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Interlaken
Workshop on
Decentralization in Forestry
Interlaken, Switzerland, 27- 30 April 2004
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HIGHLIGHTS
Tuesday,
27 April
The Interlaken workshop, a
country-led Initiative, commenced today with a Plenary session,
during which participants heard opening statements, a review
of the history of democratic decentralization in the forestry
sector and presentations on the experience of Indonesia and
Bolivia. In the afternoon, , participants attended parallel
sessions on country experiences and thematic issues as well
as a round table on federalism.
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Interlaken's
Casino Kursaal, the Workshop's venue |
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Christian Küchli moderated this morning's session.
Wahjudi Wardojo, Secretary General of the Ministry
of Forestry, Indonesia.
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OPENING
SESSION
 Listen
to:
Philippe
Roch, underlining the need for a strong and clear
central legislation on forestry.
Wahjudi
Wardojo, emphasizing that the challenge is to implement
decentralization in a step-wise manner.
Albert
Rösti, stressing the need for forest management
to be undertaken jointly by the local people, the cantons
and the communes. (*This
speech in German)
Susan
Braatz, highlighting the importance of country-led
initiatives within the UNFF process.
André
Morgenthaler, explaining the importance of forests
for the tourism sector of Interlaken.
David
Kaimowitz, identifying decentralization as a major
trend of our time. |
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Philippe Roch, Director,
Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forestry and Landscape,
officially declared the Workshop open.
André Morgenthaler, President of the Community
of Interlaken.
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Anne Larson spoke on lessons learned in Africa, Asia
and Latin America on democratic decentralization in
forestry.
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PLENARY:
During
Plenary, participants heard a presentation on democratic
decentralization in the Forestry Sector and Country
Presentations, and went through the Workshop's objectives
and overview.
Listen
to:
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Participants watching the panelists' presentations.
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the 3 photos above, left - right) The following
participants commented on the plenary presentations:
I Made Suwanti, Director of Policy Facilitation
on Decentralization of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs, Indonesia; Sanjay Kumar, India; and Siti
Indriasari Galuh Sekar Arum, a representative of
International Student Forestry Association.
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- Lunch -
Above
photos: Workshop participants enjoying a lunch,
compliments of the organizers.
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Participants
in the Theatersaal for parallel session 2 on
thematic issues. |
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Session
2: Thematic Issues
In
this session, Jeff Sayer, WWF, presented on
The Implications for Biodiversity Conservation
of Decentralized Forest Resource Management.
Other speakers, shown in the photos below, also
made presentations related to decentralization.
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Arnoldo Contreras presented an Overview of Experiences
and Lessons on Forest Government in Federal
Systems.
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ROUNDTABLE
ON FEDERALISM
The
roundtable was initiated with a presentation
by Arnoldo Contreras on Forest Governance
in Federal Systems, and followed with comments
by respondents from Russia, Brazil, Switzerland,
Uganda and India. During ensuing discussions,
participants discussed: the need for political
will; the complexity, dynamics and length
of the decentralization process; the lack
of resources and incentives; and the importance
of capacity building.
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Willi Zimmermann (left) described the recent
centralization process in Switzerland and Steve
Nsita (on right), Uganda, overviewed his country's
history of decentralization |
The
Forestry Workshop opened on a beautiful spring
day in Interlaken, in the Berner Oberland region
of Switzerland.
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