4^th Working Group on Environment's Semi-Annual Meeting
& Technical Workshop

25-26 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

GMS Shares Experiences on REDD

Photo session of the 4th WGE Semi-Annual Meeting, ADB TRM, Bangkok, Thailand.

Revenue-sharing, the importance of involving local communities in the planning of REDD mechanisms, land management and REDD’s role in the coming negotiations at COP-15 in Copenhagen, this December 2009, were all central issues that were discussed during the 4th semi-annual meeting of the GMS Working Group on Environment which met 25 – 26 November in Bangkok, Thailand.

Through presentations on national experiences on REDD from Lao PDR, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Thailand, a common framework was laid out for discussing the relevance of REDD in the GMS as a tool for combining biodiversity conservation with poverty reduction and sustainable development. With the presence of both national experts from the GMS, international development partners such as ADB, Sida and USAID, and regional specialists from GMS Core Environment Program further ground was covered in building capacity and knowledge of the mechanisms of REDD in the specific context of the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion.

The technical workshop succeeded the first day’s programmatic agenda on progress, status and next steps in the supplemental activity phase of the GMS Core Environment Program.

Proceedings

• Meeting Summary [PDF: 117KB | 7 pages]

Agenda

• Meeting Agenda [PDF: 161KB | 3 pages]

Participants

• List of Participants [PDF: 59KB | 6 pages]

Welcome Remarks

• Welcome Remarks by Dr. Ampan Pintukanok, Director, International Cooperation on Natural Resources and Environment [PDF: 99KB | 2 pages]

Presentations

1. Day 1 - Session II: Program Progress and Updates
   • Component 1 Progress and Plans [PDF: 99KB | 9 pages]
   • Component 2 Progress and Plans [PDF: 2.03MB | 12 pages]
   • Component 3 Progress and Plans [PDF: 7.48MB | 18 pages]
   • Component 4 Progress and Plans [PDF: 2.07MB | 9 pages]
   • Component 5 Progress and Plans [PDF: 1.37MB | 9 pages]
   • CEP-BCI Budget Status to-date [PDF: 1.04MB | 9 pages]
   • Midterm Review: Discussions on Summary and Recommendations [PDF: 159KB | 8 pages]
   • The Way Forward for the CEP-BCI - Planning for Phase II, Senior Officials Meeting and Ministerial Meeting[PDF: 32KB | 1 page]
2. Day 2 - Session I: Impacts, Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change in the GMS - The Science and Policy Implications
   • Climatic Science and the GMS Economic Cooperation Program Priorities [PDF: 748KB | 7 pages]
   • Interactions Between Climate Change and Air Pollution in the GMS [PDF: 1.23MB | 24 pages]
   • Policy and Institutional Issues for the GMS Countries [PDF: 49KB | 11 pages]
3. Day 2 - Session II: Perspectives on REDD Development in the GMS
   1. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in BCI Pilot Sites in the GMS (Lao PDR, Thailand, Viet Nam) [PDF: 2.46MB | 15 pages]
   2. Update on REDD in UNFCCC After Barcelona and Some Reflections on Post-Copenhagen [PDF: 87KB | 10 pages]
   3. Finland’s Perspective and Plans on REDD with Special Focus on the GMS [PDF: 1.26MB | 8 pages]
   4. Community Forestry REDD Project: Case of Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia [PDF: 3.64MB | 16 pages]
   5. REDD and Sustainable Management of Forest in China [PDF: 317KB | 12 pages]
   6. REDD Development and Related Activities in Laos [PDF: 1.40MB | 9 pages]
   7. Sustainable Forest Management (Myanmar): Perspectives on REDD Development [PDF: 2.21MB | 27 pages]
   8. REDD Development in the Tenasserim [PDF: 4.71MB | 20 pages]
   9. REDD-related Projects of IGES [PDF: 793KB | 17 pages]
   10. REDD: An Opportunity to Conserve and Re-Connect Large ForestLandscapes in the GMS [PDF: 3.66MB | 24 pages]
   11. USAID Perspectives on REDD+ in Asia [PDF: 1.04MB | 18 pages]
   12. Pilot PFES Mechanisms in Viet Nam: Emerging Challenges and Lessons Learned for Implementing REDD in the GMS [PDF: 2.97MB | 12 pages]
4. Day 2 - Session III: Strategic Approaches and Tools for Enhanced Environmental Management in the GMS
   1. KnowledgeAir: Creating a Clean Air Portal and Communities of Practice [PDF: 1.77MB | 19 pages]
   2. Mapping Development in the GMS: Googling Program and Portfolio Coordination [PDF: 2.60MB | 7 pages]