cifor’s contribution to asfcc: research results from 2014-2015
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CIFOR’s contribution to ASFCC:Research Results from 2014-2015
9th ASFN meeting, Lake Inle, 4-5 June 2015
CIFOR’s contribution to ASFCC
CIFOR is undertaking research on swidden systems and livelihoods to understand their relevance for REDD+, and how swidden communities can participate meaningfully in, and benefit from REDD+.
Provide solid evidence on social forestry systems and its contributions to ASEAN countries’ social, economic, and ecologic objectives in response to climate change.
Generate new knowledge and understanding of social forestry, food security and climate change.
Share knowledge and contribute to capacity building in ASEAN.
Approach and Methods
Generating new knowledge and understanding of forest and fallow management, food security and climate change in swidden systems by
Providing a deeper understanding of how existing horizontal and vertical social networks can serve to enhance opportunities and diminish obstacles for forest communities to participate meaningfully in and benefit from REDD+ and/or PES
Providing analysis of how the forest management systems of shifting cultivators contribute to local people's livelihoods, food security and their implications for carbon trajectories in the landscape
Providing a deeper understanding of the migration and multi-locality of swiddenhouseholds and communities and how their existing social networks influence information and resource exchange, and implications for REDD+
through social network analyses, land use change and carbon stock mapping, livelihood assessments, policy network analysis of adaptation and mitigation
Key research results (1): governance and networks in swidden systems
• Swidden communities are experienced in responding appropriately to external drivers of change
• Even seemingly remote rural households and communities are embedded in multiple social networks that link people, institutions and places
Moeliono et al. Local Governance, Social Networks and REDD+ : Lessons from two swidden communities in Vietnam, Submitted to journal.
Key research results (1): governance and networks in swidden systems
Swidden communities are experienced in responding appropriately to external drivers of change
Even seemingly remote rural households and communities are embedded in multiple social networks that link people, institutions and places
REDD+/PES schemes require MRV (information sharing) and benefit (and cost) sharing architectures
Swidden communities and related governance systems are highly diverse, formal and informal elements - dominance and relevance depending on multiple factors
Moeliono et al. Local Governance, Social Networks and REDD+ : Lessons from two swidden communities in Vietnam, Submitted to journal.
The dynamism of swidden systems and their implications for carbon stocks is not well understood
Land cover classes :Swidden Bush Fallow Young Fallow Mature FallowForest Other
Implications of dynamic land use patterns of swiddenagriculture on carbon stocks
Without substantive land use change to permanent mono-crop agriculture, swiddenlandscapes can maintain fairly stable above-ground carbon stocks.The decline of total carbon stocks from conversion would be more pronounced if below-ground carbon is included.
Anandadas et al. Spatio-temporal studies on land use and land cover change and biomass in swidden landscapes of Southeast Asia, in review.
Social networks and rural-urban linkages (for example through migration) are key for people to respond to a changing environment and opportunities
People migrate for jobs, to take part in forest product and crop booms, state policies (transmigration, upland settlement)
Review to understand how migration affects labor availability and remittances, and how this in turn affects forests and land use
Still remains an under-studied area
Key results (3): Understanding rural population movements
Knowledge gaps for future research:
How could remittances be redirected towards rural landscape development and forest management?
In which ways do migration, remittances and access to information and technology contribute to/change swidden and agriculture practices?
How effective are migration and remittances as risk-coping and adaptive strategies for climate and other environmental change?
Key results (3): Understanding rural population movements
Knowledge sharing contributions to ASFN events, ASFCC partner learning events,
international, national and subnational policy arenas, and at the local level, to communicate our research findings in collaboration with the
ASFN secretariat
Activities in 2014-2015
Policy development and capacity building Partnerships developed with REDD+ Office and National University
of Laos – scholarships provided to 2 MSc students
Literature review on the relevant policies and measures influencing social forestry initiatives in Indonesia (ongoing)
Review of policies related to community forestry development in Vietnam (ongoing)
• National Research to Policy Forum (Maize Commercialization and Livelihood Transition in Huaphan Province, Lao PDR), Vientiane, Dec 17-18
• Contributions at ASOF
Activities in 2014-2015
Knowledge sharing and communication Carbon-Land-Property conference (Factors influencing swidden
farmers’ access to information and resources in Kalimantan, Indonesia), Copenhagen, July 1-4
APO/ASEAN Forum on Mitigating Negative Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture (Linkages between Forests, Agriculture and Local Forest Management for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation), Bali, 30 Sept – 3 Oct
Knowledge workshop at Universiti Tanjung Putra, Pontianak, May 28
Contributions at ASFCC partner learning events
Activities in 2014-2015
Research and knowledge generation Analysis of existing data of how existing horizontal and vertical
social networks can affect local community participation in REDD+ or PES
– 1 paper submitted to journal (Moeliono et al.)
– Analyses ongoing for 3 papers
Literature review of migration and remittances within rural landscapes of SE Asia, “Reworking the Land” published as CIFOR working paper (Cole et al.)
Land use and carbon mapping of swidden landscapes across all ASFCC sites completed – to be published as CIFOR working paper (Anandadas et al.)
Activities planned for 2015-2016
Policy development and capacity building Complete reviews of social forestry policies in Vietnam and
Indonesia
Formulate collaborative research partnership with UniversitiTanjung Putra, West Kalimantan
Contribute to ASOF
Knowledge sharing and communication Proposed communications training for ASFN partners and media
Contribute to ASFCC partner learning events and country-level knowledge sharing
Presentation of research results at the World Forestry Congress, Durban
Activities planned for 2015-2016
Research and knowledge generation on migration in swidden systems and REDD+
Methods training, field work and data collection:
Indonesia: review of selected traditional social forestry systems, changing governance systems and flows of migration and remittances
Laos (i) assessments of migration and remittances, and (ii) use of biodiversity (NTFPs) in swidden-fallow landscapes
Vietnam: assessments of migration and remittances
CIFOR ASFCC team
Christine PadochGrace WongMaria BrockhausMoira MoelionoPham Thu ThuyIndah WatyCynthia MaharaniBimo DwisatrioLe Ngoc DungRobert Cole, PhD student, NUSMaarit Kallio (currently with Univ
of Helsinki)Willy Daeli, IPBKharisma Tauhid, IPB
Lao partners:Kinnalone Phoummasack, DOF Lamphoue Xayvongsa, NUOLSaithong Phoummavong, NUOLKhamphet Phoumany, NUOL
Indonesia partners:Riak Bumi teamIPB
Vietnam partners:Le Manh Thang. MARDDistrict forestry officers, village
and commune leaders in NgheAn and Son La