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Session 4
Mainstreaming Climate Change
Adaptation and Biodiversity
Conservation in National,
Sectoral and Donor Strategies
The importance of adaptation to
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How to mainstream enforcement of
Conventions on Climate Change and
biodiversity conservation into national
policies?
Finance
Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Climate
Change into Poverty Reduction and
Growth Strategies
• Review Climate Change-related actions
• Why do policy maker not consider?: no
strong recommendations; economic
analysis must be attached; lobbying; there
is no denying a fact that sometimes a
trade-off is needed in order to achieve a
balance between development and
conservation
The importance of adaptation to
……
How to mainstream enforcement of
Conventions on Climate Change and
biodiversity conservation into national
policies?
Finance
Law on Biodiversity
of Vietnam
• A focal point for biodiversity management
in Vietnam
• A uniform conservation system
• Classification of endangered species
Biodiversity conservation corridor
initiative
Adaptation to Climate Change
- initiative of GTZ India
• Adaptation – still a lot of controversies
• National Environmental Policy has
incorporated adaptation needs into
respective programs, piloting in 3 sectors:
agriculture, rural development and water
resources
– Risk analysis
– Development of adaptation techniques
– Financing tools
National Strategy
• Impacts of National Strategy on Climate
Change and biodiversity loss
• incorporate biodiversity conservation into
Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and
Growth Strategy and Orientations for
Sustainable Development Strategy in
Vietnam (since 1994)
Linkages between Climate Change,
biodiversity and sustainable development
• Impacts of climate change
– Health
– Agriculture
– Forest
– Water resources
– Coastal areas
– Ecosystem
• Climate Change is caused by human activities – because of rich
countries
• Vietnam is one of 3 countries worst hit by Climate Change
– Strategies and orientations for incorporating climate change into
development processes – Action plan for realization of Kyoto
Protocol
– CDM projects in Vietnam
– MONRE is a focal point agency
• A framework to incorporate climate change, biodiversity
conservation and poverty reduction – economic analysis
Q&A – 3 guiding questions
1. What are the priorities in Vietnam to
avoid biodiversity loss caused by climate
change?
2. In this context, WHO needs to do
WHAT?
3. What is this Symposium’s message to
decision makers in Vietnam and the
international community?
Plenary discussion
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According to statistics there are more than 2,000 restaurants offering wildlife meats
and products with a huge volume. Wildlife in Vietnam is posed to a huge threat. How
to address this problem while discussing about biodiversity conservation?
– With regard to threats from wildlife trading, MARD has issued a strict regulation
on wildlife trading but its enforcement is still questionable.
– Vietnam has committed to anti-wildlife trade for 2 year. However, wildlife trade
takes place only in mountainous regions. Vietnam has established
environmental policy force.
How to link nature conservation and poverty reduction? May ethnic minority people
get benefits from nature conservation? How to get this segment of population
involved?
– In Vietnam, people are consulted at community level
In recent years in Vietnam, how to mainstream CC and BD into strategies and action
programs? How to combine these commitments?
– Incorporate into Agenda 21, at present, Vietnam is still piloting in the industrial
sector
Biodiversity loss in Vietnam is not so terrible. Proposed solutions should not be
specific for Vietnam only but global solutions are needed.
There are big biodiversity conservation projects but also huge infrastructure
development projects. MPI does not pay much attention to this issue. Agencies
working in environmental protection field do not have comprehensive working
relationship with all agencies. Technical assistance is needed. Vietnam should call
on international organization’s support for building new works in Vietnam. Vietnam
should balance between development and conservation.
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• With regard to biodiversity conservation, seriousness in
law enforcement is needed as the same as seriousness
in implementation of poverty reduction programs
– Awareness raising for agencies and sectors at all levels
– Incorporate into provincial agenda: common voices; propose
pilot assistance programs for Provincial People Committees
• A roadmap is being developed, based on Laws then to develop
other guiding legal documents
• Vietnam incorporated an Action Plan on biosafety and Action plan
for implementation of Categena Protocol
• Specific objectives for biodiversity conservation –
indicators??
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• What is the most likely scenario to happen
in Vietnam?
– One agency alone can not answer this
question/issue
– PCSM
– A scenario for Vietnam has been developed if
the sea level rises 1 m
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• Donors pay much attention to climate
change and poverty reduction -> message:
Climate Change and biodiversity – links
with poverty reduction and sustainable
development.
• because biodiversity is local people’s livelihood.
Thus it must be managed and used in a more
sustainable manner.
Conclusion
• GTZ’s representative:
– How to incorporate Climate Change into biodiversity?
Responsible people should consider.
– How to get concerned organizations and
stakeholders involved?
• MONRE’s representatives:
– Workshop presented Impacts of Climate Change and
biodiversity loss; adaptation measures to different
scenarios of Climate Change