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Country-Led Initiative on Financing for Sustainable Forest Management in support of the UN Forum on Forests 8-12
September 2008 | Paramaribo, Suriname
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Highlights
for Thursday, 11 September 2008
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On Thursday, 11 September 2008,
the Country-Led Initiative (CLI) on Financing for Sustainable
Forest Management (SFM) in support of the UN Forum on Forests
(UNFF) convened in Paramaribo, Suriname to continue their
discussions. In the morning, participants heard presentations
on national institutional and governance strategies for
increasing financing for SFM, then discussed this theme in
breakout groups. In the afternoon, they heard presentations on
international institutional and governance strategies,
followed by another session of breakout group discussions.
Participants then reconvened in plenary to hear the breakout
group co-chairs’ reports.
Above photo: John Hudson presenting the day's report of
Breakout Group 3. |
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NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL AND GOVERNANCE STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING SFM FINANCING
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PLENARY:
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photos L-R:View of the morning plenary;
plenary co-chairs Stephanie Caswell (US)
and Anette Tjon Sie Fat (Suriname). |
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| Sheila
Bhairo-Marhé, Suriname Case
Study Team, presented on financial mechanisms for SFM in
Suriname, including from formal and informal sources. |
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Michael
Richards,
Forest Trends, presented case studies from Uganda and Peru
demonstrating a portfolio approach to forest financing. |
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Dorjee
Sun,
Carbon Conservation, Australia, presented on enabling policies for investment in forest
carbon. |
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BREAKOUT
GROUPS:
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Delegates of the three breakout groups
were asked to suggest the highest priority national actions to
mobilize significant new SFM financing, and identify key challenges to
taking those actions.
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Breakout
group 1:
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Elise
Haber (South Africa) and Glen Kile (Australia) |
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Breakout
group 1 session involving role play on SFM financing. |
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Breakout
group 2:
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L-R:
Breakout Group Facilitator, Rezal Kusumaatmadja with
Co-Chairs Carlos
Gonzalez (Mexico) and Stefanie von Scheliha (Germany) |
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Breakout
group 2 in session. |
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Breakout
group 3:
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Breakout
Group Facilitator, Jag Maini briefing participants
regarding the role-playing session on SFM financing. |
Breakout
group participants sharing experiences and lessons learned
regarding SFM financing. |
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INTERNATIONAL
INSTITUTIONAL AND GOVERNANCE STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING SFM FINANCING:
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Kutter, Global Environment Facility, described the
changing international architecture for environmental
financing and its implications for forests. She noted that
over 20 new funding mechanisms have emerged in the past year. |
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Letchumanan
Ramatha,
Malaysian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment,
presented the South East Asian region’s perspectives on SFM
financing on behalf of Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) |
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Max
Ooft, Association of Indigenous Village leaders (VIDS),
Suriname, said that indigenous perspectives on forest financing have
not been included thus far. He said it is no coincidence that
remaining intact diverse forests are inhabited by indigenous
people. |
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FACES AT THE PARAMARIBO DIALOGUE:
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M.P. Jong Tjien Fa, Minister, Ministry of Physical
Planning, Land and Forest Management and Henry McDonald,
Suriname Ambassador to the United Nations and CLI Suriname
Secretariat |
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Alexis
Lapiz (Philippines) |
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Mahendra
Joshi, UNFF |
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Rezal
Kusumaatmadja and Dharsono
Hartono (Starling Resources) |
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Daniella Brichta and Marco Conde (Brazil) |
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Tomas
Krejzar (Czech Republic) |
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Aragon, Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) in
conversation with Jag Maini, University of Toronto. |
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Batoum
Themotio, Cameroon |
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L-R:
Charles Barber and Sandy Cantler (US) |
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Country Led Initiative on Financing for Sustainble Forest Management in support of the UN Forum on Forests
 CLI Suriname website
CLI Suriname: Documentation website
UN Forum on Forests
Collaborative
Partnership on Forests
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IISD RS coverage of the UNFF Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting, 11-15 December 2006, New York, US
IISD RS coverage of the Sixth Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF 6), 13-24 February 2006, New York, US
IISD RS coverage of the CLI in Support of the UNFF: Scoping a Future Agreement on Forests, 16-18 November 2005, Berlin, Germany
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