International Model Forest Forestry Agency Network Secretariat Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan Secretariat du Reseau international de forets modeles International Workshop Model Forests for Field-Level Application of Sustainable Forest Management RECORD OF WORKSHOP DISCUSSIONS March 10 - 12, 1998 Tokyo, Japan Table of Contents Executive Summary ........... :.................................................................................... 3 1.0 Background.................................................................................................. 4 2.0 Workshop Objectives...................................................................................... 4 3.0 Keynote Address............................................................................................ 5 4.0 Key Findings................................................................................................ 5 4.1 Attributes and Characteristics of Model Forests............................................. 5 4.2 The Operational Role of Model Forests in progressing to Sustainable Forest Management.............................................................................. 7 4.3· Model Forests at National and International Levels .................... ~ ...· ................. 9 5.0 Co-Chair's Synthesis ....................................................................................... 10 Annexes A. Agenda ......................................................................................................... 13 B. Opening and Closing Remarks 1. Opening Remarks - Mr. Isao Takahasi, Director-General, Forestry Agency, Japan .................................................................................... 19 2. Opening Remarks - Mr. Frederick Johnson, Executive Director, International Model Forest Network Secretariat.......................................... 23 3. Closing Remarks - Mr. Isao Takahasi, Director-General, Forestry Agency, Japan..... 39 C. Key-Note Addresses 1. Mr. Yoshio Hironaka, Director, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Credit Foundation, Japan...................................................................... 45 2. Mr. S.K. Pande, Additional Inspector General of Forests, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India.............................................................. 57 D. Presentations/Case Studies' 1. Brazil, Country Report, by Paulo Jose Prudente de Fontes ............................... 67 2. Canada, Country Report, by Daniel Welsh................................................. 73 All papers contained in the Annex have been reproduced unedited and as submitted to the workshop secretariat 3. China, Country Report by Yaoguo Xiong and Zhaohua.................................. 85 4. CIFOR, Case Study, by Bambang Soekartiko and Neil Byron.......................... 91 5. FAO, Fact Sheet, Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management ...... JOI 6. Finland, Case Study, The Taiga Model Forest, presented by Taneli Kolstrom ...... 105 7. India, Country Report, by S .K. Pande and Bharat Lal................................... 113 8. Indonesia, Country Report, by Titus Sarijanto and Silver Hutabarat.. ................ 135 9. ITTO, Workshop Report, presented by Takeichi Ishikawa .............................. 141 10. Japan, Country Report, by Takao Fujimori.. ............................................... 149 11. Kenya, Country Report, by Ben Otieno Wandago ......................................... 155 12. The Republic of Korea, Country Report, Forestry Administration ..................... 161 13. Lao People's Democratic Republic, Country Report, Department of Forestry, presented by Khambay Khamsana............................. .. 171 14. Manitoba Model Forest, Case Study, by J. Mike Waldram............................. 189 15. Mexico, Country Report, Secretary of Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries, presented by Eduardo Casas Diaz.......................... 197 16. Myanmar, Country Report, by U Kyi Maung .............................................. 205 17. Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Forest Authority, presented by Kanawi Pouru ............................................................................... 217 18. Russia, Country Report, by Valentin V. Strakhov ........................................ 243 19. Gassinski Model Forest, Case Study, by Vladimir Pominov ............................ 257 20. Senegal, Country Report, by Ndiawar Dieng.............................................. 263 21. Thailand, Country Report, by Apiwat Sretarugsa.................. .. 267 22. United States of America, Workshop Report, Oregon Department of Forestry, presented by James E. Brown............................................... 277 23. Vietnam, Country Report, by Nguyen Ngoc Lung and Nguyen Truong Thanh ..... 291 E. Participants................................................................................................ 303 F. Annual Model Forest Workshop Series, Forestry Agency of Japan ......................... 317 2 Executive Summary The Tokyo Workshop on Model Forests was hosted by the Forestry Agency of Japan and was provided with sponsorship from the In~ernational Model Forest Network Secretariat (IMFNS). The three-day event brought together participants from 17 countries and four internationa'I organizations to this first of four.annual workshops to be hosted by Japan on the issue of field-level applications of sustainable forest management. This. inaugural workshop also represented a Japanese contribution to the consultation process to determine the future of the IMFN, as agreed to by 12 countries in meetings held on the margins of the World Forestry Congress in Antalya, Turkey, in October 1997. The Tokyo workshop sought to identify views among participants as to what model forests are and how they can operationally contribute to the goals of sustainable forest management at the field or landscape level. · To stimulate this discussion participants were asked to report on model forest or analogous initiatives in their countries and to discuss the model forest concept within the context of three specific questions: What are the attributes of a modei forest? What does a model forest do? How does it do it (locally, nationally, and internationally)? · The workshop output consists of the Compilation of Key Findings, which was endorsed at the closing plenary.' The document will be used by the Forest Agency of Japan in its planning for the 2ru1 international workshop on field-level applications of sustainable forest management and by the IMFNS as input into its global consultation on the future of the IMFN. Although the compilation document does addresses all three questions posed in the discussion, time did not permit in-depth discussion of the needs and expectations of participants in model forests with respect to networking. The workshop was successful in identifying a number of common themes and a variety of shared idea5 concerning model forests. In both plenary and facilitated working group discussion, considerable attention was given to the importance of an inclusive and flexible partnership structure and its role at the local level; of the need for model forests to be useful demonstration sites; and for them to address sustainable forest management issues at the operational level. There was broad concurrence that model · forests need to be relevant to both local communities as well as within given national policy frameworks and take into account the cultural, institutional and political setting. There is no standard template for model forest development. The attributes of partnership and sharing through netwo~king are common to model forests,, however, the activities and approaches taken to meeting the objectives of sustainable forest management must incorporate the variations and special circumstances found in the local environment d.ue to differences in the social, cultural, economic and political setting. The workshop findings validated the key attributes of partnership and networking which have been used to define model forests. The findings of this workshop will be incorporated with those of other regional and bilateral meetings in the IMFN consultation process and reported to the participating countries and other interested organizations. 3 1.0 Background The background of the workshop can be described as follows: The International Workshop on Integrated Application of Sustainable Forest Management Practices, held in Kochi, Japan in November 1996, proposed a "new culture" on land use planning and forest research and extension, which recognizes the linkages between the field level and tbe international level in the forest sector. The conclusion of the workshop was submitted to the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) at its fourth session for its deliberations on the Proposals for Action, and consequently, IPF, in its final report, acknowledged the usefulness of testing and demonstrating the concept of national forest programmes on an operational scale. Based on the outcomes of above-mentioned workshop in Kochi, Japan is now planning to host a series of international workshops on the promotion of field-level demonstration of sustainable forest management or namely, "model forest" projects, which is to be held annually from FY1997 to FY2000. This initiative is a part of Japan's strong commitment to promote and facilitate international actions toward achieving sustainable forest management, and is also consistent with a proposal made in August 1997 by the High-Level