Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Operations Center

Upcoming Events

1st December 2008: 3rd WGE Semi Annual Meeting (WGE SAM-3), Vientiane, Lao PDR.

CEP Fifth E-Newsletter
Asian Development Bank (ADB) GMS program webpage

"Colorful Yunnan" International Forum on Biodiversity Conservation

Draft Agenda (as of 11th  October 2007) [PDF: 26KB | 3 pages]

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
14:00 - 20:00 Registration
18:00 - 19:00 Welcome cocktail (hosted by YEPB)
Day 1 - Wednesday, October 17, 2007
OPENING CEREMONY
09:00 - 10:00 Chair: Dr. Wan Bentai, Director General of Nature and Ecology Department, 
China State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) 
Time Activity Speaker
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:05 Delivery of the congratulatory message from Mr. QING Guangrong, Governor of the People's Government of Yunnan Province (YPG)
09:05 - 09:20 Opening speech Mr. LI Ganjie, Vice Minister of SEPA
09:20 - 09:30 Welcome Speech Mr. GU Zhaoxi, Vice Governor of YPG
09:30 - 09:35 Keynote Speech Mr. Urooj MALIK, Director, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
09:35 - 09:40 Keynote Speech Mr. Magnus GISLEV, First Secretary, Science, Technology and Environment, Delegation of the European Commission (EC)
09:40 - 09:45 Keynote Speech Dr. Elsa NICKEL, Deputy Director General, Directorate Nature Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
09:45- 10:10 Group photo/Tea Break
Session I: Stratigies for Biodiversity Conservation
10:10 - 12:15 Chair: Mr. WANG Junqiang, Deputy Secretary General of YPG
Time Activity Speaker
10:10 - 10:35 Strategies and action plans of China for Biodiversity Conservation Dr. CAI Lei, Director, Biodiversity Office, Nature and Ecology Department, SEPA
10:35 - 11:00 Biodiversity conservation approach in South-East Asia: ADB perspective Mr. Javed H. MIR, Principal Natural Resources Management Specialist, Southeast Asia Department, ADB
11:00 - 11:25 Biodiversity conservation strategies in European Union (EU) Mr. Magnus GISLEV, First Secretary, Science, Technology and Environment, EC
11:25 - 11:50 Introduction to the China Biodiversity Partnership Framework and EU-China Biodiversity Programme (ECBP) Ms. SONG Xiaozhi, Deputy Director General, Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, SEPA
11:50 - 12:15 Introduction to the Initiative to Protect Colorful Yunnan Mr. WANG Jianhua, Director General, Yunnan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau (YEPB)
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch
Session II: Exchange on experiences in the development of biodiversity conservation corridors
14:00 -15:00 Chair: Mr. Javed H. MIR, Principal Natural Resources Management Specialist, Southeast Asia Department, ADB
Time Activity Speaker
14:00 - 14:30 Experiences in the development of biodiversity corridors in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Ms. KEOBANG A Keola, GMS Summit Coordinator and Acting Permanent Secretary, Water Resources and Environment Administration of Lao PDR
14:30 - 15:00 Experiences  in the development of biodiversity corridors in Cambodia Mr. Choun CHANRITHY, Director, Department of Natural Resources Assessment and Environmental Data Management, Ministry of Environment of Cambodia
15:00 - 15:30 Tea Break
15:30 - 17:00 Chair: Mr. John MACKINNON, Team Leader of Visibility and Awareness Component of ECBP
15:30 - 16:00 Experiences in the development of biodiversity corridors in Viet Nam Ms. MAI Huynh Thi, Core Environment Program Biodiversity Corridor Initiative (CEP-BCI) National Coordinator, Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam
16:00 - 16:30 Introduction on the biodiversity conservation and corridor development in Guangxi Province Ms JIAN Bo, Supervisor, Nature and Ecology Department, Guangxi Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau
16:30 - 17:00 Experiences of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the development of biodiversity conservation and BCI corridor in Thailand Dr. Songtam SUKSAWANG, Director, Research, National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department of Thailand
18:30 - 20:00 Banquet (Hosted by ADB/SEPA/YPG)
Day 2 - Thurseday, October 18, 2007
Session III: Biodiversity conservation: the way forward and international dimensions
09:00 - 10:35 Chair: Mr. Stefan Bundscherer, Environmental Policy Advisory Programme, Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
Time Activity Speaker
09:00 - 09:40 9th Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity - Ongoing preparations, challenges and expected outcomes Dr. Elsa Nickel, Deputy Director General, Directorate Nature Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, BMU

Edgar Endrukaitis, Executive Coordinator, Business & Biodiversity Initiative, BMU
09:40 - 10:05 The Asian Perspective on CBD: overview on the Asian perspective, targets for CBD in Asia, needs and/or reasons for failures Mr. Bhujang DHARMAJI, International Consultant
10:05 - 10:35 Discussion on the way forward
10:35 - 10:55 Tea Break
10:55 - 12:15 Chair: Mr. Tang Dingding, Deputy Director General, International Cooperation Department, SEPA
10:55 - 11:15 Progress and challenges in biodiversity conservation in Yunnan Province Mr. HE Bin, Director General, Yunnan Institute of Environmental Science
11:15 - 11:35 Introduction to the Nature Conservancy (TNC) China Programme on the biodiversity conservation Ms. NIU Hongwei, Country Representative, TNC
11:35 - 11:55 Introduction to the International cooperation program on the biodiversity conservation in Inner Mongolia Mr. ZHAO Fuquan, Deputy Director, Nature and Ecology Department, Environmental Protection Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
11:55 - 12:15 Introduction to the Biodiversity Conservation Action Plan of Sichuan Province Mr. LI Yuedong, Director, Nature and Ecology Department, Sichuan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch
Afternoon
Field visit