APFW 2016 aims to highlight the important roles forestry can play in the wider sustainable development scheme. The event will be held in Clark Freeport Zone, the Philippines, from 22 to 26 February 2016. In addition to policy-level plenary sessions, the event will have five main thematic areas, or streams, that are led by FAO's key partner organizations. Each stream will focus on topics ranging from trade and market; climate change; community forestry; governance; and green investment.
For more information see APFW 2016 and the APFW press release.
APFW 2016 - Serving society: forestry and people (Stream 3)
RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests and the ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN) will together lead Stream 3, entitled “Serving society: forestry and people.” With the overall theme focusing on people-centered forestry for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the stream aims to:
- Develop understanding for the opportunities that forests can provide for achieving the SDGs;
- Recognize and empower roles of key forestry stakeholders—smallholders, Indigenous Peoples and Community Forestry members—as major investors and forest landscape custodians for achieving the SDGs;
- Determine support from ‘forest investors’ (government, the private sector, development banks) and encourage innovative thinking with actions to prioritize investing in people-centered forestry in Asia and the Pacific, and thus support achieving the SDGs;
- Raise awareness of the ASEAN Agenda and how this complements the work on the Asia-Pacific level in addressing issues of mutual concern, such as food security, forest conservation, community economy and livelihoods, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation; and
- Develop key commitments and action points that key forestry stakeholders can deliver over the coming years in supporting SDGs under their respective roles and contexts.
For more information on Stream 3 sessions, see www.fao.org/about/meetings/asia-pacific-forestry-week/streams/stream-3-p... or below:
Title | Date | Time | Venue |
Session 1 Click here for session agenda | 23 February | 13:30 - 15:00 | Fontana Convention Center |
Session 2 SDGs and commuity forestry - a symbiotic relationship delivering for people and forests of Asia-Pacific by ASFN and RECOFTC | 23 February | 15:30 - 17:00 | Fontana Convention Center |
Session 3 Community based Sustainable Forest Management and Food Security (Our Forest Our Life) by Asian Farmers Association (AFA), Asia Indigenous People’s Pact (AIPP) and the Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme Asia (NTFP-EP Asia) | 24 February | 09:00 - 10:30 | Fontana Convention Center |
Session 4 'The importance of agroforestry for achieving SDGs' by World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) | 24 February | 11:00 - 12:30 | Fontana Convention Center |
Session 5 'We benefit from the forest…getting a fair share in the benefits derived from forest resources: Approaches and Tools' by Asian Farmers Association (AFA), Asia Indigenous People’s Pact (AIPP) and the Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme Asia (NTFP-EP Asia) | 24 February | 13:30 - 15:00 | Fontana Convention Center |
Session 6 Gender-inclusive Communication for Achieving SDGs by Asia Indigenous People’s Pact (AIPP), CIFOR and RECOFTC | 24 February | 15:30 - 17:00 | Fontana Convention Center |
Session 7 Forests and Water in Action by FAO | 26 February | 09:00 - 10:30 | Fontana Convention Center |
Session 8 Way forward for people and forests of the Asia Pacific region in the context of SDGs by ASFN and RECOFTC | 26 February | 11:00 - 12:30 | Fontana Convention Center |
In addition to participating in Stream 3, be sure to check out other RECOFTC events during APFW:
Title | Date | Time | Venue |
Stream 4 Improving forest communication Don’t miss this fun and creative session filled with drama, humour and live action! We will learn about what works in forest communication through engaging activities that get the audience involved in discussions with top communication experts. See the agenda for more information. by Asia-Pacific Forest Communication Network (APFCN), with RECOFTC and FAO | 24 February | 11:00-12:30 | Holiday Inn hotel |
Contacts
Technical focal points:
Dr. David Gritten, Senior Program Officer, RECOFTC at david.gritten@recoftc.org
Ms. Sagita Arhidani, Head ASFN Secretariat, ASFN at sagita.arhidani@asfnsec.org