| Donor |
European Commission |
| Name of Project |
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity |
| Implementing Agency |
ASEAN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY |
| Funding |
Grant |
| Total Funding |
7,300,000.00 |
| Grant |
6,000,000.00 |
| GoP Counterpart |
1,300.000 (ASEAN Counterpart) |
| Start Date |
02 January 2006 |
| Completion Date |
08 January 2009 |
| Project Location |
ASEAN nations. The headquarters of ACB are in Los Banos (Laguna, the Philippines) |
| Beneficiaries |
ASEAN Governments, environmental research institutions and academe, environmental NGOs, etc. |
| Sector |
Biodiversity Conservation |
| Project Background/Rationale |
The South-east Asian region is of immense importance for global biodiversity, since it contains the natural habitats of up to 40% of all species on earth. Biodiversity conservation is increasingly recognized by South-east Asian governments and the world community as extremely important for human development, and thus, regional governments have taken numerous individual measures to preserve their biodiversity resources. There are, however, a number of issues in the sector that can more effectively be addressed through actions at a regional level. This project re-shapes the ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC) into the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), an even more effective institution fully under ASEAN regional auspices. |
| Project Objective |
The overall project objective is to encourage and enable the ASEAN region to meet the call by the World Summit on Sustainable Development to achieve a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. This biodiversity initiative is in line with the Commission's policy to address links between environmental conservation and poverty reduction and to strengthen the EU-ASEAN partnership. |
| Project Components |
The Purpose of the action is to achieve strengthened regional capacity on biodiversity in ASEAN. Six main Results are expected: (1) the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) established, resourced and functions as a regional centre of excellence (policy and capacity development, awareness raising, linkages with other regional and international organizations with similar interests);(2) Enhanced policy coordination benefiting from state-of-the-art monitoring and information resources on biodiversity in the ASEAN region; (3) strengthened, state-of-the-art capacity (human and institutional) on regional and global biodiversity issues; (4) Improvement of digital knowledge management capacity; (5) enhanced leadership and public awareness in the region of biodiversity issues, values and conservation needs; (6) planning, establishment and endowment of a sustainable financing mechanism for the ACB.
The key activities supported by this action are facilitating the planning of ACB's institutional development; policy development and coordination; promoting human and institutional capacity; promoting digital knowledge management capacity; enhancing public and leadership awareness of biodiversity issues; and establishing a sustainable financing mechanism for ACB. |
| For further Information Please Contact |
Rodrigo Fuentes
ProjectDirector
ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation
Headquarters
College P.O. Box 35015
Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines
Phone: +63(049) 536-1659, 536-4042
Fax: +63(049) 536-2865
Email: contact.us@aseanbiodiversity.org
Website: www.aseanbiodiversity.org |
