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John Colmey, Director of Communications and External Relations, CIFOR

INAFOR

21 October, 2015

LANDSCAPE APPROACH IN

FORESTRY RESEARCH,

MANAGEMENT AND POLICY

CIFOR AND INDONESIA

• Global center of excellence in forestry research: “world’s largest body of

knowledge on global comparative research on tropical forests”

• 50 countries, the only IGO with HQ in Indonesia, 72 MOUs

• Commitment to capacity development, investing in Indonesia’s human resources

• Evidence-based forestry research and engagement for policy impact

• Platform to connect to global arenas and processes

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GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE SHARING ON FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPES

Twitter32,000 followers: Up 54% over past year

18.9 million potential impressions in August

2015 (English): Up 205% from August 2014

Facebook31,326 likes: Up 52% on past year

SlideShare569,153 views over past 12 months: Up 51%

YouTube403,582 views by end August: Up 57% on August

2014

Flickr6,497,073 views by end August: Up 80% on August

2014

CIFOR.org 100,000 monthly page viewsfor Q-3 2015: Up 14.5% from Q-3 2014

CIFOR social media connecting communities.Source: NodeXL for network analysis

1. CIFOR’s new strategy – connecting

forestry to the SDGs

2. Landscape approaches – crossing sector

boundaries

3. Fire, smoke and haze – Solutions?

OUTLINE

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STRATEGY CONSULTATION PROCESS

16 month consultation process

Two-tiered consultations

100 key stakeholders, one-on-one

interviews by CIFOR scientists and

Directors.

Surveyed 2,884 stakeholders in 82

countries

PRIORITY RESEARCH AREAS

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FOREST-RELATED ISSUES THAT PRESENT THE GREATEST

NEED FOR RESEARCH

CIFOR’S VISION

CIFOR envisions a more equitable world where forestry and landscapes

enhance the environment and well-being for all.

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CIFOR Strategy 2015-2025

– opportunities for sustainable development

Forestry &

Landscapes

opportunities

across all

SDGs

ResearchCapacity

development

Outreach &

engagement

Partnerships Responsive Multicultural Reach Independent Reputation

Changing CIFOR Strategy.

Climate change, energy & LCD

Forest management &

restoration

Forests & human well-

being

Forests, food & diets

Equal opportunities, gender, justice &

tenure

Value chains, finance,

investments

Global Landscapes

Forum

CIFOR WORK AREAS AND THE SDGS

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CIFOR WORK AREAS AND THE SDGS

Food& diets

Human well-being

Equity, gender,

justice & tenure

Climatechange,

Energy &LCD

Valuechains,finance,

investment

Forestmanagement

&

restoration

GlobalLandscapes

Forum

Future Vision?

A planet with healthy landscapes.

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The Big Picture

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS 1960-2010

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WHAT TO EXPECT

9.6 billion people in 2050

Changing consumption patterns

Continued economic growth

Expectations of justice and equity

Migrations to seek new opportunities

Increased climate variability

Only 30-40 years from now, the world

will not look as it does today.

SILOS AND FRAGMENTATION – NO LANDSCAPE VIEW

An approximate mapping of past major intergovernmental actions

and the land-based sectors

Land-based

Sectors

The “Big 5”

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EMBRACE COMPLEXITY AND DIVERSITY

“We look for silver bullets and simple solutions because we have

convinced ourselves that if it cannot be measured, it does not

matter. And in turn, we miss potential breakthroughs.” 1

Simple and complicated Complex, like reality

1) Darren Walker, Ford Foundation, May 2014

http://www.ssireview.org/up_for_debate/strategic_philanthropy/darren_walker

Solutions can be:

e.g. Landscape approache.g. Natural resources accounting

Mapping the science

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE “LANDSCAPE APPROACH”

1980s 1990s 2000s 2010 - present

1980s: Integrated Rural Development

1998: Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM)

1985 onwards: Integrated Conservation & Development projects (ICDPs)

Contributing Sciences:Ecosystem ManagementLandscape EcologyIsland biogeography

Conservation rooted frameworks e.g. “Ecosystem Approach”

1992: “Landscape Approach” first documented (Barrett 1992)

Last decade: (Integrated) Landscape Approach frameworks

WHY LANDSCAPE AS A FRAMEWORK?

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Fragmentation of sectors and political

processes hinder us.

Landscapes approach creates synergies and

manages trade-offs.

People on the ground are in charge.

Private finance is essential to the solutions.

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Landscapes are essential for future we want.

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POSITIONING A LANDSCAPE FRAMEWORK

Climate Deal

Green Economy

SDGs

THE IMAGINARY BOUNDARY

Forest

Farmland

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LANDSCAPE DIVERSITY

Scale

Go

vern

ance

fo

rmal

izat

ion

Private farms, forests

Districts, Provinces,

Major cities

Communal land

Biosphere reserves,

Model forests

Countries

Municipalities

Producer cooperatives

GlobalLocal

Informal

Formal Corporations’ land

Protected areas

Earth

Land-related international conventions

Major watersheds

Public forests

KPH?

It is the ambitions, aspirations, drive, innovation,

care and investments of local people that will

decide if we move towards sustainable landscapes

– or not.

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Making it work, eventually

WE NEED A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR LANDSCAPES

Multiple objectives, measures,

performance

Easy to understand

Apply to any scale

Apply to any location

Apply to (any) political process

Measurable at low cost

Sustainability can mean

improvement over time

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GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUMFrom Warsaw to Paris: key achievements

• More than 500 speakers, including Helen Clark, Felipe

Calderon, Paul Polman and over 30 Ministers

• Over 750 young people trained

• Website reach: from 42,000 to 120,000 visitors/month

• Landscape concept entered UNFCCC discussions, Ban

Ki-moons comments on SDGs

• 2015 GLF in Paris largest platform for launching action,

monitoring results in landscapes

• The Investment Case as first thematic event - 200

finance experts including from:

• JP Morgan, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Bonn

challenge, Generation Investment, Danone, Unilever, Willis Ltd., the

World Economic Forum…

FIRE, SMOKE AND HAZE – Landscape

Solutions?

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FIRE AND HAZE

2013: One week of fires produced carbon emissions equal to 5-10% of

Indonesia’s mean annual emissions for 2000 – 2005

In 2015:

Costs of over US $ 34 billion to Indonesia

28 million people affected (health and livelihoods)

25,000 fire and security personnel deployed to suppress fires

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HAZE RESEARCH

• CIFOR Scientists visited Central Kalimatan last week for training exercise for local partners.

• Over 600,000 hectares of land have already burned in Central Kal.1.7 millon ha in total

• >CIFOR estimates 2 Million hectares are currently burning

• 9.7-11.7 Million ha burned in 1997

• Indonesia’s Meteorological Bureau (BMKG) recorded record air pollution levels of 2000 micrograms per cubic meter (less than 30 is healthy air)

• 200 micrograms per cubic meter in Singapore for three days

SOME CURRENT IMPACTS

Health issues

how many sick?

Business constraints

how much income foregone in various sectors?

Food security

reduced production and increased risks in food systems

Climate change

huge emissions as a result of agriculture practices

International relations

strained by transboundary effects of haze, as well as investment

channels from other countries leading to haze

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REQUIRED OUTCOMES

Direct

Drastically reduced

Conversion of forests into agriculture

Use of fire in agriculture

Cultivation on peatland

Improved

Opportunities for sustainable rural livelihoods and income

Indirect

Improved health

Reduced losses for businesses across many sectors

Reduced risks in food production

Improved markets and value chains for sustainable products

Reduced emissions of greenhouse gases

POSSIBLE ACTIONS

Public investments (fiscal policies to address needs of rural people -

schooling, healthcare, job creation, incentives for non-fire agriculture),

Engagement by banks and financial institutions to curb inappropriate

investments (Indonesia and abroad) by conditioning financial services,

Deeper engagement with corporations active in large-scale land use,

Easing bureaucracy and raising accountability of public institutions and

government,

Reforms of land use policies and spatial planning to reduce commercial use

of peatlands,

Targeted public awareness campaigns (education, TV, media, social

networks), to promote sustainable development perspectives, promotion of

alternative technologies/investments in agriculture, reforms of enforcement

practices

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