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Group 2: Siphandone Location: Main Room
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Group 2: SiphandoneLocation: Main Room
1.Mr. Chanyuth Tepa2.Mr. Khamphay Luangath3. Mr. Lonkham Atsanavong4. Mr. Mark Dubois5. Mr. Phaivanh Phiapalath6. Mr. Prachith Noraseng7. Dr. Robyn Johnston8. Mr. Somany Phay
Facilitators:
• 1. Mr. Martin Hollands• 2. Dr. Robert Mather
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Siphandone ++
• Mekong River 50 kms either side of Lao / Cambodian border
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Siphandone
• Braided river channel, islands, rapids, waterfalls and wetlands (gallery and flooded forest)
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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
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Use values• 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
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Development pressures and trend (non – CC)
• 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
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Values under threat
• Dolphins• Fish and fish migration• Waterbirds• Deep pools• Medicinal plants• Flooded forests / gallery forest• Hydrological change
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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
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Impacts of CC on values
• Wetlands and water birds• Fish and fish migration• Forests and wildlife
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Impacts of CC – exampleFish 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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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