World Bank - WAVES - 3Returns in Western Ayeyarwady

WB has offered GGGI limited funding through single-source contracting ($80,000) to replicate the 3 Returns investment analysis for green growth scenarios that we conducted with the University of Queensland on the Ayeyarwady lower delta forest (mangrove) reserve, to the entire mangrove areas in Ayeyarwady Region. This analysis covers all mangroves within forest reserves or protected\ areas (managed by the forestry department), roughly 40,000ha, and the mangroves that are found outside of the forest reserves and that are managed by small-holder farmers, roughly 40,000ha. This study covers 10 townships in both the Ayeyarwady Delta and the Western Ayeyarwady Coasline. $40,000 of the project budget has been allocatd to UQ as an implementing partner, leaving roughly $40,000 to GGGI, mainly to cover our staff time.