Land-use Planning, Forests and Forest Landscapes
Workstream of the Climate Change, Livelihoods, Natural Resources Management working group
Spatial planning, management of forest areas and the restoration of forest landscapes are intimately linked. The aim of sustainable forest management is to maintain or improve the long-term health of forest ecosystems in order to provide current and future generations with the environmental, economic and social benefits that these ecosystems provide. The forest is an asset for the attractiveness of territories and the landscape is a fertile concept for considering the complexity of forest territories.
Good forest governance implies the design of emerging landscape policies, forest management practices, fast-growing afforestation and measures to combat biodiversity degradation, but also forests that are the subject of strong social demand. The landscape approach to forest management facilitates a holistic vision of the actions to be taken for better management of these areas.
In the context of increasing deforestation leading to several changes in land use and management, conflicts of use, biodiversity loss and climate change, it is essential to address land-use planning in the management of natural resources. Land use planning is the process of modifying, rectifying, correcting, adapting and transforming a given area for a given purpose.
This working group will address issues related to ecosystem-based management to maintain biodiversity and the viability of ecosystems with the aim of developing effective tools for the management of forest areas, the restoration of degraded landscapes and the sustainable use of forest resources. The themes relating to the elaboration of land use plans, creation of ecological corridors, reforestation, analysis of participatory and integrated approaches relating to the restoration of ecological and productive functions of degraded forest landscapes, promotion of good governance in the forest sector in order to improve the income of local rural populations and the professionalization of value chains.
Contacts
- Valentine Ebua (ebua.valentine@giz.de) – AFR100, Ethiopia
- Tchigankong Désiré (desire.tchigankong@giz.de) — speaker of the Climate Livelihood and Natural Resources Management working group
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VIDEOS
Local Context Matters 🤜 It’s All about Seeing What Works Where, How and Why
Brief statement by Jens Knickenberg at the 2023 SNRD Africa conference.
Food for Discussion 🤜 Main Value of Getting Together Are the Numerous Informal Opportunities to Talk
Brief statement by Susanne Schultz-Dopke, Temnet Abreha, Wolf Berde and Ulrike Rippke at the 2023 SNRD Africa conference.
Farmer Organisations 👉 What Role Do They Play in the Transformation of Agri-Food Systems
Brief statement by Jan Pusdrowski at the 2023 SNRD Africa conference
L’inclusion des femmes et l’engagement du secteur privé
Brève déclaration de Djibril Diop, Invest for Jobs au Senegal, sur sa participation à la conférence SNRD Afrique 2023.
Food Transformation 🤜 We Need a Concept That Cannot Be Business as Usual
Brief statement by Sebsebe Zewde at the 2023 SNRD Africa conference
Data Evidence And the Value Add Of Creating Synergies Via The Network
Brief statement by Raphael Hillebrand at the 2023 SNRD Africa conference
