Transcript FAO-SEC

FAO SUB-REGIONAL OFFICE
FOR CENTRAL ASIA
(FAO-SEC)
FAO Initiatives and Activities on Forest
Restoration and Sustainable Land
Management
Ekrem Yazici
Forestry Officer
27 May – 1 June 2013
Mersin, Turkey
Overview of Land Use
in Central Asia
COUNTRY
LAND AREA
('000 ha)
ARABLE LAND
FOREST AND OTHER
WOODED LAND
PERMANENT PASTURES
Area
('000 ha)
% of total
land area
Area
('000 ha)
% of total
land area
Area
('000 ha)
% of total
land area
Azerbaijan
8,260
1,783
21.6
990
12.0
2,683
32.5
Kazakhstan
269,970
21,535
8.0
18,959
7.0
185,098
68.6
Kyrgyzstan
19,180
1,345
7.0
1,182
6.2
9,365
48.8
Tajikistan
14,060
930
6.6
552
3.9
3,198
22.8
Turkmenistan
46,993
1,850
3.9
4,127
8.8
30,700
65.3
Uzbekistan
41,424
4,484
10.8
4,199
10.1
22,219
53.6
Turkey
76,963
25,938
33.7
21,200
27.8
13,167
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Overview of Forests
in Central Asia
FAO SEC OFFICE
• Established in 2007 by Host Country Agreement and
covers:
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Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
• Country Offices in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and
Tajikistan
Global Guidelines
• Operational Guidelines
on the Afforestation
and Restoration of
Degraded Lands in Arid
Environments (FAO,
TIKA, GM, GIZ,
Silvamed)
• Voluntary Guidelines
on the Responsible
Governance of Tenure
of Land, Fisheries and
Forests
Global Soil Partnership
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Poor soil
management could
lead to Degradation
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The vision: Improve global
governance of the limited soil resources of
the planet
The mission: Develop capacities,
build on best available science and
facilitate the exchange of knowledge and
technologies amongst stakeholders for soil
resources management at all levels.
Five pillars :
sustainable management of soil resources
investment/technical cooperation/policy
soil research
soil data and information,
harmonization of methods and indicators
FAO SEC OFFICE, Ankara
• Total of 42 employees; including 9 international staff
members
• Technical sections for:
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Forestry
Plant Production and Protection
Livestock Development
Fisheries
Land and Water
Investment
Policy Assistance
FAO’s framework for assessing land
degradation, developed in close
collaboration with the World Overview of
Conservations Approaches and Technologies
“WOCAT” and originally initiated at the
request and in support of the UNCCD, that
can assist in targeting investment and
planning interventions for efficient, equitable
and sustainable agricultural development.
Sustainable Land Management in Central Asia
Regional Priorities for Central Asia in 2012-2013
Support to countries in the promotion and development of
sustainable land management and planning
• Strengthening institutional capacity in Central Asia on land
use mapping and land degradation assessment tools
• Multi-country proposal aiming to scale up SLM in Central
Asia (including national land use system map produced
with the lead institution in each country)
• Technical Assistance provided (upon requests from
Member Countries)
Sub-regional forest land restoration
priorities for 2012-2013
• Continuation of support to strengthening the policy, legal
and institutional framework for implementation of
sustainable management of forest and tree resources
• Strengthening environmental roles and contributions of
forests and trees to:
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combat desertification
restore and sustainably manage watersheds resources
conserve riparian (tugai) forests
Climate change adaptation and mitigation
Capacity building at regional level
• Capacity Building for Sustainable
Management of Mountain
Watersheds in Central Asia and the
Caucasus GCP/SEC/002/TUR
 Trainings on income generation,
livelihood improvement, seed
collection, nursery development, arid
zone afforestation techniques
 Pilot demonstration
 Preparation of awareness creation
materials and technical guidelines and
standards
FAO/GEF Projects
• Sustainable management of mountainous forest and land
resources under climate change conditions in Kyrgyzstan
(GEF-5, 6.1 Million USD)
 Capacity building for SFM/SLM
 Management of mountainous
forest resources
 Restoration of degraded lands
 IFAD, TIKA, WB and GIZ involved
FAO/GEF Projects
• Sustainable Land Management in
Konya Closed Basin, Turkey
(GEF-5, 6,5 Million USD)
 Capacity building for SLM
 Rehabilitation of degraded forest
lands
 Rehabilitation of degraded arable
lands and pastures, conservation
agriculture
FAO/GEF Projects
• Global LADA Project, Uzbekistan and Turkey
• UNCCD NAP Enabling Environment Project in
Turkey
• Sustainable Land and Forest
Management/restoration projects in
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan under
GEF -6