UNFF20 Thailand Side Event

UNFF20 Entitle “Forests of Thailand: Model Forests” with the contribution to “Contributions of and enhanced cooperation with partners to achieving the thematic priorities”

Forest of Thailand: Model Forests   The Regional Model Forest Network—Asia (RMFN-Asia) is an initiative that brings people across Asia together to help them sustainably manage their landscapes. With a Chair based at the Royal Forest Department in Thailand, the regional Secretariat for RMFN-Asia is based at RECOFTC’s Main Office in Bangkok. (source:  https://imfn.net/)   The Ngao Model Forest encompasses the entire Ngao district in Lampang Province, Thailand, covering 1,751 square kilometres. The Ngao Model Forest joined the International Model Forest Network (IMFN) in 2000 and since then, stakeholders—ranging from national and subnational government agencies, universities, NGOs, and the private sector—have been working to protect the forest’s ecosystem. The Model Forest has increased local awareness and participation in forest conservation activities, including using bamboo plantations to restore unsustainable land-use monocropping as well as forest fire protection initiatives. The Model Forest’s management focuses on building linkages between landscape restoration and livelihood development to contribute to environmental and social benefits like climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation. (source:  https://iucn.org/resources/factsheet/model-forests-around-world-thailand)   The speakers from International Model Forest Network world wide will be invite to share their practices and model for sustainable management of their forest including International Model Forest Network Secretariat (Canadian Forest Service) on how the Model Forests can managed in a sustainable, inclusive, and equitable way, while contributing directly and indirectly to the achievement of most of the 17 SDGs.

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