Greater Mekong Subregion Core Environment Program and Biodiversity

Greater Mekong Subregion Core Environment Program and Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative ADB TA 6289 Executing Agency: ADB Implementing Agency: GMS countries Co-financed by: the PRC Fund, the Governments of Netherlands and Sweden Presented by: Huynh Thi Mai Department of Environment – MONRE Hanoi, 22 -23/5/2007 Photo: Zhu Hua

CONTENTS I. CEP-BCI in GMS 1. Background 2. Objectives 3. Activities, finance II. BCI in Vietnam 1. Time and Pilot sites 2. Activities and results 3. Capital 4. Implementing organization Photo: Zhu Hua

GMS Economic Corridors and Priority Landscapes

Declining Resource Base Forests: Decline in natural forest cover $27 billion annual disinvestment Fisheries: Declining freshwater catch Agriculture: Increasing soil degradation Industry: Reduced water quality

2 nd 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

CEP Components 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Sector strategy environmental assessments Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative Environmental performance assessments (EPAs) Capacity building for environmental management Sustainable financing

t 2 n e n o p Com 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

BCI Components Æ Improved livelihoods and reduced poverty Æ Harmonized land management regimes Æ Ecosystem restoration Æ Capacity Building Æ Sustainable financing

GMS Economic Corridors, Priority Landscapes and Biodiversity Corridor Pilot sites ECONOMIC 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

Biodiversity Landscapes Nine landscapes of particularly high biodiversity value in the GMS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Western Forest Complex Tonle Sap Inundation Zone Cardamom Mountains Northern Plains Dry Forest Eastern Plains Dry Forest Tri-Border Forest Central Annamites Northern Annamites Mekong Headwaters Six pilot sites within the landscapes selected to restore habitat linkages via corridors

BCI Pilot Sites Cambodia Thailand Cardamom Mountains Lao PDR Cambodia Xe Pian-Dong Hua Sao-Dong Ampham PRC Myanmar Lao PDR Xishuangbanna Thailand Myanmar Tenasserim Western Forest Viet Nam Lao PDR Ngoc Linh-Xe Sap Cambodia Viet Nam Eastern Plains

Expenditure and finance - Regional project is managed by ADB and is implemented by five GMS countries. - Implementing duration: 10 years, phase I: 20062008 - 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

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 Results 1. 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 You www. adb. org/projects/core-environment-program www. adb. org/projects/gms-biodiversity Project Office for CEP-BCI in Vietnam 85 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Hanoi Tel. 773 4245 Fax. 773 4245 Email: maiht 2004@yahoo. com