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5862 SVG Conserving Biodiversity and Reducing Land Degradation United Nations Development Programme Annotated Project Document template for nationally implemented projects financed by the GEF/LDCF/SCCF Trust Funds Project title: Conserving biodiversity and reducing land degradation using a Ridge-to-Reef approach Country: St Vincent and Implementing Partner: Ministry of Management Arrangements: Support to National the Grenadines Agriculture, Rural Transformation, Implementation Modality (NIM) Forestry, Fisheries, Industry and Labour This project will contribute to the following country outcome included in the UNDAF/Country Programme Document (United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework in the Caribbean): Inclusive and sustainable solutions adopted for the conservation, restoration, and use of ecosystems and natural resources. UNDP Strategic Plan Output: 2.4.1 Gender responsive legal and regulatory frameworks, policies and institutions strengthened, and solutions adopted, to address conservation, sustainable use and equitable benefit sharing of natural resources, in line with international conventions and national legislation UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Category: UNDP Gender Marker: 2 Moderate Atlas Project ID (formerly Award ID): 00097455 Atlas Output ID (formerly Project ID): 00101171 UNDP-GEF PIMS ID number: 5862 GEF ID number: 9580 Planned start date: Jan 1, 2019 (indicative) Planned end date: June 30, 2023 (indicative) PAC meeting date: September 14, 2018 Brief project description: The main objective of the project Conserving biodiversity and reducing land degradation using a Ridge- to-Reef approach with financing from the Global Environment Facility with support from UNDP is to enhance biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services conservation through an expanded and strengthened PA system and with SLM measures integrated in a ridge to reef approach. The Project objective will be achieved by using a multi-focal strategy that includes the development of a national enabling environment (i.e. policy/legal framework, availability and access to information, capacities, technologies, and finance mechanisms) for delivering multiple global environmental benefits in four interrelated outcomes: 1) Strengthened institutional framework for protected areas, biodiversity conservation and SLM/CSA; 2) Effective management of new and existing Pas; 3) Integrated watershed management measures in R2R setting incorporating sustainable livelihood opportunities and; 4) Knowledge management for SLM, CSA and biodiversity conservation. The GEF investment will address the drivers of biodiversity loss (habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation due primarily to unsustainable land use practices and human encroachment, threats that are further compounded by the impacts of climate change and IAS) that will reduce biodiversity loss and land degradation both within PAs and within the mixed-use landscape. The project will deliver global 1 | P a g e I. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 3 II. Development Challenge ...................................................................................................................................... 6 III. Strategy ............................................................................................................................................................. 12 IV. Results and Partnerships ................................................................................................................................... 18 V. Project Management ......................................................................................................................................... 47 VI. Project Results Framework................................................................................................................................ 49 VII. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan............................................................................................................. 57 VIII. Governance and Management Arrangements .................................................................................................. 62 IX. Financial Planning and Management ................................................................................................................ 65 IX. Total Budget and Work Plan .............................................................................................................................. 67 X. Legal Context ..................................................................................................................................................... 77 XI. Risk Management .............................................................................................................................................. 77 XII. Mandatory Annexes .......................................................................................................................................... 79 Annex A. Multi Year Work Plan ................................................................................................................................. 80 Annex B. Core Indicators ........................................................................................................................................... 86 Annex C. Summary of Technical Consultancies ......................................................................................................... 92 Annex D. Terms of Reference .................................................................................................................................. 101 Annex E. UNDP Social and Environmental and Social Screening Template (SESP) .................................................. 109 Annex F. Stakeholder Engagement Plan .................................................................................................................. 121 Annex G. Gender Analysis and Action Plan ............................................................................................................. 146 Annex H. UNDP Risk Log .......................................................................................................................................... 162 Annex I. Results of the capacity assessment of the project implementing partner and HACT micro assessment . 166 Annex J. Additional Agreements ............................................................................................................................. 167 Annex K. UNDP Project Quality Assurance Report .................................................................................................. 168 Annex L. Target landscape profile ........................................................................................................................... 169 Annex M. List of People Consulted During Project Development ........................................................................... 194 Annex N. Capacity Development Scorecard ............................................................................................................ 196 Annex O. Parallel Co-financing Summary ................................................................................................................ 206 Annex P. GEF BD-1 Tracking Tool ............................................................................................................................ 207 3 | P a g e List of acronyms °C Degrees Celsius ACP African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States ART Agency for Rural Transformation AZE Alliance for Zero Extinction BMZ German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development CARDI Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute CARICOM Caribbean Community CATS Caribbean Aqua-Terrestrial Solution CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CBF Caribbean Biodiversity Fund CCI Caribbean Challenge Initiative CEPF Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund CMFR Central Mountain Forest Reserve CR IUCN classification: critically endangered CSA Climate smart agriculture CSO Civil Society Organization FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FSP Full Sized Project GCCA Global Climate Change Alliance GDP Gross domestic product GEF Global Environment Facility GEFSEC Global Environment Facility Secretariat GIS Geographic information system GIZ Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GPS Global positioning system ha Hectares IAS Invasive alien species ICCAS Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Strategies project IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development INRM Integrated natural resource management IWRM Integrated water resource management JCCCP Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership KBA Key Biodiversity Area km Kilometre km2 Square kilometres LADA Land Degradation Assessment LCMP Leeward Coast Marine Park LD Land Degradation LD-TSP Land Degradation Target Setting Protocol M&E Monitoring and evaluation METT Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool mm Millimeters MMA Marine Management Area MPA Marine Protected Area MSP Medium Sized Project MTR Mid-term Review NAP National Adaptation Plan NBSAP National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan NEAB National Environmental Advisory Board NGO Non-Governmental Organization NIM National Implementation Modality 4 | P a g e NISP National Implementation Support Programme NPD National Project Director NPPASP National Parks and Protected Area System Plan OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States PA Protected Area
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