Asian Development Bank Consulted to explore potential linkages Moderate: Interested in Moderate: Provide Moderate: Opportunity Exchange with ADB (ADB) Greater Mekong with ADB projects (including GEF projects) identifying and lessons learned for increased regional programmes and projects Sub-region Environment promoting linkages with collaboration and Operations Centre Biodiversity Conservation Corridor (BCC) ADB projects exchange of best Initiative; used to work in Beung Kiat practices Ngong through WWF; Forest Investment Program (FIP); activities in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia, through WCS GIZ / EU SUPA project The EU SUPA project has a budget of High: To create High: Coordination of High Co-financing for activities (Sustainable Use of 18.6 million Euros over 60 months. GIZ synergies between the activities and strategic related to peatland inventory, Peatland and Haze will have the executing role of coordinating project and the implementation National Action Plans on Mitigation in ASEAN the grants that will be channelled directly project guidance Peatlands (NAPPs), Programme) to the countries. Consulted during PPG. disseminating good practices of integrated peatland management, and regional cooperation Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional platform under the Ramsar Moderate: Project Moderate: Provide Moderate: Opportunity Dissemination of lessons Regional Initiative (IBRRI) Convention that aims to promote the supports lessons learned from for increased regional learned effective implementation of the Convention implementation of other countries collaboration and in five countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Ramsar exchange of best Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam). IUCN strategic plan practices Asia hosts Secretariat. Mekong River Commission Intergovernmental body concerned with High: Interested in Moderate: Exchange of Moderate Keep informed (MRC) the Mekong River basin and charged to sustainable lessons learned promote and co-ordinate sustainable management of management and development of water wetlands in Mekong and related resources for the countries’ countries mutual benefit and the people’s well-being Mekong Wetlands Provides an annual training on Wetlands High: Interested in the Moderate: Exchange Moderate Keep informed University Network (MWUN) Management in the Mekong Basin (usually ecologically sound key knowledge products in June-August). There are 22 university management of and information members from the Lower Mekong Region wetlands contributing to knowledge sharing efforts.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Greater Mekong Sub-region Environment Operations Centre Consulted to explore potential linkages with ADB projects (including GEF projects) Biodiversity Conservation Corridor (BCC) Initiative; used to work in Beung Kiat Ngong through WWF; Forest Investment Program (FIP); activities in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia, through WCS Moderate: Interested in identifying and promoting linkages with ADB projects Moderate: Provide lessons learned Moderate: Opportunity for increased regional collaboration and exchange of best practices Exchange with ADB programmes and projects GIZ / EU SUPA project (Sustainable Use of Peatland and Haze Mitigation in ASEAN Programme) The EU SUPA project has a budget of 18.6 million Euros over 60 months. GIZ will have the executing role of coordinating the grants that will be channelled directly to the countries. Consulted during PPG. High: To create synergies between the project and the project High: Coordination of activities and strategic implementation guidance High Co-financing for activities related to peatland inventory, National Action Plans on Peatlands (NAPPs), disseminating good practices of integrated peatland management, and regional cooperation Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) Regional platform under the Ramsar Convention that aims to promote the effective implementation of the Convention in five countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam). IUCN Asia hosts Secretariat. Moderate: Project supports implementation of Ramsar strategic plan Moderate: Provide lessons learned from other countries Moderate: Opportunity for increased regional collaboration and exchange of best practices Dissemination of lessons learned Mekong River Commission (MRC) Intergovernmental body concerned with the Mekong River basin and charged to promote and co-ordinate sustainable management and development of water and related resources for the countries’ mutual benefit and the people’s well-being High: Interested in sustainable management of wetlands in Mekong countries Moderate: Exchange of lessons learned Moderate Keep informed Mekong Wetlands University Network (MWUN) Provides an annual training on Wetlands Management in the Mekong Basin (usually in June-August). There are 22 university members from the Lower Mekong Region contributing to knowledge sharing efforts. High: Interested in the ecologically sound management of wetlands Moderate: Exchange key knowledge products and information Moderate Keep informed