PART II SELECTED CURRENT ISSUES IN THE FOREST SECTOR 69 partnerships facilitate secure contractual of contracts with smallholders make it difficult obligations between communities and to involve the poor in compensation agreements companies, in that communities receive an for the provision of environmental services adequate economic return and companies are Moreover, many poor people are unaware of assured a supply of wood. The bargaining these income-earning possibilities and have no power of individuals and communities is often advocate to act on their behalf. Since poor people weak,and producer associations and alternative control an increasing share of tropical forest market outlets strengthen their power. NGOs land, it is crucial to involve them if goals related have a crucial role to play in strengthening the to climate mitigation are to be achieved. One negotiating power of farm foresters and approach is to compensate governments for not producer associations by making the contract logging certain areas(conservation concessions process transparent and by assisting the flow of Another is to pay local people for not information. Government is also an important deforesting and for safeguarding biologically player, since an enabling environment is diverse forest on their land(conservation quired for effective partnerships to take root. easements). Under these arrangements, direct payments are made on the basis of the Redesign of transfer payments. The lack of monitored quality of the forest resource Setting secure land tenure and the high transaction costs aside of areas in this way is still in a pioneer The Role of Forests and Trees in Poverty Alleviation Cortevecchia, Italy, 4 to 7 September 2001 To explore further the ways in which forests and forestry car Cut the regulatory burden on the poor and make regula- contribute to the United Nations Millennium Developmet ion affordable Goals and the targets of the World Food Summit, FAO, with support from the United Kingdom Department for Inter- CAPTURING EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES Remove the barriers to market entry that brought together Base land-use decisions on the true value of forests tioners to identify ways in which forest policy, legislation and Ensure that markets for environmental services benefit prog can alleviate poverty. Discussions resulted in an action that identifies four main areas Support associations and financing for local forest busi- STRENGTHENING RIGHTS, CAPABILITIES AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP Support the decision-making power of the poor Simplify policies and support participatory processes Strengthen the forest rights of the poor and the means to Promote multisectoral learning and action claim them Enhance interagency collaboration Recognize the links between forestry and local governance Make NGOs and the private sector partners to reduce REDUCING VULNERABILITY Make safety nets, not poverty traps Further details are availablein the Internet Support tree planting outside forests forestry/fon/fonp/cfu/brod69 SECTOR FOREST THE IN ISSUES CURRENT SELECTED II PART contractual secure facilitate partnerships and communities between obligations an receive communities that in, companies are companies and return economic adequate bargaining The. wood of supply a assured often is communities and individuals of power alternative and associations producer and, weak NGOs. power their strengthen outlets market the strengthening in play to role crucial a have and foresters farm of power negotiating contract the making by associations producer of flow the assisting by and transparent process important an also is Government. information is environment enabling an since, player .root take to partnerships effective for required of lack The. payments transfer of Redesign costs transaction high the and tenure land secure difficult it make smallholders with contracts of agreements compensation in poor the involve to .services environmental of provision the for of unaware are people poor many, Moreover no have and possibilities earning-income these people poor Since. behalf their on act to advocate forest tropical of share increasing an control related goals if them involve to crucial is it, land One. achieved be to are mitigation climate to not for governments compensate to is approach .(concessions conservation (areas certain logging not for people local pay to is Another biologically safeguarding for and deforesting conservation (land their on forest diverse direct, arrangements these Under). easements the of basis the on made are payments Setting. resource forest the of quality monitored pioneer a in still is way this in areas of aside can forestry and forests which in ways the further explore To Development Millennium’ Nations United the to contribute with, FAO, Summit Food World the of targets the and Goals and legislation, policy forest which in ways identify to tioners￾practi and makers-policy 60 some together brought that rum￾fo international an convened), DFID (Development national￾Inter for Department Kingdom United the from support an in resulted Discussions. poverty alleviate can programmes .areas main four identifies that action for agenda AND CAPABILITIES, RIGHTS STRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE poor the of power making-decision the Support• to means the and poor the of rights forest the Strengthen• them claim governance local and forestry between links the Recognize• VULNERABILITY REDUCING traps poverty not, nets safety Make• forests outside planting tree Support• affordable tion￾regula make and poor the on burden regulatory the Cut• OPPORTUNITIES EMERGING CAPTURING entry market to barriers the Remove• forests of value true the on decisions use-land Base• benefit services environmental for markets that Ensure• poor the nesses￾busi forest local for financing and associations Support• PARTNERSHIP IN WORKING processes participatory support and policies Simplify• action and learning multisectoral Promote• collaboration interagency Enhance• reduce to partners sector private the and NGOs Make• poverty /org.fao.www at Internet the on available are details Further .stm.brochure/brochure/cfu/fonp/fon/forestry Alleviation Poverty in Trees and Forests of Role The 2001 September 7 to 4, Italy, Cortevecchia