Transcript KAMAU-KAS-Teresa - Regional Policy Briefings

Environment Sustainability : The Case for
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Theresa Kamau Kas
Introduction
• VISION 2050 & PNG Government
Commitments
• PNG Green Economy
• Sustainable development conceptual model
• Mainstreaming Environment as an integral
part of the Development Planning Process
• Way Forward – Relevant and Appropriate
Policies
PNG Government Commitments
• PNG Vision 2050
– Pillar 3 : Wealth Creation & Economic Growth
– Pillar 5 : Climate Change & Environment
Sustainability
• Millennium Development Goals
– MDG 7 : Ensure Environment Sustainability
ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
WITHIN PNG POLICY FRAMEWORK
1. Convention on Biodiversity
- Protection of biodiversity - 10% of
the terrestrial area by 2010 and 10% of
the marine area by 2012
2. Millennium Declaration
-Implement the principles of
sustainable development through
sector specific programs by 2010 and
no later than 2015
Rio+20 Agenda : Green Economy & MDG
Goal 7
• Target 7A: Integrate the principles of sustainable
development into country policies and programs;
reverse loss of environmental resources
• Target 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by
2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss
• Target 7C: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the
population without sustainable access to safe drinking
water and basic sanitation (for more information see
the entry on water supply)
SUSTAINABILITY IS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
Will PNG remain a Green
Economy after 2050
• “ improved human well-being and social
equity, while significantly reducing
environmental risks and ecological
scarcities” ?
• YES, if;
• Theoretical Concepts of ‘Green’ that is
currently fostered in Government Planning
System is effectively Implemented and
sustained over time!
Policy Focus
• Subsistence Agriculture & Community
Based Planning
• Commercial Agriculture
• Small Agriculture Business Lease (SABL)
• Downstream Processing
• Fair Trade Markets
Theory vs Practice
TO BE SEEN AS SUSTAINABLE =
BEING SUSTAINABLE IN ACTION
PROTECTION
Areas of high
biodiversity, centre’s of
endemism, climate
refugia, habitats of
endangered, rare, or
unique species;
Under-represented
ecosystems,
areas supporting
ecological processes
etc etc
Conceptual Model
High
Biodiversity
Priority
DEVELOPMENT
Sustainability
Priorities
Already converted
landscape, urban
areas, mining
areas, commercial
agriculture,
industrial areas etc.
Low
Biodiversity
Priority
Sustainability
Balance
Increasing
opportunities for
protection or
developments
that are
environmentally
sensitive
High
Biodiversity
Priority
Increasing
opportunities for
developments that
may result in
landscape
conversion or
degradation
Priorities
Low
Biodiversity
Priority
DEVELOPMENT
PROTECTION
(Biodiversity Persistence)
Sustainability
Carbon
Offsets,
Eco-tourism
Protected
Areas
FSC –
certified
logging,
Reduced
Impact
logging
High
Biodiversity
Conventional
logging
Oil Palm,
Timber
Plantations
Urban
development,
mining areas,
commercial
agriculture,
industrial
areas etc.
Low
Biodiversity
Sustainability is about putting the appropriate activities in
the appropriate place
Sustainability
Forestry + Oil Palm
identification and
management of
HCVF, Riparian
Areas, Buffers
Increasing management restrictions
Forestry + Oil Palm
Identification and
management of
HCVF, Riparian
Areas, Buffers
High
Biodiversity
Priority
Low
Biodiversity
Priority
If you can’t put the appropriate activity in the appropriate
place, then stringent management needs to be applied.
Sustainability
Environment Act 2000.
EIA
Required
EIA
Required
High
Biodiversity
5. MATTERS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.
(c) the protection of areas of
significant biological diversity and the
habitats of rare, unique or
endangered species; and
Low
Biodiversity
Sustainability is also about the effective implementation of
existing laws, policy’s and procedures
Bismarck Provincial Planners workshop in Madang
Challenges of Environment Sustainability
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Increase in Population
Climate Change Impacts
Land Tenure Systems (in PNG)
Development Planning Priorities of
Government
• Legislations and Policies
(Shearman et. al. 2008)
2.7-3.6% Population Increase/yr
PLANNING AT DIFFERENT SCALES
ECOREGION
Ecoregional Assessment
WHERE
PROJECT AREA
Conservation Action Planning
(CAP) - HOW
SITE BASED WORK
Community based
Conservation planning
Consultation
Implementation
ACTION
Sustainability
Strategies
(How)
Balance
Increasing
opportunities for
protection or
developments
that are
environmentally
sensitive
High
Biodiversity
Priority
Increasing
opportunities for
developments that
may result in
landscape
conversion or
degradation
Priorities
Biodiversity
Priorities
(Where)
Low
Biodiversity
Priority
DEVELOPMENT
PROTECTION
(Biodiversity Persistence)
Threats
Way Forward
PARTNERSHIPS &
COLLABORATION
REPLICATION OF BEST
PRACTICES
Influencing Relevant & Appropriate
Legislations and Policies
PNG Relevant Green Policies
• Focus on Subsistence Agriculture and Community
Based Management Planning
• Commercial Agriculture through effective Public
Private Partnerships
• Community Based Integrated / Sustainable
Development Planning Policies & Programs
• Conventional Legalising of PNG Traditional and
Customary Tenure Systems and Heritage (eg –
registration of ILGs)
• National Policy on Carbon (REDD+)
Thank you very much