Deadline: 1-Mar-21
The LoCoFoRest (Locally Controlled Forest Restoration) training programme has been launched that focuses on one critical question: How can we scale up restoration of forest landscapes while securing the prosperity of local communities and maintaining and improving ecosystem services?
The Swedish Forest Agency (SFA) is lead organiser in partnership with Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and The Eco-Innovation Foundation (EIF). The programme is financed by the Swedish International Agency for Development Cooperation (Sida).
Forest landscapes are set to play an increasingly important role as they transition from a world reliant on fossil-fuel to a circular bio economy. Well-managed, natural forests are key for climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as meeting the growing global demand for wood-based products.
Objective
- LoCoFoRest will build capacity in national, regional and local institutions and organizations. The programme will give participants the skills and knowledge to enrich their organizations’ capacity to support local communities and entrepreneurs to make forest and landscape restoration scalable and to take advantage of new value chains and the growing demands of a bio based economy.
Training Programme Components
The programme has five components:
- Web-based preparatory course;
- Three weeks training in Sweden;
- Mentoring support for a “Change Project” project in the participant’s home countries;
- Annual restoration conference;
- Follow up alumni and networking programmes in participating countries.
Target Group
They are looking for participants from:
- National, regional and local government; civil society; private sector and academic organizations working with forest restoration, processing of forest products, management of forest ecosystem services and natural resources management such as water and biodiversity.
- Applicants are individuals working in these organizations and institutions, and require the approval of their employer.
- Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
For more information, visit https://www.skogsstyrelsen.se/en/about-us/our-task/project/locoforest/
