World Bank Biodiversity Overview & Strategic Directions

Dr Kathy MacKinnonLead Biodiversity SpecialistEnvironment DepartmentThe World BankMay 2005

Three Objectives:

Improve the quality of life by:Enhancing livelihoods, Reducing environmental health risks, and Reducing vulnerability to environmental hazardsImprove the quality of growth by:Supporting policy, regulations, and institutions for sustainable environmental management, and Supporting sustainable private sector developmentProtect the quality of local & global commons by: Finding equitable solutions to global environmental challenges

World Bank Environment Strategy

WB Environment Strategy Environment and the MDGs

Bank Biodiversity Portfolio 1988-2004More than 426 projects, worth $ 4.7 billion

WB loans, GEF, RFTF and cofunding

Conservation and sustainable use 200+ Protected Area projects (94 countries)

Biodiversity in agricultural & production landscapes, including marine & freshwater ecosystems

Strategic Partnerships for BiodiversityGlobal partnerships (GEF, CBD and other international agreements), Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Partnerships with NGOs: WWF/World Bank Alliance for Forests, Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund, Alliance of Religions and Conservation, Global Invasive Species Programme

Outreach and partnerships with private sector: CEOs Forum on Forests, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, IFC.

Alignment of BNPP, TFESSD and other trust funds with Environment Strategy implementation and Biodiversity and Forestry priorities

Global Forest Alliance

World Bank and World Wide Fund for Nature

50 million hectares of new protected areas

50 m ha more effectively managed Pas

200 m ha sustainably managed forest

Achievements:

28.5 m ha Amazon rainforest (ARPA, Brazil)

Mobilizing certification for SFM in Vietnam

Tools for PA management effectiveness

Bank support230 PA projects$3.2 billion

Regional Partnerships2.PROMOTION/COMMUNICATION STRATEGYTHE BNPP/ MABC Initiative: 2001-2004 Components are provide the glue to the national conservation efforts1.MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING TOOLS

3.MAINSTREAMING4.CAPACITY BUILDING

Innovative partnershipsReligions and Biodiversity Conservation Working with major religions globally to mainstream biodiversity Pilot project to incorporate environment in Mongolian Buddhist literature for education

Local Language Field Guides More than 60 guides published Started East Asia, now globalHuge demand more than 500 applications

New Directions

Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Production LandscapesBiodiversity-poverty linkagesPayments for Ecosystem services Indigenous peoples issuesInvasive alien species

Tourism in Southern AfricaPAs, wildlife and tourismBush and beach packagesMozambique transfrontier and coastalSwaziland tourism and biodiversity corridorsTransfrontier tourist routes

Coastal fisheries in IndonesiaCOREMAP/Coral reefsSmall-scale fisheries and community managementSEMBILANG NPMangrove and fish nurseriesKOMODOPublic-private partnershipsSharing of benefits

Benefits to Local CommunitiesIndia Eco-developmentCommunity committees and user groupsIndigenous reserves, e.g. Peru, BrazilSupplementary livelihoodsEmpowerment

Payments for Ecosystem Services Linking forest protection to water quality Running Pure Ecomarkets project in Costa RicaIntegrated Silvopastoral approached to ecosystem managementGuidelines for PESCommunity Development Carbon Fund, BioCarbon Fund

Invasive Alien Species Constraints to Development

Reduce crop yields (food security)Land degradation Ecosystems services, water quality & quantityChoke irrigation canalsBlock hydroelectric damsReduce lifespan of development investmentsImpact on poorest sections of society

Global Invasive Species Programme GISP mandate from COP6 work program on IASBank support to GISP secretariat and core programsGISP partners: IUCN, TNC, SANBI, CABI and Working for WaterCapacity building in East AfricaPoverty linkages costs and opportunitiesEconomic toolkits cost effective interventionsLegal and institutional needs

www.gisp.org

Biodiversity at the World BankFor more information:

www.worldbank.org/biodiversity