Forest
Background information of your Working Group
The Forest Working Group within the SNRD Asia and the Pacific (SNRD-AP) is a collaborative initiative with the aim of addressing and enhancing forest conservation and sustainable forest management in the Asia-Pacific region. The working group includes stakeholders from various projects within the region who share an interest in advancing knowledge and practices related to forest conservation and management.
The emphasis is on collaborative learning and knowledge exchange, often involving external speakers who bring expertise to the discussions. The group convenes quarterly to engage in focused thematic exchanges through webinars.
Objectives
- To contribute to improved forest conservation and sustainable forest management practices in the Asia-Pacific region.
- To facilitate regular knowledge exchange sessions on topics related to sustainable forest management within the Asia-Pacific region.
- To create knowledge products as per the requirement of the forest projects in the Asia-Pacific region. These products likely aim to serve as practical tools, resources, or insights to improve forest conservation efforts.
Issues / Topics
- Digitalisation in the forest sector
- Gender-transformative approaches in the forest sector
- IPLC Rights/Social Safeguards
- National Forest Monitoring
- REDD+ and forest carbon credits
- Forest and Landscape Restoration
- Deforestation-free supply chains (only timber related)
PROJECTS / PROGRAMMES
PUBLICATIONS
- Green GDP ā Forestry Satellite Accounts for Measuring Economic Performance
- OECD-FAO Business Handbook on Deforestation and Due Diligence in Agricultural Supply Chains
- Promoting Climate-Smart Land Use for Implementing Nationally Determined Contributions, 2021
- ASEAN Guidance for Climate-Smart Land Use Practices ā a Review, 2021
- Climate-Smart Lane use Practice Insight Brief series, 2021
HIGHLIGHT ACTIVITIES
CONTACT PERSON
CONCLUDED PROJECT
- Assistance to the International Alliance against Health Risks in the Trade of Wildlife and their Products
- Biodiversity and Adaptation of Key Forest Ecosystems to Climate Change II Program
- Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation (CliPAD)
- Climate Smart Land Use in ASEAN
- Conservation and Sustainable Use of Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Viet Nam
- Forest and Climate Protection in Panay-Phase II
- Forest Landscape Restoration
- Forestry and Climate Change (FOR-CC)
- Forests and Climate Change Programme (FORCLIME)
- International Forest Policy (IWP)
- Land Management and Decentralised Planning (LMDP)
- Peatland management and rehabilitation
- REED- Forest Conservation in the Pacific Islands States II