SwedBio Program f resilience & Development 2016-2020
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A knowledge-interface programme initiated by Sida in 2002 to strengthen resilience & sustainable development as a tool for poverty reduction. SwedBio is now a programme under the Stockholm Resisilience Centre, Stockholm University. During recent years SwedBio has been developing towards a more detached, international think-tank w...
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A knowledge-interface programme initiated by Sida in 2002 to strengthen resilience & sustainable development as a tool for poverty reduction. SwedBio is now a programme under the Stockholm Resisilience Centre, Stockholm University. During recent years SwedBio has been developing towards a more detached, international think-tank with a reduced dependency of Sida.
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The following results have been reported over a five-year period between 2016 and 2020. SwedBio - an active and appreciated actor to the CBD process. During this program phase, SwedBio has continued its active contributions to the CBD process. Among other things, SwedBio, together with the CBD Secretariat, co-chaired CBD COP 14 in 2016 on the theme of capacity building, which resulted in an action plan for capacity building for the Member States of the Convention. SwedBio has also over the years continued as an advisor to the Government Offices and as a member of the Swedish delegation to the recurring CBD SBSTTA, SBI and COP meetings in 2016, 2018 and during the extended process after 2020 GBF. Mechanisms for the financing of biodiversity and their safeguards; SwedBio has contributed significantly to the development of biodiversity funding mechanisms within the framework of CBD, a work based on previous programme phases where the development of safeguards was initiated through the "Quito dialogues" and related decisions at CBD COP 12 (Decision XII/3, 2014) on biodiversity financing. This initial process was followed up and supplemented by SwedBio with a checklist for the implementation of safeguards at COP14 (Decision XIV/15) in 2018. The development and adoption of safeguards for the financing of biodiversity through CBD has been an instrumental process to build trust among rights holders and other stakeholders during the resource mobilisation negotiations in the CBD. The decision presented recommendations for how protective measures can be better implemented, and SwedBio's work provided important examples of cases in this regard. Support for indigenous networks in dialogue processes. The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) is a global network of indigenous peoples and their organizations from the seven indigenous regions of the world. They have helped to build the capacity of indigenous peoples and local communities to influence negotiations on the Post-2020 Global Framework for Biodiversity (GBF), in particular with regard to traditional knowledge, management and conservation of coastal-sea biodiversity, indigenous peoples and local communities' rights to land, territories and resources. They have also engaged in IPBES with the aim of facilitating the participation of indigenous peoples and local communities in presenting their proposals for the development of the GBF. Behind these contributions lies a number of engagements that during the COVID-19 pandemic continued but under digital form. For example, a total of 700 delegates participated directly and 10,000 indirectly via YouTube and Facebook channels. The result of this process has been that the position of indigenous peoples and local communities and contributions to the GBF after 2020 were submitted through the IIFB's to the CBD Secretariat. This is an important process where SwedBio's support directly contributes to local interests and voices contributing to the design of future data and regulations for biodiversity. Local Biodiversity Outlook contribute evidence to the CBD. SwedBio has contributed as one of the initiators together with the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) and the CBD Secretariat with financial support for the first and second editions of Local Biodiversity Outlooks, which has become an important tool for providing evidence of indigenous peoples' and local communities' contributions to biodiversity, sustainable development and climate change commitments to the CBD. The document will continue to serve as an important entry point for these groups to contribute to the ongoing negotiations on the new GBF after 2020. Long-term commitment, coordination and contribution to IPBES global assessments. SwedBio's long-term commitment to IPBES dates back to 2012 when IPBES started, as well as the previous Millennium Ecosystem Assessment completed in 2005. SwedBio's role has been to focus on: capacity building for actors in developing countries in implementing assessments; interpretation of the assessment results and facilitation of their use for policies and practices; provision of funding, capacity building and networking. Another role for SwedBio has been the development of methods and tools for carrying out assessments and the dissemination and uptake of assessment results. SwedBio's methods and dialogue results inspire and influence the Integrated Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). This work primarily means that IPBES should take into account and refer to domestic and local knowledge (ILK) in its assessments. An important part of SwedBio's overall strategy and theory of change is, among other things, to work for several different knowledge systems and sources of information to collaborate in dialogue processes related to biodiversity. This has led to the development of a variety of methods for holding dialogue seminars that promote social learning and conflict resolution. Systematic documentation of these has led to these methods now being addressed by other global players, such as UNDP's biodiversity and ecosystem services network (BES-Net), which is a program that disseminates knowledge and information related to IPBES assessments. This is a testament to SwedBio's ability to also inspire global players and have a positive impact on approaches and performances of recommendations from the local to the global level. Innovative tools for locally driven solutions to protect and revitalize urban natural resources. The Urban Natural Assets for Africa cooperation programme led by the ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Centre has been implemented in eight sub-Saharan cities. A distinctive feature of the program has been the development of innovative tools and approaches, such as a mobile app, Photovoice, urban tinkering and Minecraft, to support local actors to jointly create locally driven solutions and promote community-based activities that engage citizens in the management of their cities. For example, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a garbage dump was transformed into a lush and popular park designed by local actors and community representatives through a methodology that involved the computer game Minecraft. In the workshop, the participants visualized what the park could look like while maintaining biodiversity and important ecosystem services. The designs developed in Minecraft formed the basis for the final design of the site and the positive effects have been immediate (recreation and local employment). Regional dialogues to link NDCs and NBSAPs. SwedBio initiated and co-organized a series of six regional dialogue seminars on the integration of climate change and biodiversity policies at national level. By exchanging technical knowledge, experience and lessons learned on the use of ecosystem-based strategies in climate-related activities at national level, the dialogues enabled countries and organisations to identify increased synergies between biodiversity and climate change policies and interventions, such as nationally determined contributions, national biodiversity strategies and action plans and other policy objectives. The dialogues resulted in positive political links with the contribution of nature-based solutions to climate change and continued follow-up partnerships, but implementation remains a challenge. Mobilization of networks and knowledge for agroecology. SwedBio's work to support the transition to a farm based on the principles and practical implementation of the agroecology movement has in 2020 led to increased mobilization and knowledge development in Africa. An example of this is the establishment of "Healthy soils healthy food" which is a joint initiative for knowledge exchange between the Africa Seed and Knowledge Initiative (SKI) and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), which represents over 30 million small-scale farmers, pastoralists, indigenous peoples, religious institutions, women's and youth networks, and consumer networks from 55 countries in Africa. This collaboration has led to the capacity development of 1,000 small-scale farmers and 60 government field staff in 2020 and provides an important part of SwedBio's contribution to climate adaptation for small-scale farmers in the countries where climate change is hitting hardest. Social Need Education and Human Awareness organization (SNEHA) Tribunal on Blue Economy Concept. SNEHA works with issues of environmental justice, gender equality and children's rights with coastal communities. Over the course of the programme, they have examined the impact of the blue economy concept on small-scale fisheries (SSF) in five Asian countries, which has revealed the marginalisation and exclusion of traditional fishermen from their traditional areas. Their investigations (case studies) were followed up by digital courts in 2020 and a joint tribunal. The tribunals have created an awareness of the consequences of the blue economy, especially for the affected communities, and raised a collective voice against the exclusion of small-scale fishermen. The tribunals have also addressed the effects of excluding ecology from the concept of 'blue economy' and that the use of maritime surveillance in the name of maritime security restricts the movement and access to fishing waters. It has created a firm foundation for being better prepared and for SSF communities in the five countries to defend their rights. Support the implementation of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication. SwedBio has supported networks representing small-scale fisheries so that they can be at the forefront of the locally led implementation of the voluntary guidelines to ensure sustainable small-scale fishing. This is the first international mechanism ever specifically intended for small-scale fishing, led by the FAO. SwedBio partners Crocevia's main focus has been to strengthen the practical application of these guidelines, especially with regard to human rights in small-scale fisheries contexts. Human rights as a condition for achieving the GBF post 2020 framework. Another important achievement has been to formally include the results of a SwedBio and partner-led workshop on human rights in the new framework for GBF after 2020. In February 2020, SwedBio convened the thematic workshop on human rights as an enabling condition in the GBF after 2020 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The workshop generated constructive and concrete contributions to the original zero draft. The seminar stressed that human rights are a necessary prerequisite for a successful post-2020 human rights framework and the recognition of human rights was identified as a major gap in the zero draft. The results of the workshop were presented at cbd's second working group meeting on the framework, and the report will be published on the official CBD website after 2020. It was also republished as a background document for the negotiations in Subsidiary Body 3 on the implementation in May 2021. Promote indigenous peoples' right to self-determination development. Several SwedBio partners are working to strengthen the recognition of local communities and indigenous rights. One example is the Pgakenyaw Association for Sustainable Development (PASD) in Thailand, which aims to gain recognition for the rights of the Karen people to their traditional methods of rotating agriculture, which are fundamental to their culture and livelihood, in national and local policies and legal frameworks, and to promote the socio-economic economy (NTFPs) and the transfer of indigenous knowledge between generations. A key strategy for achieving this recognition is to contribute to the creation of specific cultural zones. In 2020, pasd organised a meeting to draw on the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Minister for the Environment for the Declaration of a Special Cultural Zone that would enable the Karen people's traditional practice of rotational agriculture. A total of 1,000 people attended the meeting, which also confirmed an action plan for the communities of Mae Hong Son and other provinces to establish local self-determination zones in line with Karen's social, economic and political structures. WCS ensured gender equality in the management of small scale fisheries. One of SwedBio's partners, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Myanmar, places great emphasis on the significant effects of overcoming gender inequality in fisheries. Together with the Department of Fisheries, they used a step-by-step approach to promote the representation of women in the small-scale fisheries management. For example, in Kyeintali (West Coast Myanmar), WCS has prioritised gender equality in co-management, which is reflected in the establishment of 50 percent female representation on the association's co-management committee. The facilitation process for this website has also helped to strengthen women's active participation in activities, strengthen their voices and representation, and build their trust and leadership skills. Dialogues in gender equality and coastal aquaculture have enabled the dissemination of innovative yet highly practical methods for addressing barriers to women's actual participation, such as illiteracy, between regions and organisations through e-literacy training using smartphones, among others. This is an ongoing area of work because power imbalances both within organizations and externally with government agencies remain a challenge that will require ongoing support.
Background SwedBio's focus is biodiversity and since its establishment in 2002, the organization has worked to contribute to poverty alleviation, increased fairness, sustainable livelihoods and social-ecological systems rich in biodiversity that are resilient to different types of global changes such as climate change. The organization was first based at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), but moved in 2011 to the Stockholm Resilience Center. SwedBio is a programme that supports the generation and dissemination of new knowledge, a knowledge interface, with regard to resilience and ecosystem services. Objectives and overview of the operation The focus has been on developing countries, mainly least developed countries and other low-income countries. In these countries, SwedBio has worked with the following thematic focus areas: "Livelihoods, Food and Health; Cities and Biodiversity; Biocultural Diversity; Climate Change and Ecosystems; Values and Governance; and Assessments and Indicators." SwedBio has worked in all these themes in an integrated way and through a combination of dialogues and learning, art and culture, communication and education. During the programme phase, SwedBio has supported a total of 63 partner organizations operating in 57 countries. The majority of these partners have been regional or global networks that in turn coordinate and cooperate with national and local partners. In addition, the following overarching issues have formed the basis for SwedBio's operations throughout the programme phase: -Resilience perspective: there is a strong correlation between biodiversity and the resilience of an ecosystem, and thus its ability to deliver ecosystem services. - social-ecological systems rich in biodiversity: these systems are interconnected systems of man and nature and should not be treated in separation. - Poverty alleviation: there is a strong interrelationship between poverty, livelihoods and biodiversity and by addressing drivers of biodiversity loss, the vicious circle in which biodiversity loss creates vulnerability and poverty can be broken. - Justice, human rights and democracy: democracy and human rights are integrated through all activities and through a rights-based approach that analyses power structures in society, individual rights and the obligations of states throughout the development process. - Gender equality: SwedBio's work is guided by a gender and development perspective that recognises the need for a deeper understanding of the different gender roles of poor women and men as managers of ecosystems. - Endogenous development: SwedBio works from an endogenous development perspective, which means that they support organizations and collaborate with partners from the starting point for their supply strategies and worldviews, in an attempt to overcome a Western bias in grant and project design.
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