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UNFF 10: Knowfor
This document discusses the KNOW-FOR program which aims to improve the understanding, communication and use of knowledge about forests internationally. It does this through three partner organizations - CIFOR, IUCN and PROFOR - which will work together to develop strategic knowledge, tools and analyses for policymakers. Specific deliverables include applying knowledge on how forests contribute to development, poverty reduction and climate change, as well as improving policies and programs in 40 countries. The goals are to strengthen science-based forest management and help tackle issues of poverty, biodiversity loss and climate change.
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UNFF 10: Knowfor
- 1. Poverty reduction,biodiversity conservation and climate protection through improved management of forests Equipping of policymakers and practitioners in developing countries with strategic knowledge, comparable evidence, reliable tools and systematic analysis on forests and climate Recognition that many forest policies and projects are poorly underpinned by science, evidence and knowledge KNOW-FOR Improving the way knowledge on forests is understood, communicated and used internationally
- 2. CIFOR, IUCNand PROFOR have been working jointly on a number of areas DFID saw a great opportunity to emphasise the value added of globally important organisations working together on knowledge uptake Capitalizes on respective, complementary strengths and networks of partners: - CIFOR, IUCN, PROFOR KNOW-FOR Improving the way knowledge on forests is understood, communicated and used internationally
- 3. KNOW-FOR Deliverables This programmewill develop: Application of knowledge on how forests contribute to economic development, poverty reduction and climate change Systematic, rigorous and comparable evidence of what works and what does not in forestry science and practice, which rapidly reaches those who need it internationally and on the frontline Improved design and implementation of broader national policies and programmes in 40 countries Techniques and practices for forest restoration (the “+” in REDD +) creating healthy landscapes in up to15 countries A broad suite of toolkits, analyses and knowledge products that are mainstreamed into in 30 countries
- 4. KNOW-FOR Deliverables CIFOR Applicationof knowledge on how forests contribute to economic development, poverty reduction and climate change Systematic, rigorous and comparable evidence of what works and what does not in forestry science and practice, which rapidly reaches those who need it internationally and on the frontline. Improved design and implementation of broader national policies and programmes in 40 countries
- 5. DFID KNOW-FOR: CIFORinvestments Cross-cutting & emerging issues Evidence-based forestry Communications & knowledge sharing Future emerging issues Environment portfolio Planted forests SFM capacity building Governance portfolio Global & regional trade & investment impacts Property rights & REDD+ Livelihoods portfolio Forests & food security Livelihoods in the context of REDD+ Poverty-Environment Network
- 6. PROFOR: background andapproach Livelihoods Financing Governance Cross- sectoral Policies • Multidonor partnership supported by a consortium of 8 donors and the World Bank • Secretariat is hosted by the World Bank • Collaborative ties established with the NFP facility and its successor, the Forest and Farm Facility
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- 8. KNOW-FOR Deliverables Applicationof knowledge about how forests contribute to economic development, poverty reduction and climate change Improved design and implementation of national policies and programmes toolkits, analyses , videos, knowledge products, publications, field notes;
- 9. Targeted outputs and outcomes 120 outputs (knowledge activities, toolkits, field notes, publications, videos, etc.) Focussed dissemination through interactive search-based web and face- to-face interaction on-the-ground Mainstream findings into local, national, regional, global forests- related activities Where appropriate, complement donor operations (including World Bank group) At least 30 countries KNOW-FOR Deliverables
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- 11. KNOW-FOR: IUCN investments insupport of the Bonn Challenge Key deliverables 1. Production and uptake of new knowledge and analysis on key economic, social and biophysical opportunities for and constraints to landscape restoration 2. Development and testing of robust and easy-to-use tools to assist local, national and regional actors to identify, negotiate, implement, and monitor locally suited landscape restoration strategies 3. Strengthening capacity for scaling up landscape restoration efforts and investment Thematic focus 1. Restoration as a vehicle for carbon- intensive land stewardship 2. Land-use dynamics as a contribution to LR (farm fallow) 3. Adaptation/mitigation synergies through landscape restoration 4. Links between water, water flows and LR, including implications for urban areas 5. Governance, institutional, monitoring arrangements for LR 6. Models for private and public sector investment in LR
- 12. KNOW-FOR: IUCN INVESTMENTS •Knowledge package on all 6 thematic areas • National restoration (including economic, carbon) assessments • Assessment of revenue streams from restored landscapes • Decision-support framework to improve resilience of LR • Best practice guidance for negotiating outcomes and equitable trade-offs at landscape scale • Peer review and early action support for national and stakeholder commitments to Bonn Challenge • Systematic pooling and dissemination of analysis, good practice and policy-relevant lessons: exchanges and online learning
- 13. A common frameworkfor knowledge uptake and use Highlighting synergies between CIFOR, IUCN and PROFOR
- 14. For more information: DFID:G-allison@dfid.gov.uk IUCN: carole.saint-laurent@iucn.org www.iucn.org; www.forestlandscaperestoration.org PROFOR: profor@worldbank.org; pdewees@worldbank.org www.profor.info; www.twitter.com/forestideas; www.vimeo.com/forestideas CIFOR: j.colmey@cgiar.org cifor.org
Editor's Notes
- #2 Intro: Forests are fundamental to DFID’s development efforts on three fronts. Forests reduce carbon emissions, help reduce poverty in rural communities and protect global and local environmental services such as water, soils and biodiversity. Developing countries are ramping up their practical efforts to reduce and reverse deforestation and forest degradation on the ground. Demand has grown for knowledge, evidence and information on international forestry. Policymakers and practitioners wish to know what works best where; and be able to apply that knowledge to what they do. Forest policies and projects that are poorly underpinned by science and evidence, or do not use the best combination of technology and local know-how, run the risk of repeating and replicating past mistakes; for example, high mortality of tree seedlings in tree planting schemes; poor match between tree species and site-specific conditions; unworkable park conservation projects; limited participation of local people in design and monitoring of projects with subsequent poor project results; and inequitable arrangements for sharing the benefits from trees and forests, leading to lack of care and maintenance of trees and other elements of forest ecosystems. There are gaps in knowledge. There is a need for, first, systematically gathered and rigorous information that is comparable across sites and countries; second, more knowledge about how forests contribute to livelihoods, poverty reduction and economic development in developing countries; third, measurement of the range of impacts on the ground from projects that aim to deliver Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+); and fourth, understanding about the varying cost of different land use practices and the benefits they provide. Finally, practitioners and policymakers need to know what kinds of financing and investment arrangements work for forests.
- #3 Intro: Forests are fundamental to DFID’s development efforts on three fronts. Forests reduce carbon emissions, help reduce poverty in rural communities and protect global and local environmental services such as water, soils and biodiversity. Developing countries are ramping up their practical efforts to reduce and reverse deforestation and forest degradation on the ground. Demand has grown for knowledge, evidence and information on international forestry. Policymakers and practitioners wish to know what works best where; and be able to apply that knowledge to what they do. Forest policies and projects that are poorly underpinned by science and evidence, or do not use the best combination of technology and local know-how, run the risk of repeating and replicating past mistakes; for example, high mortality of tree seedlings in tree planting schemes; poor match between tree species and site-specific conditions; unworkable park conservation projects; limited participation of local people in design and monitoring of projects with subsequent poor project results; and inequitable arrangements for sharing the benefits from trees and forests, leading to lack of care and maintenance of trees and other elements of forest ecosystems. There are gaps in knowledge. There is a need for, first, systematically gathered and rigorous information that is comparable across sites and countries; second, more knowledge about how forests contribute to livelihoods, poverty reduction and economic development in developing countries; third, measurement of the range of impacts on the ground from projects that aim to deliver Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+); and fourth, understanding about the varying cost of different land use practices and the benefits they provide. Finally, practitioners and policymakers need to know what kinds of financing and investment arrangements work for forests.