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Implications of Climate Change for Tropical Forests and the Contribution of Tropical Forests to the Mitigation of the Effects of Climate Change

In 2008, the Council continued to monitor the implications of climate change for tropical forests and organized an international experts Meeting on addressing climate change through sustainable management of tropical forests in Yokohama from 30 April – 2 May 2008.

Participants at the meeting discussed existing and possible schemes for reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), reviewed other mitigation options in the forest sector, and examined the need to assist the forest sector to adapt to climate change.

The meeting generated recommendations for ITTO, national governments, and members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) and other relevant
organizations. Some of the recommendations were:

Recommendations for ITTO:

-Study the implications of climate change for sustainable forest management in the tropics;

-Develop guidelines for climate change mitigation and adaptation options in tropical forests and for accounting for carbon in forest management plans and ITTO projects;

-Update the ITTO Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in Tropical Forests to reflect the current state of knowledge on climate change;

-Analyze the possibility of introducing the concept of forest restoration to the post-2012 climate change negotiation process within the UNFCCC.

Recommendations for national governments:

-Increase awareness among all stakeholders, including policy-makers, of the importance of forest-based mitigation and adaptation options in national
responses to climate change;

-Promote community-based forest enterprises as a flexible strategy for assisting local people to adapt to climate change;

-Support the involvement of civil society, communities and other relevant stakeholders in national policies and actions on forest-based climate change mitigation and adaptation;

-Develop public awareness programmes on the important and dynamic relationship between forests and climate change;

-Develop policies and guidelines to promote sustainable wood-based biofuels in a way that does not jeopardize food security and is consistent with the principles of sustainable forest management.

Source: ITTO Sustaining Tropical Forest Annual Report 2008

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