THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT

SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA

African Solutions to African Problems in Natural Forest Management

3 – 7 November 2008 Stellenbosch, South Africa

http://www.sun.ac.za/forestry

About the symposium The bulk of African forests are found in the countries of Central Africa (37%) and Southern Africa (28%). The forests vary from tropical rainforests to tropical-subtropical deciduous woodlands to warm-temperate forests (at higher altitudes and latitudes). The forests are under immense pressure, being exploited for various resources: timber is used for industry and export purposes; non-timber forests products, sustainable livelihoods and the forests themselves constitute a value to be protected in conservation areas. Notwithstanding the large body of information regarding the causes of forest cover losses through deforestation or degradation, there is little information available to assess forest dynamics such as forest productivity, recruitment and tree mortality. This knowledge gap is compounded by the fact that little to no sustainable forest management is practised, and there is little to no integration between management for forestry, agriculture and nature conservation, for timber and non-timber products, or for industry and rural livelihood needs. Whereas the large and growing population, as well as the recent upturn of many African economies, provide rapidly growing domestic markets for these products and services, there is no assessment to date of the African forest capacity to produce them. Perspectives on the role of forests in development have evolved significantly following the Rio Summit in 1992. In many African countries, there is a growing recognition of the need to address the issues of poverty in national development programmes. Poverty Reduction Strategies have been put in place to sustainably use forestry resources and meet the Millennium Development Goals as well as the objectives of the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). To this end, some global initiatives have developed including Tropical Forest Action Plans (TFAPs), National Forestry Programmes (NFPs), the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF), Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF), and the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF). However these initiatives have had no substantial or meaningful impact on reversing the declining capacity to manage forests in Africa. This in part, has been ascribed to the low participation of Africa in international dialogues on relevant forestry issues and the lack of a forum on the African continent that could facilitate African stakeholders to dialogue on these and other issues. Climate change scenarios suggest that Africa and its forest ecosystems will face new challenges with great implications for the forests, household livelihoods, and national and economic development. A significant percentage of the population depend directly on forests for livelihood resources. Forests are important for planning climate change response strategies especially through policies at both national and regional levels in transboundary situations. It is therefore important to promote technical and scientific exchanges on both the implications and applications of sustainable forest management for adaptation to climate change without compromising forest ecosystem resilience, and their critical mitigation activities. We believe that we need to pursue an Africa-wide dialogue on issues of sustainable forest management to find African solutions to African problems in

the context of sustainable management of the African natural forest ecosystems. To do so, we first need to assess the state of African forests and their management: Do the African forest ecosystems have unique features that we need to incorporate into sustainable forest management strategies? Or do we have scientific and traditional knowledge systems of our forest ecosystems to guide the world on sound multiple-use, multi-disciplinary and integrated forestry-agriculture-conservation strategies and actions? To facilitate a discussion of these issues the the Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University, and the Commercial Products from the Wild Group, in collaboration with the Copperbelt University (Zambia), Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique), the Research Institute in Tropical Ecology of the National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research (Gabon), the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) will host the international Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Symposium, in South Africa from 3 to 7 November 2008. Relevant topics that will be addressed for both moist evergreen forests and dry deciduous woodlands are:

• Past and present distribution of forests – are the data on forest change and degradation correct?

• Forest disturbance and recovery – do we understand forest stand dynamics as basis for practical management options?

• Yield regulation systems for natural forests – how do we deal with multiple-use of timber and ntfp’s.

• Rehabilitation of degraded and cleared forests – is this possible? • Multiple-use for diverse needs – can this be done sustainably with socio-

economic benefits? • Forests and Climate Change Response - can we balance adaptation and

mitigation in climate change response programmes? The objectives of this symposium will be:

• To bring together national, regional and international policy- and decision-makers, forest scientists, forest ecologists, planners and resource managers from the forestry industry and trade (public and private sectors), farmers and rural communities, the education community, consumers of forest/tree-derived products, NGOs with forest, environment, social and other foci of work, individuals, and others;

• To share information, concepts and ideas within the broad listed topics through papers and posters;

• To facilitate networking among the many and diverse stakeholders in forestry in Africa;

• To facilitate development of specific programmes, projects and activities that address priority issues, and facilitate coordination, collaboration, dialogue and funding;

• To facilitate advocacy activities that have the potential to raise the profile of forestry, to highlight threats to forest resources and the environment, and to champion better management of African forests.

Invitation for posters All the presentation slots are filled and we cannot accept more papers. It is however still possible to present posters at the symposium. Poster abstracts will also be published in the symposium proceeding. If you are interested in presenting a poster please submit an abstract to Coert Geldenhuys (cgelden@mweb.co.za) before 1 October 2008. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words. Be sure to include your e-mail address so that we may send you a notice of receipt. Venue The symposium will be hosted in Stellenbosch at the Protea Hotel Conference Centre (http://www.proteahotels.com/stellenbosch). Stellenbosch, located approximately 50 km from Cape Town, is the second oldest town in South Africa, founded by Simon van der Stel in 1679 and renowned for its Cape Dutch buildings, university and wines. It lies in a fertile valley surrounded by vineyards, orchards and mountains. Stellenbosch is a haven for tourists who have time to walk around and savour the atmosphere of this unique town with oak-lined streets and water furrows. Open-air restaurants and cosy coffee shops line the shady streets and secluded lanes, inviting people to linger and observe the everyday activities of this bustling village. A century-long tradition of quality teaching and research has ensured Stellenbosch University’s place among the finest academic institutions in Africa. Stellenbosch has from very early on had a significant involvement in the history of education in South Africa. The history of the University dates back to the opening of the Stellenbosch Gymnasium in 1866 and the establishment of the Arts Department, which became the Stellenbosch College in 1881. In 1887, the jubilee year of Queen Victoria’s reign, this name was changed to the Victoria College, which acquired university status in 1918 to become Stellenbosch University.

Provisional programme

Monday, 3 November 2008 Topic Presenter

08h00 Registration

Session 1: Opening session and Keynote address 09h00 Welcome address Dean, Faculty of

AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University

09h30 Opening address Dr. M. Rampedi, Deputy Director General, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

10h00 Keynote address Prof Godwin Kowero, Chairperson, Africa Forest Forum

10h30 Tea Session 2: Forest disturbance and recovery processes

11h00 Disturbance and recovery in natural forests and woodlands in Africa: Some concepts for the design of sustainable forest management and rehabilitation practices

Coert J Geldenhuys

11h25 Linking disturbances to sustainable management of the Copperbelt Miombo woodland ecosystems of Zambia

Stephen Syampungani, Coert J Geldenhuys & Paxie W. Chirwa

11h50 Impacts of utilization on the composition and diversity of Mopane woodlands in Namibia

Isaac Mapaure & Albertina Ndeinoma

12h15 Analysis of the degradation of the forest ecosystem of Mbiye Island (Kisangani, R.D. Congo)

S-M. Nshimba & J. Bogaert

12h40 The influence of anthropogenic disturbances on small mammal population dynamics - case study of flying foxes in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Bénin

Bruno A. Djossa, Jakob Fahr, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko & Brice A. Sinsin

13h05 Lunch 13h50 Wild fauna and forest management in D.R.

Congo: caterpillars, bats, macroscelidides and birds in the Réserve Forestière de Yoko (Kisangani, Orientale Province)

A. Bapeamoni, T. Gembu, K. Kaswera & Wetshi

14h15 Interaction between fire and elephants in relation to vegetation of Miombo woodlands of the Niassa National Reserve, northern Mozambique

Natasha S. Ribeiro, H.H. Shugart, R.B. Swap, G.S. Okin, & E.B. Howard

14h40 Resilience of Savanna-Woodlands in Burkina Faso

Daniel Tiveau, Patrice Savadogo, Louis Sawadogo, Didier Zida & Djibril Dayamba

15h05 Historical changes in the extent, structure and composition of the forest in the KwaNibela Peninsula, St Lucia

Bridget M. Corrigan, Ben-Erik Van Wyk & Coert J. Geldenhuys

15h30 Tea 15h50 Patterns of plant succession in abandoned forest

fallows in Kenya Jared Amwatta Mullah, Ørjan Totland & Kari Klanderud

16h15 Aucoumea klaineana (OKOUME) as an indicator tree for sustainable forest management and certification in Gabon

Ghislan Ella, Coert J. Geldenhuys, Paxie W. Chirwa & Ludovic Ngok Banak

16h40 Litterfall and nutrient inputs in secondary forests: Okoume (Aucoumea klaineana) stands in Congo and secondary tropical forests in Africa

Joël J. Loumeto

Monday, 3 November 2008 Topic Presenter

17h05 Summary and conclusion

18h00 Welcome function

Tuesday, 4 November 2008

Topic Presenter 08h30 Current status and trends of forest management

in Africa Keynote Speaker: FAO person

Session 3: Productivity and yield regulation systems for natural forests 09h00 Above-ground forest biomass expansion factors

in the Beira Corridor Almeida A. Sitoe, René de Sousa Machoco & Flávia Tchaúque

09h25 Stand and tree growth in South African evergreen forests: synthesis after 10 years of measurements on 16 sites

Coert J. Geldenhuys & Janice S. Golding

09h50 Putting the forestry into participatory forest management – Simple protocols for sustainable logging

Steve Ball

10h15 Assessing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate

Nicolas Picard, Salomon Namkosserena, Yves Yalibanda, Fidèle Bayac & Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury

10h40 Tea 11h00 Spatial pattern, structure and demography of the

timber species Pericopsis elata (Harms) Van Meeuwen in the Democratic Republic of Congo

B Faustin Boyemba, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, M. Mate, J. Lejoly & C. de Canniere

11h25 Sustainable forest management and agricultural productivity in Côte D’Ivoire

Euphrasie Ben Houassa KOUAME

11h50 Sustained yield determination for non-timber forest products: development of harvest systems and management prescriptions

Wessel J. Vermeulen, Karen J. Esler & Coert J. Geldenhuys

Session 4: Resource harvesting and use management practices 12h15 Traditional management practices of Garcinia

lucida species and prospects for sustained resource management and improved local livelihoods

Nicole Guedje

12h40 The survival of Brackenridgea zanguebarica in the presence of harvesting threats

M.P. Tshisikhawe, M.W. van Rooyen, J.Y. Gaugris, K. Magwede & N.M. Siaga

13h05 Lunch 13h50 Trade and management of rattan in and around

Kisangani (RD Congo) Jean-Marie Kahindo, Robert Nasi, Jean-Pierre Mate, Jean Lejoly

14h15 Tourism, woodcarving trade and forest degradation around Cape Town (South Africa)

Christian Y. Mikolo, Paxie W. Chirwa & Cori Ham

14h40 Forest agriculture, sustainable livelihood strategies and biodiversity conservation in southern Cameroon

William A. Mala, Coert J. Geldenhuys & Ravi Prabhu

15h05 The Socialization of the Miombo: Is the glass half empty or half full: an examination of the interaction of woodland use, change and social systems in the Gokwe Rural District, Zimbabwe

Davison Gumbo

15h30 Tea 15h50 How people, biodiversity and trees can get in

each other’s way Eveline Trines

Tuesday, 4 November 2008 Topic Presenter

16h15 Modelling tree domestication and local knowledge within agricultural landscape mosaics in southern Cameroon

William A. Mala, Coert J. Geldenhuys, Ravi Prabhu & M.C. Diaw

16h40 Matching resource use needs in rural households, resource status and population dynamics of target species in Transkei Coastal Forests as a basis for sustainable resource use in the Port St Johns Forest Estate, South Africa

Sizwe G. Cawe & Coert J. Geldenhuys

17h05 Impacts and benefits of the integration of tree plantations in a protected area

Laurent Djodjouwin, Julien Djego & Brice Sinsin

17h30 Summary and conclusion

Wednesday, 5 November 2008

Topic Presenter 08h00 Field visit to Cape Peninsula small urban forests

(medicinal plant use impacts & forest rehabilitation after removal of alien tree stands)

Coert Geldenhuys & Liezl Bezuidenhout

Thursday, 6 November 2008

Topic Presenter 08h30 Beyond timber: making multiple use forest

management a reality in Central Africa forests

Keynote Speaker: Dr Robert Nasi

Session 5: Multiple resource use for diverse needs 09h00 The impact of policy on resource use in

Mozambique: A case study of Pidanganga Mario P. Falcão, R.U. Sumaila, Isla M. Grundy & Coert J. Geldenhuys

09h25 Towards the improvement of policy and strategy development for the sustainable management on non-timber forest products: the Swaziland case study

Cliff S. Dlamini & Coert J. Geldenhuys

09h50 Natural resources from community forests: Are socio-economic benefits sustainable for the communities?

Pascal Cuny

10h15 Gum Arabic Commodity Chain in the Yagha Province, Burkina Faso, Facing the Challenge of Sustainable Natural Resource Management

Mathurin Zida, Boureima Ouédraogo, Daniel Tiveau & Abdouramane Ousmane

10hh40 Tea 11h00 Evaluation of benefits associated with local

participation in resource management in forest concession areas – a case study from Zambézia and Sofala, Mozambique

Rosta S. Mate, H. Meilby & Mario P. Falcão

11h25 Coping with vulnerability: adding NTFPs to the coping strategy bundle

Fiona Paumgarten

11h50 Generating incomes from dry forest products: Case studies from Zambia, Burkina Faso and Ethiopia

Madeleen Husselman, Mathurin Zida & Habtemariam Kassa

Session 6: Forest management through institutional arrangements 12h15 Legality and sustainability in Cameroon: how

to reconcile the gap in the forestry sector? Paolo Cerutti, Robert Nasi & Luca Tacconi

12h40 Policy of community responsiveness and integrated forest management

Bocar Kante

13h05 Lunch

Thursday, 6 November 2008 Topic Presenter

13h50 Benefits and shortcomings of decentralized forest management in Burkina Faso

Henri-Noël Bouda, Daniel Tiveau, Patrice Savadogo & Boureima Ouedraogo

14h15 20 Years of experience of joint dry forest management in Burkina Faso

Louis Sawadogo & Daniel Tiveau

14h40 Forest management and conservation in Lake Nakuru Basin

Jackson A. Raini

15h15 Forest-based enterprises in Africa’s dry forests: Where do women stand?

Sheona Shackleton, Habtemariam Kassa, Madeleen Husselman & Mathurin Zida

15h40 Tea Session 7: Rehabilitation of degraded and cleared forests

16h00 Assisting natural forest regeneration in northern Ethiopia: One measure is not enough

Raf Aerts, Jozef Deckers, Mitiku Haile & Bart Muys

16h25 Germination of Widdringtonia whytei seed to provide alternative resources of this narrow endemic timber tree

Dominic Gondwe

16h50 Informing forest restoration through local knowledge: A study from the Wild Coast, South Africa

Dylan Weyer, Sheona Shackleton & Ayanda Sigwela

17h15 Impact of changing groundwater table on tree growth in Zazamalala forest, Madagascar

Ward Van Roy & Robert De Wulf

17h40 Summary and closing

Friday, 7 November 2008

Topic Presenter 08h30 Tropical Forests and Climate Change

Adaptation Keynote Speaker: Dr Paul Desanker

Session 8: Forests and Climate Change Response 09h00 Changing fire regimes in the

Cote d’Ivoire savanna: Implications for forest management and carbon sequestration

Moussa Koné, T. Bassett & Johnson Nkem

09h25 Historical and simulated ecosystem carbon dynamics in Ghana: Forest degradation and climates

Emmanuel Tachie-Obeng

09h50 Sustainable forest management puzzle: Policies, legislation, deforestation and climate change in Ghana

Benjamin A. Gyampoh, S. Amisah & Monica Idinoba

10h15 Reforestation / afforestation for adaptation and mitigation in Burkina Faso: limits, benefits and synergies

Fobissie B. Kalame, Monica Idinoba, Jules Bayala, Johnson Nkem & Yacouba Coulibaly

10h40 Tea 11h00 Forest goods and services in Ghana: Voices

from local communities on climate change and prescribed actions for adaptation

Monica Idinoba, Benjamin Gyampoh, Stephen Lartey, Fobissie Kalame & Johnson Nkem

11h25 Towards sustainable forest management in Ghana: Understanding the climatic risk and adaptation maze

Stephen L. Tekpetey, K. Frimpong–Mensah & Monica Idinoba

Friday, 7 November 2008 Topic Presenter

11h50 Community-based forest exploitation and natural forest policies: a strategy to safe guard the natural dry-forest against climate change in Burkina Faso

Moïse N. Médah, Joseph I. Boussim, Johnson Nkem, Monica Idinoba & Yacouba Noël Coulibaly

12h15 Climate change impacts on local communities in the Congo Basin forests: Perceptions and adaptation strategies

F. Ngana, Monica Idinoba, M.Y. Bele & Johnson Nkem

12h40 Forestry, climate change adaptation and national development in Cameroon

M.Y. Bele, C. Jum, Johnson Nkem, Monica Idinoba & D. Sonwa

13h05 Lunch 14h00 Discussion on future symposia in Natural

Forest Management in Africa

15h00 Closing

Social programme We recognise that a symposium cannot just be about work and there should be enough time for interaction, networking and enjoyment. Therefore are we organising a welcome reception on the first evening of the symposium and a symposium dinner on the evening of 6 November 2008. The costs for these events are included in the registration fees. Social excursions to Cape Town and the surrounding winelands can be arranged through Odyssey Travels (info@odystravel.com). Dates and Deadlines 1 October 2008 Submission of full papers and poster abstracts 20 October 2008 Last day for registration 1 November 2008 Last day for receival of registration fees 3 – 7 November 2008 Symposium 9 November Post symposium tour Scientific committee/ Review committee Pierre Ackerman University of Stellenbosch Paxie Chirwa University of Stellenbosch Coert Geldenhuys University of Stellenbosch Cori Ham Commercial Products from the Wild Wessel Vermeulen SANPARKS Mario Falcao Eduardo Mondlane University Stephen Syampungani Copperbelt University Ghislain Ella Research Institute in Tropical EcologyJohnson Nkem CIFOR

Accommodation Stellenbosch offers a variety of accommodation options, from cosy guesthouses to upmarket hotels. For more information on accommodation please see the symposium website. The symposium organisers can facilitate the process of finding suitable accommodation but all arrangements would be between the symposium delegates and the respective accommodation establishments. Transport The closest airport to Stellenbosch is Cape Town International Airport (CPT). There are a number of options available to travel to and from the airport that include taxis, shuttle busses and car rentals. We have arranged special travel fares with Odyssey Travels for symposium delegates to travel between the airport and Stellenbosch. They can be contacted at info@odystravel.com. More information on these options will be available on the website at a later date. Post symposium tour to Southern Cape forests The Southern Afrotemperate Forest, located between Mossel Bay (about 400 km east of Cape Town) and Humansdorp, is the largest (60 500 ha) natural closed-canopy forest complex in southern Africa. It comprises of mountain forests, coastal platform forests and coastal scarp forests. It is a species-rich, warm-temperate forest, and floristically unique with many species from the north finding the end of their distribution to the south here, often as disjunct populations. The management of these forests has a rich history, from destructive timber exploitation in the 1700’s to participatory, multiple-use conservation management that culminated in FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) certification in 2002, meeting national and international obligations for sustainable forest management. The state-owned forests are managed by the South African National Parks according to a multiple-use management system, with conservation, resource use (timber and non-timber) and eco-tourism as important land-use types. A policy and practice of participatory forest management (PFM) ensure local participation in decision-making and sharing of economic, social and environmental benefits from the forests. The tentative program for the tour is as follows: Sunday 9 November 2008

• Morning: Travel from Stellenbosch to George (5 hours) • Afternoon: Visit 40 ha long-term Groenkop Forest Study Site: Bark

(traditional medicine) and fern (florist greenery) harvesting experiments; studies of forest inventory, forest growth, litter fall, micro-climate, fire impacts on forest boundary, etc.

• Overnight between George and Knysna. Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 November 2008

• Travel to Diepwalle Forest north of Knysna to visit:

o Sites of surrounding fire-adapted Fynbos (Mediterranean type shrubland) and forest fragmentation and location pattern due to natural fires, and of current plantation forestry (pines and eucalypts)

o Arboretum of pure and mixed plantings of local indigenous tree species established between 1927 and 1932 with differences in developing understorey, and a Taungya planting of the same age.

o FVC (French Volume Curve) research site of 67 ha, established during the 1930s with >50 000 trees ≥10cm DBH permanently marked for regular remeasurement as basis of determining rate of forest change (mortality, ingrowth and increment) of moist and medium-moist High Forest in the southern Cape to refine the timber management systems.

o Timber yield regulation and harvesting practices (single-tree selection system, tree-topping to minimize gap creation)

o Eco-tourism activities. • Travel to Tsitiskamma (Storms River) Tuesday afternoon

Tuesday 11 to Wednesday 12 November 2008.

• Visits: o Blackwood (alien Acacia melanoxylon) Group System in natural

forest o ·Harvesting of Rumohra fern for florist greenery from natural forest

and through commercial production on farms, and fern harvesting monitoring

o Harvesting of medicinal plants (bark, a succulent geophytic dry forest species used by Rastafarian community)

o Forest-based outdoor recreation facilities and activities o Participatory forest management and community projects

(nurseries, wood carving from timber off-cuts) • Travel to Port Elizabeth in afternoon (2 hours) for departure to various

home destinations Due to logistical reasons the tour can only accommodate 40 participants. Registration information Fees The following registration fees apply to the symposium: Delegates ZAR 3 900 Presenters ZAR 3 5001 Post-symposium tour ZAR 3 500 The symposium fees include conference proceedings, a conference bag, the welcoming reception, symposium dinner, lunches and teas and the field excursion. The post-symposium fees include transport and accommodation.

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Registration and payment Registration fees are payable in South African Rands (ZAR) and should be paid according to the instructions on the registration form included in this announcement. Please complete the registration form and e-mail or fax it Ms. Poppie Gordon at mgor@sun.ac.za or +27 21 808 3603. Attendance to the symposium will only be confirmed once full payment has been received. No person will be allowed entrance to the symposium unless full payment has been received by 1 November 2008. Cancellation of registration For cancellations before 1 October 2008 the full amount less an administration fee of ZAR 200 will be refunded. For cancellations made after 1 October 2008 a refund of 50% will be made, while no refund will be made for cancellations after 1 November 2008.

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