Transcript Forest Products Utilization and Sustainable Development

Forest Products Utilization
and
Sustainable Development
Role of forests and forest products
• Biodiversity
• Climate change
• Watershed, soil protection
• Contribute to livelihood
Forestry contribution to GDP
• 1-4% of GDP
• Poor information available
• Need additional efforts
Forest resources and
poverty alleviation
• 350 million people rely on forests
for subsistence
• World forests areas declining
• major impact on strategies aimed
at poverty alleviation
Forest can provide
• Subsistence goods
• Cash income
• Indirect social and environmental
benefits
Areas for action for
People-centered approach to SFM
• Strengthening rights, capabilities
and governance:
• Reducing vulnerability
• Capture emerging opportunities
• Working in partnership
Wood products vs their substitutes
• Based on LCA
• Wood products have favorable profiles
• Lower fossil fuel consumption
Carbon sink and substitution
effects of wood products
• Reducing or avoiding greenhouse
gas emissions
• Sequester carbon
• Substitute carbon
Strategies for a sustainable
use of wood
• Sustainable forest management
• Sustainable use of non-wood forest
products
• Wood and wood-based products
• Institutional framework
Joint approach
• International organizations,
• N.G.O.
• Private sector
• Government
• Local population