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Forests, SDGs, climate action, governance and post-capitalism
- 1. 1 James Mayers James Mayers - IIED January 2016 Forests, SDGs, climate action, governance and postcapitalism January 2016
- 2. James Mayers January 2016 2 Multiple forest goods and services - multiple headaches • Forests lose attention or get trashed… or eaten • Widespread inequality is lethal • Land grabs and green grabs - investment frameworks and treaties trample on rights • Organisation and partnerships for integration – from delusion to real prospect?
- 3. James Mayers January 2016 3 Growing trees with the SDGs
- 4. James Mayers January 2016 4 Forests for SDGs, SDGs for forests - much potential, where to start? • SDGs – universal, transformative and integrated • Factors enabling forests to contribute to SD outcomes • Social justice and good governance • Fair and responsible market systems • Well managed, multi-functional landscapes • Metrics and means of implementation
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- 6. James Mayers January 2016 6 Poverty Food Health Educ Gender Water Energy Growth Indust Equality Cities C&P Climate Seas Land Gov Impl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Outcomes 15 Enablers 16 17 18 19 a b c Proposed Goals ProposedTargets A package of SDGs showing how forests can best contribute
- 7. James Mayers January 2016 7 Paris climate agreement – a much-needed boost • 4 big hits • 1.5 degrees as a target • Ambition mechanism • Loss and damage • Legally binding • Many caveats • ‘Strong signal to the markets’ - but beware state-backed corporate capitalism • New dynamics in accountability
- 8. James Mayers January 2016 8 Paris and forests • REDD+ boost • Results based payments – worth persevering but need non-market approaches too • Plantations or restoration to remove carbon? • Degradation of offsets?
- 9. James Mayers January 2016 9 Governance – levelling the playing field
- 10. James Mayers January 2016 10 Forest governance for local organisation and enterprise • Well-organised communities and producer groups manage forests best – but need rights • Informal economy – dominant and innovative • Small forest enterprises are a good thing… • …but not always, and they may be demonised • Recognise local, enabling and asset investors – and put them together
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- 12. James Mayers January 2016 12 Changing patterns of investment in forest areas - China in Africa • Fast growing investments - challenges to sustainability • So - apply convening power, better evidence, innovative methods and bridge-building • Beyond voluntary guidelines to regulation and investment frameworks
- 13. James Mayers January 2016 13
- 14. James Mayers January 2016 14 Summing up and looking ahead To play our part in decarbonising economies, optimising the potential of SDGs, and achieving good local governance we need: • Rights installed in the frameworks and practices of investment, including REDD+ • A major shift in policy focus to jobs and economies with small forest enterprise • Organisation and partnership for integration and shaping patterns of investment, including China in Africa And maybe it is time to start growing the post- capitalist forest
- 15. James Mayers January 2016 15