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Asia Forest Partnership (AFP)
The Asia Forest Partnership promotes sustainable forest management in Asia
through addressing five urgent issues:
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Control of illegal logging |
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Control of forest fires |
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Rehabilitation and reforestation of degraded lands |
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Good governance and forest law enforcement |
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Developing capacity for effective forest management |
The partnership acts as a catalyst for already existing initiatives by
increasing synergies and reducing duplication between programs and ongoing efforts.
At this stage the AFP provides a formal framework for the exchange of information
and experiences. Beyond strengthening existing programs this will facilitate joint
identification of new programs and research needed. AFP activities combine national,
bilateral or multilateral and regional initiatives. The partners meet at least once
a year to exchange information, identify further work and consult on ongoing activities.
CIFOR is currently hosting the AFP information-sharing secretariat. To date,
there have been three meetings. The partnership was initiated in 2002, and the
first phase will be for five years.
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Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
ACIAR is a statutory authority established to facilitate a special
Australian contribution to development through sharing its agricultural
research expertise. ACIAR's mandate directs it to mobilise Australia's
research capacity to help solve agricultural research problems of developing
countries. Thus the Centre allocates about three-quarters of its research and
development budget to promoting bilateral development-related research collaboration
between Australia and individual developing countries. The Centre itself does not
carry out research, but brings together research institutions in Australia and
partner developing countries to work together on problems of mutual interest and
benefit, in fields in which Australia has comparative advantage.
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International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
The International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
was established in 1981 based upon an agreement between His Majesty's Government of Nepal
and UNESCO signed in 1981. The primary objectives of ICIMOD are to help promote the
development of an economically and environmentally sound mountain ecosystem and to
improve the living standards of mountain populations, especially in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan
(HKH) region. In pursuing its mandate, ICIMOD works mainly at the interface between research
and development and acts as a facilitator for generating new mountain-specific knowledge of
relevance to mountain development. At the same time, ICIMOD attempts to ensure that new
knowledge is shared among all relevant institutions, organizations, and individuals in the
region. ICIMOD's functions as a multidisciplinary documentation and information center on
integrated mountain development; a focal point for the mobilization, conduct, and co-ordination
of applied and problem-solving research activities; a focal point for training on integrated
mountain development with special emphasis on the development of relevant training materials
for the training of trainers; and a consultative center to provide expert services on mountain
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International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
The International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF),
established in Nairobi in 1977, is an autonomous, non-profit research body supported
by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). ICRAF aims
to improve human welfare by alleviating poverty, improving food and nutritional security,
and enhancing environmental resilience in the tropics. ICRAF conducts strategic and applied
research, in partnership with national agricultural research systems, for more sustainable
and productive land use. It has five research and development themes: (1) diversification
and intensification of land use through domestication of agroforestry trees; (2) soil
fertility replenishment in nutrient-depleted lands with agroforestry and other nutrient
inputs; (3) socioeconomic and policy research to allow policies that will benefit smallholder
farmers; (4) acceleration of impact on farms by ensuring that research results are used; and
(5) capacity and institutional strengthening through training and dissemination of
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International Model Forest Network (IMFN)
IDRC hosts the site for the International Model Forest Network.
The IMFN site is designed to help increase awareness of and interest in the activities
of IMFN members. The site publishes a series of profiles on model forests around the world,
as well as articles highlighting successes; sharing information, knowledge, and expertise;
or discussing issues of concern. The aims are: to provide a space for model forests to
broadcast their accomplishments, needs, and views; to ensure that the lessons learned
by model forests are available to the widest possible audience; to communicate a positive,
comprehensive, informative and inspiring picture of the international network to network
members and friends, as well as to a global audience; and to create a composite profile of
the international network that can help us advertise our work to potential new partners and
members, international policy-makers, and current and prospective donors.
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
IPGRI is an international research institute with a mandate to advance
the conservation and use of genetic diversity for the well-being of present
and future generations. It is a Center of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR). IPGRI's vision is that through the collective,
concerted action of farmers, forest dwellers, pastoralists, scientists, development
workers and political leaders, the full potential of the Earth's plant genetic
diversity will be harnessed to eradicate poverty, achieve food security and protect
the environment for the benefit of present and future generations.
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International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
was created by treaty in 1983. Its headquarters was established in Yokohama,
Japan, in late 1986. ITTO is a commodity organization that brings together
countries which produce and consume tropical timber. ITTO facilitates discussion,
consultation and international cooperation on issues relating to the international
trade and utilization of tropical timber and the sustainable management of its resource
base. The ITTO member countries represent about 95 percent of the world trade in tropical
timber and 75 percent of the world's tropical forests. |
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Pacific Islands Regional Forestry Program
The objective of the Pacific Islands Regional Forestry Program is to
provide information and coordination for institutions and organizations
working in forestry in the Pacific Islands.
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The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
The Nature Conservancy, a non-profit organization founded in 1951, is the worlds
largest private international conservation group. Working with communities,
businesses and individuals, the organization protects millions of acres of
valuable lands and waters worldwide. The mission of the Nature Conservancy
is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the
diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
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Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF)
The Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF) is a non-governmental organization committed
to promoting sustainable forest management throughout the tropical world. TFF
seeks to achieve its goals by supporting and promoting reduced impact logging
(RIL) strategies in recognition of the crucial role RIL has in the achievement
of sustainable forest management and forest certification. The activities of TFF
include collecting and disseminating information, conducting training programs,
carrying out RIL research and demonstration, and developing guidelines, training
materials, and technical procedures manuals in support of RIL. TFF now has field
programs in Brazil, Indonesia and Guyana.
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Tropical Forest Trust (TFT)
To help address forest loss worldwide, a number of major European companies
trading in tropical wood products have come together to form the Tropical Forest
Trust (TFT). The TFT members believe that they can help influence forest management
in the tropics to ensure greater forest conservation. They are aware that trade in
tropical wood from poorly managed forests can directly drive forest destruction,
but believe that wood harvested from well managed forests will help to conserve
forests and the wealth of species they support. TFT seeks to make a positive
contribution to forest conservation by encouraging their suppliers to use wood
that comes from forests that are third party certified or from forests that are
clearly progressing towards certification by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
In addition, TFT funds specific projects that are designed to achieve certification.
It has sponsored projects in Cambodia and Lao PDR, and is funding a major forest
management project in Viet Nam.
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United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, forests were among the most controversial issues being considered.
The prevailing North-South polarization concerning forests did not permit agreements beyond the
text of the "Non-legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus
on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests", the
so-called "Forest Principles", and Chapter 11 of Agenda 21 "Combating Deforestation". By
contrast, the "Post-Rio" period 1992-1995 was one of confidence building and emerging North-South
partnerships, enabling the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), at its
third session in April 1995, to establish the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF), to
continue the intergovernmental forest policy dialogue. |
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