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Forests for People - Inter-Parliamentary Hearing

Spreading Best Policies: The WFC ApproachForests for People - Inter-Parliamentary Hearing

Spreading Best Policies: The WFC Approach

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World Future Council – Voice of Future Generations World Future Council – Voice of Future Generations

The World Future Council endeavors to bring

the interests of future generations to the

centre of policy making. We inform policy

makers about future just policies and advise

them on how to implement these. Political

solutions for the challenges of our time exist.

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Future Policy AwardFuture Policy Award

2009 Exemplary Policies for Food Security

2010 Best Biodiversity Policies

2011 Forests for People

2012 Protection of oceans and coasts

2013 Innovative Policy Solutions for Disarmament

2014 Ending Violence against Women and Girls

2015 Children‘s Rights

The Future Policy Award celebrates policies that create better living conditions for current and future generations.

The aim of the award is to raise global awareness for these exemplary policies and to speed up policy action towards just, sustainable and peaceful societies.

The Future Policy Award is the first award that celebrates policies rather than people on an international level.

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Seven Principles for Future Just Law MakingSeven Principles for Future Just Law Making

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WINDHOEK, NAMIBIAWINDHOEK, NAMIBIA

• July 2014: Workshop with Namibian Mayors, Food Security Secretariat of Belo Horizonte, international experts from the food security arena, local and national government representatives from Namibia, civil society and private sector representatives

• Declaration signed by 25 Namibian Mayors

• Task Force in Windhoek to implement Food Banks and Urban Agriculture

• Kick-off on World Food Day 16 October 2014

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• GOLD: Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1967

• SILVER: Argentina’s National Programme for the Voluntary Surrender of Firearms, 2006

• SILVER: New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act, 1987

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WINNING POLICIESWINNING POLICIES

Gold Award WinnerRwanda’s National Forest Policy

Silver Award WinnerThe Gambia’s Community Forest

Management Programme

The USA’s Lacey Act

20 policies from 16 countries nominated

from Africa (2), Asia (6), Europe (4), Latin America (7) and North America (1).

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KEY FEATURES OF RWANDA‘S FOREST POLICYKEY FEATURES OF RWANDA‘S FOREST POLICY

Key features: • Massive national reforestation activities,

promoting the planting of indigenous

species on all suitable land

• Education on forestry issues which is integrated into school curricula and schools involved in reforestation

• Promotion of wood-saving techniques and alternative energy sources

• Development of agro-forestry to improve soil and crop productivity, create rural income-generation and satisfy local timber demands

• Protection of indigenous plant species used for local traditional medicines

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A BAN ON PLASTIC BAGSA BAN ON PLASTIC BAGS

• Rwanda outlawed plastic bags back in 2008

• Umuganda 2005: Public was shocked after collecting bags

• raising public awareness: experiences were collected and retold

• including the media: accompanied by a nationwide television and radio campaign against plastic bags, including films on busses and planes

• incentives for the economy to produce alternatives (cotton, palm or banana leaves)

• laws and regulations including all public institutions.

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FOREST POLICIES AS A DRIVER FOR CHANGEFOREST POLICIES AS A DRIVER FOR CHANGE

• National forest policies can have great impact if they address complex cross-sector challenges on the ground.

• National forest policies in Africa can be a key driver in addressing the challenge of governing landscapes because they provide a mechanism to involve local people.

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KEY SUCCESS FACTORS KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

• Key Success Factors in Forest Governance

• Political will

• A clear, measurable target

• Strong institutions with sufficient budgets

• Decentralised governance structures

• Anti-corruption measures and law enforcement

• Involvement of economic issues and actors

• Benefit for local communities / income generation for local people

• Equal but limited land and property rights

• Gender issues mainstreamed

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WORLD FUTURE COUNCIL WORK ON FORESTS FOR PEOPLE

WORLD FUTURE COUNCIL WORK ON FORESTS FOR PEOPLE

• Future Policy Award 2011

• 2012 Hearing in Kigali, Rwanda: Kigali Declaration

• 2013 Hearing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Declaration

• 2014 Hearing in Nairobi, Kenia

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