Empowering Communities and Countries to Conserve Biodiversity at the National and ASEAN Levels: Status, Challenges, and Ways Forward

Percy E. Sajise
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Percy E. Sajise: Bioversity International Southeast Asia Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)

No DP-2015-81, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: The importance of biodiversity conservation and its sustainable use for the realisation of the ASEAN vision of promoting sustainable development and a green economy is well recognised. However, the current state of biodiversity in general, and agro-biodiversity in particular, in the region is a matter of serious concern. There has been significant progress in the expansion of Protected Areas in the region, as well as the setting up of both in situ and ex situ biodiversity conservation programmes. Nonetheless, urgent steps still need to be taken at the community, national and regional levels to ensure biodiversity conservation and its sustainable use. This paper provides an analysis of the opportunities and constraints of biodiversity conservation in natural and agricultural ecosystems. This analysis has been used to identify important strategies and initiatives to promote community empowerment, as well as national strengthening and regional collaboration to enhance biodiversity conservation and its sustainable use for the realisation of the ASEAN vision.

Keywords: biodiversity; agro-biodiversity; resilience; sustainability; International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; Convention on Biological Diversity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages.
Date: 2015-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-env and nep-sea
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