Ancha Srinivasan

Ancha is a Principal Climate Change Specialist at the Southeast Asia Department (SERD) of ADB. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK and as the Climate Change Focal Point for Southeast Asia, he formulates and oversees the implementation of several projects on climate change adaptation and mitigation. He chairs the ADB Climate Smart Agriculture Working Group and serves as ADB’s focal for the Forest Investment Program.

Helen Newing

​​Helen has been working on issues related to biodiversity conservation and indigenous peoples/local communities for over twenty-five years. ​In the past she has worked both as an academic and the NGO sector. Currently her work is principally in three areas: biodiversity conservation and local communities; social and environmental standards for responsible palm oil production; and conservation social science methods.

SERD: Building relationships with Project-Affected Indigenous Peoples – SERD experience

The presentation outlines SERD experience and recommendations for building relationships with project-affected indigenous peoples. Explore the intangible impacts on IPs (other than what is caused by civil works) like state land registration of protected areas where adverse impacts on IP residing in protected areas is imminent. The timely, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate consultation and social impact assessment to ensure that safeguards policy requirement 3 are met without delays on project implementation