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World Bank Biodiversity Overview & Strategic Directions Dr Kathy MacKinnon Lead Biodiversity Specialist Environment Department The World Bank May 2005 World Bank Environment Strategy Three Objectives: • • • Improve the quality of life by: Enhancing livelihoods, Reducing environmental health risks, and Reducing vulnerability to environmental hazards Improve the quality of growth by: Supporting policy, regulations, and institutions for sustainable environmental management, and Supporting sustainable private sector development Protect the quality of local & global commons by: Finding equitable solutions to global environmental challenges WB Environment Strategy Environment and the MDGs Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Ensure sound and equitable management of biodiversity and ecosystems Ensure access to safe water and sanitation services Improve air quality and limit exposure to toxic chemicals Reduce and mitigate natural disasters and resource-based conflict Reduce and mitigate climate variability and change Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education Enhanced livelihoods Goal 3: Promote gender equality Better health Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Reduced vulnerability Goal 5: Improve maternal health Goal 6: Combat major diseases Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Bank Biodiversity Portfolio 1988-2004 More than 426 projects, worth $ 4.7 billion WB loans, GEF, RFTF and cofunding Conservation and sustainable use 200+ Protected Area projects (94 countries) Biodiversity in agricultural & production landscapes, including marine & freshwater ecosystems Strategic Partnerships for Biodiversity Global partnerships (GEF, CBD and other international agreements), Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Partnerships with NGOs: WWF/World Bank Alliance for Forests, Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund, Alliance of Religions and Conservation, Global Invasive Species Programme Outreach and partnerships with private sector: CEOs Forum on Forests, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, IFC. Alignment of BNPP, TFESSD and other trust funds with Environment Strategy implementation and Biodiversity and Forestry priorities Global Forest Alliance World Bank and World Wide Fund for Nature 50 million hectares of new protected areas 50 m ha more effectively managed Pas 200 m ha sustainably managed forest Achievements: 28.5 m ha Amazon rainforest (ARPA, Brazil) Mobilizing certification for SFM in Vietnam Tools for PA management effectiveness Bank support 230 PA projects $3.2 billion Regional Partnerships THE BNPP/ MABC Initiative: 2001-2004 Components are provide the “glue” to the national conservation efforts 1. MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING TOOLS 3. MAINSTREAMING 4. CAPACITY BUILDING 2. PROMOTION /COMMUNICATION STRATEGY Innovative partnerships Religions and Biodiversity Conservation – Working with major religions globally to mainstream biodiversity – Pilot project to incorporate environment in Mongolian Buddhist literature for education Local Language Field Guides – More than 60 guides published – Started East Asia, now global – Huge demand – more than 500 applications New Directions Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Production Landscapes Biodiversity-poverty linkages Payments for Ecosystem services Indigenous peoples issues Invasive alien species Tourism in Southern Africa PAs, wildlife and tourism Bush and beach packages Mozambique transfrontier and coastal Swaziland tourism and biodiversity corridors Transfrontier tourist routes Coastal fisheries in Indonesia COREMAP/Coral reefs Small-scale fisheries and community management SEMBILANG NP Mangrove and fish nurseries KOMODO Public-private partnerships Sharing of benefits Benefits to Local Communities India Eco-development Community committees and user groups Indigenous reserves, e.g. Peru, Brazil Supplementary livelihoods Empowerment Payments for Ecosystem Services Linking forest protection to water quality – Running Pure Ecomarkets project in Costa Rica Integrated Silvopastoral approached to ecosystem management Guidelines for PES Community Development Carbon Fund, BioCarbon Fund Invasive Alien Species Constraints to Development Reduce crop yields (food security) Land degradation Ecosystems services, water quality & quantity Choke irrigation canals Block hydroelectric dams Reduce lifespan of development investments Impact on poorest sections of society Global Invasive Species Programme GISP mandate from COP6 work program on IAS Bank support to GISP secretariat and core programs GISP partners: IUCN, TNC, SANBI, CABI and Working for Water Capacity building in East Africa Poverty linkages – costs and opportunities Economic toolkits – cost effective interventions Legal and institutional needs www.gisp.org Biodiversity at the World Bank For more information: www.worldbank.org/biodiversity