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Biodiversity in development cooperation

Policy responses: • EU Sustainable Development Strategy

– Recognises importance (global) biodiversity• European Consensus for Development

– Environment and natural resources as focal area• EU Biodiversity Action Plan (global biodiversity)• EU Environment Integration Strategy by 2011

– Includes sustainable management of natural resources

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Environment integration approach

Environmental considerations to be systematically incorporated in preparation of all strategic plans and programmes of EC development co-operation, in particular Country Strategy Papers.

In-depth policy analyses on environment and natural resources important for cooperation dialogue with partner countries.

Country Environmental Profiles and Strategic Environmental Assessments are important tools for integrating environment and are to be used systematically.

Coordination and harmonisation within EU and with other donors (Aid effectiveness)

Many opportunities within CSP – NIP: in rural development, governance, economic development…

Necessity to enhance internal communication on EU commitments towards Biodiversity & Forests

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Environment

– European Development Consensus 2005: Environment and sustainable management of natural resources can be both considered as a cross-cutting issue or focal sector, and developing countries should be assisted with MEA objectives

– DCI: Thematic Programme on Environment and Natural Resources (ENRTP)

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Which financial instruments?Environment and natural resource management (biodiversity) should preferably be addressed through the respective geographical instruments: •European Development Fund (EDF - Cotonou)•DCI (Development Cooperation Instrument) and ENPI (European Neighbourhood Policy).•Instrument for Stability•Within EDF, allocations for each country (CSP), 6 regional (RSP) for 6 ACP regions (4 in Africa + Caribbean + Pacific), and one global (Intra-ACP).

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ENRTP• DCI basic act (art 13) • 2007-2013 indicative €804 Mln, increased to approx.

1 Bln € (2010)• Biodiversity 2007-2010:

– € 30.6 mln– € 72 mln promotion of Sustainable Forest Management. – € 34 mln FLEGT)– € 6.4 mln fisheries & marine/coastal resources– € 6.5 mln ENPI Biodiversity. – In total, approximately €140 mln 2007-2010 ENRTP

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ENRTP Implementation

• Examples:– Biological corridor Cuba – Haiti - DR– Central Africa World Heritage Forest

Initiative. – CITES Capacity building– Call for proposals 2009:

• Ecosystems South East Asia• Invasive Species (OCT + SIDS)

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Other major biodiversity projects

• ECOFAC – Central African region

• Biodiversity in China

• Parc W West Africa

• Intra ACP 10th EDF: Protected Areas and Access and Benefit Sharing

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Biodiversity as cross-cutting issue

• Burundi: focal area rural development with improvement water quality lakes and rehabilitation park Ruvubu

• Ethiopia: promote conservation, use and national and international valorisation of Ethiopian's (agro)-biodiversity in all parts of the country

• Benin – Technical Assistance to help set up financing mechanism for biodiversity conservations (parks) and also for accord Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger for management Park W

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Commitments on Biodiversity Programmes 2002-2008

0

10.000.000

20.000.000

30.000.000

40.000.000

50.000.000

60.000.000

70.000.000

80.000.000

90.000.000

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

NEIGHBOURHOOD

LATIN AMERICA

GLOBAL

ASIA

ACP - AFRICA

Data: EUropeAid E6 - 2009

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Projects with positive impact on biodiversity (Rio Marker 1 or 2)Commitments 2002-2008

0

20.000.000

40.000.000

60.000.000

80.000.000

100.000.000

120.000.000

140.000.000

160.000.000

180.000.000

200.000.000

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

NEIGHBOURHOOD

LATIN AMERICA

GLOBAL

ASIA

ACP - AFRICA

OCT

ACP - PACIFIC

ACP - CARIBBEAN

Data: EuropeAId E6 - 2009. All commitments Rio-Marked (1 or 2) counted for 100%

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Important tools• Country Environmental Profiles: overview (+/- 40

pages of environmental issues, and recommendations on how these are to be addressed, both as cross cutting issue or through concrete activities

• Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA): upstream assessment of potential impact of activities in a sector as a whole (for example transport)

• EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment at project level.

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Next steps• The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)

– promote a better understanding of the true economic value and the benefits arising from biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides and of the linkages to poverty issues

– develop tools and policies to properly value ecosystem goods and services and to make better use of economic incentives for the sustainable use of ecosystem services such as through market-based instruments

• Climate Change – REDD + (role forests and agriculture for mitigation)• Review of ENRTP – next phase • More rigorous implementation environment and natural resources

guidelines

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Guidance

• Environment Integration Guidelines adopted (December 2009): preparation of Country Environmental Profiles and Environmental Assessments,

• more attention to climate adaptation (sector notes)

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Information

• http://ec.europa.eu/development/policies/9interventionareas/environment_en.cfm

• http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/what/environment/index_en.htm