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Tropical Forests Tropical Forests: Taking Stock and New Challenges What Guidance for French Stakeholders? 3RD R EPORT OF THE NATIONAL GROUP ON TROPICAL FORESTS Tropical Forests: taking stock and new challenges What guidance for French stakeholders? 3RD REPORT OF THE NATIONAL GROUP ON TROPICAL FORESTS Tropical Forests: taking stock and new challenges What guidance for French stakeholders? T his third report by the National Group on Tropical Forests has been edited and published jointly by the ministry of foreign affairs, the ministry of ecology, sustainable development and energy, the ministry of agriculture, agrofood and forestry and the French global environment facility This text may be reproduced for non commercial purposes, provided that the source is acknowledged. Electronic versions of the report and the accompanying documents are available at: www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/Rapport-GNFT-annee-2012. Cover photo: Kaw swamps nature reserve in French Guiana. © Xavier Remongin, ministry of agriculture, agrofood and forestry. Graphic design: Alain Chevallier. Translation: Alan Waite Layout adaptation: Evelyne Simonnet Quotation: GNFT, 2012. «Tropical Forests: taking stock and new challenges. What guidance for French stakeholders?» 3rd report by the National Group on Tropical Forests, 192 pages. June 2012 ISBN : 978-2-11-129906-1 PREFACE The management and future of tropical forests raises issues that tie in directly with French forest policy. Backed by long and diverse experience in forest management and spatial planning, it is France’s intention to take operational action to promote the sustainable management of tropical forest ecosystems. The sustainable management of overseas forests is in this way a major goal, combined with the desire to produce timber and procure environmental services and protect their exceptional biodiversity. Lastly, France has an important role in logging and in the importing and processing of tropical timber. It is supportive of stakeholders’ action for sustainable management of forests and a responsible and legally compliant timber trade. Eric ALLAIN Head of the General Directorate of Agricultural, Agrofood and Territorial Policies at the Ministry of agriculture, agrofood and forestry § Forests are a key component of the landscapes of France’s overseas territories since they are home to natural formations offering great variety and a wealth of biodiversity, timber resources and amenities for the local population and tourists, placing France among the leading tropical forest countries of the European Union with 9.3 million hectares. The forest policy for France’s overseas territories, combining as it does economic development, research and innovation and action to protect the environment, must be pursued in order to respond to the threats and the novel challenges of a markedly changed international context. This third GNFT report provides an opportunity to raise the awareness of 5 the widest possible audience to major efforts that need to be further inten- sified and supported by the entire community given that this a matter in the international general interest. Those efforts are founded in part on the interest taken by the European Union in the environments concerned and in the programmes conducted, most notably in the area of knowledge of natural environments and the sustainable development of tropical forest cover. Vincent BOUVIER General Delegate for French Overseas Territories, Ministry of the overseas Territories TROPICAL FORESTS: WHAT GUIDANCE FOR FRENCH STAKEHOLDERS? § Since its creation, following the decisions taken in Rio in 1992, France, working through the FGEF, the French Fund for the Global Environment, has devoted substantial effort to protecting and adding value to tropical forests, which represent a major issue for the global environment. This is so because they play a key role in regulating climatic cycles and hold a major share of natural resources. They are also an indispensable factor in soil protection. Lastly, tropical forests are sources of life and ensure the survival of a large percentage of the human population, acting as a unique vehicle for living resources. That is why tropical forests are and will continue to be at the heart of the strategy implemented by FGEF in support of multilateral agreements on the environment. François Xavier DUPORGE General Secretary, French Global Environment Facility § With this report, the GNFT is continuing its exceptional work in formu- lating a common doctrine for French actors in the tropical forest sphere, providing a range of points of view on an area in which confusion and polemic frequently seems endemic. This exercise, which is unique of its kind, is thus a valuable contribution which provides a basis for the interna- tional action of France and the European Union in the area of diplomacy and development aid, so true is it that tropical forests are pivotal to a multiplicity of global issues and claims to sovereignty and development. That contri- bution is also, and above all, a way of stimulating discussion and remaining attentive to the concerns of our international partners. Jean-Baptiste MATTEI Head of the General Directorate for Globalisation, Development and Partnerships at the Ministry of foreign Affairs 6 PREFACE § This report underscores the relevance of taking stock of the actions undertaken since the first White Paper, and the necessity of working to update the issues and outlook for the years to come. Biodiversity, water, energy, climate, sustainable production and consumption, tropical forests: all are at the heart of the issues addressed by our Ministry. This approach also supplements the policies in place, especially within the framework of the 2011-2020 National Strategy for Biodiversity. This has as its goal ensuring that biodiversity is a driver for development and regional aid in French overseas territories and promotes an integrated model for the conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests overseas. Jean-Marc MICHEL Head of the General Directorate for Spatial Planning, Housing and Nature, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy § Ten years on from the creation of the GNFT, this report demonstrates once again the relevance and the quality of the work done by this Group. Beginning after the Conference on Tropical Forests of January 2012, the reflections of the French actors have continued into a constructive and intensive dialogue leading to the identification of a number of key messages. On the occasion of the Rio+20 Conference, France must forcefully convey those messages, which are in total accord with the themes of global governance, sustainable development and the green economy. Conversely, the success of the Rio+20 Conference, and in particular the setting up of a dedicated United Nations agency for the environment, will be a major milestone on the road to the goal of forest conservation and sustainable management. Jean- Pierre THÉBAULT French ambassador for the environment 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Drafted by the National Group on Tropical Forests (GNFT) between February and May 2012, this publication is offered as a report on the procee- dings of the national conference on tropical forests held on 11-12 January 2012 in Paris and a taking stock of the issues and the necessary actions. Reflecting the plurality of the past experience, centres of interest and outlook of the French stakeholders, the report seeks to establish a synthesis around which they can come together and combine their efforts. The report does not therefore reflect the positions of the experts or institutions that have contributed to its drafting. Specifically, it does not define an official position on the part of the French government with regard to the topics discussed. The publication of the report has been coordinated by an editorial team led by Jean Pierre Thébault, French ambassador for the environment. The members of the team were: Guillaume Choumert, Ministry with responsi- bility for ecology (DAIE), Christophe Du Castel, Secretariat of the French Global Environment Facility, Stéphane Guéneau, CIRAD, Thierry Liabastre, French Development Agency (AFD), Cyril Loisel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGM), Jack Plaisir, General Delegation for French overseas territories, Jonathan Saulnier, Ministry with responsibility for forests (DGPAAT) and 8 Jean Paul Torre, Ministry with responsibility for ecology (DGALN). The team wishes particularly to thank its partners involved in the organisation of the Conference on 11-12 January 2012: the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Forests, Ecology and Overseas Territories, the French Global Environment Facility (FGEF), the French Development Agency (AFD), the Centre for international cooperation on agronomic research for development (CIRAD), the Group For Research and Technology Exchanges (GRET), the International Association of Forest Municipalities (COFOR International), the International Tropical Timber Technical Association (ATIBT), the Public Interest Grouping on Forest Ecosystems (ECOFOR), the Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences (AgroParisTech), the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) and the French National Forest Board (ONF). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The editorial teams wishes to express its sincere gratitude to the following for their ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS contributions to the Conference, and to the drafting and editing of this report: Frédéric Amiel Adeline Giraud Cléto Ndikumagenge Jacques Andrieu Sylvie Gourlet Fleury Valérie Oktar Sylvain Angerand Eglantine Goux Isabelle Ouillon Viviane Appora Anne Gouyon
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