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2010

Katoomba Meeting XVII Southeast Asia

 HANOI, VIETNAM

June 23-24, 2010

TAKING THE LEAD: PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

The Katoomba Group is an international network working to promote and improve capacity related to markets and payments for ecosystem services (PES). The mission of the Katoomba Group is threefold: to catalyze diverse expertise around PES market design and operation; advance learning globally around markets and PS tools and models; and address key PES challenges, such as mobilization of private sector buyers and enabling progress on legal, policy and institutional frameworks. (For more information, please see: http://www.katoombagroup.org)

Throughout Southeast Asia, there is increasing regional interest in market-based conservation strategies, including payments for ecosystem services (PES). While a number of projects are underway, PES in the Southeast Asia region primarily occurs on an ad hoc basis through small-scale pilot projects. However, information, capacity to design and manage PES deals, and institutions to support on-the-ground implementation are often lacking and have hindered efforts to scale up.

Carbon markets, both regulated and voluntary, have attracted the greatest attention and offer opportunities for new investment in rural regions of SE Asia. The emergence of opportunities for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) makes it even more important for countries in the region to build their capacity to engage in the global dialogue, design low carbon emission strategies and build multi-stakeholder processes including local communities.

Many SE Asian nations face a range of water-related challenges, including threats to reliable flows of water and the marine environment. While there are efforts underway to introduce market-based approaches --- such as payments for watershed services (PWS) and user fees in marine protected areas --- there remain outstanding questions, such as: how to identify additional prospective buyers; how to structure the contracts; how to distribute payments equitably to communities; how to monitor the schemes to ensure efficient and effective delivery of the service; and how to ensure that payments schemes are sustainable.

Mangrove ecosystems, in particular, are of particular interest to stakeholders in the region and represent an interesting vehicle to bridge terrestrial environments and marine environments, adaptation and mitigation, and local and international financing schemes (e.g. REDD). Carbon pools of mangroves are now being shown to exceed that of upland tropical forests. Throughout the Mekong region, market-based instruments for the conservation of marine and mangrove ecosystems are still nascent, with only a few small-scale case studies or pilots.

In response to these questions and challenges, the 2010 South East Asia Katoomba Group meeting offers a unique opportunity to further develop:

• Carbon Financing including post-COP15 discussions on national-level REDD systems, international, regional and national experience, investor and other stakeholder engagement, pilot demonstration sites, capacity building / training needs, and research agendas; and

• Payment for Watershed Services schemes throughout the region, by exploring current projects and experience from around the world where PWS agreements are operational.

• Payment for Marine Ecosystem services throughout the region, by exploring how climate change adaptation strategies can be complemented by mitigation measures and revenues from carbon credits; and identifying buyers for a range of marine ecosystem services.

• Biodiversity Markets and Market-like Structures offsets, biodiversity banking

Participants: Meeting participants will include the full range of actors interested in markets and payments for ecosystem services (PES), including the private sector, financial institutions, forest dependent communities, government agencies, NGOs (potential buyers, sellers, and intermediaries), donors, and other stakeholders from the SE Asia region and the rest of the world

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