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KEY PUBLICATIONS AND ONLINE
RESOURCES
FORESTS, DESERTS, LAND
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EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES IN
ARID AND SEMI-ARID ZONES: ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
(IUCN and UNCCD, 2003)
This publication,
edited by Joachim Gratzfeld, offers environmental planning and
management guidance on extractive industries development activities in
arid and semi-arid zones. These environments include ecosystems with
unique ecological and biological features that contribute to global
biodiversity. They also have significant potential for mining, gas and
oil extraction, which is subject to concentrated exploration and
exploitation efforts. The first four chapters offer operational guidance
on extractive industries development activities. Chapter 5 identifies
key guiding principles that will help government officials,
environmental NGOs, and executives of extractive industries to consider
ecosystem conservation needs of exploration and exploitation activities
in arid and semi-arid lands to promote long-term sustainable development
and is organized in three sections: planning and management of natural
resources; policies, laws, and institutions; and monitoring.
This study was first called
for by the African Group at the third Conference of the Parties to the
Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) in Recife, Brazil, in
November 1999. This interest was reiterated by the members of IUCN at
the second IUCN World Conservation Congress in Amman, Jordan, in October
2000, where the members approved a resolution calling on the IUCN
Secretariat to prepare and adopt guidelines for oil, gas and mineral
exploration and exploitation in arid and semi-arid zones. To access the
book visit
http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/publications/iucn.php
A NEW AGENDA FOR FOREST CONSERVATION
AND POVERTY REDUCTION: MAKING FOREST MARKETS WORK FOR LOW-INCOME
PRODUCERS
(Forest Trends and CIFOR,
2003) This eight-chapter paper by Sara Scherr, Andy White and David
Kaimowitz identifies strategies to promote forest conservation in ways
that positively contribute to local livelihoods and community
development in low- and middle-income countries. It discusses: market
niches where large numbers of low-income producers have, or could
develop, a competitive market advantage; commercial opportunities for
private forest industry, forest enterprises and business service
providers to partner with low-income forest producers; and alternative
strategies to recognize, encourage and reward forest conservation by
local forest owners and users. To contribute toward a level playing
field, the authors identify roles for local people's organizations and
federations, private forest industries and investors, rural development
and conservation institutions, and policymakers. The 99-page text can be
accessed at:
http://www.forest-trends.org/resources/pdf/A%20New%20Agenda.pdf
BRIDGING THE GAP: COMMUNITIES, FORESTS
AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
(CIFOR, September 2003) This
Synthesis Report of the Project 'Learning Lessons from International
Community Forestry Networks' was written by Marcus Colchester, Tejaswini
Apte, Michel Laforge, Alois Mandondo and Neema Pathak. It compiles
lessons learned from the evolution of community forestry over the past
25 years and the international networks that promote community forestry,
based on a review of seven countries and ten networks. It examines
advocacy effectiveness, communication techniques, network governance,
relations with donors and linkages to social movements. The report is
available in PDF format at:
http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/pdf_files/OccPapers/OP-41.pdf
CHINA'S FOREST POLICY: GLOBAL LESSONS FROM MARKET
REFORMS
(RFF and CIFOR, September 2003) This co-publication of Resources for
the Future (RFF) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
evaluates the effects of China's forest policy as it has followed or
extended from agricultural, trade and other reforms that began in 1978.
Edited by William F. Hyde, Brian Belcher and Jintao Xu, the book addresses
the pressures exerted by the growing economy on the forest environment,
the environmental effects of extractive activities, the property rights
arrangements that have fostered the most sustainable management practices
and the contribution that forestry can make as an agent of development. It
pays particular attention to China's successful use of economic
incentives. For more information see
http://www.rff.org/rff/rff_press/bookdetail.cfm?outputid=7660
ACCESS, LABOR, AND WILD
FLORAL GREENS MANAGEMENT IN WESTERN WASHINGTON'S FORESTS
(USDA Forest
Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, July 2003) In this report,
Kathryn A. Lynch and Rebecca J. McLain compare the changes that took place
between 1994 and 2002 in the nontimber forest product (NTFP) management
regime that governed access to floral greens and other NTFPs in western
coastal Washington. The report abstract notes that the study "has several
key implications for forest managers, including the need for managers and
policymakers to recognize the heterogeneity of the harvester and buyer
populations and to consider the possibility that interventions in domains
seemingly unrelated to forest management, such as labor policy, might
constitute key elements of a sustainable forest management strategy. The
report ends with a list of steps managers and researchers can take to
support sustainable floral greens management." The full report is
available online at:
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/gtr585.pdf. Hard copies can be ordered
through:
pubrequest@srs.fs.usda.gov
LOCAL
FOREST
MANAGEMENT: THE IMPACTS OF DEVOLUTION POLICIES
(Earthscan,
September 2003) This six-chapter collaboration edited by David Edmunds and
Eva Wollenberg presents case studies from
China,
India and the Philippines to demonstrate that devolution policies increase
governmental control over the management of local resources and do so at
lower cost. The findings show that if local forest users are to exercise
genuine control over forest management, they must be better represented in
the processes of forming, implementing and evaluating devolution policies.
In addition, the guiding principle for policy discussions should be to
create sustainable livelihoods for local resource users rather than
reducing the cost of government forest administration. For more
information and to order the book see
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=4022
CHANGING LANDSCAPES: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER
ORGANIZATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON TROPICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT
(Earthscan,
May 2003) Duncan Poore's 18-chapter study reviews the evolution of
policies for the sustainable use of tropical forests through a history of
the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). He introduces the
ecological, historical and socio-economic trends that have influenced
contemporary global forest management regimes and then explores political
forces that have shaped the trade in tropical timber and its regulation in
a session-by-session review of the ITTO's meetings. For more information
and to order the book see:
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=3949
DESARROLLO E IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE
LINEAMIENTOS DE CONTROL DEL LA EXTRACCIÓN ILEGAL PARA UN MANEJO FORESTAL
SOSTENIBLE EN EL PERU
(ITTO, April 2003) Carlos
Chirinos and Manuel Ruiz of the Peruvian Environmental Law Society, a
non-governmental organization, prepared this analysis of the illegal
logging and marketing of timber species in Peru on behalf of the
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). The report is the first
in a series planned by ITTO to assist its producer countries, upon
request, to devise ways to enhance forest law enforcement. The report
examines the strengths and weaknesses of a Peruvian forestry law adopted
in 2000 and recommends, among other things: more training for forest
loggers on forest legislation and management; realistic options for
granting access to production forests to small-scale loggers; regional
decentralization of the decision-making process for the approval of forest
harvesting permits; the establishment of an independent body responsible
for the supervision of forest concessions; strengthening the
implementation of punitive measures for violations of forest law; and
strengthening concession management practices to promote community
participation in the use of technologies that facilitate waste
utilization, charcoal processing and industrialization and other actions
geared to generating employment in concession management. An executive
summary is available at:
http://www.itto.or.jp/ittcdd_ses/download/34th/council/S-C34-15.doc (Spanish)
or
http://www.itto.or.jp/ittcdd_ses/download/34th/council/E-C34-15.doc
(English). The full report can be obtained by contacting Collins
Ahadome, ITTO Information Officer, at:
itto@itto.or.jp
MEXICO'S COMMUNITY - MANAGED
FORESTS AS A GLOBAL MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES
(Conservation
Biology, Vol. 17, Issue 3, June 2003) In this
article, D. Bray, L. Merino,
P. Negreros,
G. Segura,
J.M. Torres
and H. Vester
examine the Mexican experience with community forestry management.
Local villages and indigenous communities own over half the country's
forest. Most of these communities have gained substantial control over the
use of their forests and 300-500 community forest enterprises (CFEs) have
been created and produce timber on their own lands. The authors suggest
that important gains, including for biodiversity protection and forest
management, result from the CFEs' actions. An abstract is available at
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01639.x/abs/.
Requests for a PDF version of the paper, or questions and comments for the
authors should be directed to David Bray at
brayd@fiu.edu
CPF SOURCEBOOK ON
FUNDING FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests' (CPF) electronic Sourcebook on
Funding Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) helps users identify
information on funding sources and the funding policies and delivery
mechanisms of donor countries, international organizations, development
banks, private sector entities and other relevant groups, in support of
sustainable forest management in developing countries. Users are
encouraged to make practical use of the knowledge contained in the
Sourcebook and to enrich its content by contributing their knowledge and
experience. The Sourcebook was developed by the CPF, an interagency
partnership set up to support the UN Forum on Forests, with technical
assistance from FAO and in collaboration with the National Forest
Programme Facility. It can be accessed at:
http://www.fao.org/forestry/cpf-sourcebook
AUSTRALIAN-PROFOR
SUMMARY OF THE IPF/IFF PROPOSALS FOR ACTION
The
Australian-PROFOR Summary of the IPF/IFF Proposals for Action presents the
proposals for action in a consolidated format organized according to the
programme elements of the UNFF's Plan of Action. The summary also includes
reference to the Convention on Biological Diversity's expanded forest
biodiversity work programme. This summary is a tool that can facilitate
national-level assessment of progress and priorities for action toward
sustainable forest management. It was produced jointly by the Department
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of Australia (AFFA) and the Program
on Forests (PROFOR) at the World Bank. The summary can be accessed at:
http://www.profor.info/pubs/austproforsum.htm
"HUMAN FOOTPRINT" AND "LAST OF THE WILD"
DATASETS
SEDAC and CIESIN have compiled
two datasets "to facilitate policy-making aimed at conserving the Last
of the Wild." The Human Footprint dataset contains nine global-scale
layers on the following themes: human population pressure, human land use
and infrastructure, and human access. The Last of the Wild dataset was
created using the Human Footprint dataset. It identifies 569 wild places
representing the least influenced or "wildest" areas in their respective
biomes. The datasets are online and available for downloading in GIS
formats. For more information or to download the datasets see:
http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/wild_areas/
FORESTS.ORG ENHANCES
FOREST, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY PORTALS
Forests.org has increased its
original commentary and expanded web searches on its three environmental
websites: the "Forest Conservation Portal" at
http://forests.org/, the ClimateArk – Climate Change Portal at
http://www.climateark.org/, and the Eco-Portal - Environmental
Sustainability Portal at
http://www.eco-portal.com/. Among the new features are "blogs," or
journals of timely web commentary, on each site (see
http://www.forests.org/blog/,
http://www.climateark.org/blog/ and
http://www.eco-portal.com/blog/). The forest and climate search
engines each tap into half a million URLs, while the Eco-Portal approaches
two million URLs. In addition, Forest.org will soon unveil a "Water
Conservation Portal."
If you
would like to submit details of
recently published documents and online resources,
send a message to
Diego Noguera, IISD
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