Combining land restoration and livelihoods - examples from Niger
Treediversityday2012vannoordwijk.ppt
2. The Lorax: Yes, I am the Lorax who speaks for the
trees, which you seem to be chopping as fast as
you please.
But I'm also in charge of the brown Bar-ba-loots,
who played in the shade in their Bar-ba-loot suits
and happily lived eating truffula fruits.
Now, thanks to your hacking my trees to the
ground,
there's not enough truffula fruit to go 'round!
The Lorax: I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.
I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.
And I'm asking you sir, at the top of my lungs
- that thing! That horrible thing that I see!
- What's that thing you've made out of my truffula tree?
The Once-ler: Look, Lorax, calm down. There's no cause for alarm.
- I chopped just one tree, I'm doing no harm.
- This thing is most useful! This thing is a "thneed."
- A theed, a fine something-that-all-people-need!
…..
The Lorax: Sir, you're crazy. You're crazy with greed.
There's no one on earth who will buy that fool thneed!
[a man drives by, buys the thneed and pays the Once-ler]
The Once-ler: The birth of an industry, you poor, stupid guy!
You telling me what the public will buy?
3. Tree
Diversity
Day
2012
• CBD
COP11
Hyderabad
Wellcome,
there
are
s.ll
empty
seats
at
the
front…
8. Many symbolic representations
Very few of the visualizations of biodiversity
directly associate people and trees trees…
at this meeting do not include
UNDP
9. Why
Tree
Diversity
Day
• YnoT
said
TonY
looking
in
the
mirror?
• Grass
diversity
day,
microbe
diversity
day,
worm
diversity
day,
vulture
diversity
day,
livestock
diversity
day,
lizard
diversity
day?
Trees are
• Shaping
vegeta.on
and
forming
habitat
for
lots
of
plants
and
animals
(keystone)
• Long-‐lived,
adap.ng
slowly
(vulnerable)
• Source
of
Provisioning,
Regula;ng,
Spiritual
and
Suppor;ng
func.ons
(anthropocentric
ES)
12. Forest
and
tree
cover
transi7ons:
a
unifying
concept
1 Choice
across
CRP6
of
Y-‐axis
6
Core
2 3 4 5
Temporal
Spa7al
Ins7tu7onal
X-‐linkage
of
paBern,
X-‐ paBern,
challenge
at
ac7ons
in
axis
X-‐axis
turning
point
landscape
13. A.
Trees
for
Products
fruit firewood medicine income sawnwood fodder
B.
Trees
for
Services
soil
carbon
control
soil
watershed
shade biodiversity
fer7lity sequestra7on erosion
protec7on
Figure E.1
18. Beyond
varia.on
in
tree
cover,
we
also
need
varia.on
in
‘paHern’:
çre-‐
and
afforesta;on
Fields,fallow,
forest
mosaic
Farm
fo-‐
Planta.ons
restry,
Fields,
agrofo-‐ Forests
rests
&
Parks
deforesta;onè
Sharing Sparing
Integrate
Segregate
19. Tree-based resi-
lience of people and
their livelihoods
Dec 2004 Tsunami,
Aceh Indonesia
http://
www.worldagroforestry.org/
sea/Publications/files/book/
BK0149-11.PDF
20. Plant
Taxonomy
of
Trees
(250
families)
Flowering
plants
Tree is a life
Broadleaf
or
hardwood
trees
form of plants,
– About
210
Eudicots
families
include
trees
not a taxono-
– 17
Magnoliids
families
include
trees
mic entity;
About
10
Monocotyledon
families
include
trees
(such
as
palms,
bamboos)
many families
Non-‐flowering
plants
contain trees +
SoGwood
trees:
non-trees.
• All
7
families
of
Conifers
include
trees
a tree
Being
• Ginkgoaceae
(Ginkgo
family):
has1benefits only
species...
• 2
families
of
Cycadophyta
and costs…
21. With an estimated
…over 8,000 tree species, 10% of the 100,000 species, the
world's total, are threatened with number of trees
worldwide might total
extinction. Even more worryingly 1,002 twenty-five percent of
species are listed as critically all living
endangered – likely to go extinct unless plant species.
urgent action is taken now to save them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://www.globaltrees.org/about.htm Tree
22. (Inaugural…)
Tree
Diversity
Day
Keynote speech
Tree diversity & CBD syn-
ergies: forest, agric, …//
Aichi targets
Joint fact finding sessions…
Diversifying & Human Tree Tree diver-
restoring benefits from diversity sity (genes-
landscape tree diversity and to-landsca-
mosaics for food, climate pes) &
through tree health & change sustainable
diversity nutrition mitigadapt use
Tree Diversity Day: key messages and outcomes
24. CBD
evolu.on
from
• Islands
&
coasts
Trees matter
• Biodiversity
&
climate
change
Trees matter
• Forests
Trees matter
• Agriculture
Trees matter
• Plant
conserva.on
Trees matter
• Global
taxonomy
ini.a.ve
Trees matter
• Biofuels
Trees matter
• Agriculture,
f
orests
&
health
Trees matter
towards
integra.ve
approaches
25. Strategic Goal A:
Address the underlying
causes of biodiversity
loss by mainstreaming…
Aichi
targets
(targets 1…4)
Strategic Goal B:
Reduce the direct pres-
sures on biodiversity and
promote sustainable use
(targets 5…10)
Strategic Goal C:
Improve the status of biodiver-
sity by safeguarding ecosys-
(targets 11…13) tems, species and genetic div
Strategic Goal D:
Enhance the benefits to
all from biodiversity and
(targets 14…16) ecosystem services
Strategic Goal E:
Enhance implementation through
participatory planning, knowledge
(targets 17…20) management and capacity buildi..
26. Strategic Goal A:
Address the underlying
causes of biodiversity
tree diversity
loss by mainstreaming…
Aichi
targets
(targets 1…4)
Strategic Goal B:
Reduce the direct pres-
sures on biodiversity an&
tree diversity
promote sustainable use
(targets 5…10)
Strategic Goal C:
tree diver-
Improve the status of biodiver-
sity by safeguarding ecosys-
(targets 11…13) tems, species and genetic div
Strategic Goal D:
Enhance the benefits to
all from biodiversity an &
tree diversity
(targets 14…16) ecosystem services
Strategic Goal E: tree diversity
Enhance implementation through
planting
participatory planning, knowledge
(targets 17…20) management and capacity buildi..
27. Trees have historically been the primary source of
sustainable bioenergy capture
Diversifying &
restoring
landscape
mosaics
through tree
diversity
Trees shelter food crops from harsh climates and can
buffer soil water supply through hydraulic equilibration
from stored groundwater supplies
Jatropha –
local medicine
Ziziphus fruits
– local
source of
vitamins
28. Diversity
in
tree
species,
sizes,
shapes,
phenology
Human
benefits from
tree diversity
for food,
health &
nutrition
29. Trees, forests and agroforestry ~
mitigation of & adaptation to
climate change
Tree
diversity
and
climate
change
mitigadapt
31. (Inaugural…)
Tree
Diversity
Day
Tree Diversity
Keynote speech Tree diversity & CBD syn-
ergies: forest, agric, …//
Aichi targets
Joint fact finding sessions…
Diversifying & Human Tree Tree diver-
restoring benefits from diversity sity (genes-
landscape tree diversity and to-landsca-
mosaics for food, climate pes) &
through tree health & change sustainable
diversity nutrition mitigadapt use
Tree Diversity Day: key messages and outcomes
33. Aichi
goals
and
targets
Specific
conclusions
and
re-‐commenda.ons
from
Strategic Goal A: Address the underlying causes of
biodiversity loss by mainstreaming biodiversity Tree
Diversity
Day
across government and society
Target 1. By 2020, at the latest, people are aware of the
values of biodiversity and the steps they can take to
conserve and use it sustainably.
Target 2. By 2020, at the latest, biodiversity values have
been integrated into national and local development and
poverty reduction strategies and planning processes and
are being incorporated into national accounting, as
appropriate, and reporting systems.
Target 3. By 2020, at the latest, incentives, including
subsidies, harmful to biodiversity are eliminated, phased
out or reformed in order to mini-mize or avoid negative
impacts, and positive incentives for the conservation and
sustainable use of biodiversity are developed and applied,
consistent and in harmony with the Convention and other
relevant international obligations, taking into account
national socio economic conditions.
Target 4. By 2020, at the latest, Governments, business
and stakeholders at all levels have taken steps to achieve
or have implemented plans for sustainable production and
consumption and have kept the impacts of use of natural
resources well within safe ecological limits.
34. Strategic Goal B: Reduce the direct pressures on Specific
conclusions
from
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biodiversity and promote sustainable use
Diversity
Day
Target 5. By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural habitats,
including forests, is at least halved and where feasible brought
close to zero, and degradation and fragmentation is significantly
reduced.
Target 6. By 2020 all fish and invertebrate stocks and aquatic
plants are managed and harvested sustainably, legally and
applying ecosystem based approaches, so that overfishing is
avoided, recovery plans and measures are in place for all
depleted species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts
on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the
impacts of fisheries on stocks, species and ecosystems are
within safe ecological limits.
Target 7. By 2020 areas under agriculture, aquaculture and
forestry are managed sustainably, ensuring conservation of
biodiversity.
Target 8. By 2020, pollution, including from excess nutrients, has
been brought to levels that are not detrimental to ecosystem
function and biodiversity.
Target 9. By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are
identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled or
eradicated, and measures are in place to manage pathways to
prevent their introduction and establishment.
Target 10. By 2015, the multiple anthropogenic pressures on
coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by
climate change or ocean acidification are minimized, so as to
maintain their integrity and functioning.
35. Strategic Goal C: To improve the status of Specific
conclusions
from
Tree
biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, Diversity
Day
species and genetic diversity
Target 11. By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland
water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially
areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem
services, are conserved through effectively and equitably
managed, ecologically representative and well connected
systems of protected areas and other effective area-based
conservation measures, and integrated into the wider
landscapes and seascapes.
Target 12. By 2020 the extinction of known threatened species
has been prevented and their conservation status, particularly of
those most in decline, has been improved and sustained.
Target 12. By 2020 the extinction of known threatened species
has been prevented and their conservation status, particularly of
those most in decline, has been improved and sustained.
Target 13. By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and
farmed and domesticated animals and of wild relatives, including
other socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species,
is maintained, and strategies have been developed and
implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding
their genetic diversity.
36. Strategic Goal D: Enhance the benefits to all Specific
conclusions
from
Tree
from biodiversity and ecosystem services
Diversity
Day
Target 14. By 2020, ecosystems that provide essential services,
including services related to water, and contribute to health,
livelihoods and well-being, are restored and safeguarded, taking
into account the needs of women, indigenous and local
communities, and the poor and vulnerable.
Target 15. By 2020, ecosystem resilience and the contribution of
biodiversity to carbon stocks has been enhanced, through
conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15
per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to climate
change mitigation and adaptation and to combating
desertification.
Target 16. By 2015, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic
Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits
Arising from their Utilization is in force and operational,
consistent with national legislation.
37. Strategic Goal E: Enhance implementation through
participatory planning, knowledge management and Specific
conclusions
from
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capacity building
Diversity
Day
Target 17. By 2015 each Party has developed, adopted as a
policy instrument, and has commenced implementing an
effective, participatory and updated national biodiversity strategy
and action plan.
Target 18. By 2020, the traditional knowledge, innovations and
practices of indigenous and local communities relevant for the
conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and their
customary use of biological resources, are respected, subject to
national legislation and relevant international obligations, and
fully integrated and reflected in the implementation of the
Convention with the full and effective participation of indigenous
and local communities, at all relevant levels.
Target 19. By 2020, knowledge, the science base and
technologies relating to biodiversity, its values, functioning,
status and trends, and the consequences of its loss, are
improved, widely shared and transferred, and applied.
Target 20. By 2020, at the latest, the mobilization of financial
resources for effectively implementing the Strategic Plan for
Biodiversity 2011-2020 from all sources, and in accordance with
the consolidated and agreed process in the Strategy for
Resource Mobilization, should increase substantially from the
current levels. This target will be subject to changes contingent
to resource needs assessments to be developed and reported
by Parties.