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Constraints Coastal and Wetland Biodiversity Management Project BGD/99/G31 Hakaluki Haor Draft Conservation Management Plan • Some agencies, institutions, and organisations may not be cooperative unless there is a financial incentive to become involved • Monitoring the activities of partner agencies, institutions, and organisations may be difficult and sensitive 7.4.7 Sustainable Funding Mechanisms The on-going and long-term management of Hakaluki Haor will largely be dependent upon whether or not adequate funding resources are made available. For this reason common practice around the world is shifting towards approaches that promote the development of funding mechanisms that are sustainable and which, as a result, do not put a strain on the often limited financial resources of the government. A significant portion of the funds which are supporting the efforts to manage Hakaluki Haor are currently provided from external sources. Within the next few years this funding will cease and unless alternatives are identified, there is a strong likelihood that conservation activities will be severely compromised and that many of the efforts aimed at protecting the biodiversity, rehabilitating the ECA, and improving the living conditions of local communities will be jeopardised. Identifying and implementing mechanisms that will help generate the funds to sustainably manage the ECA is therefore not only urgent, but also an integral part of the overall management framework. Management Actions • Assess the total minimum amount of funds necessary to effectively manage Hakaluki Haor as an ECA • Determine what level of funding that will be forthcoming from the government and calculate what amount will need to be sought from other sources • Undertake research into the range of sustainable funding mechanisms options available for protected area management and determine which are the most feasible for application at Hakaluki Haor. Options could include: � Rotating funds � Taxes � ECA entrance fees � Fishing licences � Hunting licences � Tourism operator licences � Postcards, T-shirts, books, posters and other ECA promotion paraphernalia � Donation boxes � Guided tour fees • Identify one or two sustainable funding mechanisms options that can easily be introduced as a test run • Introduce selected sustainable funding mechanisms options, monitor progress, and adapt as necessary • Document lessons learned and develop recommendations for improvement Primary Outcome/ Output • A significant portion of the funds required to effectively manage the ECA are generated through established sustainable funding mechanisms Prepared by UNOPS Consultant Mr. Sulma Warne August/ September 2005 for Project BGD/99/G31 47
Constraints Coastal and Wetland Biodiversity Management Project BGD/99/G31 Hakaluki Haor Draft Conservation Management Plan • There may not be the appropriate technical expertise to effectively research and introduce sustainable funding mechanisms for Hakaluki Haor • Sustainable funding mechanisms, even if successful, may not generate the required level of funding required to manage Hakaluki Haor over the long-term 7.4.8 Economic Evaluation Very little is known about the net worth of Hakaluki Haor in terms of the full range of services and benefits provided by the ecosystem. In most cases, ecosystem services and benefits are grossly undervalued and as a result attention accorded to conservation activities are not given the importance, urgency and priority that they should be. At Hakaluki Haor every component of the ecosystem holds value from the fish, wildlife, and trees to beels, rivers, canals and floodplains. Swamp forests for example act as carbon sinks, stabilise soil and prevent erosion, filter contaminated water, provide shelter for fish and other wildlife, are used as feeding grounds for fish, and are a source of fuelwood. Direct beneficiaries are most obviously the local community groups living in and around the ECA. However, benefits and services are far wider than this. A healthy ecosystem not only contributes to the health and prosperity of the local people, but also to the nation as a whole. This is probably best illustrated by highlighting that Hakaluki Haor is one of the country’s largest mother fishery, as well as its fourth largest fishery. Management Actions • Undertake a natural resource economic valuation for Hakaluki Haor including: � An identification and assessment of both the direct and indirect use values of the goods and services provided by the ecosystem � An identification of how different stakeholders benefits from the goods and services of Haor ecosystem � An estimation of the total economic value of the ecosystem � The development of a wetland bio-economic model � The formulation of economic and financial instruments which support the sustainable and wise use of biodiversity and ultimately the sound and sustainable management of Hakaluki Haor as an ECA � Recommendations which outline best practice in applying the formulated economic and financial instruments specifically for the sound and sustainable management of Hakaluki Haor. • Organise high level government meetings to present the findings of the report • Use the approach and methodology of the valuation as a basis upon which similar exercises can be undertaken for other ECAs and ecosystems throughout the country Primary Outcome/ Output • Economic evaluation tools are being used to support the management of Hakaluki Haor and the conservation of biodiversity Constraints • Accurate results for economic evaluations are difficult to obtain and are often controversial Prepared by UNOPS Consultant Mr. Sulma Warne August/ September 2005 for Project BGD/99/G31 48
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