DGIS expenditure on international forest-related projects over the years and over continents
The main expenditure of the Netherlands on international support for forests and biological diversity is realised through the the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) as part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Most activities are relatively easy to identify and quantify. However, substantial international assistance from the Netherlands is also channelled through NGOs such as ICCO, Novib, SNV etc. as well a through NUFFIC, through more integrated projects and programmes. The components of these contributions to the conservation and sustainable management of forests and biodiversity on the moment are still hard to quantify and thus not incorporated in the figures below.
The figures below consist of the usual ODA-expenditure of DGIS/Ministry of Foreign Affairs on international cooperation relevant to sustainable management of forests and forest related biodiversity including the expenditure on BBI/PIN-MATRA programme. The tables and graphs are indicative and are meant to highlight trends rather then to provide absolute figures.
Table 1: Indication of DGIS expenditure on forest-related activities in international cooperation, and compared with total international cooperation (ODA) of the Netherlands 1996 – 2008
|
Year
|
Expenditure forests
(millions €)
|
Expenditure international
cooperation (billions €)
|
%
|
|
1996
|
24,8
|
3,2
|
0,78
|
|
1997
|
44,1
|
2,9
|
1,52
|
|
1998
|
58,6
|
3,0
|
1,95
|
|
1999
|
78,5
|
3,3
|
2,38
|
|
2000
|
72,4
|
3,3
|
2,19
|
|
2001
|
84,2
|
3,7
|
2,28
|
|
2002
|
84,0
|
3,8
|
2,21
|
|
2003
|
71,3
|
3,7
|
1,93
|
|
2004
|
73,5
|
3,4*
|
2,16
|
|
2005
|
63,6
|
4,2**
|
1,50
|
|
2006
|
73,2
|
4,5**
|
1,63
|
|
2007
|
74,4
|
4,6**
|
1,60
|
|
2008
|
65,6
|
5,0
|
1,30
|
Sources:
- Expenditure International Cooperation (ODA only): Ministry of Foreign Affairs; * OECD (Net ODA for 2004 and 2005);
**HGIS nota 2007; HGIS nota 2008 annual report to NL Parliament
- Expenditure on forest-related activities: PROFORIS database.
Graph 1: Trends on total DGIS expenditure in euros on forest-related (part of which tropical rainforest) activities 1999 - 2008
Source: PROFORIS database
The expenditure on international forest-related activities differs per continent (Africa, Asia, Latin America and projects with a worldwide coverage) as illustrated in table 2 and graph 2 below. The figure in table 2 shows a proportional division of forest-related expenditure over the continents (the total is 100%).
Table 2: Indication of DGIS expenditure on forest-related activities in percentages per continent 1999 – 2008
|
Continent
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
|
Africa
|
20,2
|
20,9
|
24,7
|
14,3
|
17,2
|
17,7
|
17,9
|
21,2
|
22,9
|
27,5
|
|
Asia
|
19,3
|
26,6
|
21,9
|
24,0
|
25,3
|
20,4
|
15,7
|
19,8
|
10,6
|
8,5
|
|
Latin America
|
32,5
|
35,0
|
33,4
|
34,1
|
27,4
|
29,7
|
25,4
|
22,1
|
20,1
|
24,4
|
|
Worldwide
|
28,0
|
17,5
|
20,0
|
27,6
|
30,2
|
32,1
|
41,0
|
36,8
|
46,4
|
39,6
|
Source: PROFORIS database
Graph 2 shows Forest related expenditure over the years per continent in euros. For example, in the year 2007 there has been spent: € 16.99 million for Africa; € 7.9 million for Asia; only 0.05 million € for Europe, € 14.98 million for Latin America and € 34.5 million worldwide, totalling € 74.4 million of DGIS expenditure (ODA) on forest-related activities. In 2008 a decrease could be noted to € 65.6 millon for the total on international Forest expenditure with specifically € 18.0 million for Africa, € 5.6 million for Asia, € 16.0 million for Latin America and expenses of € 25.96 million for Worldwide activities.
Graph 2: Indication of DGIS expenditure on forest-related activities in euros per continent 1999 – 2008
Source: PROFORIS database
Graph 3: Number of projects that contributed to the expenditure on forests and tropical rainforests 1999 - 2008
Source: PROFORIS database