Successful partnerships that deliver sustainable forest management in fragile ecosystems: Joint action with Indigenous Peoples and local communities

As part of the sub-theme 6 on partnerships with Indigenous Peoples and local communities that deliver sustainable forest management in fragile ecosystems at the World Forestry Congress, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is organizing a session to reflect on approaches and ways to strengthen the resilience of forest ecosystems and the livelihoods they support.

In this session, RECOFTC is partnering with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Abertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) to create an interactive space, including an online survey allowing the audience to help diagnose the current issues surrounding sustainable forest management in vulnerable ecosystems and finding long term solutions.

The event will provide an overview of emerging issues on the status of vulnerable ecosystems and draw on the experiences of sustainable and resilient forest landscape approach promoted by ICIMOD, ARCOS and RECOFTC on what models work and what challenges remain. 

Introduction

• David Ganz, Executive Director at RECOFTC
• Basanta Shrestha, Director of Strategic Cooperation at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
• Sam Kanyamibwa, Executive Director at Abertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)

Moderator

• Nathalie Faure, Senior Program Officer on Governance, Institutions and Conflict Transformation at RECOFTC

Speakers

• Grace Wong, Associate Professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, a Senior Researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and a Board Member of RECOFTC
• Marc Kristof Dumas-Johansen, Agriculture and Food Security Specialist at Green Climate Fund
• Hye Yoon Seo, Research Fellow at the National Institute of Forest Science
• Chay Senkhammoungkhoun, FLOURISH Project Field Coordinator, RECOFTC