Non-Timber Forest Products – Exchange Programme

In November, SIANI held its regional network meeting 2024 in Bangkok, bringing together agrifood actors to explore the urban and rural food systems of South and Southeast Asia. Here are four highlights from the day and a summary of the roundtable discussions. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/gnFiTYPS

As we wrap up this year, we look ahead with hope and determination for 2025—a year of stronger partnerships, impactful solutions, and brighter futures for peoples and forests. 🌱 NTFP-EP Asia will be on a two-week break from 20 December 2024 to 05 January 2025. During this time, our office will be closed, and most staff will be on vacation. Wishing our colleagues, partners, and supporters a restful holiday season and a fresh start filled with purpose. Thank you for standing with us—let’s make 2025 a year to remember! 💚 Happy holidays and see you next year! ✨ #LinkingPeoplesandForests #NTFPEP

The Marketing Summit in Pakse was organized to provide opportunities for communities supported by the AFoCO CLMV Project and the Association for Rural Mobilisation and Improvement to bring together village-level NTFP producers and private commercial buyers, government institutions, local financial institutions including other civil society organizations and NGOs, to develop new marketing strategies and sustainable market linkages and partnerships. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gMErnJBw

🌿✨ Marketing Summit Highlights! 📢   The Marketing Summit in Pakse City, Champasak Province, Lao PDR successfully brought together village NTFP producers, buyers, government agencies, and financial institutions 🤝.   🌳 The summit served as a platform to: ✅ Introduce local forest-based products 🛍️ ✅ Build sustainable market linkages 🌱 ✅ Share insights on emerging NTFP trends and opportunities 🌏   This impactful event strengthened partnerships for community livelihoods, forest conservation, and sustainable enterprises across Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam!   The project of AFOCO with NTFP-EP Asia, implemented capacity-building programs to strengthen market linkages for community forestry MSMEs in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam. These initiatives empower communities to sustainably develop local resources while enhancing economic opportunities.   #MarketingSummit #SustainableLivelihoods #LinkingPeoplesandForests

𝗜𝗨𝗖𝗡 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟮𝟵 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟭 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 – On day 4 of the last week of #COP29Azerbaijan, NTFP-EP attended the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) reception in Gobustan Hall, Baku Stadium. Razan Al Mubarak, President of the IUCN, announced that the World Conservation Congress will be hosted next year in the UAE and invited its members to participate in the event. Nanay Nida, an NTFP-EP partner and community leader from Palawan, shared her experience at the social gathering with fellow IUCN members and guests. NTFP-EP has been a member of IUCN since 2017 and has fostered continuous community-led conservation measures for nature. #TheFutureIsIndigenous #LinkingPeoplesandForests #CommunitiesSpeak

𝗡𝗧𝗙𝗣-𝗘𝗣 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 #𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗨𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲! 𝟮𝟬 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 – NTFP-EP, represented by Dazzle Labapis and Lyra Puno and community partner Nida Collado, is one with the call to urge the Global North to #PayUp for climate finance. During the action in #COP29Azerbaijan, it was emphasized that the most vulnerable sectors, the local communities, and the indigenous peoples, can barely afford to stand by and wait. There is a united demand for the global south to collaborate to strengthen the call for accessible, equitable, and adequate financing that is apt for the community's needs. #ClimateJusticeNow #PayUpforLossesandDamages #CommunitiesSpeak

𝗡𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲! 𝟮𝟭 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 – The NTFP-EP and community partner, Nida Collado of Macatumbalen Community-Based Forest Management Association (MCBFMA), attended the side event organized by Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA) on “Locally-Led Adaptation for Gender-just Climate Finance”. The event emphasized the need to break the notion that women are always victims and showed that women are agents of change by inviting several speakers from across regions and even across the broad spectrum of stakeholders. Resource speakers from Indigenous Peoples organizations and women-led local communities presented their locally-led initiatives to respond to the changing climate. Amidst the legislative challenges that women are subjected to, they have developed resilient methodologies that organically arose from their grassroots initiatives, such as establishing a seed bank to preserve their indigenous seeds, maintaining their indigenous knowledge systems and practices that are weaved in their food security, and further improving the capacities that women have to give them more opportunities in meaningful participation in local decision-making processes. Also present at this event were global leaders with whom Collado interacted meaningfully post-event to share about her community’s on-ground realities and locally led initiatives. All sentiments lead towards amplifying the voices of local communities and Indigenous Peoples’ strong demand for gender-just climate finance. #TheFutureIsIndigenous #LinkingPeoplesandForests #CommunitiesSpeak

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁? 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲! 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘁? 𝗡𝗼𝘄! 20 NOVEMBER 2024 – NTFP-EP concluded its final #COP29Azerbaijan side event, “How Asia’s IPs, LCs, and CSOs Strengthen Local-to-Global Climate Solutions,” at the Indigenous Peoples’ Pavilion. The session amplified the voices of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and civil society, spotlighting their realities and solutions in the face of biodiversity loss and climate impacts. Key calls included redirecting funding from militarization to climate action, scaling up New Collective Quantifiable Goals (NCGQ) fivefold by 2025, protecting women human rights defenders, and ensuring equitable, community-driven climate financing.The event highlighted the 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗼𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗦𝗢 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗡 and featured a panel discussion with representatives from Nepal, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Panelists shared initiatives, challenges, and frontline realities. Our shared struggle against worsening biodiversity loss and climate impacts demands urgent action and solidarity. #ClimateJusticeNow #PayUpforLossesandDamages #CommunitiesSpeak

NTFP-EP and ACCC invites you to our booth at #COP29Azerbaijan! The NTFP-EP, together with Asia Climate Change Consortium (ACCC) through its member the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, are on their second day of showcasing stories of climate resilience from the ground. The booth is available for viewing until 21 November 2024 and can be visited in Booth #49, in the Side Events and Exhibit zone. We are giving away limited postcards showing the photos of the communities that we work with. See you there! #TheFutureIsIndigenous #LinkingPeoplesandForests #CommunitiesSpeak

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮, 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 #𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟮𝟵𝗔𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗶𝗷𝗮𝗻 | 𝗡𝗧𝗙𝗣-𝗘𝗣 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟮𝟵 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀! NTFP-EP accompanies community leader Nida Collado, fondly called Nay Nida by colleagues, in amplifying the voices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities from San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines. At a side event on gender-just climate solutions, Nay Nida listened to compelling stories from women worldwide. A woman from Pakistan shared how climate change erased an entire village, linking it to sexual and reproductive health. A Kenyan woman leader called for protecting women as custodians of traditional knowledge, underscoring their essential role in preserving cultural and ecological heritage. Aligning climate and biodiversity actions according to Nay Nida, needs to highlight the critical need for direct access to climate finance, which is hindered by lengthy bureaucratic processes and the artificial divide between mitigation and adaptation strategies. Nay Nida champions the importance of securing land tenure, noting that without it, forest dwellers cannot commit to sustained forest protection. 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄! #TheFutureIsIndigenous #LinkingPeoplesandForests #CommunitiesSpeak