Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Operations Center

Upcoming Events

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

Myanmar National Environment Performance Assessment Report
Asian Development Bank (ADB) GMS program webpage

Component 2: Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative (BCI)
Task Leader: Dr. Hasan Moinuddin

Aim: By 2008, at least five biodiversity corridor pilot sites established, poverty reduction measures and ecosystem restoration undertaken, and ecosystem service payment mechanisms developed.

Activities

  • Initiate biodiversity corridor pilot sites within GMS economic corridors.
  • Link biodiversity conservation to poverty reduction at pilot sites.
  • Harmonized land management and governance regimes.
  • Restoring ecosystem connectivity.
  • Capacity building.
  • Sustainable financing of the biodiversity corridor interventions.

BCI Pilot Sites

  1. Cardamom Mountains: Cambodia/Thailand
    [Profile]
    [Status Report 2007]
  2. Eastern Plains: Cambodia
    [Profile]
    [Status Report 2007]
  3. Xe Pian-Dong Hua Sao-Dong Ampham: Lao PDR/Cambodia
    [Profile]
    [Status Report 2007]
  4. Xishuangbanna: PRC/Myanmar
    [Profile]
    [Status Report 2007]
  5. Tenasserim: Thailand/Myanmar
    [Profile]
    [Status Report 2007]
  6. Khao Yai-Thaplan National Park: Thailand
  7. Ngoc Linh-Xe Sap: Viet Nam/Lao PDR
    [Profile]
    [Status Report 2007]


Progress to date (as of September 2008)