Biodiversity Impacts of Chinese Investment in Africa and Opportunities for Conservation

• What is the scope of Chinese investment in African countries, and what is the impact on biodiversity?
• Who are the key actors and stakeholders? How are Chinese companies and the Chinese government linked to extractive industries and impacts on biodiversity?
• What challenges (including transparence and non-interference) are faced by conservation groups working with new actors in the region?
• How can conservationists leverage opportunities for biodiversity conservation with non-traditional partners, including growing interest in corporate social responsibility?

Minutes of the meeting are available here. Please click the presentation titles below to view each presentation and click the "Tools & Resources" tab at the top of this page for additional documents, links and resources.

Video of full meeting is available at this link: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6694598.

Click here for Peter Viet's meeting introduction

Presentations for the meeting included:

China Goes Global: New Actors and New Challenges in Africa (click for presentation)
Deborah Brautigam, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University, and author of The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa

China for a Global SHIFT (click for presentation)
Andrew Murphy, Director, Strategy and Research & Development, Markets Department, World Wildlife Fund-US

The Africa/China Connection: Ivory, CITES and More (click for presentation)
Crawford Allan, TRAFFIC-North America

Pioneering Partnership with Chinese Extractive Industries: WCS, WWF, USFWS, the Government of Gabon, and Sinopec in Loango National Park (click for presentation)
James Deutsch, Wildlife Conservation Society



Respondents included:

• Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros, International Financial Flows & Environment Project,  World Resources Institute
• Rose Niu, Managing Director, US-China Program, World Wildlife Fund-US
• Rowena Smuts, Mining Engagement Advisor, Conservation International
• Ellen Shaw, Forest Policy Advisor, OES Office of Ecology and Natural Resource Conservation, U.S. Department of State