The ASFN 6th Conference “ASEAN Economic Community and Its Inter-relationships with Community Livelihoods and Environment Conservation”

Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, 1-3 June 2015

The annual conference brought various representatives from ASEAN countries to share their ideas and experiences on social forestry particularly with respect to climate change, community livelihoods and sustainable forest management. It aims to mainstream social forestry in the region and scale up its impacts. The participants came from governments, civil society organizations, dialogue partners, development partners, private sector and academic/research institutions.
http://www.asfnsec.org/news/asfn/the-6th-asfn-conference-and-9th-annual-meeting.

The expected results include:

  • Sharing of social forestry models within the region to support local livelihood development and forest conservation
  • Exchange of key lessons learned on people’s engagement in forest management and livelihood development and their relationships with the ASEAN Economic Community
  • Agreed conclusions and recommendations from the AMS and other stakeholders for the proposed Strategic Plan of Actions of ASFN for 2016-2025, to be reported to the ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry for endorsement and submission to the ASEAN Minsters on Agriculture and Forestry.

CIFOR organized two panel sessions and presented another presentation in a partner session at the conference:

  • Parallel Session 3 “Management and governance of dynamic forest and agriculture landscape” moderated by Christine Padoch, Director for Forest and Livelihoods, CIFOR and Hang Suntra, head of ASFN Delegate of Cambodia. The session objective is to provide information on the governance, forest management and livelihood systems in the shifting cultivation landscapes of Southeast Asia, and looks to provide recommendations for how these land use systems can contribute towards sustainable land management and development.
    • “Local governance, social networks and REDD+: Lessons from swidden communities in Vietnam” by Moira M. Moeliono, CIFOR
    • “Mapping of rotational and fallow taungya: lessons and challenges from LCG pilot mapping in Myanmar” by Glenn Hunt, Land Core Group.
    • “Mapping full cycle of swidden cultivation in the mountains of Myanmar and Laos: Lessons learned from long-term monitoring of swidden cultivation in one Karen and one Khmu village” by Prof. Shinya Takeda, Kyoto University
    • “A brief overview on social forestry issues of Myanmar” by Dr. Tin Min Maung, Deputy Director of the Forest Department, MOECAF.
  • Plenary 3 “Ensuring fair benefits from forest and agriculture land use to smallholders in ASEAN” moderated by Christine Padoch, Director for Forest and Livelihoods, at CIFOR and Borhanudin Arshad, Head of ASFN Delegate of Malaysia. The session objective is to identify lessons for the design of benefit sharing mechanism that can support both equitable and sustainable growth, which can then inform AEC.
    • “Equity in REDD+: Perspectives from CIFOR’s global comparative study” by Maria Broackhaus, CIFOR.
    • “Lessons and experiences from implementation of PFES in Vietnam” by Mr. Pham Van Trung, Senior Programme Officer of Vietnam Forest Protection and Development Fund, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
    • “How certification can further benefit forest-based communities: The case of rattan gardens and forests and participatory guarantee system (PGS)” by Ms. Natasya Muliandari, Conservation officer for the Non Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme Indonesia (NTFP-EP Indonesia).
    • Prioritizing issues and supports for benefit sharing in smallholder’s wood production programme in Myanmar by Prof Ohn Lwin, University of Forestry, Myanmar
    • “Land and livelihoods: Governing industrial tree plantation investments in Laos” by Miles Kenney-Lazar, CIFOR
  • A presentation in Parallel Session 2 “Community based livelihood and conservation in forest landscape” moderated by Ronnakorn Triraganon, manager of RECOFT Capacity Development and Training Service Unit and Eri Indrawan, head of ASFN Delegate of Indonesia. The session objective is to strengthen key factors that support the link between community livelihood resilience with conservation purpose.
    • “Lessons for equitable REDD+ benefit sharing from the experience of community forestry in Indonesia and Nepal” by Grace Wong.

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