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Environment Sustainability : The Case for Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Theresa Kamau KasProgram Director - Manus
Introduction• VISION 2050 & PNG Government
Commitments
• PNG Green Economy
• Sustainable development conceptual model
• Mainstreaming Environment as an integral part of the Development Planning Process
• Way Forward – Relevant and Appropriate Policies
PNG Government Commitments
• PNG Vision 2050 – Pillar 3 : Wealth Creation & Economic Growth – Pillar 5 : Climate Change & Environment
Sustainability
• Millennium Development Goals– MDG 7 : Ensure Environment Sustainability
ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN PNG POLICY FRAMEWORK
1. Convention on Biodiversity- Protection of biodiversity - 10% of the terrestrial area by 2010 and 10% of the marine area by 2012
2. Millennium Declaration-Implement the principles of sustainable development through sector specific programs by 2010 and no later than 2015
Rio+20 Agenda : Green Economy & MDG Goal 7
• Target 7ATarget 7A: Integrate the principles of sustainable : Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs; development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resourcesreverse loss of environmental resources
• Target 7BTarget 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by : Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss
• Target 7CTarget 7C: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the : Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation (for more information see water and basic sanitation (for more information see the entry on water supplythe entry on water supply))
SUSTAINABILITY IS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
Will PNG remain a Green Economy after 2050
• “ improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities” ?
• YES, if;
• Theoretical Concepts of ‘Green’ that is currently fostered in Government Planning System is effectively Implemented and sustained over time!
Policy Focus
• Subsistence Agriculture & Community Based Planning
• Commercial Agriculture
• Small Agriculture Business Lease (SABL)
• Downstream Processing
• Fair Trade Markets
Theory vs PracticeTO BE SEEN AS SUSTAINABLE =
BEING SUSTAINABLE IN ACTION
Priorities
Sustainability
High Biodiversity
Priority
Low Biodiversity
Priority
Areas of high biodiversity, centre’s of
endemism, climate refugia, habitats of
endangered, rare, or unique species;
Under-represented ecosystems,
areas supporting ecological processes
etc etc
PROTECTION
Already converted landscape, urban
areas, mining areas, commercial
agriculture, industrial areas etc.
DEVELOPMENT
Conceptual Model
Sustainability(Biodiversity Persistence)
High Biodiversity
Priority
Low Biodiversity
Priority
PR
OT
EC
TIO
ND
EV
EL
OP
ME
NT
Increasing opportunities for
protection or developments
that are environmentally
sensitive
Increasing opportunities for
developments that may result in
landscape conversion or degradation
Balance
Priorities
Sustainability
High Biodiversity
Low Biodiversity
Carbon Offsets,
Eco-tourismProtected
Areas
Urban development, mining areas, commercial agriculture, industrial areas etc.
Sustainability is about putting the appropriate activities in the appropriate place
FSC – certified logging, Reduced Impact logging
Conventional logging Oil Palm,
Timber Plantations
Sustainability
High Biodiversity
Priority
Low Biodiversity
Priority
Forestry + Oil Palm Identification and management of HCVF, Riparian Areas, Buffers
Forestry + Oil Palm identification and management of HCVF, Riparian Areas, Buffers
If you can’t put the appropriate activity in the appropriate place, then stringent management needs to be applied.
Increasing management restrictions
Sustainability
High Biodiversity
Low Biodiversity
EIA Required
EIA Required
(c) the protection of areas of significant biological diversity and the
habitats of rare, unique orendangered species; and
Environment Act 2000.
5. MATTERS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.
Sustainability is also about the effective implementation of existing laws, policy’s and procedures
Bismarck Provincial Planners workshop in Madang
Challenges of Environment Sustainability
• Increase in Population
• Climate Change Impacts
• Land Tenure Systems (in PNG)
• Development Planning Priorities of Government
• Legislations and Policies
(Shearman et. al. 2008)
2.7-3.6% Population Increase/yr
ECOREGIONEcoregional Assessment
WHERE
PROJECT AREAConservation Action Planning
(CAP) - HOW
SITE BASED WORKCommunity based
Conservation planningConsultation
ImplementationACTION
PLANNING AT DIFFERENT SCALES
Sustainability(Biodiversity Persistence)
High Biodiversity
Priority
Low Biodiversity
Priority
PR
OT
EC
TIO
ND
EV
EL
OP
ME
NT
Increasing opportunities for
protection or developments
that are environmentally
sensitive
Increasing opportunities for
developments that may result in
landscape conversion or degradation
Balance
Priorities
Threats
BiodiversityPriorities(Where)
Strategies(How)
Way Forward
PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION
REPLICATION OF BEST PRACTICES
Influencing Relevant & Appropriate Legislations and Policies
PNG Relevant Green Policies• Focus on Subsistence Agriculture and Community
Based Management Planning• Commercial Agriculture through effective Public
Private Partnerships• Community Based Integrated / Sustainable
Development Planning Policies & Programs• Conventional Legalising of PNG Traditional and
Customary Tenure Systems and Heritage (eg – registration of ILGs)
• National Policy on Carbon (REDD+)
Thank you very much