cop-20 mt eba side event dec 2 2014 (t rossing)
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Setting the stage: Ecosystem-‐based adaptation in mountain ecosystems – in Uganda, Nepal and Peru
Tine Rossing, Knowledge Manager (UNDP) BMUB/UNEP/UNDP/ IUCN Global Mountain EbA Programme December 2nd, UNFCCC COP-‐20, Lima, Peru
Photo: RPNYC HQ/Peru
Introduction • Healthy ecosystems deliver critical
goods and services, and people depend on them for their wellbeing and livelihoods (environmental, social, economic and cultural).
• But many ecosystems are getting degraded and negatively affected.
• Mountain ecosystems are particularly fragile for a variety of reasons (socio-‐economic, political and ecological)
• Climate change adds on to other already existing impacts on ecosystems that are mostly human driven, such as overgrazing.
Photo: BBC News
What is Ecosystem-‐based Adaptation?
According to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD):
• The “sustainable management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems,
• as part of an overall adaptation strategy
• that takes into account the multiple social, economic and cultural co-‐benefits
• for local communities”.
Photo: Mt EbA Uganda
EbA in Mountain Ecosystems • The Ecosystem-‐Based Adaptation (EBA) in
Mountain Ecosystems Programme is a global programme supported by the German Government (BMUB).
• It is a complex multi-‐stakeholder partnership implemented at multiple levels.
• At the global level, the programme is jointly Implemented from 2011 to 2015 by UNEP, UNDP and IUCN (incl. UNEP-‐WCMC)
• Three country pilot projects in Peru, Nepal and Uganda.
• At national levels: Led by Governments of Nepal, Peru, and Uganda (national and district authorities) together with UNDP, IUCN and UNEP, civil society organisations, local communities and national research institutes
• In Peru: The Mountain Institute is an equal prgramme partner – being an IUCN Member organization.
Programme goal and components The overall goal of the project: • To Strengthen capacities of Governments and local communities to reduce vulnerability
and increase resilience to the effects of climate change using Ecosystem-‐Based Adaptation measures
The project has four components: • Development of methodologies and tools for EBA decision-‐making in mountain
ecosystems • Application of methodologies and tools at ecosystem level • Implementation of EBA pilot activities at ecosystem level • Making the case for EBA at the national level In 2014 the development of a Learning and Knowledge Management Framework was added.
Photo: RPNYC HQ/Peru
There is no ONE Mountain Ecosystem! • While the three country pilot projects are all implementing many similar EbA measures
related to water and soil conservation, they are facing very different challenges in terms of local context. Not all mountain ecosystems are the same!
– Uganda: High population density > < Peru: Low population density, but too many animals! >< Nepal: Low population density due to migration.
– The challenge of high altitude vegetation vs. livelihoods
– Continuous sub-‐division of land => increased competition for scarce resources and difficulty in relating to EbA landscape approach.
Photo: Himalayan Experts
THANK YOU!
For more information about the Mountain EbA Programme:
http://www.ebaflagship.org
Photo: Charlotte Hicks/UNEP-‐WCMC