"Balancing Environment

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"Balancing Environment and Growth" How WWF is
changing to deal with threats posed to
biodiversity from growth and development
(particularly in agriculture in Vietnam and the
Greater Mekong Sub-region)
Presentation by WWF Representative, Eric Coull
for IPC WWF -NCIEC Seminar - 31st October
2005, Hanoi, Vietnam
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OUTLINE

• WWF - Traditional View
• WWF - Wider Approach to Biodiversity Loss
• WWF - Local to Global Conservation Programme
• WWF - Greater Mekong Programme

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• 1992
• Discovery of Saola in Vu Quang Nature Reserve,
  Vietnam

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• 1994
• Discovery of giant muntjac

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• 1996
• Discovery of Edwards pheasant

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• 1999
• Javan Rhino
• first photos
• on camera trap at
• Cat Tien
• National Park
• Vietnam

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More Traditional Policy Work

• 2003
• Supported development of Management Strategy for
  Protected Areas in Vietnam MASPAS
• 1995
• National Biodiversity Action Plan approved with
  WWFs support

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THE CHANGING GLOBAL CONTEXT WWF WORKS IN
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CHALLENGES
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Heart of BorneoIndonesia, Malaysia and Brunei
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Heart of Borneo
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Agricultural Trade in Vietnam
Vietnams recent economic growth has been
supported largely through trade, Much of this
trade is in the Agricultural sector
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Agricultural Trade in Vietnamand the Greater
Mekong Subregion
The delicate ecosystems of the Greater Mekong
Region including Vietnam hold resources of
especially high national and global value These
resources are under increasing threat from
Habitat loss and unsustainable practices and some
of this is as a result of the drive for more
Agricultural Trade
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Threats or Drivers of Biodiversity LossIn the
Greater Mekong Sub-region

• Voracious trade in wildlife
• Unsustainable natural resource management
• Poorly-planned infrastructure development
• Agriculture

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WWFRecent Policy Projects in Vietnam
Trade, Environment and Poverty From Trade
Negotiations to Global Adjustment New Project
on The sustainable production of cocoa in
Vietnam
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Links to WWFs Macroeconomics For Sustainable
Development Programme Office in US
Trade Environment and Poverty project From
Trade Negotiations to Global Adjustment Project,
(a collaborative effort between the IPC and the
WWF's Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development
Program Office (MPO) in partnership with the
Dutch Directorate General for Development
Cooperation (DGIS), the International Centre for
Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the
World Bank.
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This seminar
Sustainable production of cocoa in Vietnam As
part of this Seminar we hope to benefit this
project by bringing together the environmental
and social considerations of Vietnamese
stakeholders in cocoa and experts on
international agricultural trade.
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WWF Restructuring
WWF Indochina will become WWF Greater Mekong
Programme on 1st November 2005 Incorporating WWF
Indochina Cambodia , Lao PDR and Vietnam as
well as WWF Thailand and the upper Mekong
Basin More aligned to the Asian Development
Banks Greater Mekong Sub-region.
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The WWF Greater Mekong Programme
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WWF GREATER MEKONG VISION

• We envision a future whereby the function of
  natural ecosystems, on which the quality of life
  depends, is ensured by people whose daily actions
  support biodiversity conservation and sustainable
  use of renewable natural resources in the Greater
  Mekong region.