Dear Jeff, Many thanks for your support as well as sharing the regular updates. Highest Regards Sony On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:12 PM, Campbell, Jeffrey (FOE) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Facilitators, > > I wanted to share this update with all of you which I recently sent out to > our Steering Committee members. Thanks for all your help in identifying > and supporting the participation of our country partners in this important > event. > > Best, > > Jeff > > > > *From:* Campbell, Jeffrey (FOE) > *Sent:* Monday, September 21, 2015 19:21 > *To:* Temu, August (ICRAF); Joji Carino ([log in to unmask]); Rukka > Sombolinggi; 'Ignace Coussement'; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; Muller, Eva (FOE); Noemi Perez ( > [log in to unmask]); Peter deMarsh ([log in to unmask]) > ([log in to unmask]); Emelia Arthur > *Cc:* Grouwels, Sophie (FOE); ZapataAndia, Jhony (FOE); > [log in to unmask]; BUSS Chris [[log in to unmask]]; FranceLanord, > Marguerite (FOE); Gonzalez, Zoraya (FOE); BUFFLE Pauline [ > [log in to unmask]] > *Subject:* Forest and Farm Facility Updates from The Gambia and the World > Forestry Congress > > > > Dear Steering Committee members, > > > > I hope you are all well and will forgive this slightly long e-mail to > share quick a quick news flash from one of our country programmes and more > detailed news from the World Forestry Congress. I will follow up with a > second e-mail suggesting dates for our next Steering Committee meeting: > > > > *Community Forestry gains in The Gambia:* > > > > We have wonderful news to share from The Gambia, where after several years > of consistent advocacy and effort our Facilitator and partners played a key > role in the government’s decision to finally recognize 78 community > forestry associations. > http://observer.gm/fff-plays-pivotal-role-in-community-forest-management-says-ps-sowe/ > > The Minister sent a formal commendation letter to our FAO country office > for FFF’s role in this process and immediately requested that our > Facilitator and the FAO Representative accompany him on a tour of the > community forestry groups and requested support for the final mapping and > paper work involved in completing their formal recognition. > > > > *Forest and farm producer organizations, Indigenous people and community > based forestry were active, visible and engaged in the World Forestry > Congress * > > > > · Thanks to the work of the FFF team working together with a large > number of our partners the presence of small holder family farmers, local > communities and Indigenous Peoples and forest and farm producer > organizations was noticed and had a significant impact at the World > Forestry Congress. This engagement occurred: (during the Pre Congress > “Building Momentum” > <http://www.tropenbos.org/news/forest+and+farm+producers+speak+out+at+the+world+forestry+congress>, > at the subtheme dialogue 1 sessions as key speakers and panelists, and > participation in around 30 side events related to FFPOs > <http://www.fao.org/partnerships/forest-farm-facility/43680-0508898d1a536cf44aa8c44bcd9ce66c4.pdf>). > The FFF was a co-leader and planner for subtheme 1 on *Forests for > Socio-economic Development and Food Security* throughout the Congress > thus enabling us to ensure that the voice of FFPOs permeated this track. > > · Building on a process of regional dialogues and meetings held by > FFF partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America, where as part of their > learning and exchange meetings they developed their messages for the WFC - > A global statement > <http://www.fao.org/partnerships/forest-farm-facility/43804-0f6ade70aa38101a7399199145b67c0a7.pdf> > of the Indigenous Peoples, local communities and family smallholders was > agreed during the Pre Congess “Building Momentum” > <http://www.fao.org/africa/news/detail-news/en/c/327465/> and shared > widely through a flyer printed during the WFC. It clearly calls “government > and major actors to engage with Indigenous Peoples, local communities and > family smallholders, as equal partners, and to support them and invest in > them, giving that they are a big part of the answer.” Please note the > large number of partners, all part of the steering committee of the > Pre-Congress who “signed off” on the global statement and were equal > participants in the event along with the Social Forestry Team from FAO. > > [image: pre Congress2] > > *Around 150 participants from 40 countries at the pre Congress “Building > Momentum”* > > · Strong messages from the local voice were shared throughout WFC > <http://www.tropenbos.org/news/forest+communities+are+heard+at+the+2015+world+forestry+congress+in+south+africa> > . > > For example an interesting quote from Dr. Evelyn Nguleka, President World > Farmers Organization” at the Dialogue for sub-theme 1 on Wednesday on > Forest and Farm Producer Organizations: “It is time for a change in > consciousness - It is a fact that agriculture and forestry can no longer be > treated in isolation. Linking the two is imperative for socio economic > development in the 21st century. > > In addition, Video interviews of FFPOS leaders were organized. > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlAoM6vIAWg> > > · Forest and Farm Producer Organization leaders, including our > Steering Committee member Peter DeMarsh from the IFFA, our in-country > Facilitator and staff member of the Vietnam National Farmers Union Vuley y > Voan, Lucy Malenkei from the International Alliance of Indigenous and > Tribal People of the Tropical Forests and Victor Lopez from the > Mesoamerican Alliance of People and Forests (below from right to left) took > part in the plenary presentations of the major messages from the sub-themes > 1 on Thursday . This was crucial in getting some key messages accepted and > highlighted in the final WFC outcome. > > [image: podium email] > > · The final outcome of the WFC > <http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/328500/icode/>, the Durban > Declaration, 2050 vision for forests and forestry, highlights the necessary > “engagement with indigenous peoples and local communities”, and the > fundamental role of “forest-dependent communities and indigenous peoples” > in the climate change issue is repeated in the Message on Climate Change > from the XIV World Forestry Congress. > > · To keep the Momentum, key recommendations, an overall strategy > and opportunities were discussed at the Way Forward Session and will be > summarized by the FFF Team to continue strengthening the local voice at > upcoming local, national, regional and global events. Participants > developed plans for continuing to share the messages from the Pre-Congress > event at the UN Forum on Forests, the UNFCCC and at national and local > levels with their own communities. > > · Two new publications were launched: Democratising forest > business: a compendium of successful locally controlled forest business > models, co-published by IIED <http://pubs.iied.org/13581IIED.html> and FFF, > and Effective Forest and Farm Producer Organizations > <http://www.etfrn.org/publications/effective+forest+and+farm+producer+organizations>, > ETFRN News 57 (co-funded by FFF), during a side event > <http://www.tropenbos.org/news/landscapes+and+livelihoods.+forest+and+farm+producer+organizations+share+their+stories> > . > > · The partnership between FAO and We Effect > <http://www.weeffect.org/weeffect-fao-forestry/> was launched during the > Way Forward Session on Friday 11, with remarks from several partners > including We Effect, FAO, Sida, The Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and > Innovation IFFA, FF-SPAK, an d FFF. Four Steering Committee members > including August Temu, Peter DeMarsh, Noemi Perez (pictured) and Eva Muller > (pictured below) participated on the dias for the launch. > > [image: we effect email] > > · The FFF received wide media coverage: thanks to the combined > efforts of the FFF and Forestry Department communications team, our > partners and a special contract with Burness Communication through our > partnership with IIED. Recognition of the importance of FFPOs for climate > change adaptation and mitigation, improved livelihoods, and food security > was made clear through an FFF statement > <http://www.fao.org/partnerships/forest-farm-facility/43687-0820f3e39490172a7630cc939a3363b99.pdf>, > numerous articles published in the media at global level > <http://www.fao.org/partnerships/forest-farm-facility/news/en/> (more > than 10 articles and radio interviews published online including RTCC > <http://www.rtcc.org/2015/09/07/small-forest-users-can-outcompete-agribusiness/>, > Thomson Reuters Foundation > <http://www.trust.org/item/20150904181057-lgmai>, Montgabay > <http://news.mongabay.com/2015/09/small-scale-farming-and-agroforestry-could-be-in-fighting-climate-change-poverty/>, > RFI > <http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20150907-africa-s-indigenous-communities-key-preserving-forests-and-combating-climate-change>, > Le Monde, Agencia EFE, South African Broadcasting Company –both TV and > radio, UN Radio and others). > > · Active communications linkages were made between FFF partners > such as IIED, Tropenbos, FAO, RECOFTC > <http://www.recoftc.org/press-releases/press-release-world-forestry-congress-sets-out-vision-future-forests> > in posting blogs, news items, Press releases, and tweets during the whole > week (IIED blog <http://www.iied.org/time-dust-vuvuzelas>, IIED briefing > <http://pubs.iied.org/17308IIED.html>, Tropenbos articles > > · The FFF pavilion was a lively meeting point and information > center. Publications were shared, a photo exhibition was organized, events > information and flyers from all partners were distributed. > > *[image: building momentum IP email]* > > > > > > Special thanks are due to: our Steering Committee members (Eva, Peter, > Noemi and of course our chair August) who actively participated in many > sessions and panels, and supported the FFF throughout the World Forestry > Congress and to the German Ministry for Food and Agriculture for providing > an extra contribution through the Carlowitz project which enabled much of > the local costs for the Pre-Congress event. > > > > Best, > > > > Jeff and the FFF team > > > > Jeffrey Y Campbell > > Manager, Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) > > FAO -Forestry Department, Room D-424 > > Viale delle Terme di Caracalla - 00153 Rome, Italy > > Tel.: +39 -06 57054530 office, +39 3351977349 mobile > > [log in to unmask] > > www.fao.org/partnerships/forest-farm-facility > > [image: cid:image003.png@01CED65F.6D2FA800] > > > > > > [image: > http://www.fao.org/forestry/42218-032fa1e998c358fee69e57026fe68a247.jpg] > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the FFF-Facilitators-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FFF-Facilitators-L&A=1 > -- Sony Baral Programme Officer IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) P.O.Box 3923, Kupondole, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: +977 1 5528781 Fax +977 1 5536786 www.iucnnepal.org, www.iucn.org *[image: cid:image001.jpg@01CDB8EB.7E9742C0] <http://www.iucn.org/>* ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FFF-Facilitators-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FFF-Facilitators-L&A=1