5th International Conference on Eco-Compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services
24 November 2016 to 25 November 2016
Kunming
People’s Republic of ChinaThe 2016 international eco-compensation conference provided a platform for discussing innovations, developments, and lessons in implementing eco-compensation and payments for ecosystem services in the People’s Republic of China and other countries. Over 150 representatives from ADB developing member countries, international organizations, private sector, and academia attended the conference, which was jointly developed and sponsored by ADB, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the China Eco-compensation Policy Research Center.
Program and Learning Materials:
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
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| 24 Nov 2016 | Welcome Remarks |
ADB Vice President Stephen Groff at the 5th International Conference on Eco-Compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services ADB Vice President Stephen Groff highlighted the long-term partnership with the National Development and Reform Commission on developing the PRC’s eco... |
Stephen Groff |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Keynote Presentation |
Mainstreaming Eco-Compensation into Development: The ADB Vision Alvin Lopez, ADB’s senior natural resources and agriculture specialist, delivered the keynote presentation at the 5th International Conference on Eco-... |
Alvin Lopez |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Book Launch |
Toward a National Eco-compensation Regulation in the People’s Republic of China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Deputy Director General Xiao Weiming and ADB East Asia Department... |
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| 24 Nov 2016 | Recent Developments and Innovations in Payments for Ecosystem Services and Other Ecosystem Financing Instruments |
Eco-Compensation Legislation Development in the People's Republic of China: Progress, Challenges and Next Steps Prof. Wang Jin, professor at Peking University Law School and director of Peking University Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Institute, discussed... |
Wang Jin |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Recent Developments and Innovations in Payments for Ecosystem Services and Other Ecosystem Financing Instruments |
An International Overview of Innovative Financing Instruments for Ecosystem Management, and Implications for the People's Republic of China Michael Bennett, Forest Trends senior researcher, outlined some of the major types of innovative approaches for conservation finance globally, and highlighted... |
Michael T. Bennett |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Recent Developments and Innovations in Payments for Ecosystem Services and Other Ecosystem Financing Instruments |
Progress in Payment for Forest Environmental Services in Viet Nam Pham Hong Luong, director of the Department of Planning and Finance, Viet Nam Administration of Forestry, provided a briefing on Viet Nam’s payment for... |
Pham Hong Luong |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Recent Developments and Innovations in Payments for Ecosystem Services and Other Ecosystem Financing Instruments |
Current Status and Developments in REDD+ Globally Protecting and restoring tropical forests is a large-scale and cheap way to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. The 2015... |
Jonah Busch |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Eco-Compensation and Poverty Reduction |
Setting the Social and Environmental Agenda in China: Why is it Important? Prof. Zuo Ting of the China Agricultural University and the China Center for Poverty Reduction and Development discussed three main topics: (i) the general... |
Ting Zuo |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Eco-Compensation and Poverty Reduction |
Enabling Conditions to Foster Success in National Programmes: Conditional Transfers—Experiences, Lessons and Challenges Ina Porras, senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development, shared experiences between poverty and environmental experts... |
Ina Porras |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Eco-Compensation and Poverty Reduction |
Practical Experiences in Combining Poverty and Environment at the National Level: The Experience of South Africa Poverty in South Africa is seen as one of the major challenges facing the young democracy. This is compounded by the high and continually increasing unemployment... |
Luvuyo Mlilo |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Eco-Compensation and Poverty Reduction |
Practical Experiences in Combining Poverty and Environment at the National Level: The National Greening Program of the Philippines The Philippines’ remaining forest cover accounts for only 23% of the country’s land area. This compelled then President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to... |
Ma. Teresa Aquino |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Monitoring Ecosystem Services and Impacts of Eco-compensation and PES Programs |
Measuring and Monitoring the Impacts of Eco-Compensation and Payment for Ecosystem Service (PES) Programmes The presentation of UNEP-WCMC PRC representative, Meng Han, covered three broad areas about measuring and monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem services... |
Han Meng |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Monitoring Ecosystem Services and Impacts of Eco-compensation and PES Programs |
Accounting Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP) Ecosystem is essential for human survival and development. Yet in the economic-social-environment nexus, there is currently no widely used index to measure... |
Zhiyun Ouyang |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Monitoring Ecosystem Services and Impacts of Eco-compensation and PES Programs |
Grassland Eco-Compensation in China: What Can and Cannot Be Monitored? Grassland covers about 40% of the PRC and is its largest terrestrial ecosystem. Since 2011, the government-financed “subsidy and reward program for grassland... |
Zhentong Hu |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Monitoring Ecosystem Services and Impacts of Eco-compensation and PES Programs |
Development of Feasible Indicators for Restoration of Watershed Services Effective watershed management must critically recognize a variety of conditions and factors that influence or impair desired watershed services in order... |
Mark Kieser |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Watershed and Trans-Provincial PES and Eco-compensation |
Progress and Prospect of Ecological Compensation Mechanism in Dongjiang River Basin On 19 October 2016, the provinces of Jiangxi and Guangdong signed the “Horizontal Ecological Compensation Agreement of Dongjiang River Basin Upstream ... |
Fanbin Kong |
| 24 Nov 2016 | Watershed and Trans-Provincial PES and Eco-compensation |
Water Funds in the People’s Republic of China Based on the payment for ecosystem scheme, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has developed sophisticated financial tools, collectively called Water Funds, ... |
Quan Mu |
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Nov 2016 | Market-Based Eco-Compensation Mechanisms and the Role of the Private Sector |
Wetland Mitigation Banking: Approaches to Credit Determination Wetland mitigation banking is a regulatory-driven environmental market. Federal regulations, under the Clean Water Act, require a permit for certain impacts... |
Palmer Hough |
| 25 Nov 2016 | Market-Based Eco-Compensation Mechanisms and the Role of the Private Sector |
Trust Funds as a Tool to Protect the Water Source Areas: A Case Study in Longwu, Zhejiang Province The Shanshui trust fund, Hangzhou’s Longwu reservoir water source protection project, is a public trust project to protect and manage the environment ... |
Qingxin Chu |
| 25 Nov 2016 | Market-Based Eco-Compensation Mechanisms and the Role of the Private Sector |
Implementing Biodiversity Offsets – Challenges and Opportunities: Lessons Learned from the French Experiences When development projects generate impacts on biodiversity that could not be sufficiently avoided or reduced, offsets must be designed and implemented... |
Fabien Quetier |
| 25 Nov 2016 | Market-Based Eco-Compensation Mechanisms and the Role of the Private Sector |
Market Based Eco-Compensation Mechanism for Forest Carbon Sink In the PRC, around 90% of climate change-sensitive areas are found in poverty-stricken regions. Reducing poverty through market mechanism is crucial to... |
Jiuhong Qi |
| 25 Nov 2016 | Market-Based Eco-Compensation Mechanisms and the Role of the Private Sector |
China Carbon Trading Mechanism and Potentials Prof. Zhihong Wei of Tsinghua University introduced the carbon trading market in the PRC. Two carbon trading mechanisms have been established in the PRC... |
Zhihong Wei |
| 25 Nov 2016 | The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB): Mainstreaming Eco-compensation into Potential Ecosystem Restoration Projects in the YREB Region |
Eco-compensation in Yunnan Province: Experiences and Future Priorities Li Yuan, Director of the Yunnan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, introduced the development of ecological protection compensation system ... |
Yuan Li |
| 25 Nov 2016 | The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB): Mainstreaming Eco-compensation into Potential Ecosystem Restoration Projects in the YREB Region |
Eco-compensation in Qinghai Province: Experiences and Future Priorities Hou Baojian, director of Qinghai Development and Reform Commission, introduced the practices and prospects of ecological compensation in Qinghai Province... |
Baojian Hou |
| 25 Nov 2016 | The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB): Mainstreaming Eco-compensation into Potential Ecosystem Restoration Projects in the YREB Region |
Eco-compensation in Sichuan Province: Experiences and Future Priorities Yu Hua, director of Sichuan Development and Reform Commission, presented the experiences and prospects of ecological compensation in Sichuan Province. ... |
Hua Yu |
| 25 Nov 2016 | The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB): Mainstreaming Eco-compensation into Potential Ecosystem Restoration Projects in the YREB Region |
Eco-compensation in Chongqing Municipality: Experiences and Future Priorities Ye Chengli, deputy director of the Economic Cooperation Division of the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, briefly presented the relevant... |
Chengli Ye |