1. Welcome to the Tanzania LUD Land Use Dialogue in the Ihemi Cluster, Southern Tanzania
31 October – 4 November
Iringa, Tanzania

2. Today’s Program Morning 09:00 Opening and introductions – John Nakei
09:45 The Land Use Dialogues – Gary Dunning
10:00 The Sustain Africa Initiative – Marie Parramon-Gurney
10:30 Background Paper Overview – Seth Shames
11.00 Co-chairs’ report from the field – Mary Ndaro
13:00 Lunch
Afternoon
14.00 Stakeholder perspectives & plenary discussion
15:00 Breakout Group Session 1, identify your key challenges
16:30 Break
16:45 Plenary Report Back from Breakout groups
17:30 Adjourn
18:30 Group Dinner

3. Welcome Dialogue Co-Chairs John Nakei – SAGCOT Chris Buss – IUCN
Mary Ndaro – CARE International
Steven Nindi – National Land Use Planning Commission

4. in Tanzania Gary Dunning The Forests Dialogue Ihemi LUD 2 October 2016
Iringa, Tanzania

5. The Forests Dialogue Purpose Structure
Established in 2000 by NGO and Business Leaders
Reduce conflict among forest stakeholders
International platform and process to discuss key SFM and conservation issues
Build mutual trust, enhanced understanding and commitment to change
Moving from a forest centric approach to landscapes
Structure
Steering Committee
Secretariat
Network of Partners
Structure:
Steering Committee
Designed for sector diversity
Environment & Social NGO, Unions, Research Organizations, Forest Owners, Indigenous Peoples, Companies, Intergovernmental Organizations
Two Co-Leaders
Dialogue Co-Chair
Secretariat
“To address significant obstacles to sustainable forest management through a constructive dialogue process among all key stakeholders.
TFD’s approach is based on mutual trust, enhanced understanding and commitment to change.
Our dialogues are designed to build relationships and to spur collaborative action on the highest priority issues facing the world’s forests”

6. Need for a Landscape- Based Approach
Challenges
Deforestation, degradation and water pollution;
Competing interests for land and natural resources;
Growing effects of climate change;
Lack of coordination.
But few practical models

7. Elements of a Landscape Approach
A process or strategy to reconcile competing land use interests;
Multi-stakeholder and cross-sectoral;
Recognizes the multi-functionality of landscapes;
Balances local needs and global development objectives;
Understands trade-offs between different land management choices to identify policy options, investment and development opportunities.

8. Land Use Dialogues Objectives
Practically test and evaluate the Landscape Approach;
Create new learning model of engagement between global private sector actors and local stakeholders in key, high risk landscapes;
Realize more sustainable and inclusive forms of development.

9. Land Use Dialogues Activities
Support (or establish) pilot platforms in several countries (Brazil, Tanzania, Mozambique, Chile, Myanmar, Indonesia);
Develop tangible, measurable, implementable actions for impact on the ground and among partners.

10. Land Use Dialogues Outcomes
Create locally developed ideas and activity plans to enable implementation of international initiatives and commitments;
Innovation and shared value;
Enhanced learning on practical implementation of the/a landscape approach;
Help companies fairly and effectively address the drivers of deforestation in their supply chain. 

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