Ngoc Linh – Xe Sap Biodiversity Conservation ACHIEVEMENTS OF PROJECT “ Ngoc Linh – Xe Sap Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Corridors” Implemented from 2006 to 2010 (BCI phase I) Huỳnh Tiến Dũng – WWF Vietnam Conservation Programme Manager (Former BCI Project Manager)
Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Quang Tri Hue Da Nang Hoi An (UNESCO site) Corridors 3D map Quang Nam
PROJECT CONTEXT • Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS) countries including: Cambodia, China (Yunnan and Guangxi), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam would like to improve regional economic cooperation. • Economic Corridors connecting GMS countries were suggested since 2011 to promote regional cooperation in transport, energy, telecommunications and trade in the sub-region.
Core Environmnetal Programme adopted at Second GMS Summit organized in China in 2005 - Core Environmental Programme (CEP) : initiated at a meeting of GMS Working Group on Environment in Sept 2004 in Hanoi, Vietnam. - CEP adopted by GMS countries at Second GMS Summit organized in China 2005. - CEP with 5 components(including BCI) approved by Vietnam Government in Sept 2006
Core Environmental Programe (CEP) and its components • Component 1. Environmental Assessments of Economic Corridors and Sector Strategies • Component 2. Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative (BCI) • Component 3. Environmental Performance Assessment and Sustainable Development Planning • Component 4. Capacity Building for Sustainable Environmental Management • • Component 5. Program Development, Delivery, and Sustainable Financing CEP coordinated by the Environment Operations Center (EOC), ADB
Economic Corridors and BCI pilot sites
Project Implementation • BCI is regional project including Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. • Regional level: coordinated and technical assistance by EOC/ADB • National level: coordinated by MONRE. • Provincial level: coordinated and implemented by Provincial Implemention Unit (PPIU). • WWF Vietnam: technical assistance and financial management in Vietnam. Project has 05 components: 1. Poverty alleviation through sustainable use of natural resources and development of livelihoods 2. Harmonized land management and government regimes 3. Restoring Ecosystem Connectivity 4. Capacity Building 5. Sustainable financing of the biodiversity corridor interventions.
BCI phase implementation time and budget Time: • BCI phase started in Vietnam in Nov 2006 and completed Oct 2010. Budget: • The planned budget: 5 million USD • Actual budget received: 1,8 million USD
BCI project sites in Vietnam Quang Tri province • 2 districts (21communes) Quang Nam province • 7 districts (50 communes)
Achievements from BCI Phase I Implementation
A. Policy outcome • Biodiversity Law 2008 • Draft Gov Decree on Biodiversity Corridor • Draft Gov Decree on Benefit Sharing Mechanism Benefit Sharing Mechanisms for People Adversely Affected by Hydropower Projects in Viet Namot testing (piloted in Avuong Dam, Quang Nam) • At least 7 hydropower plant proposals and 01 mining activity were stopped in the project area (corridors) by the end of the project (much more now). • 02 Saola protected areas established in Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue. • 01 elephant protected area established in Que Son (Quang Nam) • CDF Operation Regulation developed and applied.
B. Capacity and sustainable financing Capacity building: • Training need assessment conducted and various training provided: 80 training courses conducted and about 1300 people benefited. • Training subjects: Forest site mapping and planting, biodiversity survey, conservation education training, land use planning and land allocation, GIS, community facilitation skills, nursery management, camera trapping, nature crime investigation, law enforcement, market assessment and value chain, species survey techniques, CDF training, livelihood models, exchange visits and study tours to other countries, etc. • Awareness raising: A variety of awareness raising activities on biodiversity conservation undertaken such as education campaigns, environmental education network, school contests, posters, leaflets, etc.
B. Sustainable financing • Study the potential of “Harnessing Carbon Finance for the Biodiversity Corridors of the Central Annamites”. • Pilot testing of Benefit Sharing Mechanism for A Vuong Hydropower plant in Quang Nam (Draft Gov Decree made). • 20 CDF operated. • Central Annamites became WWF priority landscapes in 2011. More investment from WWF and a number of follow up projects granted (for example: CARBI) • More investment from government (for example: BCC phase II).
C. Community mobilization • 20 CDF established and operated. • Community protected area • 43 village patrol groups established • 11 community nursery established. • 36 villages signed common agreements for non-hunting areas. • 572 ha forested planted and managed by households (livelihood forest planting). • Establishment of mechanisms for legal harvesting by communities. • Protected area boundary demarcation by communities.
D. Poverty reduction and reduced dependency on ecosystem services • A lot of local people benefited from the project (improved access to finance, market linkages, alternative livelihoods options, improved social infrastructure, etc.). • Generation of employment opportunities through conservation works (village nursery, check dams, village patrolling, forest plantation, PA boundary demarcation, etc.)
E. Land use planning and improved land use rights • Participatory land-use planning piloted for 3 communes in Quang Tri. • Forest land tenure certificates for more than 500 households involved in forest planting. • District and commune forest protection and management plans
F. Reduction of ecosystem fragmentation and improved ecosystem services • The 6 corridors identified with the total area of 130.000 ha in 3 provinces. • 60% of critical areas for connecting fragmented PA identified and restoration undertaken. • Forest restoration, enrichment and natural generation by communities: (653 ha planted). • Law enforcement activities: snare and trap removal (5898 traps and snares), violators’ camps destroying (147), bush fence clearance (33.000 m), confiscation of 100 m3 of timber, handling and care of confiscated wildlife, release of captured wild animals. • Satellite images in the year 2006, 2007 and 2008 show that habitat status quo in corridor is maintained and forest cover is increased. • Research and study: land cover mapping; database design, biodiversity surveys, biological assessment and monitoring – camera trapping, flagship species, amphibian and plant surveys, etc. • Saola re-discovered recently after 15 years.
Critical issues from BCI phase I to be followed up • Lack of legal ground for the corridors establishment. • Follow up the Commune Development Funds established under BCI phase I
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