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Regional Approaches to Protecting and Restoring Ecosystem Services in the

GREATER MEKONG SUBREGION Environment Operations Center. Regional Approaches to Protecting and Restoring Ecosystem Services in the Greater Mekong Subregion Sanath Ranawana Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist Asian Development Bank. The Greater Mekong Sub-region.

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Regional Approaches to Protecting and Restoring Ecosystem Services in the

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  1. GREATER MEKONG SUBREGION Environment Operations Center Regional Approaches to Protecting and Restoring Ecosystem Services in the Greater Mekong Subregion SanathRanawana Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist Asian Development Bank

  2. The Greater Mekong Sub-region

  3. GMS: Diverse and globally important biodiversity Photos: WWF, 2011.

  4. GMS: Period of prosperity • Underpinned by its natural capital • Supported by GMS Economic Cooperation Program

  5. Price of economic growth: Environmental degradation • Forest/Habitat loss • Species extinction • Water quality declining • GHG emissions rising

  6. Ecological degradation threatens future prosperity • Food, energy, and water security under threat GMS energy demand

  7. Importance of regional responses for ecosystem management • Ecosystems transcend administrative boundaries • Threats to ecosystems originate beyond administrative boundaries • Opportunities to sustainably manage ecosystems require regional responses

  8. 1.9 m tCO2e (traffic) Sustainable financing – one option Offsetting GHG emissions from infrastructure by supporting A/R in conservation landscapes – Carbon Neutral Transport Corridors Sequestration potential from planned regeneration (2011 - 2020) Carbon footprint of NSEC 2011 - 2020 ~ 0.2 m tCO2e Current and planned regeneration within the BCI sites in Xishuangbanna could offset 12% of emissions from NSEC . Capturing the offset cost for 30% of emissions from NSEC would fund 3000 ha of reforestation for multiple benefits including soil conservation, water regulation and carbon sequestration.

  9. Challenges for sub-regional ES Management • Countries have varying degrees of response capacity • Institutional and legal regimes for trans-boundary ES management • ES assessments and information • Financial and other incentives

  10. The GMS Core Environment Program • CEP-BCI – a regional platform for improving environmental management in the GMS • Led by GMS Working Group on Environment (GMS Government environment ministries)

  11. Thank you! For more information, please visit: www.gms-eoc.org

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