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UNDP Project document Government of Cuba United Nations Development Program PIMS no.: 4716 Project Title: A landscape approach to the conservation of threatened mountain ecosystems. Brief Description This project will make a paradigm shift in biodiversity conservation and protected area management in Cuba, from a site based approach to a landscape approach that integrates PAs into the surrounding areas. This is necessary in order to protect core refugia for biodiversity, while addressing fragmentation from production practices in the landscape as a whole, and countering threats such as fire and pollution which have their origins in the practices employed in the production landscape. Hence, the strategic landscape approach supported through this project will constitute an innovative approach and contribute to strengthen the management effectiveness of the PA system. The project will focus on threatened mountain ecosystems located in the principal mountain ranges of the country, which are legally considered as Special Sustainable Development Regions (REDS) and managed by Mountain Organisms. It will work across altitudinal gradients reaching from mountain ridges to foothills in order to maintain functional connectivity. The project will take a combined BD SO 1 and SO 2 approach, to strengthen the management of PAs, expand PA coverage and ensure the compatibility of PA management with the conservation of BD in production sectors and landscapes. 1 Table of Contents List of abbreviations ................................................................................................................................... 4 SECTION I: ELABORATION OF THE NARRATIVE .................................................................... 6 PART I. SITUATION ANALYSIS ............................................................................................ 6 IA: CONTEXT ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Geography, Demography and Economy .......................................................................................... 6 Biodiversity in Cuba ..................................................................................................................... 6 Biodiversity in mountain areas ....................................................................................................... 6 Protected areas in Cuba ................................................................................................................ 8 Productive sectors .......................................................................................................................10 Institutional framework ...............................................................................................................12 Legal, planning, policy and incentive framework .............................................................................12 Target sites ...........................................................................................................................14 IB: BASELINE SITUATION .................................................................................................................. 24 Threats ...........................................................................................................................24 Baseline analysis .........................................................................................................................27 Long-term solution ......................................................................................................................30 Barriers to achieving the solution ..................................................................................................30 Barrier 1. Inadequate management framework for mountain ecosystems. ...........................................30 Barrier 2. Limitations in design and management effectiveness of PAs. .............................................33 Barrier 3. Farmers do not have access to productive practices that are compatible with biodiversity conservation ...........................................................................................................................36 Stakeholder analysis ....................................................................................................................37 STRATEGY .............................................................................................................................. 40 Project rationale ........................................................................................................................................ 40 Design principles and strategic considerations....................................................................................... 40 Specific strategies to be applied per area ................................................................................................ 42 Project objective, outcomes and outputs/activities ................................................................................ 47 Component 1: Systemic landscape management framework. ............................................................48 Component 2: Management effectiveness for core PAs within the context of fragile mountain landscapes . ...........................................................................................................................54 Component 3: Conservation compatible production systems in threatened mountain ecosystems and conservation corridors leading down to the coast. ............................................................................56 Incremental reasoning and expected global, national and local benefits ............................................. 59 Key indicators, risks and assumptions .................................................................................................... 60 Policy conformity ...................................................................................................................................... 60 Coordination with related initiatives....................................................................................................... 62 Country ownership: country eligibility and country drivenness ......................................................... 63 Financial modality .................................................................................................................................... 63 Cost-effectiveness ...................................................................................................................................... 63 Sustainability ............................................................................................................................................. 63 Replicability ............................................................................................................................................... 64 2 PART II. Management Arrangements ........................................................................................ 64 Arrangements and responsibilities .......................................................................................................... 64 UNDP Support Services ........................................................................................................................... 66 Collaborative arrangements with related projects ................................................................................ 66 Prior obligations and Prerequisites ......................................................................................................... 67 Audit arrangements .................................................................................................................................. 67 Agreement on intellectual property rights and use of logo on the project’s deliverables .................. 67 PART III. Monitoring Framework and Evaluation .................................................................... 68 PART IV. Legal Context ....................................................................................................... 72 SIGNATURE PAGE ................................................................................................................. 73 SECTION II: STRATEGIC RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND GEF INCREMENT ............................ 74 SECTION III: TOTAL BUDGET AND WORKPLAN ................................................................... 81 SECTION IV: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ............................................................................ 87 PART I. Endorsement Letter ................................................................................................................... 87 PART II. Threatened and IUCN Red List species by massif ......................................................... 89 PART III. Results of Corridor Design Workshop ............................................................................ 95 PART IV. Stakeholders .................................................................................................................... 104 PART V. Native species for use in reforestation programmes ........................................................ 117 PART VI. Multi-purpose native tree species for use in forest enrichment. ................................. 119 PART VII. Terms of References for key project staff and main sub-contracts ............................ 123 PART VIII. Bibliography ...............................................................................................................