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A long-term strategy for NFMA activities in Asia and the Pacific

A long-term strategy for NFMA activities in Asia and the Pacific. FAO Kim, Hyung-Kwang. THE WORLD’S FORESTS. 30%. OF TOTAL LAND AREA. 4,000,000,000 ha. THE WORLD’S FORESTS. RUSSIAN FEDERATION. CANADA. USA. 5 COUNTRIES = 50%. CHINA. BRAZIL. THE WORLD’S FORESTS.

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A long-term strategy for NFMA activities in Asia and the Pacific

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  1. A long-term strategy for NFMA activitiesin Asia and the Pacific FAO Kim, Hyung-Kwang

  2. THE WORLD’S FORESTS 30% OF TOTAL LAND AREA 4,000,000,000 ha

  3. THE WORLD’S FORESTS RUSSIAN FEDERATION CANADA USA 5COUNTRIES = 50% CHINA BRAZIL

  4. THE WORLD’S FORESTS

  5. 1. Background information The land area of Asia & the Pacific → 19% of the world Forests & wooded land → 1/3 of Asia & the Pacific Forest area (2005) : 734 million ha → 19% of global forest area - Net increase in forest area (2000~2005) → 633,000ha (annually) ※Due to an increase of above 4million ha per year in China

  6. - However, most other countries : net loss - Especially, Southeast Asia : largest decline → 2.8million ha/year - The greatest forest loss : Indonesia → almost 1.9million ha/year - Followed by Myanmar, Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, North Korea etc. - During the first 5 years of the 21C : several countries lost more than 1.5% /year → the highest rate in the world

  7. 2. Requirements to reduce deforestation and degradation • Strengthening forest policies • Providing adequate financial resources • Supporting institutional and technical capacity-building • Strengthening the information and databases on forest and tree resources etc.

  8. 3. The criteria for priority country selection • Countries with large forest area → countries with a major portion of total land area • Countries with serious deforestation and degradation • Countries with significant growing stock → the possibility of a big carbon sink • Countries which deserve special consideration

  9. A. Countries with large forest area According to FRA 2005, countries with over 10million ha forest areas → Indonesia,Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines, Malaysia, PNG, North Korea, Mongolia, Lao, Thailand, Viet Nam, China, India and Turkey. (Underlined countries mean over 50% of land area) B. Countries with serious deforestation and degradation No statistics on forest degradation is available. Therefore only deforestation is taken into consideration. According to FRA 2005, countries with over -0.5% annual change rate → Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines, Malaysia, PNG, North Korea, Mongolia, Lao, Nepal, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste. (world average annual change rate : -0.18%)

  10. C. Countries with significant growing stock According to FRA 2005, countries with over 500 million ㎥ growing stock → Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines, Malaysia, PNG, Mongolia, Lao, Nepal, Bhutan, Viet Nam, China, India and Turkey. However, on the contrary, the annual growing stock of Indonesia, Cambodia, PNG, Viet Nam and China is decreasing. D. Countries which deserve special consideration As seen A, B, C above, → North Korea, Viet Nam and Nepal come under 2 kinds of criteria but just 1 criterion is not applicable. In addition, in the case of Bhutan, its total forest area is not very big, but forest proportion of the land area is quite high (68%) and further its growing stock is also big . Moreover, in the case of the Solomon Islands, like Bhutan, its total forest area is not very big, but forest proportion of the land area is quite high(78%) and further its deforestation rate is so high (-1.7%).

  11. 4. The result of criteria application A. The first priority countries: Indonesia (already selected as UN-REDD pilot country), Myanmar, Cambodia, PNG (already selected as UN-REDD pilot country), Lao (funding of WB/FIN SURFORD program, 2009~), Malaysia B. The second priority countries: Mongolia, Philippines C. The third priority countries: North Korea, Viet Nam (already selected as UN-REDD pilot country), Nepal (funding of FIN program, 2009~) D. The fourth priority country: Bhutan, Solomon Island

  12. 5. The selection of priority country A. The first priority strategic countries: Myanmar (US$ 2.5million), Cambodia (US$ 2million) Malaysia(-----) B. The second priority strategic countries: Mongolia (US$ 1.5million), Philippines (US$ 1.5million) C. The third priority strategic countries: North Korea (US$ 1.5million) D. The fourth priority strategic country: Bhutan (US$ 0.5million), Solomon Island(US$ 0.5million)

  13. 6. Implementation Steps A. Searching for the funding sources (1) Project summary o Total budget : US$ 10million o Duration : 5 years o Countries : 7 (2) Funding potentials o GEF, Japan, Austrailia, Rupublic of Korea, EU etc. B. Holding a regional workshop (1) Period : June or July 2009 (2~3 day) (2) Participants o Selected priority countries (7): Myanmar, Cambodia, Mongolia, Philippines, North Korea, Bhutan, Solomon Island o Donors (candidates) o FAO Staff & NFI Experts (3) Venue : Seoul or Manila etc.

  14. (Annex1)Change of forest area and growing stock in selected Asia & the Pacific Countries (Source; FRA 2005, State of the World’s Forests 2007)

  15. (Annex 2)NFMA budget estimated by the sources of funds

  16. Thank you very much!

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