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Katoomba XVII OnlineA diverse array of policymakers, investors, businessmen, academics, and environmentalists will be meeting in Hanoi on June 23 and 24 for the Seventeenth Katoomba Meeting. Their mission is to develop various means of protecting nature across Southeast Asia by incorporating the value of nature’s services into the region’s growing economy. Drawing on the success of past Katoomba Meetings, Ecosystem Marketplace will be streaming content from the event to make this a truly global forum.We have also created a mirror site that will exclusively carry content related to this exciting forum. Feel free to visit us here over the coming weeks as we upload interviews with key participants and preview some of the issues that Katoomba XVII will address. For a more interactive experience, visit our dedicated pages on LinkedIn and FaceBook, where you’ll be able to participate in discussions before, during, and after the event. And don’t forget to keep visiting EM, where we will be posting feature stories designed to break complex issues down for a more general audience in an effort to foster informed debate involving as many stakeholders as possible. These stories will also be posted on the mirror site. Part One: Asian Environmentalists to Explore Ecosystem Markets at Katoomba XVII offers an easy-to-understand introduction to the complex economic drivers of environmental degradation in the region, and a brief overview of schemes designed to reverse the trend. Part Two: Follow Katoomba XVII Online offers an overview of the online process being developed to help you follow the event online. Part Three: BBOP and Biodiversity Offsets in Vietnam examines the legal status of biodiversity offsets in Vietnam and how the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program is working with local authorities to develop projects there. Part Four: Katoomba Rolling to Vietnam offers video interviews with some of the leading thinkers in Payments for Ecosystem Services today. Part Five: PES: Scaling Up...and Down explains the importance of choosing the right scale of operation when implementing watershed Payments for Ecosystem Services and examines the different options one faces when choosing to scale. Part Six: China: the Unappreciated Ecosystem Entrepreneur? examines the surprisingly diverse array of market-based schemes that China has launched to protect its environmental resources from its voracious economy. Part Seven: Fitting Payments for Ecosystem Services into the Legal Framework examines the challenges PES schemes encounter in the legal system, including a lack of a regulatory driver and outdated laws and regulations. Part Eight: Can Marine Markets & Ocean Zoning Help Save the Seas? describes new developments in marine policy and explains the benefits that ocean zoning can potentially provide. Part Nine: Hanoi Meeting to Explore Participatory Forest Management describes the successes and challenges of Participatory Forest Management and explains how lessons learned can highlight the possibilities and shortcomings facing REDD. Part Ten: Vietnam Leads Southeast Asia in Payments for Ecosystem Services explains why Vietnam has been so successful by describing the government’s Decision 380 on the “Pilot Policy for Payment for Forest Ecosystem Services.” 22 June 2010 | Katoomba XVII is about to kick off in Hanoi, Vietnam, and we’d like to invite you to join us here. We've also set up user groups on LinkedIn and facebook to help you follow along in real-time. You can also follow us on twitter, where EM goes by the name EcoMarketplace and the Katoomba Meetings go by the name KatoombaGroup. Why Hanoi?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 grown rapidly 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 and put in place ‘REDD readiness’ strategies. 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:
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