Largescale Forest Regional Initiatives WWFs approach in Asia
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Large-scale Forest Regional Initiatives: WWF’s approach in Asia Guillermo Castilleja WWF International Symposium on Sustainable Forest Management Beijing, September 25 – 27, 2009
Regional Priority Places: Alps, Baltic, Gulf of California, Indus Delta, Mesoamerican Reef, Yellow Sea.
WWF Priority Places in Asia / Pacific 2. 4. 5. 7. 13. 14. 18. 21. 24. 28. 29. 30. 31. 34. 35. Altai Sayan Amur Heilong Arctic Borneo Coral Triangle Eastern Himalayas Lake Bailkal Mekong Complex New Guinea Southern Ocean Southwestern Australia Southwest Pacific Sumatra Western Ghats Yangtze Basin
Tropical Forest Loss: Sumatra Hectare (million) 1900 1960 1980 2000 2010 Montane Swamp Lowland 2000 2010 1900 1960 1980 (The World Bank, 2002)
Tropical Forest Loss: Borneo 1900 1985 1950 2005
Heart of Borneo Strategic Actions Targeted A 24 million ha mosaic of protected areas, transboundary managed areas, and sustainably managed forest corridors and buffer zones No further conversion of natural forests to other land use in the Heart of Borneo. A 100% increase in income generation from ecosystem goods and services are generated and equitably distributed
HEART OF BORNEO
17 16 15 14 12 13 11 HEART OF BORNEO Provisional Scope and Main Protected Areas (DRAFT) Kota Kinabalu Bandar Seri Begawan 10 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 9 19 8 Proposed Scope of Heart of Borneo 7 3 2 SARAWAK (MALAYSIA ) 4 6 International Boundary 6 5 1 20 Kuching Pontianak 21 23 18 SABAH (MALAYSIA ) KALIMANTAN (INDONESIA) 22
Partnerships for Responsible Forestry
WWF Forest Conversion Programme Roundtables on Sustainable Palm Oil and Soy Ensuring that high conservation value forests and habitats of key species are no longer threatened by the expansion of oil palm and soy
New Generation Plantations • High Conservation Values • Ecosystem Integrity • Balancing Social and Conservation needs and Building Assets
Large-scale Forest Regional Initiatives: WWF’s approach in Asia Guillermo Castilleja WWF International Symposium on Sustainable Forest Management Beijing, September 25 – 27, 2009
