Presentation by Mexico - Challenges and opportunities in mainstreaming biodiversity in Mexico
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Presentation by Oscar Manuel Ramírez Flores at OECD side-event ‘Mainstreaming biodiversity and development’ at CBD COP 13: Challenges and opportunities from mainstreaming biodiversity in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: Insights from Mexico
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Presentation by Mexico - Challenges and opportunities in mainstreaming biodiversity in Mexico
- 1. Oscar Manuel Ramírez Flores Challenges and opportunities from mainstreaming biodiversity in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: Insights from Mexico OCDE side event “Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development”
- 2. BIODIVERSITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • Subsistence and small-scale agriculture and fisheries provide livelihoods for many of the world’s rural poor. • Biodiversity also offers opportunities for business development - Major tourism attractions are closely linked to biodiversity.
- 3. BIODIVERSITY MAINSTREAMING IN MEXICO • Mexico holds the 12th place in food production world-wide and is considered among the major 20 producers in marine fisheries worldwide. • Biodiversity mainstreaming in the Mexican primary sectors (agriculture, forestry, fisheries) include goals and course of actions linked to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use within plans, sectoral programs and legal framework. • The Tourism industry in Mexico has some of the most significant advances in the field of biodiversity mainstreaming.
- 4. PARTNERS
- 5. SECTORAL WORKSHOPS • Four workshops: Tourism, Fisheries, Agriculture, Forestry July 2016 Total of Participants: 135
- 6. BIODIVERSITY MAINSTREAMING IN MEXICO • During 2016, Mexico structured the Strategies for Biodiversity Mainstreaming in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Tourism Sectors (2016-2022), through close collaboration with Federal government branches, civil organizations, producers, service providers and academia.
- 7. LESSONS LEARNED • The diagnoses and identification of opportunities represented a key step in the construction of sectoral strategies. • The level of information on interactions with biodiversity is variable, so it is necessary to generate and share information to promote dialogue and will towards sustainable use. • Sectors are aware about their impacts on biodiversity, which is an opportunity to achieve the goals of the sectors with a better performance in terms of sustainability.
- 8. • The sectors identified opportunities for intersectoral collaboration in order to sum efforts and efficiently achieve the economic growth goals, with sustainability and equity. • The methodology applied was effective and contributed to improve the dialogue within the work teams. • COP13 became an important incentive to increase attention and prioritize the process of strategy construction. • External collaboration and funding were key elements for implementing the different actions of the process. LESSONS LEARNED
- 9. • Exchanging experiences between officials and actors from different sectors helped to strengthen dialogue. • It’s important to develop and align common indicators among the sectors involved. • Promote private investment and cooperation as key elements to consolidate successful projects in priority areas. LESSONS LEARNED
- 10. NEXT STEPS: INTERNALIZATION AND DIVULGATION OF THE STRATEGIES • Internalize strategies in key areas of the sectors for implementation through sector workshops. • Generate a training program for key officials in each sector to strengthen the implementation of the Strategy. • Participation and collaboration with the sectors in outreach and dissemination forums that increase the recognition and appropriation of the Strategies, including stakeholders of civil society, cooperation agencies, etc.
- 11. NEXT STEPS Cross-cutting public policies and their instruments: • Generate and share relevant information to decision-making across sectors sharing experiences and identifying success or failure factors • Link to other public administration actors to generate synergy and recognition in the fulfillment of SDGs. • Establish a program of work with the Legislative and the involved sectors to advance in the incorporation of biodiversity into the legal frameworks. Territorial implementation of the Strategies • Identification of priority areas to focus joint multi-sectoral efforts, with definition of goals and scope in the identified territories. • Identification and promotion of successful cases of biodiversity mainstreaming for replication and scaling. • Design pilot projects with a mid-term vision and linked to indicators of integration of biodiversity.
- 12. MONITORING AND EVALUATION • Design specific indicators about implementation of the Strategies at sectoral level. • Design indicators shared among sectors to assess the effectiveness of intersectoral coordination in biodiversity mainstreaming. • Generate a platform to systematize the information of indicators on the implementation of actions for biodiversity mainstreaming. • Indicators for investments of each sector that are oriented towards the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of biodiversity.
- 13. ¡GRACIAS!
Editor's Notes
- Healthy ecosystems provide the essential resources and ecosystem services that directly support a range of economic activities in primary sectors – agriculture, forestry and fisheries. Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity through sustainable practices in agriculture and fisheries can help to alleviate poverty on the long term and reduce the vulnerability of communities to global economical uncertainties or climate disasters. Biodiversity also offers opportunities for business development: Tourism accounts for about 10% of global GDP and generates 1 in 11 jobs worldwide. Major tourism attractions are closely linked to biodiversity and natural landscapes such as protected areas, mountains, beaches and wildlife.
- Mexico holds the 12th place in food production world-wide and is considered among the major 20 producers in marine fisheries worldwide; Mexico is center of origin and genetic diversity of more than a hundred species, many of them of global importance as major crops in the world. Because of this, Mexico is a key stakeholder for the impulse of productivity and sustainable use of biodiversity. Recently, biodiversity mainstreaming in the Mexican primary sectors (agriculture, forestry, fisheries) has moved forward through the inclusion of goals and course of actions linked to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use within plans, sectoral programs and legal framework. The Tourism industry in Mexico has some of the most significant advances in the field of biodiversity mainstreaming, not only in their products and services, but also in the elaboration of studies, guidelines and handbooks.
- Four workshops were organized in July, one per sector, with a total participation of 135 representatives from a diverse array of institutions and organizations, mainly from the Federal Government, NGOs and with an important participation from private sector, productors and service providers.
- However, there are still great challenges and opportunity areas to strengthen current Federal programs in order to guarantee productive activity success and long-term biodiversity conservation. Because of this, Mexico promoted the Integration of the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for well-being into sectoral and intersectoral plans, programs and policies. During 2016, Mexico structured the Strategies for Biodiversity Mainstreaming in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Tourism Sectors (2016-2022), through close collaboration with Federal government branches, civil organizations, producers, service providers and academia.
- During this process, important lessons were highlighted: The diagnoses and identification of opportunities represented a key step in the construction of sectoral strategies, since the sectors could pinpoint the areas of possible change that could be achieved in the short, medium or long term. The level of information on interactions with biodiversity is variable, so it is necessary to generate and share information to promote dialogue and political will towards sustainable use. Sectors are actually aware about their impacts on biodiversity, which is an opportunity to achieve the goals of the sectors with a better performance in terms of sustainability.
- Budget was a concern expressed by all sectors. During this process the sectors concluded that it’s important to consider biodiversity conservation in the construction of fiscal budgets that promote and favor the transition to the sustainable use of our biodiversity and ecosystems, especially under the current uncertain global economy scenarios. Also, the sectors identified opportunities for intersectoral collaboration in order to sum efforts and efficiently achieve the economic growth goals, with sustainability and equity. The methodology used during the sectoral and intersectoral workshops was effective and contributed to improve the dialogue within the work teams. This guarantees that the Strategies for Biodiversity Mainstreaming in the Forestry, Agriculture, Fisheries and Tourism sectors, will serve as roadmaps in order to advance in the mainstreaming agenda during the 2016-2022 period. COP13 became an important incentive to increase attention and prioritize the process of strategy construction. External collaboration and funding were key elements for implementing the different actions of the process.
- Exchanging experiences between government officials and actors from different sectors helped to strengthen dialogue, ensuring a participatory and inclusive process. It’s important to develop and align common indicators among the sectors involved. The intersectorial workshop helped to promote private investment and cooperation as key elements to consolidate successful projects in priority areas.
- For next steps, it’s important to ensure a proper internalization of the strategies in key areas of all sectors to facilitate the implementation of the actions. Also, to promote the training of key officers in important concepts of biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, in order to strengthen the implementation of the strategies. Promote the participation and collaboration with the sectors in outreach and dissemination forums that increase the recognition and appropriation of the Strategies, including stakeholders of civil society, cooperation agencies, etc., generating outreach materials of good practices and successful cases in the implementation of biodiversity mainstreaming in each sector.
- It is important to identify and strengthen the cross-cutting public policies among sectors, sharing experiences and identifying success or failure factors. Promote joint workshops to find common goals in planning instruments. Identification of operational instruments for the correct alignment of financing actions and territorial implementation. Link to other public administration actors to generate synergy and recognition in the fulfillment of national objectives and SDGs. Establish a program of work with the Legislative and the involved sectors to advance in the incorporation of biodiversity into the legal frameworks, and to facilitate harmonization of laws and inter-institutional coordination. Also, the Strategies must be implemented at a territorial level, with identification of priority areas for joint multi-sectorial efforts with well defined goals and scopes, and connection with civil society stakeholders, cooperation agencies and academic institutions to increase the success of the implemented actions. Other steps would be the identification and promotion of successful cases of biodiversity mainstreaming for replication and scaling, and the design of pilot projects with a mid-term vision linked to indicators of integration of biodiversity.
- Finally, the monitoring and evaluation of success of the implementation for the Sectoral Strategies is fundamental, with the design of specific indicators for biodiversity mainstreaming actions and for the effectiveness of intersectoral coordination. A platform to systematize the information of indicators on the implementation of actions for biodiversity mainstreaming will facilitate the exchange of information among sectors. Also, the sectors concluded to explore the possibility of generating indicators that include information on investments of each sector that are oriented towards the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of biodiversity.