On 12 April 2017, Joint Venture between Asian Management and Development Institute (AMDI) and Center for Biodiversity and Biosafety (CBB) officially signed the contract of Consulting services with Central Project Management Unit within the project of
“Greater Mekong Sub-region Biodiversity Conservation Corridors, phase 2” funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB). This contract is scheduled to implement in 2 years, from 2017 to 2019.
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The project “Greater Mekong Sub-region Biodiversity Conservation Corridors, phase 2” (referred to as "BCC project") leaded by Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment aims to strengthen the cooperation and cross-border management of forest ecosystems across countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS).
Through the whole project, 34 million US dollars is invested in Biodiversity Conservation Corridors in the Central Annamites region. In Vietnam, this project focuses on reducing the fragmentation of forest landscapes with high biodiversity to maintain their capacity to provide essential ecosystem services in the Central Annamites Conservation Landscape. The project area covers 35 communes in six districts across Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, and Quang Nam provinces, and is scheduled to run from 2011 to 2019.
BCC project comprises two major components: The first major component—funded primarily by a loan from ADB, promotes sustainable use of natural resources, forest restoration, and enhancement of ecosystem services outside protected areas in the landscape through integrated conservation and development activities in the landscape. The second major component—funded primarily through a grant by Global Environmental Facility, promotes strengthening of planning and management of biodiversity and forests in protected areas, and landscape conservation measures to facilitate financial sustainability and to reduce greenhouse emissions.
The BCC project region (Central Annamite) is typical of tropical and sub-tropical forests, given that it lies in the conjunction of tropical and temperate climate zones. The landscape is rich in biodiversity, and holds several endangered and endemic species, including the Crested Gibbon (Nomascus siki and Nomascus annamemsis), Red-shanked Douc (Pygathryx nemaeus); and Giant Muntiac (Muntiacus vuquangensis). Local biodiversity, mainly for species with a narrow ecological niche, is prone to be highly affected by climate change.
Within this consulting package, AMDI and the joint venture agent provide services in geographical scope the climate change impact study in the western mountainous area of Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, and Quang Nam provinces, including seven established and one proposed protected areas, corresponding buffer zones, and proposed biodiversity conservation corridors linking target protected areas in the landscape. The forested area of the landscape/project scope (approximately 750,000 ha) is mostly distributed in the districts bordering Lao PDR such as Huong Hoa and Dak Krong (Quang Tri); A Luoi, Nam Dong (Thua Thien Hue); and Tay Giang and Nam Giang (Quang Nam).
After the contract is signed, AMDI and its partner invited great experts in fields of environment, biodiversity in fauna and flora, and professionals in climate change and meteorology who agreed working as consultants for the project to attend kick-off meeting.
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Professionals in Climate Change and Biodiversity in the kick-off meeting of the BCC project
The expected result of this consulting service package is that AMDI and its consultancy experts accomplish a complete report in climate change results and impacts of climate change on the values of biodiversity besides propose an adaptation plan to climate change for Central Annamites Conservation Landscape.
As a lead consulting firm in this contract package and undertaking the majority of workload, AMDI continues to affirm its reputation and experience in providing consultancy services and project management support in the field of Climate Change and Biodiversity.
Linh Chi