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GMS Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative Strategic Framework and Technical Assessment

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Contents

Executive Summary [ PDF: 71KB | 9 pages ]

  1. Background
    1. Greater Mekong Subregion
    2. Development Program in the GMS Economic Corridors
    3. Critical Value of the GMS Environment and Natural Resources
    4. Socioeconomic Context in the GMS
    5. Policy, Legal, and Institutional Framework

  2. Threats to Biodiversity and Natural Resources
    1. Overexploitation of Natural Resources and Habitat Loss
    2. Wildlife Trade
    3. Construction of Transnational Roads
    4. Other Economic Activities
    5. Weak Capacity in Biodiversity Conservation Management
    6. Critical Governance Issues and Opportunities

  3. Justification for Biodiversity Landscapes and Corridors
    1. Relevance of Biodiversity Conservation Landscapes and Corridors
    2. Economic Benefits of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

  4. Biodiversity Conservation Landscapes in the GMS
    1. Selection of Priority Landscapes
    2. Priority GMS Biodiversity Conservation Landscapes
    3. Protected Areas in the GMS Biodiversity Conservation Landscapes
    4. Transnational Roads Affecting the Priority Biodiversity Conservation Landscapes

  5. The BCI Proposal
    1. Objectives and Scope
    2. BCI Approach
    3. Selection of Pilot Sites

  6. Implementation Arrangements
    1. Program Management at Regional Level
    2. Program Management at National Level
    3. Site-level Project Management
    4. Operationalizing BCI program and Pilot Site Projects
    5. Disbursement Arrangements and Fund Flows
    6. Accounting, Auditing, and Reporting
    7. Program Performance Monitoring and Evaluation

  7. Program Funding
    1. Cost Estimate
    2. Financing Sources

  8. Program Benefits, Impacts and Risks
    1. Benefits
    2. Impacts
    3. Risks and Assumptions

  9. Program Sustainability
    1. National Economic Instruments
    2. Domestic Private Sector Investment
    3. Innovative International Financial Flows

Annexes

Annex 1: Logframe [ PDF: 27KB | 5 pages ]
Annex 2: Action Plan (2005-2008) [ PDF: 281KB | 13 pages ]
Annex 3: Pilot Site Proposals
Annex 4: Administrative, Legal, and Institutional Context [ PDF: 35KB | 5 pages ]
Annex 5: BCI GIS Database: Current Status and Gaps [ PDF: 470KB | 5 pages ]

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