Grand Challenges

(?)

1.Increase food production capacity

to meet future demand

2. Ensure that farming is

sustainable & brings prosperity

and well-being

3.Improve sustainable diets and health for all

4. Maintain stable & trusted food

systems

5. Protect ecosystems Manage landscapes

Handle Climate change

Global developments 1960-2010 B

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What to expect

• 9.6 billion people in 2050

• Changing consumption patterns

• Continued economic growth

• Expectations of justice and equity

• Migrations to seek new opportunities

• Increased climate variability

Only 30-40 years from now, the world

will not look as it does today.

A planet with healthy landscapes.

How?

C I F O R

Welcome to CIFOR!

250 staff representing 35 countries 85 consultants, 29 PhD students/interns Network of Associates

Budget ca USD 50m, 70+% bilateral Leads FTA, significant partner in CCAFS

Better nutrition through safe drinking water – the case of Jakarta (this is also forestry!)

“Forestry is not about trees, it is about people.

And it is only about trees insofar as

they serve the needs of people.”

Global forest area has decreased since 1990 by 300 million hectares – an area larger than Argentina

Deforestation and land-use change contribute 10-15% of the global greenhouse gas emissions; and peatland degradation adds as much as another 3%

Forest destruction affects agricultural productivity and can undermine food security at landscape scales

Forest loss endangers biodiversity, and can threaten the rights and livelihoods of indigenous people and other forest communities

Forests suffer from a Problem Focus…

Forests are fundamental for sustainable development!

• Food, nutrition and health

• Water

• Energy

• Housing

• Livelihoods and employment

• Climate change adaptation and mitigation

• Biodiversity conservation

• Resilience and safety nets

To environmental and economic external shocks

SDGs – current status, note: not final Forests / Forestry significant to achieving every goal

1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere

2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture

3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all

5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all

8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

10. Reduce inequality within and among countries

11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts*

14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification,

and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective,

accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

The imaginary boundary

Forest

Farmland

Are landscapes important?

1. Livelihood for billions of people

2. Production of all our food

– and other renewable products (wood, non-wood)

3. Source of 1/3 of greenhouse gas emissions (land use)

4. Home to all terrestrial biodiversity

5. Cornerstone in a green economy

Yes. They are important. Very important.

But: How are the above 5 topics dealt with?

http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/10033/1/medd_statens_skogsforskningsinst_049_05.pdf

Scale

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Private farms, forests

Districts, Provinces,

Major cities

Communal land

Biosphere reserves,

Model forests

Countries

Municipalities

Producer cooperatives

Global Local

Informal

Formal Corporations’ land

Protected areas

Possible definition #1: Landscape = “a place with governance in place”

Earth

Land-related international conventions

Major watersheds

Public forests

KPH

Landscape approach =

Framework for stakeholders to

formulate multiple goals, test scenarios,

set priorities, & evaluate progress

for a landscape iteratively over time

Possible definition #2

2015 – a year for integration

• Post-2015, Climate Deal (& CRP phase 2)

One note:

• UNSG report “The road to dignity 2030”

– Summarizes post-2015 process

– “Sustainable approaches to landscape

management (including agriculture and

forests)”

• Under SDG on “shared prosperity and

inclusive and transformative economic growth”

Google nGram view of relative significance

From CIFOR statutes 1993

Scientific indications of fire have world-wide reach..

.. but meaningful science-policy interface?

CIFOR OUTREACH PATHWAY: It takes a partnership

• Science and Communications Coordinators working together

“Communications is treated as a strategic aspect of CIFOR’s work rather than an add-on at the end of a research undertaking.” (CIFOR strategy 2008-2018)

Global Landscapes Forum 2, Lima 2014

• Coordinated by CIFOR, World Bank, FAO, UNEP: 90 organizations, including IFPRI, CIAT, WLE, ICRAF, CCAFS

• 262 speakers, 14 Ministers and Vice Ministers, 6 Governors and regional leaders, 1 former President

• 6.6 million people reached on Twitter

Evidence-based forestry for informed development

Science does not provide the solutions

…but without science, good solutions are unlikely to be found…

The Landscape Fund – scaling up investment in sustainable land use

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Producer

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Sustainability verification

>12% IRR 2-3% margin <1% acceptable?

The Royal Society, London 10-11 June 2015

Grand Challenges

1.Increase food production capacity

to meet future demand

2. Ensure that farming is

sustainable & brings prosperity

and well-being

3.Improve sustainable diets and health for all

4. Maintain stable & trusted food

systems

5. Protect ecosystems Manage landscapes

Handle Climate change