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Forest management as Nature-based Solution(NbS): Towards Forest-based disaster risk reduction (F-DRR)

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Date and Time

February 05, 2025 13:00-17:00 (Opening Time 12:30)(JST)

Venue

TKP Garden City PREMIUM Jinbocho, Premium Ball Room (3-22 Kanda Nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) / Online (Zoom Webinar) Held Simultaneously

Holding Method　

TKP Garden City PREMIUM Jinbocho, Premium Ball Room (Tokyo) and Online (English / Japanese simultaneous translation).

Purpose of the Event

Japan is located in a climate zone where heavy rains caused by typhoons and rainy seasons occur frequently, and has long suffered from frequent mountain disasters. To adapt such environment, Japan has developed and applied Forest-based Disaster Risk Reduction (F-DRR) technique that utilizes the functions of forests and trees to reduce the occurrence of mountain disasters. There is increasing international interest in using ecosystem functions as nature-based solutions (NbS). F-DRR is expected to be an effective climate change adaptation measure as NbS in developing countries by implementing it in upstream of river basins at relatively low cost. Since FY2020, FFPRI has been researching and developing with the aim of supporting the international deployment of F-DRR technologies by the private sector in Japan.

This year's international seminar aims to discuss the importance of utilizing the multifaceted functions of forests especially disaster risk reduction in regional development, based on the trend towards mainstreaming NbS. Presenters will share the importance of forest and land use planning that considers F-DRR and the issues involving local communities to such initiatives in developing countries. We hope that the discussions based on these presentations followed by a panel discussion will lead to the formation of regional development projects including F-DRR component and increase the number of participants to such projects.

Program

February 05, 2025 13:00-17:00 (JST)
Opening remarks
	Dr. Toru Asano, Director General, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
	Mr. Keita Nagasakiya, Forestry Agency, Japan
Session 1 : Key Note Speech
	Prof. Juan M. Pulhin, Professor University of the Philippines Los Baños "Harnessing Forests for Resilience: Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Development"
Session 2 : The Importance of Forest and Land Use Management in F-DRR
	Dr. Yasumasa Hirata, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute "Forest management for F-DRR functioning"
	Dr. Manzul Kumar Hazarika, Director Geoinformatics Center – Asian Institute of Technology "RiskChanges: A Cloud-based Open Source Platform for Multi-hazard Risk Assessment"
Session 3 : Challenges in Local Community Participation for F-DRR
	Ms. Sachiko Takinaga, Asia Air Survey Co.,Ltd. "Challenges in Local Community Participation for F-DRR"
	Dr. Hà Văn Tiệp, Director, Forest Science Center of Northwestern Vietnam, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Science "Local Efforts in Natural Disaster Risk Reduction through Sustainable Community Forest Management in Vietnam"
Panel Discussion
	Panelist : Speakers
Concluding Remarks
	Dr. Koji Tamai, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute

Organizer/Supporters

Organized by Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute

Supported by Forestry Agency Japan, Ministry of the Environment, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)