Integrated land use planning, a centerpiece for a successful forest and landscape restoration planning and implementation in Vanuatu
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Vanuatu has fragile ecosystems, which relies on the health of its forests. If forests are not protected or restored, the land becomes degraded, which results in a loss of soil fertility and increases in sediment loads in rivers and streams affecting drinking water supplies, inland and coastal fisheries and coastal tourism, all of which have a negative effect on the wellbeing of its citizens.Vanuatu started to work on a national Forest and Landscape Restoration Strategy (FLRS) after launching the Decade of Reforestation in March 2016. The idea had been circulated and discussed within government circles and non-government organizations where it received unanimous support. Between 2016 and 2018, three stakeholder consultations were conducted on Efate, Malekula and Santo to gather inputs from stakeholders. The results from these consultations were then incorporated into the first version of the strategy delivered in 2019. The first FLRS draft mostly revolved around tree planting, which was ambitious but did not put enough focus on the landscape part of forest and landscape restoration (FLR) and on the need to integrate restoration in long- term land use planning and livelihoods enhancement plans. FLR has to be part of, and trigger, integrated land use planning. Plans should be developed with all the stakeholders involved in the landscape agreeing on a common vision. These plans should focus on addressing the drivers of degradation and deforestation and on restoring lands for the benefits of people. With this in mind, the FLRS was revised in 2020. The implementation of this strategy relies in stakeholders’ ownership of the integrated plan and its implementation. Making all the stakeholders responsible for the sustainable management of the land is paving the way to success.
Keywords: Deforestation and forest degradation, Adaptive and integrated management, Landscape management, Sustainable forest management
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