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Interlaken
Workshop on
Decentralization in Forestry
Interlaken, Switzerland, 27- 30 April 2004
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IISD's SUMMARY REPORT is available
online in the following formats:
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HIGHLIGHTS
Thursday,
29 April
In the morning, participants heard presentations
from the rapporteurs of the field trips and engaged in a round
table discussion on communities' experiences with decentralization.
In the afternoon, participants broke into six working groups
and discussed diverse topics related to decentralization in
forestry.
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Workshop participants meet in Interlaken's Casino Kursaal |
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Jeff Sayer, Rugen-Mürren field trip rapporteur. |
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FIELD
TRIP REPORTS AND DISCUSSION
 Listen
to the reports on:
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Jürgen Blaser, chair of the field trip reports
and discussion session.
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| Workshop
participants
listening to Jill Blockhus's presentation on Emmental.
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COFFEE BREAK -
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morning and afternoon, the conference organizers provide
coffee breaks. |
Arvind Khare spoke on community issues in decentralization.
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COMMUNITY
ROUNDTABLE
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to
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Doris
Capistrano chaired the Community Roundtable.
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Adolino Saway Makapuka illustrated the challenges of
decentralizing protected forest area management in the
Philippines.
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Witness Kozanayi described the case of some communities'
initiative to do their own land use planning in Zimbabwe.
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Hannah Wittman, on behalf of Silvel Elias, made a presentation
entitled "The State, Forests and Communities in
Guatemala". |
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Above photo Community Roundtable panel members,
left to right: Silvel Elias, Hannah Wittman, Felix
Mirasol, Adolino Saway Makapuka, Doris Capistrano,
Arvind Khare, Witness Kozanayi and Stephen Hlambela
After the presentations, Community Roundtable Panel
members responded to questions from workshop participants.
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Jürgen Blaser, co-coordinator of the Working
Groups. |
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WORKING
GROUPS
In
the afternoon, Jürgen Blaser gave an overview
of the various topics to be addressed by the working
groups and their plan of work. Conference participants
then separated into 6 multi-country working groups
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Blaser
ended his presentation by wishing all groups well
with the consensus building process. |
Dedi Masykur Riyadi, Group 1 chair |
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GROUP
1
This
group discussed the allocation of roles and
responsibilities and coordination at different
levels and across sectors.
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Participants
of Group 1 |
Gijs Van Tol, Group 2 chair |
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GROUP
2
In
this group participants dealt with maintaining
ecosystem functions, sustaining forest productivity,
and the appropriate application of knowledge
and technology. |
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Participants
of Group 2 |
Jesse Ribot, Group 3 chair. |
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GROUP
3
Group
3 considered policy, regulatory frameworks and
equitable benefit sharing. |
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Participants
of Group 3 |
Jim Douglas, Group 4 chair
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GROUP
4
The
topics discussed by this group included financial
incentives, promoting investment and private
sector partnership. |
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Participants
of Group 4 |
Yam Malla, Group 5 chair |
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GROUP
5
Participants
of group 5 considered topics such as participation,
conflict and multi-stakeholder processes. |
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Participants
of Group 5 |
Franz Schmithuesen, group 6 chair
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GROUP
6
In
this group, participants discussed capacity
building, technical and information support.
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Participants
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MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS
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(Left
to right): Wouter Ieen Hijweege,
Julian Gayfer and Kristin
Olsen
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After
much hard work, Jean-Laurent
Pfund, Intercooperation, happily
inaugurates another workshop
luncheon. |
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Interlaken Workshop on Decentralization in
Forestry participants can enjoy the springtime
flowers planted around the Casino Kursaal. |
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