THE CHAMBER OF FOREST ENGINEERS OF TURKEY

CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON FORESTS OF CENTRAL ASIA

İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİNİN ORTA ASYA ORMANLARI ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ KONFERANSI

конференции о Влиянии изменения климата на леса Центральной Азии

The Chamber of Forest Engineers

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The Chamber of Forest Engineers of Turkey, a non-profit NGO, was established within the framework of “the Law on Turkish Union of Chambers Engineer and Architect”

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Orman Mühendisleri Odasınca FAO ile işbirliğinde düzenlenen "İklim Değişikliğinin Orta Asya Ormanları Üzerindeki Etkisi Konferansı" Antalya’da yapıldı.

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ODAMIZ KÜRESEL İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ SORUNUNA KARŞI ULUSLARARASI DESTEK SAĞLIYOR.

Küresel iklim değişikliği sorununa karşı Orman Mühendisleri Odası uluslararası çalışmalara destek verecek. Orta Asya İklim Rehberi Projesi kapsamında; Azerbaycan, Kazakistan, Kırgızistan, Tacikistan, Özbekistan ve Türkmenistan ile birlikte ormancılık alanında çalışmalara katılım sağlayacak.

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ODAMIZ KÜRESEL İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ SORUNUNA KARŞI ULUSLARARASI DESTEK SAĞLIYOR.

Draft Outline for the Country Reports by Resource Persons

Resource persons are expected to prepare a brief country report about the impacts of climate change on forests in their country. These reports will be compiled and published as the Conference Proceedings of the “Conference on Climate Change Impact on Forests of Central Asia”.

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Draft Outline for the Country Reports by Resource Persons

Main Regulation of the Chamber of Forest Engineers:

According to this “Main Regulation” the first objective of the OMO has been indicated as “to make offers and assistance to the official authorities and other related organizations by executing all kinds of technical and scientific studies in order to protection, expansion and operation of forests”.

When we consider this item and other related items, we see that one of the main objectives of the Chamber of Forest Engineers, even the first goal, is to protect the forests.

Furthermore, with a Presidential Decree of Turkey published at Turkey’s Official Gazette at the date of 2nd August, 2019, “The National Biodiversity Coordination Board” was established. The OMO took part in this committee as the representative NGO from nature conservation sector.

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The Headquarter (the Center) of Chamber of Forest Engineers is in Ankara, which is the capital city of Turkey as well.

In addition to headquarters (Center) of OMO, there are several “branches” located in different places of Turkey. These branches are established or removed by the OMO General Assembly according to regional situations and the number of members. The management of each branch is determined by its members in a completely democratic election.

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In addition to the activities in Turkey, OMO, is working extremely active in the international arena. It has close cooperation with United Nations agencies including FAO.

As of 2018, OMO was the chair of the Council of European Foresters.

It’s is an active member of the Union of European Foresters (http://european-foresters.eu/meetings/gcm/74,6)

It is also an accredited Non-Governmental Organisation to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. (UNCCD) https://knowledge.unccd.int/cso/turkish-chamber-forest-engineers

Very recently OMO applied to become a member of “The International Union for Conservation of Nature– https://www.iucn.org/ which is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.

In 2018 OMO organized “The Fifth International Symposium of the Chamber of Forest Engineers of Turkey: The Role of “Public-Civil Society-Private Sector Cooperation and International Partnerships” in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Global Forest Goals, from 2 to 5 December of 2018 in Antalya.

Together with public institutions’ representatives like General Directorate of Forests and General Directorate of Nature Protection and National Parks from Turkey, as well as representatives of FAOSEC, several non-governmental organizations from Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Romania, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and France participated in this international symposium.

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During the symposium, Cooperation agreements with these NGOs signed.

Together with public institutions’ representatives like General Directorate of Forests and General Directorate of Nature Protection and National Parks from Turkey, as well as representatives of FAOSEC, several non-governmental organizations from Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Romania, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and France participated in this international symposium.

Azerbaijan

Department of Forestry Development Republic of Azerbaijan

eco.gov.az

Kazakhstan

Chairman of the Forestry and Wildlife Committee The Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Director of State Forestry Agency Ministry of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan

ecology.gov.kg

Tajikistan

Head of the Sector for International Relations and Information Forestry Agency under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan

Turkey

General Directorate of Forestry Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

www.ogm.gov.tr

Turkmenistan

Head of the Forestry Department Environment Protection Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection of Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Head of Department for International Relations and Ecotourism Development State Committee on Forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan

At European Level, Turkish Union of Chambers Engineer and Architect, which the Chamber of Forest Engineers is a part of this Union, is a member of “FEANI-European Federation of National Engineering Associations- https://www.feani.org/“.

FEANI is a founding member of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) http://www.wfeo.org/ and collaborates with many other organizations dealing with engineering and technology issues and engineering education. FEANI is officially recognized by the European Commission as representing the engineering profession in Europe. The federation also has consultative status with UNESCO, UNIDO and the Council of Europe.

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Information Note-Background

Within the context of Regional initiative 3, the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia http://www.fao.org/europe/fao-in-europe/en/ (REU) and the Sub-regional Office for Central Asia (SEC) agreed on delivery of the regional result related to strengthening of capacities of the technical networks in the region in adoption and promotion of the Nature-Based Solutions in the agriculture and forestry sectors supportive of the sustainable natural resource management under changing climate.

To deliver on above-mentioned result, development of “Guidelines on Sustainable Forest Management under the Impact of Climate Change in Central Asia” and organization of a “Conference on Climate Change Impact on Forests of Central Asia”, are inter alia subject of implementation by FAO SEC in 2021.

Overall objective of this capacity building activity is to provide FAO Member States with best practice examples to enable them to work together in support of common development objectives. These examples will promote local, cost-effective and proven solutions. Such solutions can be helpful for capacity development in other FAO Members. This overall objective also expects that the impact of the milestone will lead to improved policies in support of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), outcomes will enhance progress in reaching common development objectives and outputs will strengthen capacities of government officials in given technical areas on policy and strategy development.

In this sense, FAO SEC signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) for cooperation with the Chamber of Forest Engineers of Turkey (OMO) on the regional results agreed by FAO-REU and FAO-SEC for the biennium 2020-2021.

Under the LoA, OMO is organizing a “Conference on Climate Change Impact on Forests of Central Asia”, probably in Antalya, Turkey from 3 to 5 (or 10 to 12) August 2021 with the Draft Conference Agenda.

Depending on the COVID-19 pandemic-related constraints, the conference could be held alternatively online (without field excursion), but the default mode as referred to in the LoA is offline (physically, including field excursion).

The decision, whether to implement the Conference online, will be taken in the course of the implementation of the LoA in close coordination with FAO, latest on 15 June 2021.

OMO has initiated the activities to organize the Conference. In this respect, OMO will organize online consultation meetings with the resource persons between 10 and 14 May 2021. Additional information about the meetings will be sent to resource persons at earliest convenience.

The conference is expected to bring together 26 country representatives/resource persons and participants from countries in the region (From Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), and FAO specialists from SEC. Country representatives are requested to prepare a country report before the conference, present to the participants during the conference and update it after the conference. The country reports will serve as a basis of the Conference Proceedings and development of the “Guidelines on Sustainable Forest Management under the Impact of Climate Change in Central Asia”.

Conference language will be English with simultaneous interpretation in Russian and Turkish. All Conference documents will be prepared in English, Russian and Turkish.

In this context, countries are expected to nominate two resource person. At least one of them should be director or deputy-director of the forestry department. OMO encourages to nominate female participants and representatives of NGO if appropriate for attending the Conference. OMO will cover the cost of travel, visa, accommodation and meals of the participants.

Палата инженеров лесного хозяйства (Турция)

В контексте Региональной инициативы 3, Региональное офис ФАО для стран Европы и Центральной Азии (REU) совместно с Субрегиональным офисом ФАО для стран Центральной Азии (SEK) договорились о достижении региональной цели по укреплению потенциала соответствующих ведомств в вопросах принятия и продвижения природоохранных/природных решений в сельском и лесном хозяйстве, поддерживающих устойчивое управление природными ресурсами в условиях меняющегося климата.

Для достижения вышеупомянутого результата в 2021 году со стороны ФАО SEC будет произведена разработка «Руководства по устойчивому лесопользованию в условиях изменения климата в Центральной Азии» и, среди прочего, организация конференции о «Влиянии изменения климата на леса Центральной Азии».

Общей целью данной инициативы по наращиванию потенциала является предоставление государствам-членам ФАО примеров передовой практики, которые позволят им работать сообща в поддержку общих целей развития. Эти примеры будут способствовать продвижению местных, рентабельных и проверенных решений. Такие решения также могут быть полезны для развития потенциала других членов ФАО. Кроме того, данная общая цель предполагает, что результаты этой работы окажут влияние на совершенствование политики в поддержку достижения Целей устойчивого развития (ЦУР), и результаты будут способствовать прогрессу в достижении общих целей развития, а также повысят потенциал соответствующих государственных должностных лиц в разработке нормативно-правовой базе и стратегий.

В связи с вышеупомянутым, ФАО SEC подписали письмо-соглашение о сотрудничестве с Палатой инженеров лесного хозяйства Турции (OMO) по достижению региональных результатов, согласованных между ФАО-REU и ФАО-SEC на период 2020-2021 гг.

Согласно данному письму-соглашению, OMO организует конференцию на тему «Влияня изменения климата на леса Центральной Азии», предположительно, в городе Анталья, Турция, с 3 по 5 (или с 10 по 12) августа 2021 года с прилагаемым проектом повестки дня конференции (Приложение 1). В зависимости от ограничений, связанных с пандемией COVID-19, конференция может быть также проведена в режиме онлайн (без выезда на места), но, указанный в письме-соглашении режим мероприятия - очный (физически, включая выезд на места). Решение о том, проводить ли Конференцию в режиме онлайн, будет принято в ходе реализации письма-соглашения в тесном сотрудничестве с ФАО не позднее 15 июня 2021 года.

OMO начали реализацию мероприятий по организации конференции. В связи с этим OMO организует онлайн-консультации с экспертами в период с 10 по 14 мая 2021 года. Дополнительная информация о встречах будет отправлена консультантам при первой же возможности.

Ожидается, что конференция соберет представителей 26 стран / экспертов и участников из стран региона (из Азербайджана, Казахстана, Кыргызстана, Таджикистана, Турции, Туркменистана и Узбекистана), а также специалистов из ФАО-SEC. Представителям стран предлагается перед началом конференции подготовить страновой отчет, представить его участникам во время конференции и обновить его после завершения конференции. Страновые отчеты лягут в основу материалов конференции и разработки «Руководства по устойчивому управлению лесами в условиях изменения климата в Центральной Азии».

Язык конференции - английский с синхронным переводом на русский и турецкий языки. Все документы конференции будут подготовлены на английском, русском и турецком языках. В этом контексте мы хотели бы пригласить двух представителей из директивных органов, исследователей или менеджеров лесного хозяйства из вашей страны. По крайней мере, один из приглашенных лиц должен быть директором или заместителем директора департамента лесного хозяйства. OMO рекомендует вам номинировать женщин-участниц и представителей НПО, если это целесообразно, для участия в конференции. OMO покроет расходы на проезд, визу, проживание и питание участников.

Мы будем очень признательны получить от Вас заполненную форму регистрации (приложение 2) по электронной почте на адрес ca@ormuh.org.tr при первой же возможности, данные необходимы для актуализации дорожной карты.

С наилучшими пожеланиями,

Хасан Тюркйылмаз
Президент Палаты инженеров лесного хозяйства

Контакты для получения подробной информации:
• Исмаил Белен - консультант по внешним связям Палаты лесных инженеров
• Телефон: +90 506 222 48 19
• Почта: ismailbeleb52@gmail.com

Приложения:
• Приложение 1: Проект программы конференции
• Приложение 2: Форма для регистрации участников