This document discusses how the forestry sector can become greener through sustainable practices and green investments. It outlines that a green economy improves human well-being while reducing environmental risks. For forestry, going back to sustainable forest management practices and reframing natural assets as opportunities can help counter negative perceptions. Green investments in forestry could include sustaining, expanding and creating jobs related to natural assets. The document provides examples from the Philippines of assisted natural regeneration and leasehold forestry programs that improved lands, biodiversity, incomes and livelihoods while reducing environmental impacts. In conclusion, the document advocates for sustainable forest management and new opportunities in forestry and climate change mitigation, valuing natural capital, and supportive policies.

1. Towards a greener forestry sector
What’s really new?
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Yurdi Yasmi
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok

2. Outline
Green economy
Green investment
Experience from FAO

3. Where we came from
Unbalanced societal
progress
Ecological limits
Climate change
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4. Green economy
A system which results in improved human well-being
and social equity, while significantly reducing
environmental risks and ecological scarcities.
- Low carbon
- Resource efficient
- Socially inclusive

5. Forestry & green economy
Back to basics - SFM
Opportunity to counter
negative perceptions

6. Options for green investment
• Sustaining natural assets
• Expanding natural assets
• Creating green jobs

7. Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR)
• ANR is a forest restoration approach
• Important factors of success in the Philippines:
– Land security
– Champions and leadership

8. Leasehold Forestry
• Leasing of degraded forest lands to poor
communities
• Results
– improved ground cover and biodiversity
– improved income
– less time to collect fodder

9. Conclusions
• Forestry and climate change offers new hope
• Back to basics (SFM) and explore new
opportunities
• Change the way we look at natural capital
• Supportive regulatory framework is key

10. Thank you