ASEAN Small Grants Programme The objectives of the Programme are to improve biodiversity protection in line with the interest of the local population directly dependent on selected AHPs and adjacent areas; to improve the livelihood of local communities directly dependent on selected AHPs and adjacent areas; and to strengthen the role of ACB in promoting biodiversity protection among the ASEAN Member States. The programme is funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through KfW. Promoting the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) ACB and the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) recently undertook a project on Disseminating the Values of Ecosystems and Biodiversity to Enhance Climate Change and Biodiversity Strategies in Southeast Asia. The project aims to engage policy and decision makers in recognizing the economic benefits and values of ecosystems and biodiversity, understanding the costs of biodiversity loss, and taking action towards incorporating these values into national plans and budgets. Wildlife Protection and Law Enforcement ACB is working with the ASEAN-Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) and Freeland Foundation to arrest illegal wildlife hunting in Southeast Asia. Under the collaboration, the partners are implementing a series of capacity building activities aimed at enhancing the understanding by ASEAN Member States of CITES policies, improving the skills of wildlife law enforcers, developing national regulations and policies on wildlife trafficking, and strengthening the capacity of the ASEAN-WEN Programme Coordination Unit in fulfilling its mandates. Communicating Biodiversity Biodiversity Information Sharing Service ACB’s Biodiversity Information Sharing Service (BISS) promotes biodiversity information sharing among the ASEAN Member States. The BISS contains an inventory of biological resources of the ASEAN region; houses its historical and current biodiversity metadata; and serves as a platform that presents a growing collection of knowledge products developed out of the biodiversity data made available by the ASEAN Member States. Additional biodiversity data are likewise sourced ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS AND COMMUNITIES FOR BIODIVERSITY 143
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