Science
at
ASB
Partnership:
Reflec3ons
from
young
scien3sts
Lalisa
Duguma
&
Dieudonne
Alemagi

Outline
• ASB
in
'me
• The
Science
at
ASB
• The
Inspiring
things
in
ASB
Research
• Some
reflec'ons
• Challenges

ASB
in
3me

Ac3ve
sites
of
ASB
Indonesia: Tanjung Jabung Barat Vietnam: Babe Districts in Bac Kan Province
Cameroon: Efoulan municipality Peru: Aguaytia watershed in Peru
DR Congo: Kinshasa area

The
Science
at
ASB

1.
Science
that
produces
outputs/
tools
people
want
to
have
• Adopted
in
33
provinces
in
Indonesia
• Promising
progress
in
Peru
and
in
Cameroon.
15
trainings
with
250
technical
staff
and
policy
makers
at
na'onal
and
sub-­‐na'onal
levels
trained
globally.
Dewi
et
al
(2010)
White
and
Minang
et
al
(2011)

2.
Science
that
links
with
the
people
2A.
Training
on
graHing
techniques
in
Cameroon

2B.
Training
on
marcoKng

3.
Science
that
links
with
partners
that
facilitate
impact
pathways
Local NGOs, Traditional Authorities, and Sectorial
Administrators from the West and Northwest Region of
Cameroon

Training
farmers
and
local
authori'es
on
farm
renewal
techniques
in
Cameroon

4.
Science
that
challenges
the
current
state
of
knowledge/prac3ce
4A.
Reducing
Emission
from
All
Land
Uses
(REALU)
Most
drivers
of
deforesta'on
are
linked
to
processes
outside
the
forest
area.
Hence,
to
effec'vely
reduce
emission,
it
requires
a
landscape
approach
that
can
capture
the
drivers
outside
forests.
1. Climate
Policy
special
issue:
“The
Poli3cal
Economy
of
Readiness
for
REDD+”
2. Forthcoming
Book:
“Climate
smart
landscapes:
Mul3func3onality
in
Prac3ce”

REDD
Readiness
Assessment
Framework
(Minang
et
al
2014)
-­‐ 6
func'ons
-­‐ 9
sub-­‐func'ons
-­‐ 31
indicators

Compara've
readiness
assessment
for
four
countries
with
ac've
ASB
sites
(Minang
et
al
2014)

4B.
Synergies
between
climate
change
mi3ga3on
and
adapta3on
measures
in
the
land
use
sector
Duguma
et
al
(2014a)

Compara3ve
analysis
for
synergy
enabling
condi3ons
Duguma
et
al
(2014b)

5.
Science
with
strong
interfaces
with
policies
at
mul3ple
scales
• UNFCCC
COP
• SBSTA
• Oslo
REDD
Exchange
• Global
Landscape
Forum
• Global
Land
Project
• World
Bank
(Thru
REDD+
Opp-­‐Cost
manual)
• FAO
(Cameroon)
(Thru
LUWES)
• Indonesian
government
(Thru
LUWES)
• Peru
(Thru
LUWES)

Inspiring
things?
Besides
the
diverse
scien'fic
por`olio:
– Mul'-­‐country
teams
that
interact
and
share
experience
– Writeshops
for
scien'fic
wri'ngs
– Compara've
studies
(e.g.
REDD
Readiness
assessments)
– Diverse
groups
of
people
to
interact
with
–
CG
centers,
na'onal
ins'tu'ons,
universi'es,
private
sector,
farmers,
development
agents,
etc.

Some
reflec3ons
Research:
currently
more
on
policies
and
tools
and
some
emphasis
on
biophysical
researches
is
important
too.
Strategic
linkages:
Opportuni'es
for
linking
the
ASB
benchmark
sites
with
FTA
Sen'nel
Landscapes
(e.g.
there
is
an
overlap
in
at
least
four
countries).
Enhancing
partnership
with
the
private
sector:
current
engagements
are
only
for
analysis
that
informs
the
science
(e.g.
Lou
Munden).
Could
the
engagements
be
pushed
to
investments
in
landscapes
where
feasible?
Scope:
Can
ASB
go
beyond
the
tropical
forest
margins?

Some
Challenges
• Coordina'on
challenges
• Time
consuming
to
develop
methods
and
ac'ons
jointly

Thank
You!