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1. Dr. Bach Tan Sinh
2. Bruce Ravesloot
3. Mr. Nguyen Van Quang
Facilitators:
4. Dr. Nguyen Tien Hiep
5. Mr. Nguyen Vien
6. Dr. Renae Stenhouse
 1. Mr. Colin McQuistan
7. Dr. Le Xuan Canh
 2. Dr. Luong Quang Huy
8. Mr. Savanh Chanthakoummane
9. Mr. Somphone Bouasavanh
10. Mr. Tran Huu Nghi
11. Mr. Van Ngoc Thang
• Limestone forest / Karst
• Evergreen forest
• Everwet Pl. Refogia
• Broadleaf mixed conifer
• Lagoon
• River basin
Mammals/Reptiles/Fish
• Saola
• Endemic and endangered
primate
• Lowland pheasants
• Montane birds
• Annamite striped rabbits
• Freshwater turtle / terrapins
• Asian elephant
• Indochinese tiger
• Rock rats
• Khanou
• Endemic fish species
• Gaur
• Neusnakes species
• Annamite muntjac
Plants
• Three conifer species
• Ginseng species
• Slipper orchids
• Cycads species
• Dalbergia species (Red List)
• Dipterocarp species (Red List)
• Glyptostrobus pensilis (Red
List)
Underlined: Referred to important
species in Everwet pl. refogia
Electricity potential – Hydropower
 Water supply – irrigation / urban
 Groundwater conservation
 EcoTourism
 Carbon storage
 Livelihoods safety net – forest/wetland resources
 NTFPs (medicinal, ornamental)
 Cultural / Spiritual Services
 Erosion / landslide / flood control
 Soil conservation
 Micro-climate regulation (rainfall, temp.)
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DEVELOPMENTS
•GMS East West Economic
Corridor
•Other road construction
•Construction of East Truong
Son
•Gold Mining
•Other mining
•Rubber/Acacia/Eucalyptus
plantations
•Hydropower plants
•Population growth / Migration
/ Swidden
•Increased purchasing power
•National strategies and plans
•Protected area development
•Wildlife animal farming
Impacts ranked according to: (i) Severity; (ii)
Reversibility; (iii) Scale
2. Severity & scale of impacts to biodiversity value
1.
 Extinction / biodiversity loss
 Habitat loss
 Wildlife / timber trade
 Degradation of waterways (including erosion, sediment,
etc.)
 Relocation / settlement / population growth (including
loss of traditional knowledge
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Fishery (negative at downstream, positive at reservoirs)
Payment for Environmental Services
Pollutions (air, water, soil)
Pressure on traditional livelihoods
Increased accessibility to economically valuable species
Land price fluctuation
Ecotourism development / opportunity
Protected areas planning
Chemical contamination
Infrastructure development
Increase subsistence logging and hunting
Invasive species
Loss of natural restoration areas
Habitat
1. Summit conifer forest
2. Steep slopes
3. Coastal lagoons
4. Wetlands
Species
1. Montane birds
2. Turtle and terappins
Ecosystem services
1. Hydropower potential
2. Water supply (agriculture, urban)
3. Wetland resources
4. Forest (uncertain)
5. Erosion control / Soil conservation
Little understanding of
 The Annamites’ ecology
 Inherent species plasticity
 Species migration as temp and rainfall changes
 Seasonal changes of temp and rainfall
 Seasonal humidity changes
 If less wet months, everwet forest being vulnerable
Central Annamites
Prioritised
 Erosion / Landslides / Degradation of infrastructure
 Forest Fire
 Plantations expansion / shifts
 More water storage scheme
 Agriculture productivity changes
Other relevant concerns
 Flood
 Pollutions
 Sedimentation
 Changes of National Strategies
 Increase of Protected Areas
Climate Change Impacts
Drought
Storm events
Fire
Flood
Habitat loss
Biodiversity reduction
Changes in aquatic ecology
Developments
Water
storage
Logging
Farming
Soil erosion
Slope instability
Sedimentation
Roads
Priority
1. Protected areas enhancement (i) Terrestrial (ii) Wetlands
and (iii) Lagoons
2. Smart Infrastructure Planning
3. Integrated Water Resources Management
4. Landscape restoration / reforestation
5. Climate-tolerant agriculture (community-based)
6. Effective use of local knowledge
Additional
1. REDD and REDD+
2. Biodiversity planning
3. Improvement of Forest Fire Control System (communitybased)
4. Invasive species control
5. NTFP-based livelihoods development
Protected Areas Management
 Capacity building and strengthen human resources
 PA Unit in the Division of Forestry and Resource
Conservation (DFRC) [in Laos] to be upgraded to
Department level
 Funding to be diversified (Gov. NGOs, Private sectors) to
setup new PAs and meet the need of current Pas
 Improvement of Law Enforcement
 Landscape restoration
 Infrastructure Planners consider restoration
 Awareness raising for planners
 Joint monitoring for REDD, Invasive species, Forest Fire,
Transboundary Trade and Climate Change indicator species
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Awareness raising
 Community and authority at district / community level,
 Participatory planning
 Facilitate adaptive planning
 Research
 Address uncertainties
 Improve understanding / interpretation between Scientist
and Policy Makers
 IWRM – Capacity, concepts, institutional cooperation
 Transboundary collaboration and cooperation
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