Mainstreaming F-DRR
through the FAO project
Rikiya Konishi
Forestry Officer
FAO Forestry Division
31 January 2024
International Seminar:
Promoting Forest-based Disaster Risk Reduction (FDRR) in Developing Countries

Presentation Outline
Concepts related to F-DRR: FAO mission,visions, strategic framework, Sendai
Framework, DRR in Agriculture
FAO project brief and activities
Factors to mainstream F-DRR through the FAO
project
Further possibility to mainstream F-DRR
through FAO

FAO mission and vision
Mission: to lead international efforts todefeat hunger and improve nutrition,
agricultural productivity, and the qualityof life of rural people.
Vision: to achieve food security for all
and enough high-quality food for healthy
lives.
FAO works in over 130 countries
worldwide in the fields of agriculture,fisheries, and forestry.
Concepts related to F-DRR

FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031

Concepts related to F-DRR

FAO approach to Disaster Risk Management
FAO aims to reduce the vulnerability of people before, during and after disasters throughrisk assessment, risk reduction (preparedness, prevention and mitigation), emergency
response and rehabilitation.

FAO Disaster Risk Management work contributes to the Hyogo Framework for Action, theglobal common platform to build the resilience of nations and communities to disasters.

Concepts related to F-DRR

Presentation Outline
Concepts related to F-DRR: FAO mission,visions, strategic framework, Sendai
Framework, DRR in Agriculture
FAO project brief and activities
Factors to mainstream F-DRR through the FAO
project
Further possibility to mainstream F-DRR
through FAO

Project Background Aims to support and preserve vulnerable mountainecosystems and communities to climate change Crucial ecosystem's role in reducing negative impacts
 Degrading ecosystems due to increased pressures of land
use change, climate change, exploitation
 Possible contribution to apply Japanese technology tomanage the disasters

The Philippines

FAO project brief and activities

PeruProject Basic Information
Project title (Global):Enhancing Community Resilience to
Climate Change in Mountain Watersheds
Objective:
Improving the livelihoods of local
populations and increasing theresilience of ecosystems andcommunities living in mountainwatersheds
Project duration and budget:
Financed by Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries of Japan• 4 years (October 2020 - September2024)• USD1,462,220
Faced Disasters:• Philippines: landslides and soilerosion
Peru: changing rainfall patterns
FAO •project
briefand activities
and landscapedegradation

Country Activities and Partners
Philippines• Environmental disaster risk assessment for municipalities inBenguet Province• Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) Management Planof Tublay Municipality• Reforestation and forest conservation for disaster risk reduction• Development of coffee agroforestry system and eco-tourism
potentialPeru• Regional analysis of risk and ecosystem assessments in theHuascaran Biosphere Reserve• Participatory Community-based watershed management plan for theRio Negro sub-basin• Reforestation and ecosystem restoration for disaster riskreduction• Strengthening forest products value chains for ecosystemconservation

FAO project brief and activities

Global Activities and Partners
Literature reviews of F-DRR concept• Forests for Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction Practitioner’sHandbook• Revisiting Exemplary Forest Management: Successes, failures andlessons learned• Forests as nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation
and resilience
Forest products value chains for DRR• Addressing market constraints and capacity building towards
sustainable and profitable coffee agroforestry value-chains• Gender-sensitive assessment and capacity development on sustainable
food systems & tourism in Latin America, Asia and the Pacific SIDS
Outreach and Capacity Building• International Year of of Sustainable Mountain Development (2022)• Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions(2023-2027)• International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable
Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO)

FAO project brief and activities

Activities and flow
We arenowhere
Phase I

Phase II

Phase IIIProblem Analysis, Disaster Risk
Assessments (DRA)and Capacity Development(Oct 2020 – Dec 2022)

Disaster Risk
Mitigation
Measures(Jan – Dec2023)

Outreach andCommunication(Jan – Sep2024)

4.1 Forestbased
Watersheds
Management

5Publications

4.2 NWFP
Value Chains
Improvement

6 Globaldisseminati
on

1.1

2

Problem

Regional

Analysis

DRA

3
Community
DRA

1.2 Institutional Capacity
Development

Plus (Jan 2021- ) Seven Global activities
Two activities are on going

FAO project brief and activities

Presentation Outline
Concepts related to F-DRR: FAO mission,visions, strategic framework, Sendai
Framework, DRR in Agriculture
FAO project brief and activities
Factors to mainstream F-DRR through the FAO
project
Further possibility to mainstream F-DRRthrough FAO

Lesson learned for F-DRR mainstreaming
From the FAO project planning and execution• Comprehensive approach: FAO DRR consists of two aspects, including bothresilience of all ecosystems and resilience of people – before, during, and after
disasters.
• Capacity development: Present examples of F-DRR in Japan and the concept aspart of ecosystem services. Then, align F-DRR concept to local priorities foracceptance of activities to be implemented.
• Focus beyond forestry: Integrate agriculture, land planning, and disaster risk
management sectors at the local institution or NGO level (coordination among
different offices of local institution) while building existing organizational
structure.
• Capacity development and leadership are key for integration and sustainability.

Factors to mainstream F-DRR through the FAO

Lesson learned for F-DRR mainstreaming
From country-level activities• Philippines: local partners priorities are agricultural, tourism development, andhard type disaster risk reduction measures using hard infrastructure.
They use agroforestry and tourism to achieve these goals.
• Peru: local partners are interested in water use and water quality, social needs (inthe future more people will be living there) and creating financial incentives toensure mitigation activities are carried out.
They use Agave honey (NWP) by women group and pasture management forlivestock by local committees to achieve these goals.
• Uganda: farmers preserve biological diversity that is linked to climate change
specifically to pest and food security.
They use high-quality crops (coffee) agroforestry for creating a buffer zone
between mountain and farm areas to reduce soil erosion and forest loss.

Factors to mainstream F-DRR through the FAO

Lesson learned for F-DRR mainstreaming
From global-level activities• F- DRR concept discussion, case studies, and publications at global scale areuseful to raise the profile of F-DRR at global level.
• One of the FAO approaches is to try to influence global level negotiations (forexample at UNFCCC meetings) to mainstream Forest-based adaptation.
• Interaction between field practitioner of F-DRR and negotiation will give more
concrete image of F-DRR to reflect to F-DRR concept at global scale.

Factors to mainstream F-DRR through the FAO

Presentation Outline
Concepts related to F-DRR: FAO mission,visions, strategic framework, Sendai
Framework, DRR in Agriculture
FAO project brief and activities
Factors to mainstream F-DRR through the FAO
project
Further possibility to mainstream F-DRR
through FAO

Mainstreaming F-DRR
Further possibility to mainstream F-DRR through FAO• FAO has 130 country offices in over 130 countries and network withorganizations including NGOs.
• It is possible to conduct standardized pilot activities of F-DRR in countries
using the same methodology from FAO HQs.
• FAO organizes global platforms such as COFO or actively participate in events
such UNFCCC or CBD COP. It is relatively easy to organize events with Japanesecounterparts to mainstream F-DRR.
• FAO can produce 6 UN languages so reaching out to many countries usingtranslated publication is also relatively easy.

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