El papel de los Comités Asesores en fortalecer los valores del FSC en contextos diversos
la promoción de los valores de FSC a escala mundial. La sesión abordará los retos y las posibles ventajas de ampliar los comités consultivos en diversos contextos, basándose en las experiencias de Ucrania, donde el CC se estableció en respuesta a múltiples retos. El comité consultivo de África opera en un contexto marcado por retos políticos y económicos, por lo que se esfuerza por equilibrar la silvicultura sostenible con las realidades sociales y económicas de los distintos países. Por lo tanto, proporcionará una plataforma para reflexionar tanto sobre el papel y los logros de los CC existentes en África y Ucrania, como sobre los retos a la hora de establecer comités consultivos y su potencial valor añadido para la estrategia global de FSC.
A través de una serie de estudios de casos y debates interactivos, la reunión pondrá de relieve los logros, retos y lecciones aprendidas en un país en comparación con el contexto regional africano. En los debates también se tratarán las estrategias para reforzar el papel de los CC dentro de la estructura de gobierno y la estrategia global de FSC, y se ofrecerán ideas y recomendaciones estratégicas para el futuro enfoque de FSC respecto a los CC. Asimismo, incluirá reflexiones sobre el involucramiento de las comunidades locales en los procesos de certificación FSC y culminará con recomendaciones para aumentar la influencia de las comunidades locales en las futuras políticas de FSC. Esta reunión de colaboración pretende fomentar el intercambio de conocimientos y contribuir al desarrollo del marco estratégico de FSC.
Godwin Kowero
Prof Kowero is a renowned forest economist, researcher, and opinion leader. He has a background in academia and research and a is well-respected scholar on forest governance and policy matters in Africa and internationally. After a decades’s stint as CIFOR’s Regional Director in East and Southern Africa, he became the founder Executive Secretary of the African Forest Forum in 2008 and ran it for for 15 years before retiring in 2024.
Marine Elbakidze, Advisory Committee of FSC Ukraine
Marine Elbakidze is an Associate Professor of Geography and Deputy Head of the Advisory Committee of FSC Ukraine. She has conducted extensive research on the impact of FSC certification on forest biodiversity conservation across diverse ecological and socio-economic contexts. Her work integrates interdisciplinary approaches to forest governance, sustainability, and conservation, contributing to policy development and best practices for responsible forest management. She collaborates internationally to advance inclusive and science-based solutions for resilient forest landscapes.
Prudence Galega
Ms Galega has a legal background (LLB (MB) Option: English Private Law), and has been an active participant among the African Group of Negotiators in UN Climate Change and Biodiversity Framework Conventions. Prior to that she has been a Judge in Cameroon and a Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment. She also has a vast experience in the aspects of forestry and environmental governance issues and facilitated several forest governance learning and advocacy platforms for more than two decades, mostly in the Congo Basin.
Sergiy Zibtsev, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Professor at the Department of Silviculture of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. Head of the Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center (REEFMC). The REEFMC is associated to the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) and serving at the interface between fire science and landscape fire management by conducting training, facilitating inter-agency, multi-stakeholder and cross-boundary dialogue.
Fulbright Scholar at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (2004-2005). Laureate, Green Star Award 2013 of the Green Cross International (GCI), the UN-OCHA and UNEP. Awarded by Parliament of Ukraine “For serving to Ukrainian Nation”.
Prof. Zibtsev is an international expert in the ecology of radiation and UXO contaminated forests and has been working many years with all aspects of the problem of landscape fire management, coordinating wildfire science projects and development of landscape fire policy in Ukraine. Since 2018 worked on development of the development of the regional integrated fire management systems. Since 24.02.2022 after full scale military aggression of Russian Federation against Ukraine “Landscape Fires Advisory Bulletin” published regularly on REEFMC web-site. Involved in projects of OSCE on Environmental Impact Assessment on fire regimes of Russian-Ukrainian war.
Event Details
- Friday, 31 October
- Time: 14:30 - 16:00 (EST - Panama) / 20:30 - 22:00 (CET) / 03:30 - 05:00 (WITA)