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### Viewing cable 05SANJOSE2710, ON THE ROAD TO SANTA CRUZ: OAS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP

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05SANJOSE2710 | 2005-11-23 17:05 | 2011-03-21 16:04 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy San Jose

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 SAN JOSE 002710

    SIPDIS

    STATE PASS TO USTR

    E.O. 12958: N/A

    TAGS: SENV EAGR XS XM CS OAS
    SUBJECT:  ON THE ROAD TO SANTA CRUZ:  OAS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
    AND MODEL FOREST FORUM WEIGH SUSTAINABLE FORESTY, TOURISM
    AND AGRICULTURE

    ¶1.  SUMMARY:  On November 2, Regional Environmental Hub
    Officer (REO) and Regional Environmental Assistant (REA)
    joined Dan Martinez, Economic Advisor and Alternate
    Representative for the U.S. Mission to the OAS, Department
    of Agriculture official Catherine Karr-Colque, and other
    U.S. delegation members to attend the Organization of
    American States (OAS) workshop on Sustainable Forestry,
    Agriculture and Tourism.  The session was held at and co-
    hosted by  the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
    Agriculture (IICA) in San Jose.  The workshop served as a
    preparatory meeting for the 2006 Bolivia ministerial meeting
    on sustainable development.  Discussions clustered around
    three themes: building links across sectors, voluntary
    initiatives, and innovative financing.  Experts present were
    asked to identify potential areas of cooperation and
    innovative ideas, as well as to identify specific measures
    governments could take to foster such cooperation.  One such
    initiative, the Model Forest Global Forum, was showcased
    November 7-10 at the Tropical Agriculture Center for
    Research and Teaching (Centro Agronomo Tropical de
    Investigacion y Ensenanza-CATIE) in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
    End summary.

    Sustainability and the Bolivia 2006 Ministerial
    -----------------------

    ¶2.  The OAS November 2 workshop initiated a preparatory
    process towards the First Inter-American Ministerial Meeting
    on Sustainable Development to be hosted in 2006 in Santa
    Cruz by the Government of Bolivia.  The informal, one-day
    workshop identified useful steps in promoting sustainable
    agriculture, sustainable forestry and sustainable tourism at
    policy and project levels for potential areas of
    cooperation.  In his welcoming remarks, Costa Rican
    Environment Minister Carlos Rodriguez emphasized the
    challenge of convincing political leaders of the
    contribution of the environment to the country's GDP.
    Citing the work of noted writer Jared Diamond, Rodriguez
    argued ominously that failure to do so jeopardized continued
    human existence.

    ¶3.  The freewheeling discussions at the workshop centered on
    three main clusters: building links across sectors,
    voluntary initiatives, and innovative financing.  The
    session grappled with defining sustainable forestry,
    agriculture and forestry; replicating best practices; and
    incorporating trade and environment concerns in
    policy.  Major obstacles identified by participants included
    forest fragmentation, lack of integration among economic
    sectors, and the need to clarify the scope of activities
    described as "sustainable".  A common weakness among
    environmental management plans was the failure to identify
    the financial means to implement them, particularly for
    small and mid-size producers.

    ¶4. Co-host Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
    Agriculture (IICA), which provided the meeting space,
    delivered an overview of the major agreements reached at its
    August 2005 Ministerial meeting.  Costa Rica provided a
    thorough explanation of the importance of the country's
    payment for environmental services program
    (www.fonafifo.com).  Its delegate recommended a strong
    emphasis on objectives meant to be served by mechanisms, and
    in taking account of a country's social and economic reality
    when considering whether to replicate best practices.  The
    U.S. emphasized the importance of incorporating civil
    society and private partners to this process.  The CEC
    (Commission for Environmental Cooperation) and the OECD
    (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
    delegation emphasized the importance of governments' role in
    promoting access to information, in setting limits to the
    proliferation of sustainability programs, and to create new
    markets, among others.

    ¶5.  The organizers' summation stressed the need to manage
    ecosystems rather than specific resources, account for
    financial sustainability from the outset, and flagged
    marketing challenges.  The meeting provided ample
    opportunity for participants to share experiences, ideas,
    and creative approaches to integrating forestry, agriculture
    and tourism schemes, with civil society participation.

    Generating Sustainability: Global Model Forest Forum
    -------------------

    ¶6.  One relevant approach was highlighted at the November 7-
    12 commemoration of the International Model Forest Network
    Secretariat's (IMFNS) 10th anniversary.  The celebration

    SIPDIS
    brought together representatives from 35 model forests in 17
    countries.  Its objective was to share experiences and
    recall impacts, challenges and opportunities of their
    network at local, national, regional and global levels.  The
    IMFNS was established in 1995 in Canada to support the
    development of a global network of model forests that would
    foster international exchange of ideas on sustainable forest
    management.  The Secretariat aimed as well to facilitate
    international cooperation and support ongoing multilevel
    discussions related to sustainable forest management.  The
    IMFNS carries out its work through site-level support,
    training, and extension activities; facilitation of
    networking among model forests; regional, national, and
    international meetings and workshops; and communications and
    advocacy.

    ¶7.  As one of the pillars of sustainable forest management,
    sustainable economic development is a priority for many
    resource-dependent communities.  Stakeholders of model
    forests expect an economic dividend, but they need to be
    able to make informed choices, relying on information on
    alternate methods, non-traditional resources uses, and more
    sustainable natural resource extraction processes, among
    others.  The Forum showcased a variety of products from
    Model Forest projects, from Argentine textiles to Costa
    Rican nuts and Thai lamps.

    ¶8.  The term "model forest" was first used in 1991 to
    describe a program developed by the Government of Canada to
    develop broad-based voluntary partnerships within large
    forested landscapes that could translate sustainable forest
    management policies into practice.  The approach to a model
    forest must be flexible given varying conditions among sites
    and regions, but all model forest must share six key
    attributes to encourage program coherence and networking
    opportunities: an inclusive and dynamic partnership; a
    commitment to sustainable forest management; a landscape
    large enough to represent an area's diverse forest uses and
    values; a governance structure that is representative,
    participative, transparent, and accountable; a program of
    activities reflecting partner needs and values; and a
    commitment to knowledge-sharing and networking on all
    levels.  There are currently 40 model forests in the world,
    out of which 10 are in Latin America.  All three model
    forests in the United States dropped out of the program
    three years ago due to funding and coordination problems.

    ¶9.   Comment.  The OAS workshop was billed as the beginning
    of a process which would continue through a virtual forum
    and a follow-up meeting in Washington, which would
    contribute towards the final preparatory meeting leading to
    the ministerial.  Representation at the meeting was broad,
    but not deep and few NGOs participated.  One of the
    challenges of the OAS discussions is the preparation of a
    statement that would help guide government efforts on the
    ground, and efforts at the meeting to build consensus on
    definitions and common obstacles are steps in that
    direction.  The technical demands of programs like the Model
    Forest Initiative could be useful in identifying the
    metrics, enforcement capacity, and economic incentives
    needed to implement and track future progress.  Such
    guidance could prove particularly valuable for many
    countries in weighing the potential benefits from
    sustainable economic activity in the context of
    proliferating free trade agreements in the Western
    Hemisphere.  End comment.

    ¶10.  The final report with some possible next steps of the
    meeting on sustainability in agriculture, forestry and
    tourism will be included in the website created for the
    Ministerial Meeting on Sustainable Development in 2006
    (http://www.oas.org/osde/MinisterialMeeting/R eunionInterAm_e
    ng_Wkhp3.htm).  For more information on the IMFNS please
    visit www.imfn.net.  For questions or comments please
    contact Cinthya Alfaro, Environmental Assistant for the
    Regional Environmental Hub for Central America and the
    Caribbean, at alfarocg(at)state.gov, or 506-519-2392.

    LANGDALE

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