Workshop 2:

Sustainable Financing of Wetlands

1

Low Hanging Fruits? (re Midori’s ppt)

2

1. Taxes and levies (e.g. bed

tax, departure tax)

2. Habitat banking

3. Community-based

mechanisms

4. Tourism concessions

5. Conservation concessions

6. Carbon credit through

voluntary market

7. Conservation easement

8. Conservation vehicle

licensing plate

• Filming fees / camera fees

• Offset / polluters pay

• Naming rights (for a specified

period)

• CSR + Staff engagement

• Education programme

participants as fundraisers (incentive is able to plant a tree)

• Memorial fund / birthday gifts…

• Adopt a rainforest patch

• Corporatization and shareholder

structure for donor to own shares

• “bank sampah” incentive for

‘right’ behaviour (linked to

community-based mechanism)

Brainstormed ideas (by workshop participants)

From keynote speech we identified several

innovative funding mechanism including few of them appeared to be easily implementable

For example:

- Departure Tax

- Bed Tax (already implemented in George Town, Penang and Malacca)

- Conservation Vehicle Number Plate

Innovative Funding

Provide an opportunity for public to contribute a

nominal amount (RM) for conservation of wetland in Sabah

Create awareness campaign towards public

Collect funding from the public for the conservation in Sabah specifically for wetlands

Objectives

State of Maine (New England region of the

northeastern United States)

- For the wildlife conservation

State of Minessota

- for the critical habitat conservation

- fee is $20.00 in addition(1st purchasing) the plates. - -- renewal is an additional $15.00

Where it has been done?

State of Massachusetts

- For environmental conservation

- new "Preserve the Trust" environmental specialty plate is $40

- Renew your plate every two years and the renewal fees $40

Where it has been done?

Guideline from the JPJ:

3 types of number plates that are allowed for use:

White alphabets and numbers, embossed or glued on a black plate.

White alphabets and numbers, embossed or glued on a red plate for vehicles belonging to embassies, the UN and the International Natural Rubber Association.

Black alphabets and numbers, embossed or glued on a white plate for taxicabs and hired cars.

VEHICLE NUMBER PLATE SPECIFICATIONS

Guideline from JPJ

Example:

What?

PROBOSCIS 1

WETLANDS 1

Logo

Logo

Ministry of Transportation through the Department

of Road Transport (JPJ)

- Supporting national conservation policy

IMPLEMENTING GROUP/AGENCIES

1) Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment

Sabah

And supported by

- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Project Proponent

- Sabah Wetlands Conservation Society and other stakeholders (other NGOs, civil societies, others)

Action Plan

May require amendment to existing road transport

regulations.

To differentiate the conservation number plate by having specific design/code/symbol in the road tax stickers

The design of the number plate may either be rectangular/square

Cooperate with police and JPJ for enforcement

How?

Sabah as pilot project

Where to be implemented?

Public buy/bid plate

no.

Pay to JPJ - May deduct processing fee

(e.g: 5%)

Channeled to State

conservation trust fund

Beneficiaries: NGOs, civil

societies, SWCS etc.

Process

Piracy/fake plate number

Maximum character/symbol can be used for this plate number

Maximum size of the plate number allowable to suit vehicle design

Challenges

Low Hanging Fruits? (re Midori’s ppt)

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1. Taxes and levies (e.g. bed

tax, departure tax)

2. Habitat banking

3. Community-based

mechanisms

4. Tourism concessions

5. Conservation concessions

6. Carbon credit through

voluntary market

7. Conservation easement

8. Conservation vehicle

licensing plate

• Filming fees / camera fees

• Offset / polluters pay

• Naming rights (for a

specified period)

• CSR + Staff engagement • Education programme

participants as fundraisers (incentive is able to plant a tree)

• Memorial fund / birthday gifts…

• Adopt a rainforest patch

• Corporatization and shareholder

structure for donor to own shares

• “bank sampah” incentive for

‘right’ behaviour (linked to

community-based mechanism)

Brainstormed ideas (by workshop participants)

• Accessibility

• Promotion (Easier to reach target audience)

• Audience is more receptive

• Audience is more affluent (Higher chance of gaining money)

• Higher expectations placed on wetland (better/higher standard for wetland)

• Proximity to business/corporates/donors

Selected options for sustainable financing, based on competitive advantages of urban wetlands:

Naming rights/adoption

programme

CSR- Corporate Programmes

Provide/prepare packages

(internally/outsourcing) and governance

• What would we offer? / the justification and reasonings / benefits for companies – royalties on biodiversity, publicity offered,

• T & C

• Who are the targets?

• How long the duration?

ROI

• Case study from other organisations / countries (Bench-marking)

Due diligence

• Prospecting and identifying companies

•Checking track records / reputations / avoid green washings

Implementation

•Marketing strategies

•Negotiations

•Agreements / MoU

•Ceremony - publicity

Monitoring / reporting / evaluation

Idea Competitive

Advantage Feasibility ROI Period Ranking

Naming

rights Yes, due to:

• Publicity value

for donor

• Accessibility

• Proximity to city

• 10 huts

• Rooms in EEC

• Boardwalk

• Small zones

High -

Medium

Medium term

(3-5 years)

CSR

Same as above

• Likely to be

feasible

• Interview some

companies to be

sure

Medium Short term

(< 3 years)

etc…

SAMPLE PRIORITISATION MATRIX FOR SUSTAINABLE FINANCING

Useful for all protected area managers to assess and prioritize options of sustainable financing (after brainstorming)