitation etc.) - Lost (Unplanned urbanisation, industrialisation, natural disasters etc.)

What can we do?

3

Concept development

International Expert

Meeting

(Tokyo, Japan 25 Jul 2009)

Asia-Pacific Regional

Workshop

(Penang, Malaysia

1-2 Oct 2009)

Global Workshop on

the SI

(Paris, France 29-30 Jan 2010)

Preparatory Meeting on

the IPSI

(Yamanashi, Japan

23-24 Aug 2010)

Launch of IPSI at

COP10

(Nagoya, Japan 19 Oct 2010)

Implementation

South America Regional

Workshop

(Brasilia, Brazil 22 Sep 2010)

Satoyama Initiative Activities

1. Enhance the understanding and raise awareness of the importance of SEPLs

2. Promote the maintenance and the rebuilding of SEPLs

5 pillars of activities

Vision: Societies

in harmony with nature

Cyclic use of natural resources

Three-Fold Approach: 1. Consolidate wisdom on securing diverse ecosystem services and values 2. Integrate traditional ecological knowledge and modern science to promote innovations 3. Explore new forms of co-management systems while respecting traditional communal land tenure

Contributions to socio-economies

Resource use within the carrying

capacity and resilience of the environment

Five Key Perspectives in the approach

Multi-stakeholder participation and

collaboration Recognition of the value and

importance of local traditions and cultures

11

CBD COP-10 Decision on

Sustainable use of biodiversity

The Satoyama Initiative

“useful tool to better understand and support human-influenced natural environments for the benefit of biodiversity and human well-being”

(CBD COP10 Decision X/32)

International Partnership for the

Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) Platform for securing synergies, maximizing resources, mutual strengthening

of activities under the Satoyama Initiative

19 October 2010

CBD COP 10 in Nagoya

Indigenous and community organisations

Academic and research institutes

UN and international organisations

National and local governments

NGOs

Private sector

Now 91 Partners

IPSI Collaborative Activities No

Lead organisation Other participating IPSI members

Proposal Title

1 Bioversity International (BI)

United Nations University (UNU), Association for Nature and Sustainable Development (ANDES)

Communities and Agricultural Landscapes in Cuban Man and Biosphere Reserves ---9SEPL indicators deveopment

2 EcoAgriculture Partners UNEP, BI, Conservation International (CI), ICRAF, UNU

Landscapes for People, Food, and Nature: Ecoagriculture Conference, Knowledge Exchange, and Action Planning

3 Forest Peoples Programme and TEBTEBBA Foundation ANDES

Securing customary sustainable use by indigenous peoples and local communities and monitoring progress through relevant indicators

4 Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo UNU

Japan-Asia SATOYAMA Education Initiative

5 Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) Davao Network Island Knowledge Institute (IKI)

IWRM for Sustainable Communities

6 Institute of Environment Rehabilitation and Conservation (ERECON) Ministry of Environment Cambodia, UNU

Program on Promoting Sustainable Use of Natural Resources through Restoring and Conserving SEPL in Cambodia

7 International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) Kathmandu Forestry College, FPP, Kanuri Development Association (KDA)

The role of woodlands and coppices in socio-ecological production landscapes ‘Embracing multifunctionality’

8 Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Nepal (MoFSC) Kathmandu Forestry College

Improved Community Forestry Governance and livelihoods through Participatory Action Research in Nepal

9 National Council for Environment and sustainable Development, Niger KDA

Capitalization of experiences on Assisted Natural trees Regeneration (ANR) in Niger

10 NPO Cultivate a cloud FoE Japan

Satoyama Initiative from Hamamatsu

11 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ministry of the Environment Japan (MOEJ), SCBD, UNU

Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS)

12 United Nations University (UNU) SCBD, UNEP-WCMC

Knowledge Facilitation for the Satoyama Initiative

• In-depth

review of the

projects

• Identify good

practices &

key

challenges

• Promote

self-reliant

efforts of

community

Knowledge Management

Knowledge

Collection

Dissemination Replication and Up-

scaling through workshops and

website

•

-Knowledge Generation

-Dissemination

Strategy

Example

from IPSI

projects

From IPSI members and other

sources

<MOEJ – SCBD – UNU -

UNDP>

<UNU/SCBD/UNEP –

WCMC>

Knowledge Facilitation for the Satoyama Initiative

COMDEKS

Community

Development

project Country

A

Country B

Country C

project

project

project

project

project

project

project

project

Small Grants Making (e.g. GEF SGP delivery scheme)

COMDEKS: Community Development & KM

Examples

from

relevant

projects

Case

studies

Thank you ！

http://satoyama-initiative.org/en/

isi@ias.unu.edu