Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project: Consulting Services

Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project: Consulting Services for PMO Management Support and Project Implementation

The overall goal of the Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project is to protect the globally significant biodiversity and wetland ecosystem and promote sustainable livelihood development in line with poverty reduction.

The immediate objectives of the project are:

1. protection of the natural resources of the Sanjiang Plain wetlands and the watersheds (biodiversity, water, forests) from continued threats; and


2. promotion of sustainable use of natural resources through the integrated conservation planning, and the improved well being of local communities.

The Project has four main components that will help to achieve these objectives and thus address the main threats to globally significant biodiversity in the Sanjiang Plain, coupled with a fifth “internal” component concerned with managing and monitoring the Project and key environmental impacts of the Project.

These components are:

• Component 1: Watershed Management;


• Component 2: Wetland Nature Reserve Management;


• Component 3: Alternative Livelihoods;


• Component 4: Education and Capacity Building;


• Component 5: Project Management

Components 1 and 2 address the physical arena – (i) upland watersheds where reforestation and forest management are the key activities and (ii) the lowland wetlands where biodiversity and wildlife conservation in nature reserves are central.

Components 3 and 4 complement these by addressing the human factor – (iii) the development of alternative livelihoods for the communities involved and (iv) education and capacity building to equip the communities and their administrators to meet the challenges that this will entail.