{"id":7665,"date":"2017-02-01T10:52:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T09:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planbleu.org\/event\/5th-mediterranean-forest-week-agadir-morocco-20-24-march-2017\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28T09:34:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T08:34:04","slug":"5th-mediterranean-forest-week-agadir-morocco-20-24-march-2017","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/planbleu.org\/en\/event\/5th-mediterranean-forest-week-agadir-morocco-20-24-march-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"5th Mediterranean Forest week \u2013 Agadir (Morocco) 20-24 March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 5th MFW will promote restoration at Mediterranean level, to federate around forests various undergoing initiatives related to the Rio conventions, and to achieve those through an agenda of ambitious actions and collectively mobilizing all the technical and financial partners of the Mediterranean countries.
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The vision of this\u00a0 5th<\/sup> \u00a0MFW is an approach to restoration requiring intersectoral coordination designed to\u00a0 promote productive and multifunctional territories<\/strong>, with an optimal and negotiated balance with local stakeholders in terms of economic, social and environmental benefits\u2019 delivery. This vision of forest and landscape restoration (FLR), nowadays internationally recognized, allows for the promoting of synergies between the three Rio Conventions and for contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n The main issue to be addressed by the 5th MFW\u00a05w<\/sup>ill \u00a0be as follow: In which way will Mediterranean forest and landscape restoration efforts be contributing to reaching overall objectives on these issues?<\/strong> (Such as Bonn\u2019s challenge, CBD Aichi\u2019s target n\u00b015, UNCCD\u2019s land degradation neutrality objective, Paris\u2019s agreement on Climate and the decisions taken at UNFCCC COP 22 in Marrakech and ODD n\u00b015).<\/p>\n The \u00a05th<\/sup>\u00a0MFW will promote restoration at Mediterranean level, to federate around forests various undergoing initiatives related to the Rio conventions, and to achieve those through an agenda of ambitious actions and collectively mobilizing all the technical and financial partners of the Mediterranean countries.<\/p>\n Plan Bleu is an organizing member of this event, and more particularly of the following sessions:<\/p>\n \u2022 Overview: successful examples, restoration baselines around the Mediterranean<\/p>\n This session aims at highlighting the restoration activities at regional level, as an example of the principles presented during the first session on Monday afternoon. This highlight is built around two presentations, supported by practical examples of restoration, whether successful or not.<\/p>\n \u2022 Local governance, issues, methods and practical cases<\/p>\n This session is a part of the overview on restoration in the Mediterranean and aims at providing examples of practical cases, whether they are successful or not, restoration initiatives of Mediterranean forest and landscape that address the governance issue during their implementation, with the idea of disseminating good practices (successful cases) and identifying potential difficulties and their resolution paths.<\/p>\n Communication of Nelly Bourlion: Gouvernance locale : enjeux et m\u00e9thodes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Perspectives and difficulties for sustainable funding of the forest and landscape restoration<\/p>\n This session\u2019s objectives are to share the lessons learnt and the Mediterranean region (and beyond) good practices regarding the innovations on restoration funding, to identify risks and barriers limiting funding and to propose risks mitigation approaches, to present and discuss emerging funding opportunities, and finally, to specify the key elements of a funding strategy for a potential Mediterranean Restoration Initiative.<\/p>\n Communication of Nelly Bourlion:\u00a0 The regional FFEM project: \u00a0main lessons learned and evaluation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
The Mediterranean<\/a> Forest Week (MFW) is one of the major exchanges forums on Mediterranean forests,<\/strong> gathering stakeholders from different backgrounds (forest administrations, scientific and academic community, private sector, funders, civil society and NGOs). This event, taking place once every two years for a week, allows many discussions around a selected theme. After the 2010 edition in Antalya (T\u00fcrkiye), the 2011 edition in Avignon (France), the 2013 edition in Tlemcen (Algeria) on \u201cmitigation and adaptation strategies to cope with global changes\u201d, and the 2015 edition in Barcelona (Spain) on the \u201crole of Mediterranean forest value chains in a green economy\u201d, Morocco will welcome the 5th<\/sup> \u00a0edition of the Mediterranean Forest Week (MFW).<\/p>\n
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