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UNFF 10: Knowfor
1. Poverty reduction, biodiversity
conservation and climate protection
through improved management of
forests
Equipping of policymakers and
practitioners in developing countries
with strategic knowledge, comparable
evidence, reliable tools and systematic
analysis on forests and climate
Recognition that many forest policies
and projects are poorly underpinned by
science, evidence and knowledge
KNOW-FOR
Improving the way knowledge on forests
is understood, communicated and used internationally
2. CIFOR, IUCN and PROFOR have
been working jointly on a
number of areas
DFID saw a great opportunity to
emphasise the value added of
globally important organisations
working together on knowledge
uptake
Capitalizes on respective,
complementary strengths and
networks of partners:
- CIFOR, IUCN, PROFOR
KNOW-FOR
Improving the way knowledge on forests
is understood, communicated and used internationally
3. KNOW-FOR Deliverables
This programme will develop:
Application of knowledge on how forests
contribute to economic
development, poverty reduction and
climate change
Systematic, rigorous and comparable
evidence of what works and what does not
in forestry science and practice, which
rapidly reaches those who need it
internationally and on the frontline
Improved design and implementation of
broader national policies and programmes
in 40 countries
Techniques and practices for forest
restoration (the “+” in REDD +) creating
healthy landscapes in up to15 countries
A broad suite of toolkits, analyses and
knowledge products that are mainstreamed
into in 30 countries
4. KNOW-FOR Deliverables
CIFOR
Application of knowledge on how
forests contribute to economic
development, poverty reduction and
climate change
Systematic, rigorous and comparable
evidence of what works and what does
not in forestry science and practice,
which rapidly reaches those who need
it internationally and on the frontline.
Improved design and implementation
of broader national policies and
programmes in 40 countries
6. PROFOR: background and approach
Livelihoods Financing
Governance
Cross-
sectoral
Policies
• Multidonor partnership
supported by a
consortium of 8 donors
and the World Bank
• Secretariat is hosted by
the World Bank
• Collaborative ties
established with the
NFP facility and its
successor, the Forest
and Farm Facility
8. KNOW-FOR Deliverables
Application of knowledge about
how forests contribute to
economic development, poverty
reduction and climate change
Improved design and
implementation of national
policies and programmes
toolkits, analyses
, videos, knowledge
products, publications, field
notes;
9. Targeted outputs and
outcomes
120 outputs (knowledge
activities, toolkits, field
notes, publications, videos, etc.)
Focussed dissemination through
interactive search-based web and face-
to-face interaction on-the-ground
Mainstream findings into
local, national, regional, global forests-
related activities
Where appropriate, complement donor
operations (including World Bank
group)
At least 30 countries
KNOW-FOR Deliverables
11. KNOW-FOR: IUCN investments
in support of the Bonn Challenge
Key deliverables
1. Production and uptake of new
knowledge and analysis on key
economic, social and biophysical
opportunities for and constraints to
landscape restoration
2. Development and testing of robust
and easy-to-use tools to assist local,
national and regional actors to
identify, negotiate, implement, and
monitor locally suited landscape
restoration strategies
3. Strengthening capacity for scaling
up landscape restoration efforts and
investment
Thematic focus
1. Restoration as a vehicle for carbon-
intensive land stewardship
2. Land-use dynamics as a
contribution to LR (farm fallow)
3. Adaptation/mitigation synergies
through landscape restoration
4. Links between water, water flows
and LR, including implications for
urban areas
5.
Governance, institutional, monitoring
arrangements for LR
6. Models for private and public
sector investment in LR
12. KNOW-FOR: IUCN INVESTMENTS
• Knowledge package on all 6 thematic areas
• National restoration (including
economic, carbon) assessments
• Assessment of revenue streams from
restored landscapes
• Decision-support framework to improve
resilience of LR
• Best practice guidance for negotiating
outcomes and equitable trade-offs at
landscape scale
• Peer review and early action support for
national and stakeholder commitments to
Bonn Challenge
• Systematic pooling and dissemination of
analysis, good practice and policy-relevant
lessons: exchanges and online learning
13. A common framework for
knowledge uptake and use
Highlighting synergies between
CIFOR, IUCN and PROFOR
14. For more information:
DFID: G-allison@dfid.gov.uk
IUCN: carole.saint-laurent@iucn.org
www.iucn.org; www.forestlandscaperestoration.org
PROFOR: profor@worldbank.org; pdewees@worldbank.org
www.profor.info; www.twitter.com/forestideas; www.vimeo.com/forestideas
CIFOR: j.colmey@cgiar.org
cifor.org
Editor's Notes
Intro: Forests are fundamental to DFID’s development efforts on three fronts. Forests reduce carbon emissions, help reduce poverty in rural communities and protect global and local environmental services such as water, soils and biodiversity. Developing countries are ramping up their practical efforts to reduce and reverse deforestation and forest degradation on the ground. Demand has grown for knowledge, evidence and information on international forestry. Policymakers and practitioners wish to know what works best where; and be able to apply that knowledge to what they do. Forest policies and projects that are poorly underpinned by science and evidence, or do not use the best combination of technology and local know-how, run the risk of repeating and replicating past mistakes; for example, high mortality of tree seedlings in tree planting schemes; poor match between tree species and site-specific conditions; unworkable park conservation projects; limited participation of local people in design and monitoring of projects with subsequent poor project results; and inequitable arrangements for sharing the benefits from trees and forests, leading to lack of care and maintenance of trees and other elements of forest ecosystems. There are gaps in knowledge. There is a need for, first, systematically gathered and rigorous information that is comparable across sites and countries; second, more knowledge about how forests contribute to livelihoods, poverty reduction and economic development in developing countries; third, measurement of the range of impacts on the ground from projects that aim to deliver Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+); and fourth, understanding about the varying cost of different land use practices and the benefits they provide. Finally, practitioners and policymakers need to know what kinds of financing and investment arrangements work for forests.
Intro: Forests are fundamental to DFID’s development efforts on three fronts. Forests reduce carbon emissions, help reduce poverty in rural communities and protect global and local environmental services such as water, soils and biodiversity. Developing countries are ramping up their practical efforts to reduce and reverse deforestation and forest degradation on the ground. Demand has grown for knowledge, evidence and information on international forestry. Policymakers and practitioners wish to know what works best where; and be able to apply that knowledge to what they do. Forest policies and projects that are poorly underpinned by science and evidence, or do not use the best combination of technology and local know-how, run the risk of repeating and replicating past mistakes; for example, high mortality of tree seedlings in tree planting schemes; poor match between tree species and site-specific conditions; unworkable park conservation projects; limited participation of local people in design and monitoring of projects with subsequent poor project results; and inequitable arrangements for sharing the benefits from trees and forests, leading to lack of care and maintenance of trees and other elements of forest ecosystems. There are gaps in knowledge. There is a need for, first, systematically gathered and rigorous information that is comparable across sites and countries; second, more knowledge about how forests contribute to livelihoods, poverty reduction and economic development in developing countries; third, measurement of the range of impacts on the ground from projects that aim to deliver Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+); and fourth, understanding about the varying cost of different land use practices and the benefits they provide. Finally, practitioners and policymakers need to know what kinds of financing and investment arrangements work for forests.