Transcript Report_-_Section_2_E - biodiversity

Review
Afternoon 22/5/2007
Impacts
of climate change
and biodiversity loss
Presentations from different
sectors….
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Biodiversity conservation
Agriculture/forestry
Fisheries and aquaculture
Proper management and utilization of water
resources
Infrastructures
Green House Gases’ emission from
industries
In relation with livelihoods of local people
Biodiversity conservation
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Weaknesses in biodiversity conservation:
• Lack of comprehensive and detailed planning
• Too many protected areas but area of individual
protected areas is small and linkage among
protected areas is weak
• Unclear boundary demarcation
• Limited budgets (mainly from the Government’s
funds)
• Lack of policies
• Classification system
• Training/awareness raising
Fisheries and aquaculture
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Current status of fishery exploitation:
• Fishery output increases so fast; difficult to provided likely
predictions.
• Small-scaled fisheries using traditional fishing tools
• Fisheries and aquaculture is almost the only means of
livelihood of communities living in coastal areas
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Impacts of climate change on fisheries
• No specific study in Vietnam conducted
• Preliminary statistic figures reveal that damages and losses
due to storms and flood tides in recent years -> have been
increasing since 2001 until 2006
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Aquaculture takes place mainly in the Red River an
Mekong River deltas
Proper management and utilization
of water resources
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There are many sustainable elements in water
resources of Vietnam
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Two third (2/3) water areas are out of the mainland
Uneven distribution
Difficult to access and exploit
Increasing scarce
Impacts of climate change on water resources: obvious
and significant
• Increasing temperature
• Storms, droughts, and flash floods
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Additionally, improper and ineffective use
Infrastructure
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Strongly affected by climate change -> proper
adaptation for future:
• Construction planning (e.g. urban and rural planning, industrial
zone and energy planning, transport, irrigation, and public work
planning), especially in sensitive areas (e.g. coastal areas,
islands, Red River and Mekong river deltas; mountainous
areas)
• Design for works (e.g. architectural designs; loading capacity
and impacts should be calculated; identify conditions for
comfortable life; design water drainage and supply systems,
energy for works); especially in sensitive areas (e.g. coastal
areas, or cold winter-affected regions)
• Develop and issue new sets of criteria on climate and
environment, which are applicable in construction works
Industry
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The Industrial sector is affected strongly by climate change
Increasing emission of GHGs from industrial production
activities (power, cement, steel, paper production): total volume
remains modest but it increases dramatically
Economic growth rate of Vietnam is relatively high – 7.5 to
8.5%/year -> Industrial growth rate: 14-16%/year -> huge
volume of fossil fuels have been used
Measures to mitigate GHG’s emission: awareness raising;
policies for economic development must pay sufficient attention
to effective and efficient use of energies and use of clean
energy
With local people’s lives
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Relationship between biodiversity loss and
livelihood improvement
• Vietnam biodiversity maps -> biodiversity loss
happens in many places
• Poverty and protected area maps
• Not only people living in coastal areas but also
people living in mountain areas are encountering
many difficulties to access to natural resources,
technologies, or funds, etc.
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Solutions
• Give local people opportunities to manage their
natural resources themselves
Some conclusions
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In Vietnam, although systematic baseline studies on
impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss on
different economic sectors have not yet been
conducted, initial statistic data and individual studies
have revealed that such impacts are significant,
direct, and increasing.
Specific, feasible measures/initiatives for adaptation
to such negative impacts are needed.
Every economic sector should study and asses
these impacts and prepare specific strategies and
actions plans to adapt to bad scenarios of climate
change and biodiversity loss in the future.
Countdown 2010
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Please join this network to strive
for biodiversity goal by 2010 –
halting the loss of biodiversity by
2010 significantly at global,
regional, and national scales as a
contribution to reducing poverty
reduction and sustaining life on
the Earth by 2010
Information exchange with
press
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Please send messages of this
Symposium to wider audience and
that is one of useful measures to
make people aware of and then take
necessary actions for biodiversity
conservation and mitigation of
negative impacts of climate change in
Vietnam as well as in the world.