Transcript BMZ Leitungsklausur

BMZ's contribution to
Forest Landscape Restoration in Africa
Promoting Forests, Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Land Use
Why Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR)?
© Klaus Ackermann
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„regain ecological integrity and enhance
human well-being” (IUCN)
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Restored Landscapes deliver essential
(ecosystem) services and increased
productivity for Human Development
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Contributes to all three Rio Conventions:
UNFCCC, CBD and UNCCD
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FLR as an international priority
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FLR is crucial for acheiving the SDGs:
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food security (Goal 1), clean water (Goal 6),
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combatting and adapting to climate change (Goal 13)
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explicitly Goal 15: protect, restore and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems
New York Declaration on Forests (Sept. 2014):
„…end deforestation until 2030 and restore 350
million ha. of forests until 2030“
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What means Forest Landscape Restoration
on the ground?
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It‘s a participative and long term process involving all
relevant stakeholders
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Restoration of ecological and productive functions…
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…through assisted natural regeneration, reforestation,
agroforestry, participative land-use planning, and
creation of enabling conditions (e. g. land tenure and
governance reforms, investment framework…) etc.
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Result: a mosaic of adapted and sustainable land uses
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BMZ: FLR-Portfolio in Sub-Sahara Africa
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BMZ support to Forests, Landscape Restoration and
Sustainable Land Use in Africa is a priority
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Sectors: Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable
Land Management, Evergreen Agriculture, Adaptation to
Climate Change, Sustainable Rural Energy
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14 countries
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Regional partners: CAADP, SADC, COMIFAC
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implemented by GIZ and KfW
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Example: Sustainable Wood Energy in Madagascar
Photo: GreenMad
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The need for wood energy as driver of deforestation and
degradation
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Alternative: Sustainable production of fuel wood on 9.000
ha, turning degraded lands into sustainable land use
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No monoculture but mosaic of land uses (FLR concept)
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Important: value chain approach!
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Huge upscaling potential in various African countries
Photo: GreenMad
A new partnership to build a Regional
FLR Initiative under African Leadership …
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AU/NEPAD: New Partnership for Africas
Development
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WRI: World Resources Institute
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BMZ (with GIZ and KfW)
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+ African Governments,
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Investors, Civil Society, International Partners
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… in line with AU‘s restoration targets:
Restore 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested land in
Africa by 2030
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improve soil fertility and food security and access to clean water,
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combat desertification and increase biodiversity and habitat,
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create green jobs, bolster economic growth and livelihood diversification,
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and increase the capacity for climate change resilience and adaptation
Thank you!
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