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Greening Regional Economic Cooperation in Support of Biodiversity Conservation Outcomes
Future Directions for the GMS
Mme Keobang A Keola, WREA, Lao PDR
Green growth and regional economic cooperation
GMS countries and ADB are working together to support Biodiversity through Green Growth strategies to:
• Eliminate or mitigate possible negative environmental impacts,
• improve investment performance, and • achieve sustainable development outcomes under
climate change scenariosTarget sectors: transportation, energy, tourism,
and agriculture & natural resources.
TOURISM
TRANSPORTAGRICULTURE
Approaches to greening growth1. Strategic economic analysis of projected
infrastructure needs • Identification of demand-driven
alternatives• Cost benefit analysis of projected
investments/biod. friendly alternatives• Pilot tested approaches• Improved data baselines and monitoring
approaches for decision makers• Increased environmental safeguards
capacity
GMS Biodiversity Conservation Milestones
• Established the concept of biodiversity conservation corridors in the region
• Pilot tested biodiversity sustainable finance and livelihoods approaches
• Established concept of and need for transboundary biodiversity conservation
• Engaged energy, tourism sectors in SEAs
GMS Biodiversity Conservation Milestones
• Established decision support modeling approaches
• Scaled up pilot biodiversity corridors $69 million in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam
• Established protocols for supporting other sectors
• Established monitoring and decision support protocols through EPA
CEP-BCI emerging role in the GMS
1. Regional coordination of conservation approaches to support the transport, energy, tourism, and A&NR sectors
2. Leading edge institution– Establishing new tools/approaches to
biodiversity friendly economic development
– Build national support unit capacity– Disseminate successes and BPs to
Asia/Pacific and global communities
3. Establish a regional database of development planning and biodiversity conservation data
The way forward
• Regular Assessment of conditions and trends– Improving knowledge of
existing biodiversity– Modeling impacts of
development, climate change
• Recognizing the value of biodiversity and ecosystems – Valuing stocks and flows– Improved decision
support modeling
The way forward
• Improve spatial planning and zoning
• Improving protected area management and enforcement• Establishing climate change adaptation and
mitigation measures in support of conservation outcomes
The way forward
Coordinated sustainable finance approaches for biodiversity conservation
• Investments of biodiversity conservation organizations
• Ecosystem services (REDD+, PES)• Biodiversity friendly private sector business investments (tourism, bamboo, forestry BPs, etc)
• Private sector financing for conservation e.g. CSR, offsets
• Supporting rural investments in education, health care
The way forward
• Strengthening transboundary approaches – clear scientific basis understandable to
policy makers, linkages to national policies, inter regional dialogue
• Developing international institutional support mechanisms for joint management– International protocols, data sharing,
communication mechanisms etc.– Enforcement mechanisms for protocols
Operationalizing the Way Forward
• CEP-BCI is a nationally owned regional platform for achieving biodiversity conservation outcomes through sustainable development
• Achieves conservation landscape outcomes by strengthening linkages coordinating approaches with line agencies and the ADB in the transportation, energy, tourism and agricultural and natural resources sectors.
• CEP – BCI will be used to harness and coordinate support from conservation groups, international funding agencies, private foundations and corporations
Time to act
• GMS is Top-5 Global Biodiversity Hotspots• High economic growth levels represent both
pressures and opportunities• Effective, creative, practical solutions under
development by the countries themselves• CEP-BCI is signature sub-regional model within ADB
– replication to other sub-regions (HoB and CTI) expected
• Makes GMS regionally and globally significant learning laboratory