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United Nations Development Programme Government of Ecuador Conservation of Ecuadorian Amphibian Diversity and Sustainable Use of its Genetic Project Title: Resources By 2018, support has been provided to strengthening institutional and citizen capacities to promote the rights of nature, create conditions for a sustainable low-emission UNDAF Outcome(s): development, and improve the resilience and risk management facing the impacts of climate change and natural and man-made disasters UNDP Strategic Plan Environment and Sustainable Development Primary Outcome: Inclusive and sustainable growth and development incorporating production capacities that generate employment and lifestyles for the poor and excluded. UNDP Strategic Plan Secondary Outcome: National capacities to reduce conflict likelihoods and reduce natural risks, including those arising for climate change. Expected CP Outcome(s): By 2018, support has been provided to strengthening institutional and citizen capacities to promote the rights of nature, create conditions for a sustainable low-emission development, and improve the resilience and risk management facing the impacts of climate change and natural and man-made disasters (Those linked to the project and extracted from the country programme document) Expected CPAP Output (s) Strategies, plans and management and budget instruments are formulated and applied with a focus on prioritized identified groups and special emphasis on gender inequalities for: conservation and sustainable management of natural resources, ecosystem goods and services, climate change, resilience promotion, sustainable energy solutions promotion and the adequate management of chemical products and pollutants. Those that will result from the project and extracted from the CPAP) Executing Entity/Implementing Partner: Ministry of Environment (MAE); Brief description: The Government of Ecuador is requesting assistance from GEF and UNDP to remove barriers to securing the long-term conservation of the country’s biological diversity. The project goal is to safeguard globally significant biodiversity of Ecuador through building capacity on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing while improving the sustainability of the protected area system through strengthening of Decentralized Autonomous Government (GAD) reserves. The project objective is Ecuador implements integrated emergency actions to conserve the diversity of amphibians of Ecuador and use its genetic resources in a sustainable way. The three main outcomes of the project are: 1. Emergency actions to ensure the survival of highly endangered amphibian species of Ecuador for conservation and bioprospecting purposes; 2. Discovery of active compounds derived from the skin secretion of Ecuadorian amphibians with potential applications in biomedicine; 3. Institutional strengthening for the implementation of biodiversity conservation measures and sustainable use of its genetic resources in Ecuador, using amphibians as a pilot case study. Programme Period: 2015 - 2018 Total resources required US$ 16,943,032 Total allocated (CASH) resources US$: Atlas Award ID: 00086955 GEF 2,726,908 Project ID: 00094106 UNDP 54,538 PIMS # 5314 Otonga Foundation 1,708,000 Amaru Amphibian Rescue Center 108,350 Start date: May 2015 Government End Date May 2020 MAE 3,454,119 Project Duration: 5 years Ikiam Regional Amazonic University 1,937,325 Management Arrangements: NIM GAD Carchi 10,000 PAC Meeting Date: TBD GAD Guayas 18,471 ETAPA 2,892,535 In-kind contributions US$: UNDP 166,462 Government MAE 499,479 GAD Carchi 42,628 GAD Guayas 41,473 ETAPA 264,350 Queen’s University Molecular 2,000,000 Therapeutics Laboratory Otonga Foundation 1,000,000 Amaru Center 18,394 Agreed by: Date: Agreed by: Date: Resident Representative 2 Table of Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................ 4 SECTION 1: ELABORATION OF THE NARRATIVE ............................................................................. 5 Part I.A. Context ....................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1. Context and global significance ................................................................................................ 5 1.2. Socio-economic context ............................................................................................................ 9 1.3. Institutional context ................................................................................................................. 10 1.4. Legal, Policy and Planning Context ........................................................................................ 12 Part I.B. Baseline Course of Action........................................................................................................ 15 1.5. Threats to biodiversity ............................................................................................................. 15 1.6. Baseline Analysis .................................................................................................................... 17 1.7. Long-term solution .................................................................................................................. 20 1.8. Barrier Analysis ....................................................................................................................... 20 1.9. Stakeholder analysis ................................................................................................................ 23 PART II: Strategy ................................................................................................................................... 26 2.1. Project Rationale ..................................................................................................................... 26 2.2. Project Objective, Outcomes and Outputs/activities ............................................................... 32 2.3. Project Indicators, Risks and Assumptions ............................................................................. 50 2.4. Incremental Reasoning and Expected Global, National and Local Benefits ........................... 52 2.5. Policy Conformity and Country Ownership: Eligibility and Country Drivenness .................. 53 2.6. Sustainability ........................................................................................................................... 56 2.7. Replicability ............................................................................................................................ 58 2.8. Financial Modality and Cost-Effectiveness ............................................................................. 59 PART III: Management Arrangements .................................................................................................. 60 PART V: Legal Context ......................................................................................................................... 73 SECTION II: STRATEGIC RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND GEF INCREMENT ................................ 75 SECTION III: TOTAL BUDGET AND WORKPLAN ............................................................................. 80 SECTION IV: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ....................................................................................... 85 PART I. Amphibian Biodiversity and Target Site Interventions .................................................. 85 PART II. Bioprospection and Biobanking in Ecuador ................................................................. 103 PART III. Institutional Framework & Capacity Analysis ............................................................. 109 PART IV. Stakeholder Analysis and Participation Plan ................................................................ 123 PART V. Terms of References for key project staff and main sub-contracts .............................. 138 PART VI. Direct Project Costs and Letter of Agreement (Signed version in separate file) .......... 142 PART VII. ABS Capacity Scorecard .............................................................................................. 145 PART VIII. UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Tool ....................................................... 150 PART IV. Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (See separate file) ..................................... 161 PART X. CoFinancing Letters (See separate file) ........................................................................ 161 PART XI. UNDP Risk Matrix ....................................................................................................... 161 PART XII. Cash Transfer Modality Workflow ............................................................................... 164 PART XIII. References .................................................................................................................... 165 3 LIST OF ACRONYMS ABS Access and Benefit Sharing ACAP Amphibian Conservation Action Plan AWP Annual Work Plan BD Biodiversity CBD Convention of Biological Diversity CC Climate Change CI Conservation International CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species COA Organic Environmental Code EAGB Ecuadorian Amphibian Genome Bank FACE Funding Authorization and Certification of Expenses GAD Decentralized Autonomous Government GEF Global Environment Facility GIS Geographic Information System HACT Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfer IA