Transcript Siphandone

Group 2: Siphandone
Location: Main Room
1.Mr. Chanyuth Tepa
2.Mr. Khamphay Luangath
3. Mr. Lonkham Atsanavong
4. Mr. Mark Dubois
5. Mr. Phaivanh Phiapalath
6. Mr. Prachith Noraseng
7. Dr. Robyn Johnston
8. Mr. Somany Phay
Facilitators:
• 1. Mr. Martin Hollands
• 2. Dr. Robert Mather
Siphandone ++
• Mekong River 50 kms
either side of Lao /
Cambodian border
Siphandone
• Braided river channel, islands,
rapids, waterfalls and wetlands
(gallery and flooded forest)
Intrinsic values
• Species
– Biodiversity of aquatic and animal species
– Endangered fish species – giant catfish, giant rays,
Probarbis
– Dolphins
• Habitats
– Wetlands – flooded forest, gallery forest
– Sand banks, sandy islands
– Fish habitats – rapids, deep pools, feeding habitats,
breeding habitats
– Dolphin habitat
– Waterbird habitat – Mekong wagtail and others
• Migration paths
• Variety of ethnic groups with - social and cultural values
Use values
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Fish for food
Role in mitigating natural disaster
Livelihood and economic values
Tourism / ecotourism – dolphins, landscapes, waterfalls
Agricultural values
Ecosystem services
– Provisioning – flood protection / water management
– Nutrient recycling
• Spiritual cultural values.
• NTFPs – traditional medicines
Development pressures and trend
(non – CC)
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Population increase, urbanisation, migration
Tourism development
Hydropower
Rural electrification
Infrastructure (roads etc)
Economic development – integrated markets, higher demand for resources
– Impacts on equality?
Decentralised governance – increased participation, changes in legal framework –
eg fisheries law bans certain gear including li traps
Technological change – new ways of doing things
Agricultural change (irrigation, plantations, chemical use, livestock replacing fish)
Land use change (conversion of natural systems; forest cover change)
Mining
– Copper / gold upstream – Savannakhet
– Bauxite on Bolavens Plateau (which catchments?)
Increase in conservation zones – Ramsar sites, World heritage sites, national parks
Values under threat
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Dolphins
Fish and fish migration
Waterbirds
Deep pools
Medicinal plants
Flooded forests / gallery forest
Hydrological change
Values under threat - example
Dolphins
• tourism (positive through awareness; negative through stress)
• hydrodam – division of population into two sub-groups;
decline of fish population
• flow changes – deep pools
• water pollution - bioaccumulation of toxic chemicals –
pesticides / mining wastes
• inbreeding depression
• conservation policy and institutions
Impacts of CC on values
• Wetlands and water birds
• Fish and fish migration
• Forests and wildlife
Impacts of CC – example
Fish and fish migration
• Change in magnitude, pattern, variability
• To increase affect breeding, reproduction,
feeding – magnitude of impacts not well
known
• Fluctuation / variability – may affect more
sensitive species
• Change in species distribution – new species
viable in the area
Integrated planning
• Should be led by provincial government
• Work through existing national climate change office –
link to provincial level is through provincial
environment office – encourage use of Siphandone as
pilot area
• MRC Climate Change initiative and BDP sub-area
studies
• Direct engagement with provincial / district
governments
• Existing programs
– ADB NRMPE (production efficiency)
– agrobiodiversity initiatives (TABI, UNDP/FAO)
Priority actions
• Payment for environmental services
• Infrastructure and development projects need
to pay for loss of food and biodiversity
(appropriate substitution and offsets)
• Agricultural production central to adaptation –
increase agricultural productivity to reduce
pressure on natural systems
Priority actions
Knowledge and information
• Information centre for Siphandone
• Studies on fish migration, interaction between CC
and other values
• Knowledge network (linking local and scientific
info)
• Capacity building
• Traditional spiritual and cultural values and
knowledge
Priority actions
Monitoring and evaluation
• Participatory identification of monitoring
indicators eg “Tai Bann” / Salaphoum
• Participatory learning and action
LEADS TO
• Knowledge based local economy
LEADS TO
• Community adaptation to local climate impacts
Priority actions
Legislation and regulation
• Designate for World Heritage and/or Ramsar
• Fisheries law
• Strengthen EIA and SEA capacity and
implementation
• Clear demarkation of dolphin conservation
zone and fish protected areas
• Fisheries co-management regulations