International Development Support Project: Support for International Advisory Group (IAG) on 'Ecological Conse

General

The International Advisory Group on Ecological Conservation Redlines (IAG) mobilizes technical expertise from international organizations working with Chinese institutions to support interested countries in developing locally appropriate variants of spatial land-use planning frameworks, learning from China’s experiences with Ecological Conservation Redlines (ECRL) and similar approaches elsewhere. This involves both scientific mapping of locally appropriate dimensions for ECRL (e.g., biodiversity, ecosystem services (including carbon), disaster risk reduction) as well as the design of locally appropriate policy mechanisms, social safeguards, and institutions to prepare and implement ECRL.

Objectives

The objective of this work is to support ambitious outcomes of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15 and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change COP26, including the integration of nature and climate drawing on China’s experience with Ecological Conservation Red Lines.