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Forest financing in SIDS: Feedback from Background Papers

Forest financing in SIDS: Feedback from Background Papers. Benjamin Singer United Nations Forum on Forests. Objectives. Immediate objective : to improve the understanding of SFM and related financing policies and mechanisms for SFM in LFCCs and SIDS present financing flows

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Forest financing in SIDS: Feedback from Background Papers

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  1. Forest financing in SIDS: Feedback from Background Papers Benjamin Singer United Nations Forum on Forests

  2. Objectives • Immediate objective: to improve the understanding of SFM and related financing policies and mechanisms for SFM in LFCCs and SIDS • present financing flows • demand for financing • problems, challenges and opportunities in mobilizing financing • enabling environment for enhanced forest financing • recommendations • Ultimate objective: to facilitate additional financing for forests in LFCCs & SIDS, and to reverse the decline in official development assistance for SFM

  3. Scope • Study covered 49 LFCCs and 38 SIDS; total 87 countries • Including 7 case study countries of which 4 were LFCCs - a reasonably representative set: • Jordan • Kyrgyzstan • Mali • Uruguay • Cape Verde • Fiji • Trinidad and Tobago

  4. Methodology • Data mining: available documents, reports and statistics • Email survey for 87 countries • In-depth country case studies (7) using broad cross-sectoral consultations • Analyzing and summarizing collected information • Products: 11 papers • 4 macro level papers • 7 case study papers

  5. Challenges • Survey response rate was very low • Serious capacity constraints • Forests simply not a priority issue in political agenda in many of the countries • Earlier reports in study countries not available • Specific data on SIDS not available (e.g. agriculture and forest linkages, livestock and forest linkages) • Cross-sectoral coordination and even information exchange a serious problem in many countries • Collecting relevant cross-sectoral information at country level requires patience and dedication

  6. Forestry ODA in SIDS 2002-2008

  7. SIDS share of total forestry ODA 2002-2008

  8. Forestry ODA contributions by donor in SIDS 2002-2008

  9. Percentage forestry ODA by country in SIDS 2002-2008

  10. Allocation of forestry ODA for SIDS by theme 2002-2008

  11. SIDS face several challenges... • Small surface area = competition for land • Hotspots of endemicity and biodiversity • Economic and ecological vulnerability • Forests not considered a major source of income • Heavy reliance on ODA

  12. ... But also have opportunities • Need to reach out to other sectors • Full range of forest products and services needs to be recognized • Integrated approach to finance planning • Greater focus more on education and training

  13. Thank you for your attention! UN Forum on Forests Secretariat1 UN Plaza, DC1-1245, New York, NY 10017email: unff@un.org web: http://www.un.org/esa/forests

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