Sustainable Integrated Management of Biodiversity in the Indio-Maíz Biological Reserve
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Sustainable Integrated Management of Biodiversity in the Indio-Maíz Biological Reserve Part I: Project Information GEF ID 10674 Project Type FSP Type of Trust Fund GET CBIT/NGI CBIT NGI Project Title Sustainable Integrated Management of Biodiversity in the Indio-Maíz Biological Reserve Countries Nicaragua Agency(ies) FAO Other Executing Partner(s) Executing Partner Type Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) Government GEF Focal Area Biodiversity Taxonomy Tropical Rain Forests, Biomes, Biodiversity, Focal Areas, Productive Landscapes, Protected Areas and Landscapes, Terrestrial Protected Areas, Forestry - Including HCVF and REDD+, Mainstreaming, Agriculture and agrobiodiversity, Tourism, Restoration and Rehabilitation of Degraded Lands, Sustainable Land Management, Land Degradation, Strengthen institutional capacity and decision-making, Influencing models, Indigenous Peoples, Stakeholders, Beneficiaries, Individuals/Entrepreneurs, Private Sector, Participation, Type of Engagement, Consultation, Public Campaigns, Communications, Local Communities, Community Based Organization, Civil Society, Academia, Gender Mainstreaming, Gender Equality, Capacity Development, Gender results areas, Capacity, Knowledge and Research, Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Exchange, Learning Rio Markers Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Mitigation 1 Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Adaptation 1 Duration 60 In Months Agency Fee($) 282,874.00 Submission Date 9/28/2020 A. Indicative Focal/Non-Focal Area Elements Programming Directions Trust Fund GEF Amount($) Co-Fin Amount($) BD-1-1 GET 1,000,000.00 7,000,000.00 BD-2-7 GET 1,977,626.00 13,843,382.00 Total Project Cost ($) 2,977,626.00 20,843,382.00 B. Indicative Project description summary Project Objective To conserve globally important biodiversity and enhance ecosystem services in the Indio-Maíz Biological Reserve (RBIM) in partnership with indigenous peoples and local communities Project Financing Project Outcomes Project Outputs Trust GEF Amount($) Co-Fin Amount($) Component Type Fund 1. Technical 1.1.1 Participatory Management GET 788,215.00 5,517,505.00 Strengthenin Assistan Plan and Action Plan (PMP, 5 g the ce years) for RBIM developed jointly enabling by MARENA and territorial environment authorities in consultation with to improve local communities, approved and the under implementation by governance partners in accordance with and Annual Action Plan that is managemen monitored. Plan includes: t of the Indio • governance provisions for joint Maiz management and subsequent Biological upscaling to other protected Reserve area/ production landscapes; (RBIM) • business plan aligned with sustainable financing framework of RBIM; • M&E plan to track the status of (i) biodiversity and (ii) ecosystem goods and services benefiting local communities, based on framework developed for RBIM (Output 4.1). 1.1.2 Provisions to apply a 1.1 Legal, regulatory and in landscape approach to RBIM and stitutional instruments and surrounding production systems mechanisms established; a incorporated within relevant land nd supported by national, re use legislation and policies, gional, municipal and territ notably in the agriculture, orial authorities, in associat livestock, tourism and forestry ion with local communities, sectors, in coordination with the to provide integrated lands GEF FOLUR project in Nicaragua cape planning, managemen (GEFID 10559). t and governance within a mosaic of conservation an d production areas inside t he RBIM. 1.1.3 Landscape Forum and associated Working Group for Indicators: RBIM, which includes regional, municipal territorial government, (i) 316,729.60 ha under ma CSOs, communities and private nagement plan, leading to c sector representatives, onservation and sustainabl established to respectively e use / high-value conserva inform and develop the RBIM tion area with / through avo Management Plan and to support ided deforestation and degr delivery of its Action Plan. adation; and increased veg etation cover. (measured by METT) (CORE indicator 1) (ii) Percent of indigenous c ommunities living within RB IM adopting the commitme nts in the PMP (iii) Number of managemen t agreements accommodat ed within relevant policies a nd legislation signed betwe en Indigenous Territories a nd users of the reserve. 2. Technical 2.1 Capacities of Territorial 2.1.1 Modular Capacity Building GET 400,000.00 3,200,000.00 Strengthenin Assistan governments and local Programme on Integrated g capacity of ce communities strengthened to Landscape Management, local and manage landscapes in a biodiversity conservation, and indigenous holistic, integrated manner: sustainable production, designed communitie safeguarding biodiversity and delivered across relevant s in within protected areas and sectors operating within RBIM landscape managing land under managemen production sustainably. 2.1.2 Territorial and central t to conserve government extension services Indicators biodiversity strengthened to support delivery of practices and activities established in the agreed PMP (i) Increase in institutional for RBIM (Output 1.1.1) capacity for landscape management, measured by METT Indicators (Core Indicator 1). (iii) Number of project beneficiaries (at least 30% women) at multiple levels of government involved in training and / or local communities involved in improved landscape management practices in the RBIM 3. Investme 3.1. Agricultural pressures are 3.1.1 Implementation of the GET 1,300,000.00 9,100,000.00 Participatory nt reduced and resilience Participatory Management Plan managemen increased, leading to (Output 1.1.1) to address the t of the restoration and improved drivers of degradation and Indio-Maíz conservation of natural maintain ecosystem services, Biological resources and ecosystem based on: Reserve functions • Forest restoration activities (RBIM) • Agroforestry activities Indicators • Improved agropecuary activities -140,000 hectares of forest affected by natural disasters 3.1.2 Improved livelihood within the RBIM undergoing opportunities for local restoration processes (project communities arising from indicator) implementation of the -20,000 hectares degraded by Participatory Management Plan, human activities within the including: RBIM under SFM (Agroforestry) and SLM • Sustainable production / practices (project indicator) organic labeling of wood and -Sustainable use agreements NWFP; established between local • Agroecology; communities located in RBIM • Added value and premium and Indigenous Territories in prices for certified products; the framework of Law 445 • Plantations for medicinal and -3,300,000 tCo2eq aromatic plants; avoided/eliminated over the 5- • Ecotourism, with local guides. year period (CORE Indicator 6) • Identification and development -Increase in income of of community-based tourism indigenous communities, products that reflect local relative to the baseline (tbd) cultures; • Strengthening of local companies to promote, develop and manage tourism based on responsible tourism principles 3.1.3 Capacity of local communities (targeting 50% women and youth) strengthed to support the implementation of improved livelihood activities, including (i) managing enterprises effectively, (ii) acquiring leadership skills, (iii) entrepreneurial capacities, (iv) financing and investing. 4. Technical 4.1 Increased effectiveness 4.1.1 Web-based Landscape GET 347,619.00 2,033,333.00 Knowledge Assistan of landscape management Information and Knowledge managemen ce through improved digital Management System (LIKMS) t, monitoring access and management of designed, operational and and information and knowledge, accessible for monitoring: (i) evaluation. including the state of biodiversity and (ii) ecosystem biodiversity and its goods and services that benefit ecosystem, and benefits to indigenous and afro-descendant communities and civil society. and local non-indigenous Indicators communities; and for information (i) Fully functional and purposes, including access to operational Landscape training modules and outreach Information and Knowledge materials. Management System providing information to 4.1.2 Project implementation and decision-making processes informed decision-making by (ii) Monitoring of results on operationalization of the the state of biodiversity and monitoring and evaluation ecosystem goods and system, including the services, training and incorporation of a gender outreach materials, best perspective, social inclusion (for practices, and lessons example, youth, indigenous disseminated through LIKMS peoples, Afro-descendants and and a series of regional, local communities) and national, and Mesoamerican adherence to social and events during years 3-5. environmental safeguards. 4.1.3 Project results and lessons learned shared among stakeholders and more broadly with the National Protected Area System (SINAP) as well as with neighboring countries participating in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Sub Total ($) 2,835,834.00 19,850,838.00 Project Management Cost (PMC) GET 141,792.00 992,544.00 Sub Total($) 141,792.00 992,544.00 Total Project Cost($) 2,977,626.00 20,843,382.00 C. Indicative sources of Co-financing for the Project by name and by type Sources of Co-financing Name of Co-financier Type of Co- Investment Amount($) financing Mobilized Recipient Country Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) Public Investment 2,500,000.00 Government Investment mobilized Recipient Country Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) In-kind