Download Regional Policy Briefing no. 9 on * Building Resilience to Climate

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY:
THE CASE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Regional Policy Briefing no. 9 on ‘Building
Resilience to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands’
Port Vila – Vanuatu
October 31st – November 02nd 2012
By: Theresa Kamau Kas
Program Director, Northern Bismarck Sea.
The Nature Conservancy, PNG Program,
P O Box 2750,
BOROKO.
National Capital District.
Papua New Guinea.
Outline of Presentation
• Vulnerabilities to Climate
Change Impacts &
Consequences in PNG
• Opportunities for Coping
undertaken by PNG
Communities
• Adaptation & Environment
Sustainability - Community
Model as the way forward
• Policy & Legislation Support
• Recommendation
Its hard to ignore the
elephant in the room
Climate change is with us and we need to respond
Vulnerable Sectors Affected by CC Impacts
• Coastal Zones /
Marine Eco -System
• Water Resources
• Agriculture / Food
Security
• Human Health
• Terrestrial EcoSystem
Vulnerabilities to Climate Change Impacts
& Consequences in PNG
Sea Level Rise affecting
coastlines
Flood & landslide, watercatchment destructions
Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal
Communities in PNG
Inundations and increase
salinity
Destructed
Shoreline/coastlines
Impacts of climate change on land
based rural communities in PNG
Destructed forested land
Destruction of catchment areas in
through landslides & erosion the name of development
CC Consequences are threats to
Sustainable Development
• Degradation in Eco-System
Services
• Decrease in Water Quality
• Threaten Food Security
• Rural - Atoll Communities
Livelihood Threaten
• Migration –Resettlement
conflicts / Pressures
• Economy effects (local
people & Government)
Opportunities for Coping to
Climate Change Impacts & Sustainable
Development in rural/local communities
• Coral Reef Protection
• Coastline Protection and
Rehabilitation
• Agricultural Techniques to enable
sustainable food Productions
• Migration / Tribal & Individual
Movement/relocation of Affected
People
• Capacity Building for Knowledge
and Information Sharing
• Biodiversity Conservation and
best Management Practices using
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Way Forward- Traditional Ecological
Knowledge (TEK) used in
Community Based NRM Plans
Consultation & Decision-making
using TEK
Learning & Training Support
amongst community groups
TEK in Community-Based NRM Planning
Processes for Sustainable Development
• Community Consultation,
CBO Mobilisation and
Decision Making (Situation
Analyse)
• Partners identified,
partnerships established
• Community history, visioning,
planning
• Community zoning, rules &
penalties developed
• Drafting of Community Based
Management Plan
Integration of Adaptation Mechanism and
Sustainable Development Model
Situation
Analysis /
Vulnerability
Assessment
Monitoring &
Evaluation
/Evaluation of
CCA programs
Sustainable
Development
Action Planning
Program
Implementati
on / CCA
Implementati
on
Action
Planning /
Adaptation
Capacity
Planning
85% of PNG Population depend
directly on the environment for their
Livelihoods
Food
Security
Soil
Protection
Pollination
Pest control
Genetic
Resources
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
“Environmental Contribution”
Protection of
cultural and
spiritual Sites
Clean water
Flood
protection
ENVIRONMENT
SOCIETY
ECONOMY
Medicinal
Plants
Natural products
Firewood, Fibre
Roofing, Fencing
Construction
Nature –based
Adaptation
• Cost effective
• First line of
defence with sea
level rise
‘Plan Development actions in the right
place’
PROTECTION
Areas of high
biodiversity, centre’s of
endemism, climate
refugia, habitats of
endangered, rare, or
unique species;
Under-represented
ecosystems,
areas supporting
ecological processes
etc etc
High
Biodiversity
Priority
DEVELOPMENT
Sustainability
Priorities
Already converted
landscape, urban
areas, mining
areas, commercial
agriculture,
industrial areas etc.
Low
Biodiversity
Priority
Effective Legislation & Policy
Support Needed
Political Will at Community /
Local Level
Effective Implementation at
Community/ local level
Environmental Sustainability in
PNG will only be achieved with:
• Uses of Traditional • Effective Planning
and Implementation
Ecological
of Sustainable
Knowledge led by
Environment
effective
Programs through
community based
proper community
organisation (CBO) based planning, and
integration of NRM
best practices
Recommendation
Capacity Building at community Local Government Annual Budget
level by civil society partners,
Appropriation /Allocation to CBO
using local knowledge
Tenkiu tumas