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United Nations Development Programme Project Document Project title: Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Thailand Country: Thailand Implementing Partner: United Nations Management Arrangements: Office for Project Services - UNOPS Agency-implemented UNDAF/Country Programme Outcome: Promoting inclusive Green Growth, creating fairness and reducing inequality in the society for sustainable development UNDP Strategic Plan Output: 1.3 - Solutions developed at national and sub-national levels for sustainable management of natural resources, ecosystem services, chemicals and waste. UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Category: UNDP Gender Marker: GEN 2 Low risk Atlas Project ID (formerly Award ID): Atlas Output ID (formerly Project ID): UNDP-GEF PIMS ID number: 5530 GEF ID number: 9558 Planned start date: December 2018 Planned end date: December 2021 LPAC meeting date: October 2018 Brief project description: The project will enable community organizations in four diverse regions of Thailand to take collective action for adaptive landscape and seascape management for socio-ecological resilience - through design, implementation and evaluation of small grant projects for global environmental benefits and sustainable development. The project will provide financing to the Upgraded Country Programme of the GEF Small Grants Programme. FINANCING PLAN GEF Trust Fund or LDCF or SCCF USD 2,381,620 UNDP TRAC resources USD 0 Cash co-financing to be administered by UNDP USD 0 (1) Total Budget administered by UNDP USD 2,381,620 PARALLEL CO-FINANCING (all other co-financing that is not cash co-financing administered by UNDP) 1 | P a g e UNDP – In Kind USD 147,000 Government – LDD in cash USD 1,910,000 Government – RFD in cash USD 1,500,000 IUCN in cash USD 352,000 Grantee in cash USD 200,000 Grantee in kind USD 1,300,000 (2) Total co-financing USD 5,409,000 (3) Grand-Total Project Financing (1)+(2) USD 7,790,620 SIGNATURES Signature: Agreed by Date/Month/Year: Government of Thailand Signature: Agreed by Date/Month/Year: Implementing Mr. Kirk Bayabos Partner Manager, UNDG Cluster, ECR United Nations Office for Project Services Signature: Agreed by UNDP Date/Month/Year: xxxx Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme 2 | P a g e I. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Development Challenge ..................................................................................................................................... 5 III. Strategy ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 IV. Results and Partnerships.................................................................................................................................. 24 V. Project Management…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..36 VI. Project Results Framework .............................................................................................................................. 38 VII. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan ........................................................................................................... 47 VIII. Governance and Management Arrangements ................................................................................................ 52 IX. Financial Planning and Management ............................................................................................................... 56 X. Total Budget and Work Plan ............................................................................................................................ 58 XI. Legal Context ................................................................................................................................................... 59 XII. Risk Management ............................................................................................................................................ 59 XIII. Mandatory Annexes ......................................................................................................................................... 61 Annex A: Multi Year Work Plan .............................................................................................................................. 62 Annex B: Terms of Reference .................................................................................................................................. 67 Annex C: UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Procedure and plans as needed ......................................... 74 Annex D: Stakeholder Engagement Plan ................................................................................................................ 84 Annex E: Gender Analysis and Action Plan .............................................................................................................. 94 Annex F: UNDP Risk Log ....................................................................................................................................... 112 Annex G: UNDP Project Quality Assurance Report ............................................................................................... 115 Annex H: SGP Operational Guidelines ................................................................................................................... 126 Annex I: Co-financing letters (attached) ............................................................................................................... 142 Annex J: Carbon mitigation calculations ............................................................................................................... 143 Annex K: Project Budget…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..148 Annex L: GEF Core Indicators Template……………………………………………………………………………………………………………151 Annex M: Standard Basic Assistance Agreement (SBAA)…………………………………………………………………………………156 3 | P a g e ACRONYMS CBO Community-based Organizations CMDC Centrally Managed Direct Costs COMDEKS Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative COMPACT Community Management of Protected Areas Conservation CPM Country Programme Manager CSO Civil Society Organizations GEB Global Environmental Benefits GEF Global Environment Facility IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature NSC National Steering Committee NYDF New York Declaration on Forests OFP Operational Focal Point OP SGP Operational Phase PIR Project Implementation Review PPG Project Preparation Grant SBAA Standard Basic Assistance Agreement 4 | P a g e II. DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE Global environmental values and management challenges of the proposed project landscapes and seascapes Thailand’s geographic location is the meeting point for several important forest complexes and watersheds, with a number of major rivers that flow to the Gulf of Thailand. The country has a long history as a trading hub, with highly productive agricultural land, fisheries and forest resources. Thailand is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world containing over 15,000 species of plants and 4,722 species of vertebrates. Many of these species are, however, threatened with over 555 species of vertebrates listed as endangered domestically and 231 classified as endangered by IUCN. These species and the diversity they represent are under threat from on-going urban, agricultural and infrastructure development that is resulting in extensive habitat destruction or degradation from unsustainable use driven by increasing demand for natural resources. The natural habitat remaining is estimated at about 40%, with unavoidable loss of several native species. Five decades of public promotion of monocultures as a primary policy to increase GDP has resulted in widespread habitat conversion and resource degradation. The percentage of altered land cover by watershed ranges between 41-60 %. Promotion of two paddy crops a year, or three every two years, regardless of rainfall or irrigation systems, is the primary cause. Other cash crops and tree species currently promoted include corn, cassava, rubber and oil palm. These agricultural and natural resource activities are common to the four regions of the country that are the focus of this project – Northern, Northeaster, Southern and Western. Thailand’s forests are also globally important repositories of carbon. According to Thailand’s Second National Communication to the UNFCCC (2011), the country’s main options to reduce GHG emission include addressing land use change and the forestry sector. Thailand has also consistently expanded forest areas and protected existing natural forests to enhance their role as carbon sinks. Since 2000, substantial efforts to expand forest areas have been carried out in the form of conservation forests, restoration and rehabilitation of deforested areas, and expansion of community and commercial forests. Reforested areas in Thailand have increased, and the forestry sector has become a net sink of carbon. Carbon sequestration through sustainable forest management has the potential to play a significant role in ameliorating atmospheric accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and the corresponding climate change, which affects social and economic development as well as human health. Reducing greenhouse gases through carbon sequestration, and food production and energy use choices can result in improved