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Contribution of Silva Mediterranean. Contribution of Silva Mediterranea to the Initiative on forestation and landscape restoration in drylands : Analysis, lessons learnt and operational guidelines. Nora Berrahmouni and Walter Kollert Forestry officers
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Contribution of Silva Mediterranean Contribution of Silva Mediterranea to the Initiative on forestation and landscape restoration in drylands: Analysis, lessons learnt and operational guidelines Nora Berrahmouni and Walter Kollert Forestry officers nora.berrahmouni@fao.org and walter.kollert@fao.org
Issues to look at in the analysis and lessons learnt: • Water shortage: an impediment for forestation and restoration efforts in drylands • Water use by planted forests is a controversial issue, in particular as regards unsuitable species • Efficiency of water use and application of efficient water harvesting systems • Trade-offs between water use and environmental services and goods • Landscape planning and management • Socio-economic and ecological dimensions of restoration • Stakeholders’ participation and governance needed for planning, designing, implementing, sharing benefits
Issues (continued) • Selection, production and use of species (trees, shrub and grass species): diversity and adaptability to sites, ecological conditions and socio-economic needs • Quality of seeds and management of tree nurseries • Need enhancing natural regeneration through sustainable management and forests and range lands • Financing sustainability • Monitoring and evaluating the performance and sustainability and environmental and socio-economic impacts
The Initiative: Analysisand evaluation of afforestation and landscape restoration efforts Objectives • Evaluate past success and failure experiences from relevant forestation and restoration programmes and projects • Compiling and evaluating the lessons learnt • Developing operational guidelines for the restoration of degraded forests and lands Focus • Mediterranean type ecosystems • Near East, West and Central Asia • Sahel and other drylands countries in Africa • Northern China and Latin America
Relevance International significance • UNCCD: 10-year strategic plan and framework (2008-2018) • UNCBD: International targets for restoration targets • UNFCCC: Climate change adaptation and mitigation/ UN REDD+ programmes and projects High Regional Significance • Silva Mediterranea : GTZ-Project on CC, Collaborative Partnership on Med Forests, State Of Mediterranean Forests • Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (20 countries)
The Initiative: Analysisand evaluation of afforestation and landscape restoration efforts Potential partners (ongoing contacts to confirm their interest): • Government departments in charge of forestry, rural development and the environment • Research Institutions and networks active in restoration work (including forest/tree seeds centres, CIFOR, IUFRO, ICRAF) • Private and corporate investors in arid zone forestry • Development and environmental NGOs active in forest restoration, rural development and conservation projects and/or community forestry; • Members of international collaboration frameworks, such as the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF); the Silva Mediterranea Network; the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration; the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative; and the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership coordinated by the Botanical Garden Kew • Development and cooperation organizations such as GIZ, IFAD, IUCN, UNEP and UNEP-WCMC, UNDP/ Drylands Programme Centre, AECID • The afforestation and reforestation working group of CDM.
Expected outputs • A field-tested and reconciled forest restoration monitoring tool for tracking performance and impacts • Enhanced sharing and exchange of knowledge and best practices through: - A series of expert consultation and knowledge sharing workshops in dryland regions - Creation of an active partnership platform on best practices in forestation and restoration projects and case studies • Comprehensive expert report compiling the lessons learnt and case studies (publication) • Operational guidelines and a Road map for further steps
Where we are: key steps • Drafting and testing a monitoring tool (ongoing) • Mobilizing potential partners and organization to contribute to the analysis of lessons learnt based on monitoring tool (Feb-April 2012) • In collaboration with Turkish Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs: organization of the first international consultation workshop (Konya, Turkey, May 2012) • Draft report and comments (June-July 2012) • Presenting revised report at COFO by September 2012 • Finalization, editing, publication, launch (March/ April 2013)
World Dryland Zones Source: Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005