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• Gef GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY Naoko Ishii, PhD Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson gef GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 1818 H Street, NW • Washington, DC 20433 USA INVESTING IN OUR PlANET Tel: 202.473.3202 Fax: 202.522.3240/3245 E-mail: [email protected] www. TheGEF .org April 3, 2014 Dear Council Member: UNEP as the Implementing Agency for the project entitled: Mexico: Integrating the Management of Protection and Production Areas for Biodiversity Conservation in the Sierra Tarahumara of Chihuahua,_ has submitted the attached proposed project document for CEO endorsement prior to final approval of the project document in accordance with UNEP procedures. The Secretariat has reviewed the project document. It is consistent with the proposal approved by Council in June 2012 and the proposed project remains consistent with the Instrument and GEF policies and procedures. The attached explanation prepared by UNEP satisfactorily details how Council's comments and those ofthe STAP have been addressed. I am, therefore, endorsing the project document. We have today posted the proposed project document on the GEF website at www.TheGEF.org. If you do not have access to the Web, you may request the local field office of UNDP or the World Bank to download the document for you. Alternatively, you may request a copy of the document from the Secretariat. If you make such a request, please confirm for us your current mailing address. Sincerely, Naoko Ishii Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson Attachment: GEFSEC Project Review Document cc: Country Operational Focal Point, GEF Agencies, STAP, Trustee REQUEST FOR CEO ENDORSEMENT PROJECT TYPE: FSP TYPE OF TRUST FUND: GEF For more information about GEF, visit TheGEF.org PART I: PROJECT INFORMATION Project Title: Integrating the Management of Protection and Production Areas for Biodiversity Conservation in the Sierra Tarahumara of Chihuahua, Mexico Country: Mexico GEF Project ID:1 4883 GEF Agency(ies): UNEP GEF Agency Project ID: 00823 Other Executing Partner(s): CONANP, WWF Mexico Submission Date: 13.12.2013 Resubmission date: 14/02/2014 Resubmission date: 25/03/2014 GEF Focal Area (s): Biodiversity Project Duration (Months) 60 Name of Parent Program (if N/A Project Agency Fee ($): 490,000 applicable): For SFM/REDD+ For SGP For PPP 2 A. FOCAL AREA STRATEGY FRAMEWORK Trust Indicative Indicative Focal Area Expected FA Fund Grant Expected FA Outputs Cofinancing Objectives Outcomes Amount ($) ($) BD-1 Outcome 1.1 Improved Output 1.1 New protected areas mosaic GEFTF 1,680,700 1,623,583 management within 300,000 ha* of unprotected effectiveness of existing ecosystems and new protected Output 1.2 New coverage of 12 areas. unprotected threatened species** BD-2 Outcome 2.1 Increase Output 2.1 Policies and regulatory GEFTF 2,986,000 37,839,417 in sustainably managed frameworks for 2 production sectors*** landscapes and Output 2.2 One regional land-use plan seascapes that integrate (Regional Action Plan) and one land-use biodiversity plan for each participating municipality conservation that incorporate biodiversity and Outcome 2.2 Measures ecosystem services valuation to conserve and Output 2.3 Certified production sustainably use landscapes mosaic within 300,000 ha of biodiversity unprotected ecosystems incorporated in policy and regulatory frameworks. Sub-total 4,666,700 39,463,000 Project management cost GEFTF 233,300 573,159 Total project costs 4,900,000 40,036,159 * This target of 300,000 hectares is a modification of the 400,000 hectares PIF-target; it is based on detailed information on relevant indicators baseline data collected during the PPG phase (see Project Results Framework, component 3 indicators) ** In the present scenario key species in the project area are registered as threatened and requiring attention but their habitats are not protected. See II.B.1. *** Strictly “production” sectors targeted by the project are Agriculture (SAGARPA) and Forestry (CONAFOR). The mining sector is also associated with land use change but is not a main project target. Other sectors involved include Environment (SEMARNAT, CONANP), Water 1 Project ID number will be assigned by GEFSEC. 2 Refer to the Focal Area Results Framework and LDCF/SCCF Framework when completing Table A. 1 (CONAGUA) and Social (CDI, SEDESOL) which are critical but may not be classified as “production” sectors. Further detail in this regard is found in the text below. B. PROJECT FRAMEWORK Project Objective: Develop and implement a participatory strategy to sustainably conserve biodiversity engaging communities, government and NGO participation. Grant Trust Grant Confirmed Project Type Expected Outcomes Expected Outputs Fund Amount Cofinancing Component ($) ($) Component 1: TA Outcome of component Output 1.1: Sierra Tarahumara GEF 457,800 764,000 Scientific base 1: Management plans and Data Monitoring and Information and tools for decision making System (DM&IS) to support decision processess of key conservation planning, evaluation making stakeholders involved in and decision making developed, the biodiversity including a comprehensive GIS conservation management based bioassessment reporting of the Sierra Tarahumara mechanism (thematic layers utilize the project’s adapted in pilots). diagnostic tools and data Output 1.2: Sierra Tarahumara bases Biodiversity and Environment Assessment to support conservation planning, evaluation and decision making realized. Output 1.3: Awareness and capacity building program implemented for local, state and federal level stakeholders within the project area, to engage and enable them in the use of data bases and tools produced under outputs 1.1 and 1.2. Output 1.4 Institutional, financial and technical assistance follow up program for stakeholders using the ST-DM&IS implemented. Component 2: TA Outcome of component Output 2.1: Coordination GEF 1,075,900 1,515,000 Environmental 2: The environmental mechanism of federal, state and governance governance of the Sierra municipal authorities with local framework and Tarahumara region communities and non policy improves in governmental actors for the alignment for responsiveness to key development and implementation ecosystem issues for biodiversity of the Regional Action Plan management conservation and designed and established. ecosystem services supply Output 2.2: An agreed strategic following a Regional Regional Action Plan developed Action Plan (RAP) that which mainstreams BD and ES incorporates biodiversity criteria into regional development criteria, funding policies and integrates the commitments, evaluation sustainable use of productive parameters and a strategy lands and the protection of areas for upscaling as well as with high value for BD for economic conservation and ES sustainability beyond provisioning. project completion. Output 2.3: Policy improvement 2 strategy developed drawing from - 3METT Score at PPG findings, the Diagnostic baseline/MTR/EOP: Analysis in component 1 and the a. RPC Sierra Regional Action Plan, to propose Tarahumara: 49/56/70 changes in sectorial development b. RPC Mohinora: policies and programs for the 37/48/77 Sierra Tarahumara, including new c. Bassaseachic Waterfall or adapted regulations affecting National Park: 51/55/64 funding allocation criteria, that mainstream measures to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and key ecosystem services. Output 2.4: An adaptive management model at the landscape level emphasizing forest lands developed and implemented, based on project learnings and best practices systematization including diffusion material in formats tailored to local stakeholders. Output 2.5 Outreach program developed to replicate and upscale the project’s progress and results from the pilot level to the wider landscape in the Sierra Tarahumara. Component 3: TA Outcome of component Output 3.1: Component 1 tools GEF 2,986,000 37,095,000 Pilot-scale 3: Sustainable and adjusted to pilot site conditions: interventions integrated landscape and ecosystem types, landscape units, natural resource river basins, species inventories management effectively and priorization of landscape applied at the headwaters units and habitat types of the Rio Conchos, the conforming biological corridors. Rio Fuerte and the Rio Output 3.2: Sustainable and Mayo river basins results integrated landscape and natural in a landscape mosaic of resource management plans 300,000 ha4 that combine developed in project area conservation areas and municipalities include voluntary productive land under conservation areas and areas to biodiversity and optimize biodiversity friendly ecosystem services production and ecosystem friendly management services, emphasizing water and forest resources, drawing from -70,000 ha5 of certified the RAP in Component 2. forest management areas; Output 3.3: Pilot programs and field activities to implement pilot projects identified under 3.1 and 3.2 focussed on conservation Output 3.4: Pilot programs and field activities to implement pilot projects identified under 3.1 and 3 Reflected here are the BD Objective1, Section 2 (METT) scores for the three PAs to be assessed by the project with their baseline values and targets for Mid Term (MTR) and End of Project (EOP). For further detail including area covered, refer to paragraphs 57 – 60 (including Map #3) and 120 of the Prodoc. 4 Adding up all the areas of on-the-ground pilot interventions considered under component 3 accrues to 300,000 ha. For further detail refer to the Results Framework in Appendix 4 of the Project Document 5 As per results framework, indicator 3 of outcome 3 3 3.2 focussed
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