Biodiversity
“Biodiversity underpins all (…) ecosystem functions and benefits essential to human well-being, not only in terms of our economies, but also for our health, food security, prevention of natural hazards, and our cultural roots,” –Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, 2015
The SNRD Asia and the Pacific Working Group Biodiversity is engaging on a variety of issues related to biodiversity and nature conservation. The Working Group connects professionals in more than 10 South and Southeast Asian countries, working on the conservation of biodiversity in a variety of ecosystems and contexts. Supported by the Tandem-Partners in GIZ headquarters, the working group promotes the exchange and discussion the latest scientific knowledge and initiatives on biodiversity. The collaboration of its members is organised through a set of sub-working groups dealing with the following fields of interest:
- Protected Areas and Protected Area Governance
- Ecosystem Services
Issues / Topics
- Governance in Protected Areas: exchanging experiences of governance and management effectiveness assessments
- Other effective area-based conservation measures
- Addressing sustainable use of natural resources in Protected Areas
- Capacity building on Ecosystem Services Assessment and Valuation
- Long-term biodiversity and ecosystem service monitoring: review of existing experiences
- Institutionalization of the training course on “Biodiversity and Human Well-being”
- Creating a bridge to the ICT for Development community of practice
- Awareness raising and reflection on human-rights in biodiversity conservation
- Biodiversity-based Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)-compliant value chains: exchange amongst projects
- Biodiversity Financing
Please get in touch for any further information regarding the Working Group’s activities.
Project / Programme
- Blue Solutions - Implementing the CBD Strategic Plan in the field of marine and coastal biodiversity
- Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services of forests in Vietnam
- Conservation of Biodiversity - Mitigating Human-Wildlife-Conflicts
- Human Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India (HWC)
- Improved ecosystem services and reduced vulnerability to climate change through ecosystem-based management and application
- Institutional Strengthening of the Biodiversity Sector in ASEAN
- Programme Implementing the Nagoya-Protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity (ABS Initiative)
- Promotion of the Management of Sunderbans-Mangrove Forest in Bangladesh
- Protection and sustainable use of forest ecosystems and biodiversity
- Sino-German Environmental Partnership Phase II
- Strengthening Regional Experiences in Sustainable Peatland Management (ASEAN-REPEAT)
- Support Project Conservation of Biodiversity on Land
- Support to the Management of the Sundarbans Mangrove Forests in Bangladesh (SMP-II)
- Supporting Protected Areas for the Conservation of Ecosystem Services in Mongolia
- Supporting Wilpattu National Park and Influence Zone Management in Sri Lanka
- Sustainable management of forest ecosystem services in the Western Himalayas
- Wetlands Management for Biodiversity and Climate Protection
PUBLICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS
WG Biodiversity is actively producing a number of knowledge products each year. To learn more about their work and gain an insight into this thematic focus, please see below:
- Guide Tamil
- Guide Sinhala
- Visitor information guide ENG
- WNP Management Plan
- NbS Training February 2021
- Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystem Services
- Factsheet: Sundarbans Management Project (SMP) I and II
- Management of the Sundarbans Mangrove Forests for Biodiversity Conservation and Increased Adaptation to Climate Change (SMP)
- SMART
- Co-management
- Mud-crab hatchery development
- SMART handbook
- Protected area governance and management
- Beyond Priority Areas and Sectors
- Good Governance Training Field Manual
- Co-Management Training and Lessons Learned Guide
- Biodiversity Monitoring For Natural Resource Management
- Co- Management Regulation By-Law and Hin Nam No NPA Protection at District, Village Cluster and Village Level
- Experiences and added value of participatory governance assessments of protected areas in Bangladesh, Laos and the Philippines
HIGHLIGHT ACTIVITIES
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CONCLUDED PROJECT
- ABS Capacity Development Initiative - Supporting the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)
- Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Partnership Project-Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
- Biodiversity-Based Products as Economic Source for Nature Conservation and Livelihood Development (BBP)
- Conflict Sensitive Resource and Asset Management Programme (COSERAM) Technical Cooperation Module 2 Indigenous Practices for Biodiversity Conservation (IP4BioDiv)
- Conservation of Biodiversity in the Kailash-Region
- Environmental Benefits of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA-EB)
- Forest and Climate Protection in Panay-Phase II
- Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystem Services (HP-FES) Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
- Incentive for Sustainable Biodiversity Management (ISBM)
- Institutional Strengthening of the Biodiversity Sector in ASEAN (ISB)
- Integrated Nature Conservation and Sustainable Resource Management in the Hin Nam No Region
- Management of the Sundarbans Mangrove Forests for Biodiversity Conservation and Increased Adaptation to Climate Change (SMP)
- Protection of Biological Diversity in the ASEAN Member States in Cooperation with the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Program (CARE4BioDiv)
- Sector Programme Implementing the Biodiversity Convention