Addressing large-scale drivers of deforestation in the Mekong
Organization
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)Impacts
Budget
Total for 2013-2015:
20 000 000 Norwegian kroner
Improved governance of land-use planning processes for large-scale development and forest conservation in the Mekong region, leading to a reduction in the rate of deforestation and improved wellbeing for local people, including indigenous peoples who live in forested areas.
Outcomes
The project will have four main outcomes:
Outcome (1) Improved understanding of large-scale drivers of deforestation in the Mekong region and their impacts by governments, development partners, private sector actors and civil society;
Outcome (2 ) Planned appropriate policy responses to reduce the impact of large-scale drivers of deforestation with government, development partners and private sector actors and pilot implementation.
Outcome (3) Implementation of land-use plans by governments to meet economic development and forest conservation goals across four critical landscapes covering 2.0 million hectares of forests in the region.
Outcome (4) Established site-level models of approaches to protect forests and reduce rural poverty for at least 80 villages and 5000 households implemented by local people and governments.
Implementers
The project will be implemented by WCS through its registered offices in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam, and its team of regional experts. Forest Trends is the primary partner for commodity chains research.
Country partners: Cambodia: Ministry of Environment and Forestry Administration (Government), Vishnu Law Group (legal reform), Sam Veasna Center and Sansom Mlup Prey (community development); Lao PDR : Departments of Forest Resource Management and of Forest Inspection (Government), Land Issues Working Group, Village Focus International (community rights and land-use planning); Myanmar : Department of Forestry; China: Global Environment Institute; Vietnam : Forest Trends.