Agroforestry
Cross-sectoral toolkit for the conservation and sustainable management of forest biodiversity
What policy approaches could minimise the impact of other sectors on forest biodiversity?
Authors:
I. Thompson (ed); T. Christophersen (ed)
Publisher:
Convention on Biological Diversity , 2008
The pressures from sectors such as agriculture, mining, or energy on forest biodiversity require cross-sectoral approaches for the conservation and sustainable management of forests. This tool-kit summarises information on policy approaches that aim to minimize the negative impacts of other sectoral policies on forests and forest biodiversity.
The authors highlight the necessity of moving outside the forestry sector alone in creating meaningful policies that may reduce wide-ranging negative impacts on forest biodiversity, and showcase opportunities to adopt a long-term view in economic development, in line with all three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The tool kit is organised around the following key thematic areas:
- agriculture
- tourism
- mining
- spatial planning
- energy
- finance
A variety of case studies are provided, showcasing examples of forest management from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Solomon Islands, Ecuador, Austria, Costa Rica, Mexico, Jordan and Indonesia.
A range of instruments for protecting forest biodiversity are also discussed, such as laws, codes of conduct, incentive schemes, policies and market-based instruments.
The toolkit provides a range of useful resources on approaches to forest biodiversity, including:
- an annotated bibliography with document summaries
- a list of useful websites
- a list of cross-sectoral publications
- selected CBD resources
- a selection of policies that work to maintain biodiversity in association with agriculture and
agro-forestry
