Six Monthly Technical Progress Report July 2011December ... - WWF
Six Monthly Technical Progress Report July 2011December ... - WWF
Six Monthly Technical Progress Report July 2011December ... - WWF
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<strong>Progress</strong>: <br />
No real progress has been made. <br />
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Challenges and solutions <br />
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Difficulty in extracting the current formal agreements from the relevant government <br />
counterparts as a platform from which this cooperation will be built, as well as the <br />
lack of CarBi capacity in Laos to regularly follow up, has resulted in little progress in <br />
this regard. The matter was also raised at the trans boundary workshop in Hue <br />
(although the focus was on trans boundary cooperation, internal cooperation should <br />
be stabilized before international cooperation can be pursued successfully). This <br />
matter will again be formally addressed in a Laos IMC meeting with senior <br />
counterparts on 30 January 2012. The recruitment of a new PA Manager will <br />
hopefully also be concluded by the end of January 2012. <br />
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Intermediate result 2.7 <br />
By 12 months after project start: district level transboundary (Laos / Vietnam) cooperation agreements have been signed, including a budget and work plan, and <br />
activities have begun. <br />
<strong>Progress</strong>: <br />
A trans boundary workshop held in Hue in December 2011 initiated the process <br />
towards trans boundary cooperation agreements. There was a lot of goodwill shown <br />
from all role players from both countries, and consensus regarding a formal process <br />
towards the cooperation agreements. <br />
Intermediate result 2.8 <br />
By 9 months after project start: two biodiversity monitoring plots have been selected <br />
and established, and one survey in each plot has been conducted. <br />
<strong>Progress</strong> <br />
Areas of potentially important biodiversity within Xe Sap NPA have been identified <br />
based on preliminary expeditions and discussions with local communities. Between <br />
Feb and <strong>July</strong> 2012 all plots will be visited by biodiversity survey teams with <br />
expertise on birds, large mammals, camera‐trapping, vegetation communities, and <br />
herpetology. These field visits will allow the identification of a suite of focal species <br />
for monitoring (likely to include Nomascus gibbon, Crested Argus, ungulates, bears) <br />
and robust monitoring protocols will be developed. <br />
Intermediate result 2.9 <br />
By 24 months after project start: both biodiversity monitoring plots are being <br />
monitored twice a year, (Dry and wet seasons) <br />
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