Large-scale Forest Regional Initiatives: WWF’s approach in Asia Guillermo Castilleja WWF International International Symposium on Sustainable Forest Management Beijing, September 25 – 27, 2009
Regional Priority Places: Alps, Baltic, Gulf of California, Indus Delta, Mesoamerican Reef, Yellow Sea.
WWF Priority Places in Asia / Pacific 2. Altai Sayan 4. Amur Heilong 5. Arctic 7. Borneo 13. Coral Triangle 14. Eastern Himalayas 18. Lake Bailkal 21. Mekong Complex 24. New Guinea 28. Southern Ocean 29. Southwestern Australia 30. Southwest Pacific 31. Sumatra 34. Western Ghats 35. Yangtze Basin
Tropical Forest Loss: Sumatra 2000 2010 1900 Montane Swamp Lowland 1960 1980 2000 1960 1980 1900 2010 Hectare (million) (The World Bank, 2002)
Tropical Forest Loss: Borneo 1985 1900 2005 1950 2000
Heart of Borneo Strategic Actions Targeted A 24 million ha mosaic of protected areas, transboundary managed areas, and sustainably managed forest corridors and buffer zones No further conversion of natural forests to other land use in the Heart of Borneo. A 100% increase in income generation from ecosystem goods and services are generated and equitably distributed
HEART OF BORNEO
Main Protected Areas (DRAFT) 17 16 15 18 Kota Kinabalu SABAH (MALAYSIA) 14 12 13 11 Bandar Seri Begawan 10 HEART OF BORNEO Provisional Scope and Main Protected Areas (DRAFT) BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 9 19 8 Proposed Scope of Heart of Borneo International Boundary 7 6 6 SARAWAK (MALAYSIA) 3 5 2 4 1 20 Kuching Pontianak 21 KALIMANTAN (INDONESIA) 23 22
Partnerships for Responsible Forestry 10
WWF Forest Conversion Programme Roundtables on Sustainable Palm Oil and Soy Ensuring that high conservation value forests and habitats of key species are no longer threatened by the expansion of oil palm and soy 11
New Generation Plantations High Conservation Values Ecosystem Integrity Balancing Social and Conservation needs and Building Assets 12
Large-scale Forest Regional Initiatives: WWF’s approach in Asia Guillermo Castilleja WWF International International Symposium on Sustainable Forest Management Beijing, September 25 – 27, 2009