Event title: Societies in Harmony with Nature: Locally-led landscape approaches - The Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative Programme Phase 4
Date & time: Tuesday, 22nd April 2025 10:00-11:30am (Tokyo time zone)
Format: Online event, pre-registration is required: https://undp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-lVVhbAQTiOuHP9Z6L3dTQ#/registration
Languages: Japanese and English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Principal organisers: Keidanren Nature Conservation Council and the GEF Small Grants Programme, UNDP
Co-organised with: MOEJ
In cooperation with: International Partnership for Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) Secretariat
The Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative Programme (COMDEKS) was launched in 2011 as a flagship programme of the Satoyama Initiative, a global effort to promote the sustainable use of natural resources in landscapes and seascapes with local communities. Known as socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS), these landscapes and seascapes include many uses, from farming and fishing to forestry. Their productivity and resilience are central to the economic well-being and cultural identity of communities who depend on them throughout the world.
With support from the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been implementing COMDEKS through the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) for over a decade. Since its launch in 2011, COMDEKS has supported over 400 community projects in 20 countries across three phases. In 2022, the programme entered its fourth phase, with support from MOEJ as well as the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF). COMDEKS Phase 4 is being implemented in 15 countries and is currently supporting locally-led projects across a range of landscapes and seascapes focused on biodiversity conservation and sustainable management.
The Keidanren Nature Conservation Council (KNCC) and UNDP will be hosting online seminar entitled “societies in harmony with nature: locally-led landscape approaches” in collaboration with the MOEJ and the International Partnership for Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) Secretariat. The seminar will provide updates on COMDEKS implementation to date and will present case studies from 3 participating countries.
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Opening remarks
Mr. Keiji Nishizawa, Chairperson, KNCC Mr. Yutaka Matsuzawa, Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, MOEJ |
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Overview and progress of COMDEKS Phase 4
Ms. Rissa Edoo, Partnership Specialist, GEF SGP, UNDP |
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Panel discussion: Sharing experiences from the field
IPSI Secretariat / UNU-IAS Ms. Suneetha Subramanian, Research Fellow, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) Overview of the resilience indicators toolkit as a participatory community-based tool SGP Costa Rica Ms. Ariana Araujo Resenterra, SGP National Coordinator in Costa Rica Sharing SGP Costa Rica’s seascape approach on the islands in the Gulf of Nicoya SGP Türkiye Ms. Gokmen Argun, SGP National Coordinator in Türkiye Sharing SGP Turkey COMDEKS Phase 4 experience in the Samsung wetland landscape SGP Cameroon Mr. Aime Kamga, SGP National Coordinator in Cameroon Sharing Cameron’s progress in the Bogo Sahelian landscape Moderator: Ms. Rissa Edoo |
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Q and A
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Closing remarks
Ms. Hideko Hadzialic, Director, UNDP Tokyo Representation Office |