1. Large-scale Forest Regional Initiatives: WWF’s approach in Asia
Guillermo Castilleja
WWF International
International Symposium on
Sustainable Forest Management
Beijing, September 25 – 27, 2009

2. Regional Priority Places: Alps, Baltic, Gulf of California, Indus Delta, Mesoamerican Reef, Yellow Sea.

3. WWF Priority Places in Asia / Pacific
2. Altai Sayan
4. Amur Heilong
5. Arctic
7. Borneo
13. Coral Triangle
14. Eastern Himalayas
18. Lake Bailkal
21. Mekong Complex
24. New Guinea
28. Southern Ocean
29. Southwestern Australia
30. Southwest Pacific
31. Sumatra
34. Western Ghats
35. Yangtze Basin

4. Tropical Forest Loss: Sumatra
2000
2010
1900
Montane
Swamp
Lowland
1960
1980
2000
1960
1980
1900
2010
Hectare (million)
(The World Bank, 2002)

5. Tropical Forest Loss: Borneo
1985
1900
2005
1950
2000

7. Heart of Borneo Strategic Actions Targeted
A 24 million ha mosaic of protected areas, transboundary managed areas, and sustainably managed forest corridors and buffer zones
No further conversion of natural forests to other land use in the Heart of Borneo.
A 100% increase in income generation from ecosystem goods and services are generated and equitably distributed

8. HEART OF BORNEO

9. Main Protected Areas (DRAFT)17 16 15 18
Kota Kinabalu
SABAH
(MALAYSIA) 14 12 13 11
Bandar Seri Begawan 10
HEART OF BORNEO
Provisional Scope and
Main Protected Areas (DRAFT)
BRUNEI
DARUSSALAM 9 19 8
Proposed Scope of
Heart of Borneo
International Boundary 7 6 6
SARAWAK
(MALAYSIA) 3 5 2 4 1 20
Kuching
Pontianak 21
KALIMANTAN
(INDONESIA) 23 22

10. Partnerships for Responsible Forestry10

11. WWF Forest Conversion Programme
Roundtables on Sustainable Palm Oil and Soy
Ensuring that high conservation value forests and habitats of key species are no longer threatened by the expansion of oil palm and soy 11

12. New Generation Plantations
High Conservation Values
Ecosystem Integrity
Balancing Social and Conservation needs and Building Assets 12

14. Large-scale Forest Regional Initiatives: WWF’s approach in Asia
Guillermo Castilleja
WWF International
International Symposium on
Sustainable Forest Management
Beijing, September 25 – 27, 2009