Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)’s Post

❗Government and civil society in Jamaica have similar priorities for forest conservation and management! ✅ Government agencies are focused on national policies, plans and wide-scale initiatives while civil society is conducting programmes tailored to the local context and delivering concrete results on the ground for forests and communities. 💡It just makes sense (and cents) for more collaboration between Government and civil society to enhance efficiency and deliver stronger results for the Jamaican people, environment and economy. 📌 Check out the areas in which civil society and government priorities for forests align below ⬇️ 🔗Find out more about the work of the CSO Coalition for Forests here https://lnkd.in/eANdp3gs 🪙 The project Participatory budgeting and financial management for the forest sector in Jamaica is being implemented by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), in partnership with the Caribbean Coastal Area Management (C-CAM) Foundation and the Jamaica Conservation Development Trust (JCDT). This project is funded by the European Union (FED/2021/428-620). #forestday #JamaicaEnvironment #JamaicaForest #ParticipatoryBudgeting #csocoalitionforforests Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation JAMAICA CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST Jamaica Environment Trust Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI)

Check out our latest report on opportunities for integrating responsible land governance in national land restoration measures. This study provides insights from Malawi's Ntchisi Forest, and highlights a need to strengthen the capacity of different actors involved in forest protection and conservation at the local level. The effectiveness of landscape restoration efforts at the national level depend on the capacity of both government and community actors to fulfil their respective roles relating to land and natural resource management.

Studies have frequently shown the UK to be one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. 🍁In a bid to restore our natural environment, the government has set out plans for Local Nature Recovery Strategies. 🍂In a policy paper, Defra has given more information on what the Strategies must include and how they will be delivered. Read our article for a summary of the key headlines: https://loom.ly/wR9HKec

🌴Jamaica’s Coalition for Forests launches national campaign!🌴 🌿 The Coalition for Forests in Jamaica is launching a national campaign targeting local government actors, forest management agencies and key Ministers and Members of Parliament to increase the budget allocation for forest conservation and management; to promote incorporation of participatory budgeting and public finance management approaches by the Government of Jamaica at every level; and to ensure that the value and economic benefits of civil society’s work on forest conservation and management are recognised and supported by the Government of Jamaica. ✊🏾🫱🏾🫲🏾 The Coalition for Forests is an alliance of 27 civil society organisations (CSOs) in Jamaica working together to engage in collective analysis, advocacy and dialogue to promote participatory budgeting for the forest sector. This will lead to strengthened citizen engagement in and support for sustainable management of forest ecosystems and biodiversity in Jamaica to benefit livelihoods, socio-economic development and human well-being. 📢 Coalition members are advocating for increased budget allocation by the Government of Jamaica for forest conservation and management to benefit Jamaican people, environment and economy. They also want more funding to go towards supporting the important work being done by CSOs which are delivering results on the ground. David Walters, Executive Director of JCDT, noted that, “CSOs need to be part of the [forest budget] conversation. It’s not a competition. Partnership between CSOs and Government presents a stronger case for funding on the global stage.” 🪙 The Coalition for Forests is being supported under the project Building civil society awareness and capacity to engage in participatory budgeting and financial management for the forest sector in Jamaica with support from the European Union (FED/2021/428-620) which is being implemented by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), in partnership with the Caribbean Coastal Area Management (C-CAM) Foundation and the Jamaica Conservation Development Trust (JCDT). 🔗 To find out more about this project and the work of the Coalition, click here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dr22PaPW 🔗 To read the full press release, click here➡️ https://lnkd.in/e-wsRwNE #JamaicaEnvironment #JamaicaForest #participatorybudgeting #csocoalitionforforests Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) Jamaica Environment Trust 📸 Members of the Coalition for Forests, Jamaica. (Credit JCDT)

#worldoceansday2023  For Pacific Islanders, the Pacific Ocean is their primary economic, social, and cultural lifeline. Ocean management and conservation is vital now, more than ever before. USAID, through its #OurFishOurFuture project, is working towards the improved management of 500,000 hectares of locally-managed marine areas it works in around the Pacific Islands. This means over 1.2 million acres of sustainably managed ecosystems by resource-owners for future generations through establishing marine protected areas, designing and implementing management plans, fish data collection training, and resource-management training. https://lnkd.in/g2y7Dq-w

🌳Mandatory Replacement Afforestation Instead of Forest Protection Contribution Hungarian forest management regulations are among the strictest in Europe, however, there have always been investments and real estate developments that affected forest areas, the effect of which could so far be compensated by a fine in certain cases. As of 1 July 2023, the new provisions of the Forest Act brought pleasant changes, as even in the case of non-natural forests, the authority immediately obliges the developers affecting the forest area to reforest and not only to pay a forest protection contribution, if the size of the area reaches or exceeds one hectare. Read more on the topic in Borbála Maglai's recent article on CEE Legal Matters: https://lnkd.in/dzs6zQts #forestmanagement #foresact #afforestation #legalupdate

The topic of discussion in this study focused on survey questions to experts working in the protection, management and restoration of coastal wetlands in Australia. One of the key questions were "what (if any) are the current legal barriers to effective management, protection and restoration of mangroves and other wetlands?" The main issues that were identified was the integration of ecosystem services into decision-making frameworks, trade-offs and cost benefit analysis, land tenure issues, future migration and sea-level rise and restoration. From the interviews a list was compiled of key priorities for enhancing coastal wetland protection, management and restoration, which are: (1) Prioritise productive protection, management, and restoration efforts, (2) Obtain and maintain adequate and targeted funding to protect and restore wetland ecosystem services, (3) Take a holistic, whole of system approach, (4) Halt degrading processes and direct impacts on coastal wetlands, (5) Simplify processes for protecting and restoring coastal wetlands on private land, and (6) Normalise the language of ecosystem services. The study indicated a clear appetite for law reform with greater integration and holistic management of ecosystems, as well as further research needed into managing ecosystem services across different land tenures and facilitating restoration projects. Issues of managing trade-offs and prioritisation remain difficult to resolve, but greater integration of law and policy would facilitate the crucial first step of ensuring that these trade-offs are made explicit to decision-makers and therefore taken into account in decision-making processes. #wetlands #coastalresilience Environmental Science & Policy (2023) https://lnkd.in/eH7_bX_T