| Date/Time |
Theme/Activity |
Presenter |
| Thursday, 27 April 2006 |
|
08.30 - 08.40 |
Welcome Remarks |
Monthip Sriratana Tabucanon, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) |
| 08.40 - 08.50 |
Opening Remarks |
Arjun Thapan, Deputy Director General, Mekong Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| 08.50 - 09.00 |
Introduction of participants |
Javed Hussain Mir, Senior Natural Resources Specialist, ADB |
| 09.00 - 09.15 |
CEP-BCI: Challenges and Opportunities [PDF] |
Urooj Malik, Director, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Division (MKAE), ADB |
| 09.15 - 09.30 |
Overview of Biodiversity Corridor Pilot Proposals under the GMS Core Environment Program [PDF] |
Hasan Moinuddin, BCI Unit Leader |
| 09.30 - 09.45 |
Break |
| Session I: Ecosystems Connectivity and Biodiversity Corridors |
| 09.45 - 10.00 |
Landscape Mosaics: Integrating Forest Management and Environmental Services in Tropical Landscapes [PDF] |
Markku Kanninen, CIFOR |
| 10.00 - 10.15 |
Plenary Discussion |
Facilitator |
| Session II: Local Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction in Biodiversity Corridors |
| 10.15 - 10.30 |
Managing the Environment for Development and to Sustain Pro-Poor Growth [PDF] |
Paul Steele, IPS |
| 10.30 - 10.45 |
Plenary Discussion |
Facilitator |
| Session III: Climate Change and Biodiversity Corridors |
| 10.45 - 11.00 |
Potential Impacts of Climate Change and Regional Air Pollution on Biodiversity and Landscape Use [PDF] |
Frank Murray, Murdoch University |
| 11.00 - 11.15 |
Plenary Discussion |
Facilitator |
| Session IV: Sustainable Financing of Biodiversity Corridors |
| 11.15 - 11.30 |
Upstream, Downstream: How New York
City Saves Millions of Dollars by Paying
Upstream Communities to Protect the Natural
Water Filtration Qualities of the Catskill/
Delaware Watershed [PDF] |
Mark Kasman, US Environment Protection Agency |
| 11.30 - 11.45 |
Plenary Discussion |
Facilitator |
| 11.45 - 12.00 |
Announcements: Panel Discussion Groups |
Facilitator |
| 12.00 - 13.45 |
Lunch |
| Session V: Panel Discussions |
| 13.45 - 17.00 |
Panel 1: Ecosystems Connectivity and Biodiversity |
Discussion Leader: Markku Kanninen |
| The Terai Arc Landscape: A New Paradigm for Conservation in Nepal [PDF] |
Chandra Gurung, WWF Nepal |
| Biodiversity Loss in Xishuangbanna with the Changes of Land Use and Land Cover Over
27 Years [PDF] |
Zhu Hua, XTBG |
| The Great Green Triangle Project: An
Integrated Approach Toward Regional
Planning and Biodiversity Conservation in
the PRC/Lao PDR/Viet Nam Border Region [PDF] |
Chen Jin, XTBG and David Westcott, CSIRO |
| Management of Watersheds of Large Rivers - Yangtze, Mekong and Salween [PDF] |
Marc Goichot, WWF |
| Wetland Connectivity and Fish Migration |
Chris Barlow, MRC |
| Current Status of Biodiversity in the GMS
Countries, with a particular focus on the pilot
sites of the Biodiversity Conservation
Corridors Initiative [PDF] |
Jack Tordoff, BirdLife International |
| Measuring and Modeling Biodiversity Gains
and Losses for Different Socioeconomic and
Corridor Options [PDF] |
Ben ten Brink, MNP |
| Transport Infrastructure and Wildlife Trade
Conduits in the GMS: Regulating Illegal and
Unsustainable Wildlife Trade [PDF] |
Chris Shepherd, TRAFFIC |
| Northern Plains Lanscape Conservation - Cambodia |
Tom Clements |
| Photo-Monitoring of Changes in Biodiversity in Yunnan Province, People's Repblic of China |
Jim R. Lassoie, Robert K. Moseley |
| Panel 2: Local Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction in Biodiversity Corridors |
Discussion Leader: Paul Steele |
| Questioning Traditional Livelihood Models: Lessons Learned from Cardamom Mountains Pilot Project (CADP) Cambodia
[PDF] |
Suwanna Gauntlett |
| A Biofuels-based Livelihoods Strategy: Energy
Trees for Electricity, Transport, and Climate
Change - Field Experiences from Asia and Africa
[PDF] |
Emmanuel D'Silva, ICRISAT |
| Raising Rural Incomes while Conserving the
Environment: Non-timber Forest Products,
Specialty Agriculture Products, and
Compatible Enterprise Development [PDF] |
Maureen Decoursey, Winrock International |
| Poverty, Health, Governance and Ecosystems:
An ADB-IUCN Partnership to Improve
Knowledge and Address Challenges [PDF] |
Paul Steele, Institute of Policy Studies |
| Linking Communities to Employment
Opportunities and Markets: Policy and
Institutional Design Aspects [PDF] |
Ewald Rametsteiner, IIASA |
| Non-Timber Forest Products and Rural Livelihoods in Lao PDR:
Reducing Poverty through Forest Development and Conservation Interventions |
Andrew W. Ingles, Sounthone Kethphanh, and Andy S. Inglis |
| Panel 3: Climate Change and Biodiversity Corridors |
Discussion Leader: Frank Murray |
| Interrelationship between Climate Change,
Urban Air Quality and Impacts Inside and
Outside Cities: Rationale for Addressing Air
Pollution and GHG Emissions [PDF] |
Cornie Huizenga, Clean Air Initiative - Asia |
| Air Pollution and Ecosystem: Assessment of Effects of Ground Level Ozone on Agricultural Crops in Asia [PDF] |
Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, AIT |
| Climate Change and Consequent Impacts in the Mekong River Basin [PDF] |
Hans Guttman, MRC |
| Addressing Vulnerability to Climate Variability
and Climate Change - An Integrated Modeling
System (Case Study from India) [PDF] |
Satya Priya, RSMI |
| Panel 4: Sustainable Financing and Biodiversity Corridors |
Discussion Leader: Katherine Warner |
| Sustainable Finance Mechanisms, Protected
Area Networks, and Conservation Corridors:
Off-setting the Opportunity Costs of Biodiversity
Conservation with Tangible Economic Incentives [PDF] |
Jim Peters, Winrock International |
| Nature-based Tourism as a Funding
Mechanism for Protected Areas and Biodiversity
Conservation: Plans and Opportunities in the
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic [PDF] |
Paul Rogers, SNV |
| Payment for Environmental Services: Lessons
Learned from a Diagnostic Study in China [PDF] |
Zuo Ting, China Agricultural University |
| Payment for Environmental Services: A Pathway out of Poverty [PDF] |
Katherine Warner |
| Impact Monitoring for Watershed Management |
Christoph Feldkotter |
| Friday, 28 April 2006 |
| 08.45 - 10.00 |
Panel Discussion (part 3) |
Discussion Leaders |
| 10.00 - 10.15 |
Break |
| Session VI: Presentation of Panel Reports |
| 10.15 - 11.15 |
Presentation of Results by Panels 1 - 4 |
Panel Rapporteurs |
| 11.15 - 11.45 |
Plenary Discussion |
| 11.45 - 12.15 |
Response by GMS BCI Implementers |
