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Investing in locally controlled forestry
- 1. 1 Duncan Macqueen Making the case for investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) Author name Date Duncan Macqueen Investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) Why is it important and how do we do it? Duncan Macqueen 07/07/2015
- 2. 2 Duncan Macqueen Making the case for investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) Macro-level observation – not everywhere is equal… • E.g. Forest cover change • Forest gain: China, Norway, India, Sweden etc • Shared enabling conditions: • Tenure reform in favour of local control • Subsistence and business based on forest and farms • Technical extension and support • Organisation of representation and business (tiered) • Sweden since 1906 • China since 1980s – 2002 • Much recent evidence
- 3. 3 Duncan Macqueen Making the case for investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) Two examples: Sweden 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 Trend for total standing volume since 1920 • >50% of forests belong to families • 60% of Sweden is forested • 100 years of Family Forest Associations
- 4. 4 Duncan Macqueen Making the case for investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) Two examples: China • >60% of forests belong to collectives • Afforestation of >2 million ha/yr (2008) • 538 million farmers in150,000 FFPOs 0 100 200 300 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Trend for total forest area (million hectares)
- 5. 5 Duncan Macqueen Making the case for investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) So what is locally controlled forestry? “The local right for forest and farm producers and communities to make decisions on commercial forest and farm management and land use, with secure tenure rights, access to markets and technology, and freedom of association.”
- 6. 6 Duncan Macqueen Making the case for investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) Insecure local forest rights Lack of business capacity Inadequate technology and practice Resource grabs by powerful 1. Political ideology 3. No extension 2.Officialneglect 4.Resourcecapture Capital seeks Natural resources and needs Labour
- 7. 7 Duncan Macqueen Making the case for investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) Aggregation quantity, quality, time Marketing advertising / retailing The Market Secure local rights Business capacity Technical know-how Strong enterprise- oriented organisation 1. Rights-based advocacy 3. Technical extension2.Enterprisesupport 4.Organisation Right-holders manage Natural resources and need Capital
- 8. 8 Duncan Macqueen Making the case for investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) Organisation as the entry point Organisation stage Nature and benefits 5. Mature and federated Global policy market force 4. Advanced and federated National policy market shaper 3. Growing regional groupings Growing market policy force 2. Coalescent local groups Market scale efficiencies 1. Unorganised and isolated Few - marginalised • Small grants to FFPOs • Learning exchanges • Training in market analysis & development • Scaling up and market linking • Multi-sectoral platforms • Advocacy
- 9. 9 Duncan Macqueen Making the case for investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) Organisation The critical enabling condition to pursue all others Coordinator CFNWG Community Forestry National Working Group(CFNWG) CFPA Rep. CF Unit FD Chair National Federation of Community Forest Producers Association (CFPA) Membership officer MERN South Shan State CFPA – ECCDI catalyzed but then direct support South Rakhine State CFPA –RCA & MERN catalyzed but then direct support Chin State CFPA – Ar Yone Oo catalyzed but then direct support Bago State CFPA – FDI catalyzed but then direct support Township CFPA Township CFPA Township CFPA Township CFPA Township CFPA Kachin State CFPA – Shalom catalyzed but then direct support Township CFPA F U G F U G F U G F U G F U G F U G F U G F U G F U G F U G F U G F U G
- 10. 10 Duncan Macqueen Making the case for investing in locally controlled forestry (ILCF) Why ILCF matters… • The way to permanent prosperity in forest areas • A landscape scale response to deforestation • Organisation through which to channel support (e.g. REDD+) • A deeper democratisation to shape legality (e.g. FLEGT) …because equity matters