Discussion Forum 8 – How to link the local to the national level having the FLR commitment?

Our discussion forum is specifically focused on case studies (Forest Landscape Restoration in Madagascar (Fandriana-Marolambo) and Uganda (Mityana-Bugiri). It will present and discuss how the upscaling of the project level activities can be supported by existing field experience and governmental cross-cutting implementation of sustainable landscape approaches, how governance framework supports the restoration of the landscape, and what the role of a project facility fund could play. The launch of the NGP Uganda mini-Documentary will be used as a communications hook.

Draft Program  – 90 mins

Moderator:  Representative from GLF Youth

Program / Script:

1. Thematic introduction by the moderator 3 mins
2. Keynote speaker 5-10 mins (tbd) – focus: AFR100 pathways on FLR upscaling

• Stefan Schmitz – Head of Directorate Food, Rural Developments, Natural Resources, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany
• BMZ’s engagement in FLR in Africa so far and why FLR is a priority for development?
• How AFR100 can help to roll-out FLR at scale?
• What is the role of a FLR project facility fund?

3. Case study Uganda 20 mins – focus: New Generation Plantations in Africa, Creating Shared Value at landscape scale (15 mins presentation, 5 minutes commentary)

• Norman Rigava – WWF Uganda, Coordinator Africa Rift Lakes Priority Place
• Patrick Mugenyi – New Forests Company Uganda, CEO (NGP Participant)

Objective: New Generations Plantations as a cutting edge innovative approach that includes private sector finance and provide a benefit for communities. To discuss the importance of a new generations of plantations for up-scaling forest landscape restoration in Africa.

Key questions:

• How can we use responsible plantation forestry as an engine for sustainable development at landscape scale?
• How can plantation companies partner with communities to create shared value, by reducing business risk and improving rural livelihoods?
• What innovative financing solutions can scale up sustainable plantation forestry in Africa?

4. Case Study Madagascar 20 mins – Sharing important lessons learnt from 13 Years of Restoration in a Moist Tropical Forest: The Fandriana-Marolambo Landscape in Madagascar

Objective: Present and discuss success factors for a self-sustaining restoration program based on 13 years restoration experience in Madagascar.

• Simon Rafanomezantsoa, Senior Officer, Terrestrial Biodiversity, WWF Madagascar Country Office – 10 minutes presentation
• Government Representative MD (tbd)

Key issues:

• Role of (community based) governance structures for restoration as an enabling condition?
• Importance of both social and ecological dimension to FLR
• Key factors and enablers: scale, time and partnerships

5. Trillion Trees Programme (TTP) 20 mins – focus: governmental support and capacity building to lever FLR at scale – how does it works by TTP

• Tim Rayden, TTP

6. Q&A with Audience – 17 mins
7. Wrap up 5 mins – Summary and reflexions on FLR case studies and FLR accelerators

• Jackson Kiplagat from WWF Kenya
• Role of WWF in FLR per new Strategy from local to global and vice versa
• AFR100 in Africa as an initiative to enable FLR at the discussed scale and quality – capacity building – processes, next steps and needs to speed up
• Challenge: funding of bankable projects for AFR 100 – Development of a Project Facility Fund

Presentation files:

• Presentation 1
• Presentation 2