Greater Mekong SubregionGreater Mekong SubregionCore Environment Program and

Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative

ADB TA 6289Executing Agency: ADB

Implementing Agency: GMS countriesCo-financed by: the PRC Fund, the Governments of

Netherlands and Sweden

Presented by: Huynh Thi MaiDepartment of Environment – MONRE

Hanoi, 22-23/5/2007

Core Environment Program and Biodiversity Conservation

Corridors Initiative

ADB TA 6289Executing Agency: ADB

Implementing Agency: GMS countriesCo-financed by: the PRC Fund, the Governments of

Netherlands and Sweden

Presented by: Huynh Thi MaiDepartment of Environment – MONRE

Hanoi, 22-23/5/2007 Photo: Zhu HuaPhoto: Zhu Hua

CONTENTSCONTENTSI. CEP-BCI in GMS 1. Background 2. Objectives3. Activities, financeII. BCI in Vietnam1. Time and Pilot sites2. Activities and results3. Capital4. Implementing organization

I. CEP-BCI in GMS 1. Background 2. Objectives3. Activities, financeII. BCI in Vietnam1. Time and Pilot sites2. Activities and results3. Capital4. Implementing organization

Photo: Zhu HuaPhoto: Zhu Hua

GMS Economic Corridors and Priority Landscapes

Declining Resource BaseDeclining Resource Base

Forests: Decline in natural forest cover

$27 billion annual disinvestment

Fisheries: Declining freshwater catch

Agriculture: Increasing soil degradation

Industry: Reduced water quality

Forests: Decline in natural forest cover

$27 billion annual disinvestment

Fisheries: Declining freshwater catch

Agriculture: Increasing soil degradation

Industry: Reduced water quality

2nd GMS Summit Declaration2nd GMS Summit Declaration

- CEP-BCI was proposed at the GMS-WGE 10 Meeting on September 2004 in Hanoi

- CEP-BCI was endorsed at the GMS environment Ministers’ Meeting in Shanghai, China in May 2005 and the second GMS summit in Kunming, China in July 2005

- CEP-BCI was approved on December 2005 by ADB and adopted on April 2006 at the GMS-WGE 12

Core Environment Program (CEP)

Vision: a poverty-free and ecologically-rich GMS Core Environment Program (CEP)

Vision: a poverty-free and ecologically-rich GMS

CEP ComponentsCEP Components

1.1. Sector strategy environmental assessmentsSector strategy environmental assessments

2.2. Biodiversity Conservation Corridors InitiativeBiodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative

3.3. Environmental performance assessments (EPAs)Environmental performance assessments (EPAs)

4.4. Capacity building for environmental managementCapacity building for environmental management

5.5. Sustainable financingSustainable financing

Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative

Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative

Aim: • Establish sustainable development and

management regimes in the GMS biodiversity conservation corridors

Activities:• Initiate at least six biodiversity corridor pilot sites

within GMS economic corridors• Link biodiversity conservation to poverty reduction

Aim: • Establish sustainable development and

management regimes in the GMS biodiversity conservation corridors

Activities:• Initiate at least six biodiversity corridor pilot sites

within GMS economic corridors• Link biodiversity conservation to poverty reduction

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BCI Components

BCI Components

Improved livelihoods and reduced poverty

Harmonized land management regimes

Ecosystem restoration

Capacity Building

Sustainable financing

GMS Economic Corridors, Priority Landscapes and Biodiversity Corridor Pilot sitesECONOMIC CORRIDORS:

• 3 North-South ECs

• 2 East-West ECs

• 1 Southern Coastal Corridor

PRIORITY LANDSCAPES

• There are 9 priority landscapes

BCI PILOT SITES

(Phase I 2006 – 2008)

• There are 6 BCI Pilot sites

BiodiversityLandscapesNine landscapes of

particularly high biodiversity value in the GMS

1. Western Forest Complex2. Tonle Sap Inundation Zone3. Cardamom Mountains4. Northern Plains Dry Forest5. Eastern Plains Dry Forest6. Tri-Border Forest7. Central Annamites8. Northern Annamites9. Mekong Headwaters

Six pilot sites within the landscapes selected to restore habitat linkages via corridors

BCI Pilot SitesBCI Pilot Sites

Cambodia Thailand

Cardamom Mountains

Lao PDRCambodia

Xe Pian-Dong Hua Sao-Dong Ampham

PRCMyanmarLao PDR

Xishuangbanna

Thailand Myanmar

TenasserimWestern Forest

Viet Nam Lao PDR

Ngoc Linh-Xe Sap

CambodiaViet Nam

Eastern Plains

Expenditure and financeExpenditure and finance

- Regional project is managed by ADB and is implemented by five GMS countries.- Implementing duration: 10 years, phase I: 2006-2008- Total estimated cost for CEP: 36,11 million dollars- Total cost for technique assistance managed by ADB: 25,570 million dollars- Co-financed by: the PRC Fund, the Governments of Netherlands and Sweden and ADB fund program as an aid modality - GMS countries: 600.000 USD in kind

Viet Nam has large shares of three important biodiversity landscapes

All are affected by GMS economic corridors (East West 1 and 2)

One pilot site selected to relink habitats in:

Central Annamites

Viet Nam

BCI Activities in Vietnam

- BCI was approved by the Prime Minister on 7/9/2006

- Implementing agency: + MONRE and related ministries and agencies + Quang Nam and Quang Tri provinces + NGOs: WWF, IUCN, Birdlife Inter.- Pilot sites: Quang Nam and Quang Tri

provinces- Duration: 2006-2008 for phase I

BCI Activities in Vietnam

Main Activities and Results1. National level:- Support to develop the Biodiversity Law- Procure equipments for the project’s office- Project supporting staffs- Operation costs- Field trips- National Steering Committee meetings- National consultants

BCI Activities in Vietnam

2. Provincial level:- Support in poverty reduction- Harmonize land management mechanism- Restore the ecosystems connection and biodiversity conservation- Strengthen capacity- Disseminate program, supervise and provide

sustainable finance

BCI Activities in Vietnam

Total capital

Total sponsor: 6,314 millions USD

National activities: 914 000 USD (include about 70.000 for IUCN)

Quang Tri and Quang Nam activities : 5,4 triệu USD (WWF manages)

BCI Activities in Vietnam

Implementation organization

- Establish a project office at DOE/MONRE- Establish national and provincial steering committees- Establish provincial project implementing unit- Build the organizational and activities regulations- Appoint National Project Coordinator- Establish working group- Recruit supporting staffs and consultants

Thank Youwww.adb.org/projects/core-environment-program

www.adb.org/projects/gms-biodiversity

Project Office for CEP-BCI in Vietnam85 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Hanoi

Tel. 773 4245Fax. 773 4245

Email: maiht2004@yahoo.com

Thank Youwww.adb.org/projects/core-environment-program

www.adb.org/projects/gms-biodiversity

Project Office for CEP-BCI in Vietnam85 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Hanoi

Tel. 773 4245Fax. 773 4245

Email: maiht2004@yahoo.com