Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

Protecting Natural Capital in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Managing biocapacity has officially become a priority in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Last month, Global Footprint Network was invited to Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, to present on the Ecological Footprint at a forum about best practices in managing biodiversity landscapes in times of growing ecological constraints.

This forum was one of the 'knowledge events' preceding the fourth triennal meeting of the Environment Ministries (EMM4) of the six administrative entities that make up the region (China's Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam.) Titled Increasing Investments in Natural Capital in the Greater Mekong Subregion, the event was organized by the Asian Development Bank. It aimed at scaling up efforts to protect and enhance natural capital to achieve inclusive and sustainable development in the region, starting with identifying effective partnerships across sectors and stakeholders to increase investments regionally and nationally.

The EMM4 joint statement of development partners was delivered by WWF on behalf of the development partners of EMM4, which include Global Footprint Network.

http://truevaluemetrics.org/DBpdfs/Regions/Greater-Mekong-Subregion/GMS-Natural-Capital-collaboratio-EMM4.pdf