Politikere og donorer er ved at indse, at det er små og lokale skovvirksomheder, der er mest klimavenlige og bedst reducerer fattigdom, men hvilke af de mange typer skal man støtte i en tid med begrænsede ressourcer?
Det spørgsmål bliver diskuteret af eksperter i Katmandu i næste uge, skriver miljøtænketank.
As policymakers and donors begin to recognise the value of locally-controlled forest enterprises they will need to decide which of the many possible types of enterprise to support with their scarce resources, writes International Institute for Environment and Development Thursday.
To assist them, international forestry experts will meet in Nepal next week to share knowledge about how to ensure this support brings the most social and environmental gains.
The meeting on 12-15 February in Kathmandu is the latest in a series held under the Forest Connect project which aims to connect small and medium sized business in the forest sector to each other, and to service providers, buyers, investors and governance processes.
“Locally controlled forest enterprises can do much to reduce poverty and protect natural resources,” says Duncan Macqueen, head of the forest team at IIED, which coordinates Forest Connect with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). “They create wealth and jobs, empower local people, strengthen social networks and make people accountable for the resources they manage.”
Without such benefits, it is harder for governments and international bodies to enforce laws, regulations and sustainability standards in the forest sector.
“Enhanced support for locally-controlled forest enterprises will be critical to the success of the efforts to build green economies and tackle climate change through payments for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation,” says Macqueen. “In an era of scarce funding to support local forest enterprises, it is urgent that we prioritise the sectors that are likely to deliver multiple social and environmental gains.”
The Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources will host the meeting, which will hear from speakers from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mexico, Nepal, Tanzania, Vietnam and other countries.
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