WWF in China collaborating for conservation & opportunities for the future

John Barker Head of Programmes India and China Regions

WWF-UK

WWF in China Collaboration on the Yangtze programme Collaboration for conservation in China

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WWF has over

5,000 staff worldwide

+5,000

WWF has over

5 million supporters

+5M

WWF is in over

100 countries, on

5 continents

+100

WWF was founded

In 1961

1961

WWF entering China (1979)

1979年, 华国锋主席接见 WWF总部主席Peter Scott爵士

1980年, Peter Scott爵士与曲格平 （前国家环保总局局长）签约

WWF与中国 （WWF in China)

Then President Hua Guofeng receiving Peter Scott in 1979

WWF signed MoU with Chinese Govt in 1980

WWF China 2018

ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION

Green Transition 生态文明 绿色转型

DEFEND ECO-REDLINE 守红线

REDUCE FOOTPRINT 降足迹

CHINA GREEN GO GLOBAL

中国绿色走出去

Governance

Finance

Markets

Snow Leopard

Sustainable

infrastructure

Free-flowing rivers

Fishing ban

1.5 ℃

GFTN

National Park

- Tiger

- Panda

- Environmental education

- ….

Flyways

Industrial Park

High Plataea

Wetland Powered by RE

Climate Finance

Nature capital+

...

Sustainable consumption and production

- Supply chain

- -recycle

- Demand reduction

- ---

BRI

- China-Africa

- Responsible investment

- …

Rooted in China Engaging millions Accelerating Green Transformation in & beyond China

Strategy 2020: Three lighthouses

China organizational transition journey

Target transition completion: by end of 2018

Rep Office

Netw

ork

Fundin

g

Overseas

China

Project implementation contracts

Netw

ork

Fundin

g

One Planet Foundation (OPF)

Civil Non Enterprise (CNE)

• Upfront Funding

• Chinese Foundations

• Corporate Donation

• Licensing &

• Co-branding

• Individual Donation

• Donation

• Service Contracts

Rep Office

Program office National office

Wholly Foreign Owned

Enterprise (WFOE)

• Merchandize

• Consultancy

WWF and the Living

Yangtze

YANGTZE

FINLESS

PORPOISE

1991 2700 2006 1200-1800

2012 1040 2017 ????

Wild

Yangtze • 6,300km long – world’s 3rd

longest river

• 7,500m difference in altitude

from source to sea

• Area of 1.8million km2 –

almost the same size as

Mexico

• Unique ecosystem full of rare

endemic wildlife

• One of WWF’s 35 priority eco-

regions

• 476million people – 36% of

population of China

• Rich in resources –

70% rice, 60% freshwater fish,

40% grain, 33% cotton, 40%

hydropower, 50% industrial

products

• Represents 40% of GDP, annual

growth rate of 10-15%

• Yangtze Delta: “World Factory”

– more than 400 out of Top 500

companies

Human Yangtze

Scope --

Yangtze

The Yangtze River

Economic Zone

“For now and a longways into the future, the restoring of the

Yangtze’s ecological environment must be placed at the forefront.

Major protection, not major development is the goal”

President Xi stresses “green development” along Yangtze

River (Jan.5 2016)

WWF Living

Yangtze

prog. In

past 2 yrs

6. Water

campaign

3. New Basin

Governance model

4.Keep

healthy e-

flow

1. Wetland PA

network

2.Aquatic life

protection

5. Water

Stewardship

1. Enlarge Yangtze wetland PA network (252 members) with covering 2.9 million ha

area (guideline, demonstration, training course, etc.)

2. Promote aquatic life conservation in Yangtze with MOA (upgrading river dolphin

protection level, setup Chinese Sturgeon conversation alliance，start aquatic life

survey along Yangtze)

3. Initiate new basin governance model (Taihu Governance model 2.0，Taihu

Forum etc)

4. Postpone Poyang/Dongtin Lake dam and re-operation TGD

5. Successfully engage textile corporate to participate in water conservation

(Brand-SME-CNTAC, Industrial Park WS guideline)

Collaborating for a Living Yangtze

1.IRBM River Chief System

(from policy to practice)

GIWP, Ministry of Water , Hohai

University, China Executive

Leadership Academy (CELA) ,

River Chiefs ,

2.Reconnection river and lake

Fishing Ban

(from fishery to aquatic

biodiversity) Ministry of Water

, Local NGO’s e.g. Oppose

Electrofishing, Yangtze

Freshwater Foundation,

CBOs

3.Yangtze wetland PA network

China’s Wetland Redline

(From Yangtze network to China

network ) Nature schools, State

Forestry Administration , general

public

4.Sustainable Hydropower “hydropower by

design” (from re-action to pro-action)

Collaboration with Government,

MoU with Three Gorges Project Corp.

• Review of water release schedules ;Pilot

environmental flow releases ;Monitoring

of carp spawning

5. Wetland Ambassador Clean

Water Campaign (from student

to general public)

• Universities along Yangtze

• SFA，Ramsar CEPA

• NGOs: such as Earth Watch,

local NGOs, schools

6. Water Stewardship Green Development in

Yangtze

(from corporate engagement to multi-

stakeholder engagement) Nanjing University,

JiangsuEngnieering Consultanting Centre,

Private sector Companies , CELA ,

External: 1. Scale & Speed 2. Ecological Civilization, Green is Gold 3. Bubbling Public Internal: 1. Building of coalitions and collaborations 2. Complacency vs Imagination 3. Booming Non-Profit Sector 4. Capacity and resources

Reflection on challenges

Alliance to combat cybercrime

• 8 internet companies e.g. Baidu , AliBaba, Ten Cent

• Wide Range of government organisations : SFA, CITES Cyberspace admin Forest police bureau Customs , fisheries MoA, Industry and commerce

• NGO’s including TRAFFIC, China Wildlife Conservation Association and others .

• Media

CO2 emissions Living Planet Index

Climate Nature

2020-2030 Turning Point for the Planet

Bending the Curves

Bending the Curve

2020 Super Policy Year!

SDG 联合国可持续发展目标

UNFCCC 联合国气候变化框架公约

CBD 联合国生物多样性公约

IRBM River Chief System

(from policy to practice)

Collaboration with Practice of

Governance

By 2020 river chief system guidelines in

place and a citizen science initiative

initiated safeguarding China river’s health

Collaboration : GIWP, Ministry of Water ,

Hohai University, China Executive

Leadership Academy (CELA) , River Chiefs ,

Reconnection river and lake Fishing Ban

(from fishery to aquatic biodiversity)

By 2020, Yangtze 10-year fishing ban in place

for aquatic life conservation to reverse the

fishery resource decline and a plan for

smooth livelihood transition of 300,000

fishermen.

Collaboration: Ministry of Water , Local

NGO’s e.g. Oppose Electrofishing, Yangtze

Freshwater Foundation, CBOs

Key output by 2020 (2)

Yangtze wetland PA network China’s Wetland

Redline

(From Yangtze network to China network )

Yangtze Yellow Amur-

Heilong

Coast wetland

WI WWF PI Sino-

Russian

By 2020, half million Ha. of wetland is

effectively managed through China wetland

PA network and national wetland guidelines

are applied in high conservation value

wetlands.

Collaboration : Nature schools, State

Forestry administration , general public

Key output by 2020 (3)

Sustainable Hydropower “hydropower by design”

(from re-action to pro-action)

+ Governance & Finance

By 2020, the integrity of the Dongting ecosystem is safeguarded through re-operations of Three Gorges Dam and other solutions. Collaboration with Government, MoU with Three Gorges Project Corp. • Review of water release schedules • Pilot environmental flow releases • Monitoring of carp spawning

Key output by 2020 (4)

Wetland Ambassador Clean Water Campaign

(from student to general public)

Approach:

• Clean Water campaign

Collaboration

• Universities along Yangtze

• SFA，Ramsar CEPA

• NGO: such as Earth Watch, local NGOs,

schools

+ PED

Key output by 2020 (5)

Water Stewardship Green Development in

Yangtze

(from corporate engagement to multi-

stakeholder engagement) By 2020 Water Stewardship (WS) Industrial Park (IP) guidelines (i.e. food and beverage, textile, agriculture) have been developed and implemented with innovative schemes. Collaboration: Nanjing University,

JiangsuEngnieering Consultanting Centre,

Private sector Companies , CELA ,

+ Practice of C&E，Market, Governance and Finance

Key output by 2020 (6)