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Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force Annual Meeting 2017

The Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force Annual Meeting 2017 in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, from 25-29 September, 2017 aims to advance the commitments GCF member states and provinces have made to build robust jurisdictional programs to protect forests and climate while enhancing livelihoods. GCF members are looking to achieve commitments made in the Rio Branco Declaration signed at the 2014 GCF Annual Meeting, in which members agreed to reduce deforestation by 80 percent by 2020, contingent upon the receipt of international financing.

CIFOR scientists with expertise in climate change and international commitments will be attending, and collaborating with participants from Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Nigeria, Colombia and the Ivory Coast as well as the private sector, civil society, indigenous peoples and financial institutions. As one goal of the meeting in Balikpapan is to share subnational success stories, CIFOR’s years of work on subnational initiatives, particularly with REDD+ and implementation in six thematic areas, will be highlighted.

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National Policy Dialogue: Laws and Best Practices for Reducing Fire and Haze

In Indonesia, forest, land and peat fires are overwhelmingly driven by economic forces, as fires are the most cost-effective means of land clearing. Illegal land transactions assist in speeding such processes, with fires an important tool in clearing land to prepare areas for plantation crops as mechanized land clearing exists, but with prohibitive costs.

There are a number of laws, regulations and policies prohibiting the use of fire and the development of plantations on peatlands, but patronage, unclear spatial plans and fragile civil society participation in decision-making hinder their effectiveness.

There is a sense of urgency among governments to address fires on the peatlands of Sumatra, Kalimantan and Papua. This is demonstrated by targets set by President Joko Widodo, and Indonesia’s ratification of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution in September 2014. At the same time, the private sector is taking initiative to address fires.

To obtain multi stakeholder perspectives on how the implementation of laws and best practices can reduce fires and haze, CIFOR in collaboration with University of Riau conduct one-day national policy dialogue, to share lesson learned the role of local laws (PERDA) to strengthen national laws, among others.

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Research and policy around community forest concessions in Peten: Progress, lessons and pending challenges

In 1990, the Guatemalan State established the Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR), the largest protected area in the country. About forty percent of the MBR was established as a Multiple Use Zone (MUZ) to promote sustainable activities. In this area, the Guatemalan government legalized a formal concession system granting community-based organizations 25-year concession contracts. To date, this system of community concessions represents about 10 per cent of the country’s total forest cover, including national parks

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in collaboration with Bioversity International and the Asociation of forestry communities of Peten (ACOFOP) will convene a two days event to discuss the experience of community forestry in Peten, promote policy dialogue between researchers and local stakeholders and discuss evidence from research and mechanisms that inform policy discussions.

Over 30 researchers, practitioners and policy makers will share latest research and discuss key lessons learned and identify research gaps and action points, with a view to informing discussions about concession renewal in Peten.

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UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Webinar: Strategy Reveal and Engagement Kickstarter

Following an intensive and inclusive consultation process, the strategy of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration has now been finalized. On 15 September, the team behind the strategy will host a webinar to introduce the strategy and its accompanying partner and engagement opportunities. The webinar will feature a Q&A session and an opportunity for discussion.

The goal is to share the UN Decade’s vision and start building momentum around it. This will be followed by the official launch of the UN Decade in early 2021.

To register, click here.

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