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| TA Name | GMS Biodiversity Corridor Conservation Program | |||||
| Country | Regional | |||||
| Project Number | 40253- 01 | |||||
| Fund Source/Amount[Proposed] |
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| Thematic Classification |
Environmental Sustainability
Economic growth Capacity Development |
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| Impact | The impact of the ensuing project will be enhanced and inclusive environmental,and economic performance of GMS economic corridor investments The outcome of the ensuing project will be climate change resilient biodiversity and ecosystem services management for improving livelihoods of ethnic minority dominated poor communities living in the project area, and safeguarding sustainability of $4-5 billion current and planned productive sector investments in the project area. | |||||
| Outcome | The outcome of the TA will be an agreed design for Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Project in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam by 2010. | |||||
| Outputs and Timeframe |
Output 1 will comprise an updated situational and stakeholder analysis in the target BCI ecosystems in CAM, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam drawing on an impact assessment of ongoing BCI pilot activities (i) on the establishment of poverty reduction/livelihood improvement interventions including the establishment and implementation of commune/village revolving, funds, (ii) land/forest use management harmonization regimes, (iii) the designing and establishment of the biodiversity corridors including physical demarcation on the ground, (iv) performance and potential of biodiversity corridors integration in provincial and national biodiversity and socio-economic development plans, (v) assessment of forest/ecosystem fragmentation drivers and pressures from relevant GMS economic corridor, national, and provincial energy(hydropower), transport, tourism and agriculture/natural resources development plans and investments, (vi) assessment of climate change resilience enhancement needs of local livelihoods and ecosystems, (vii) assessment of ecosystem/forest based livelihoods improvement and employment needs and opportunities, and (viii) capacity analysis/assessment of local communities, institutions and provincial administration in Cambodia (including Koh Kong and Mondulkiri), Lao PDR (including Champasak and Attapeu), and Viet Nam (including Quang Nam and Quang Tri) for biodiversity corridor (BC) project implementation during 2011-2018. These assessments will be integrated into a problem tree.
Output 2 will comprise Design of Investment Project including components for: (a) Institutional and community strengthening, (b) biodiversity corridors restoration and ecosystem service protection and sustainable management, (c) Livelihood improvement, (d) Climate change adaptation/mitigation, and (e) Project Management. |
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| Procurement | ||||||
| Consulting Services | Consultants will be engaged on an individual basis for the following reasons (i) it is a regional PPTA covering three countries and the kind of expertise/country experience required is unlikely to be available with a single firm; (ii) individual recruitment will allow PPTA to tap into the international and national consultant pool generated by RETA6289 BCI activities which PPTA is proposing to scale up. This consultant pool brings with it both technical and operational expertise and experience which is of direct relevance to efficient and effective PPTA implementation; (iii) there is a fixed budget for the PPTA averaging about $330,000 per country, and recruitment of a firm is not going to be cost effective. Moreover, the existing GMS Environment Operations Center (EOC) information/knowledge and consultant network created during the BCI pilot phase provides the best pool from which to recruit consultants, which a firm is unlikely to be able to bring in. | |||||
| Responsible ADB Officer |
Javed Hussain Mir |
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| Responsible ADB Department |
Southeast Asia Department |
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| Responsible ADB Division |
Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources Division, SERD |
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| Timetable | ||||||
| Concept Clearance | 11 Sep 2009 | |||||
| Fact-finding | 14 Sep 2009 to 22 Sep 2009 | |||||
| Approval | 07 Dec 2009 | |||||
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