Download Regional FGR Strategies and Action Plan in the Pacific

Regional FGR Strategies and Action Plan
in the Pacific
by
Cenon Padolina
Regional Forest Genetic Resources Officer
Forests and Trees Programme – Forestry and
Agriculture Diversification Group
Land Resources Division, SPC
Suva, Fiji Islands
The South Pacific Regional Initiative on
Forest Genetic Resources (SPRIG) Project
1997-2006
Strategy & Action Plans for Forest Genetic
Resources
• The first strategy & action plan developed in 1999
• A revised strategy & action plan developed in 2007
• it was adopted by the 3rd Regional Meeting of HOAFs & 2nd
Regional Meeting of MOAF held in Samoa in September, 2008, as
the framework under which PICs develop and implement activities
and policies for the development of their forest genetic resources;
and
• Their was consensus that regional cooperation was essential to
facilitate the exchange of information and genetic resources within
the Pacific Region.
•The FGR strategy and action plan can be downloaded from the
SPC-LRD website at: http://www.spc.int/lrd/fat_publications.htm
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Regional Strategy and Action Plan on FGR
Conservation and Management
•
The Priorities, Strategies and Action Plan, 2007-2015 for the conservation,
management and sustainable use of forest and tree genetic resources
represents the collective views of representatives of fourteen Pacific
Island Countries and Territories, and other national and international
participants, expressed during a workshop in Nadi, Fiji from 25-29 June
2007
Regional Strategy and Action Plan on FGR
Conservation and Management
Vision
By 2020, the Pacific Island
Countries and Territories are
enjoying improved livelihoods,
greater food security and
increased
environmental
protection,
resulting
from
enhanced collaboration and
coordination
within
and
between
them
in
the
conservation, management and
sustainable utilisation of forest
genetic
resources,
while
maintaining their unique Pacific
cultures
STRATEGIES FOR SUPPLY AND EXCHANGE OF TREE GERMPLASM IN
THE PACIFIC
FOREST POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS
Food
security,
nutrition
Food security,
nutrition and
health
Reforestation
&
forest rehabilitation
Reforestation
& forest
rehabilitation
Sustainable
forest
management
Climate
Climate
change
change
Forest
Endangered
Endangered
species,
species,
populations
populations
& habitats
habitats
Germplasm
Germplasm
supply and
supply
and
exchange
exchange
Traditional
knowledge
Environmental
Environmental
Community
Services from
from
services
forests
forests
& agroforestry
management
Invasive
Forest
Forest&&
tree
products
tree products
market
market
development
development
Invasive
species,
Pests &
species,
pests &
diseases
CAPACITY BUILDING & INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING
Regional body to facilitate germplasm exchange
•Countries noted difficulties in the exchange of
germplasm between PICs
• The idea of having a regional body to facilitate
this germplasm exchange was strongly supported
• The establishment of a regional tree germplasm
unit within the Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees
(CePaCT) has since been supported by HOAFs &
MOAF
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Establishment of the Regional Forest Tree Seed Centre
-
to assist PICTs to collect and share germplasm of timber, fruit/nut tree and
shrub species of high regional importance, species of particular importance for
their resistance to cyclones, coastal protection and atolls.
- to act as a centre-of-excellence providing technical support, training,
information and advice to member PICTs (seed technology, propagation
techniques and establishment of seed production areas for priority species that
are hard to collect from the wild).
- It will develop a Materials Transfer Agreement for exchange of tree germplasm
and inform member countries and territories on access and benefit sharing and
related IPR matters to provide a regional focal point for coordination and
implementation of priority germplasm collection, storage, distribution and
research.
Improving Governance and Building Capacities for Safe
Movement of Tree Germplasm between Pacific Island
Countries (May 2009-May 2010)
• AusAID Pacific Governance Support Program
• Collaborative 1 year project which CSIRO and SPC
are supporting with the aims of:
– Working closely with key groups in the Pacific Island
Countries e.g. forestry departments, quarantine &
biosecurity personnel, to review and assess the relevant
issues, risks and constraints which impede the efficient and
safe movement of wild and improved tree germplasm
between countries
– To build capacities for improved governance and intragovernmental linkages to aid safe movement;
– To make practical recommendations to minimise the
problems
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Project Activities cont.
• A project workshop will be held from 15-19th March, 2010, with
forestry and quarantine participants from six project countries (PNG,
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa and possibly others if
funds allow) which aims to:
• contribute to building capacity among relevant government
officers to undertake pest risk analysis and facilitating effective
working linkages between the biosecurity and forestry services
• Develop specific recommendations for changes in practical
procedures which will facilitate efficient and safe exchanges of
wild and improved tree germplasm
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State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources
• An FAO initiative to prepare a State of the World’s Forest
Genetic Resources Report to be presented to the 14th
Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources
For Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) in 2013
• The SOW FGR will provide the basis for developing a
Global Plan of Action, framework for action at national,
eco-regional and global levels, with a funding
mechanism
• The SOW Report will be prepared through a country
driven approach and will be based on important issues
related to the conservation and management of FGR
International Year of the Forests 2011
PLANNED ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
• Book on Pacific Forests
•Community & Agroforestry Awards
• DVD on the Importance of Forests
and Trees in the Pacific
• Media Fora, Seminars, etc.
• Heads of Forestry Technical Meeting
Follow–Up Activities on FGR
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Facilitating the regional exchange of forest and tree germplasm
throughout the Pacific by establishing a Regional Tree Seed
Centre .
Encouraging and implementing research and development
program to identify and promote tree species that can be utilized
to mitigate impacts of climate change
Developing a regional sandalwood research, development and
awareness program
Identifying and developing conservation strategies for
endangered tree species and their habitat
Developing and promoting innovative, productive and
sustainable agroforestry systems
Encouraging and implementing research and development of
SFM program to support rehabilitation of degraded and
unproductive forests