NFP Facility Partnership

SPC

The Partnership between the NFP Facility and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) was signed in March, 2005. The Partnership was developed in direct response to the recommendations made during the last meeting of the Pacific Islands Heads of Forestry held in May, 2003 which mandated the SPC with supporting activities that would facilitate a better recognition of the forests and trees' sector in Pacific Island Countries and Territories. The objectives of the Facility support are: (i) to raise awareness about the contribution that forests and trees can make towards poverty reduction and environmental stability and (ii) to strengthen capacities to formulate forest policies and advance nfps that follow internationally agreed upon principles. The planned activities were intended to complement efforts being made by the SPC's Regional Forestry Programme and other regional and international projects and programmes. The activities were meant to lead to a greater understanding of the importance of the forests and trees sector and, as a result, to a higher level of political commitment to sustainable forest management.

Points of Contact

• NFP Focal Point
  Mr. Sairusi Bulai, Forests and Trees Advisor, Land Resources Division
• Day-to-day NFP Facility Focal Point
  Mr. Sairusi Bulai, Forests and Trees Advisor, Land Resources Division
• NFP Facility Coach
  Xiaojie Fan

Implemented Activities

• June 2011
  

  Promoting children’s understanding of sustainable forest management and the multiple value of forests.

  SPC
• April 2011
  

  To support conservation and sustainable management of Sago Palm in Fiji.

  SPC
• June 2009
  

  Support the organisation and implementation of a regional consultation «fostering public participation in forest conservation: comparison of approaches, experiences and lessons learned in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Niue and Papua New Guinea»
• October 2007
  

  Supporting a short course on forest policy for sustainable forest management

  SPC
• April 2005
  

  Launching the partnership between the NFP Facility and the SPC

  SPC