International Conference on Biodiversity in Transboundary Tropical
Forests
The conference has be held in Quito, Ecuador, 14-17 July 2010. His objective
was to review the status and ways ahead for the conservation, management
and financing of biodiversity in tropical TBCAs. On behalf of SECO, James
Gasana of Intercooperation contributed actively to the conference doing
presentations and moderating panel discussions.
Joint project to expand Pulong Tau National Park by 24,000ha
This rehabilitation project was being initiated to rehabilitate a degraded
area for the park’s expansion between ITTO, the Forest Department
and Samling Timber. The first phase would see the 60,000ha national park
being increased by 24,000ha and encompass a prominent feature of the highlands,
the twin peaks of Batu Lawi.
Intercooperation Bern, Oktober 2009
Zum SECO Engagement im Tropenwald und der Förderung des Handels mit
Tropenholz und anderen Tropenwaldprodukten aus nachhaltiger Bewirtschaftung
Annual Report 2009 of FCFP: Demonstrating activities that reduce emissions
from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries
With the first full year of FCPF operations completed on June 30, 2009,
this Annual Report focuses primarily on the progress and financial status
of the Readiness Fund, as the first fund of the FCPF.
DIALOGUE on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
(REDD) and The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF)
The meeting with international and Swiss Stakeholders led to establish
a dialogue with international experts and decision-makers. Representatives
from the Society for Threatened Peoples, Bruno-Manser-Fonds, Helvetas,
WWF International, the Swiss College of Agriculture SHL in Zollikofen,
the ETHZ, the FOEN, SDC, private sector, and SECO participated in this
half day of presentations and discussions. The debate came across an intense
interest.
18 June 2009
3rd meeting of the Participants Committee of FCFP
The first two of three Readiness Plans have been accepted. Panama and
Guyana are the first to benefit from World Bank official grant in order
to implement their REDD-Plans. The Readiness Plans and useful information
are open to the public on the website of forest
carbon partnership
The discussion about the 3 Readiness Plans Panama, Guyana and Indonesia
raised many issues like land tenure, consultation and consensus procedure
with indigenous people and marginalized groups, compensatory measures,
definition and measurement of baselines, integration of Carbon values
(Biodiversity, sustainable forest management, etc). NGO and indigenous
peoples representatives demanded clear governance safeguards, which should
apply equally to all countries, and the private sector and provide simple
and clear rules and procedures. More information
15 June 2009
UN-REDD Meeting & 2nd Policy Board Meeting
The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD
Programme) held its second policy board meeting on 14th and 15th of June
2009 in Montreux, Switzerland. The meeting marked the first time that
the full membership of the board had been in session, notably with full
and broad participation of indigenous people and civil society organizations,
together with representatives of the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change, the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility and
potential new donors. More
information
08 Apr 2009
Preparatory Meeting for UNFF8
The African Forest Forum (AFF), with funding from Sida, SADC/GTZ and
the Intercooperation, organized a preparatory meeting of African delegates
to the United Nations Forum on Forests Session 8 (UNFF8) in Nairobi, Kenya.
The objectives of the meeting were to:
Discuss and form an African consensus on the draft agenda items for
UNFF8.
Develop a common approach to the deliberations at UNFF8.
Develop ways and means for raising forestry concerns at the UNFCCC,
COP 15, Copenhagen in December 2009.
Begin the process of building African capacity for international negotiations.
Jürgen Blaser as consultant from Intercooperation, Switzerland,
made some presentations:
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