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Supreme Being United Nations Development Programme Country: Georgia PROJECT DOCUMENT Project Title: Expansion and Improved Management Effectiveness of the Achara Region’s Protected Areas UNDAF Outcomes: Underlying disaster risk factors are reduced, focusing on sustainable environmental and natural resource management. UNDP Strategic Plan Environment and Sustainable Development Primary Outcome: Strengthen national capacity to manage the environment in a sustainable manner while ensuring adequate protection of the poor. UNDP Strategic Plan Secondary Outcome: Mainstreaming environment and energy. Link to UNDP’s Biodiversity and Ecosystems Global Framework (2012-2020): Signature Programme #2: Unlocking the potential of protected areas (PAs), including indigenous and community conserved areas, to conserve biodiversity while contributing to sustainable development. Expected CP Outcome(s)3.2 Underlying disaster risk factors are reduced, focusing on sustainable environmental and natural resource management Expected CPAP Output(s) 3.2.1. Sustainable practices and instruments for the management of chemicals and natural resources, including land, water and biological resources demonstrated at pilot areas and up-scaled at national and/or trans boundary levels 3.2.5 Financial and operational sustainability of protected areas increased [Project Objective]To enhance the management effectiveness of Protected Areas to conserve forest ecosystems in the Achara Region [Project Components] (1)Enhancing PA Management Effectiveness (2)PA System Expansion to increase functional connectivity of PAs Implementing Partner : Agency for Protected Areas (Ministry of Environment Protection) Brief Description: This project is designed to enhance the management effectiveness, biogeographically coverage and connectivity of Protected Areas of the Achara Autonomous Region of Georgia in order to better conserve the globally unique Colchic Forests (temperate rainforest). The area is of biodiversity importance because of being a humid Pliocene flora refugium, having a high proportion of narrow-ranged (local endemic) plants, a high percentage of endemic fauna, as being a well-known bottle-neck for migratory birds. The project will support the government to bring about the functionally operation of the recently gazetted Machakhela National Park which will form the last link in a chain of 4 protected area units established to conserve the Colchic forests of the region (i.e. Kintrishi, Mtirala and Machakhela in Georgia and Jamili in Turkey). Programme Period: Total resources required (total project funds) [A+B] 14,998,778$ Atlas Award ID: tbd [A] Total resources allocated to UNDP in this PRODOC 1,323,636$ Project ID: tbd - Regular (UNDP TRAC) 40,000$ PIMS #: 4732 - GEF 1,283,636$ Start date: Prodoc signature End Date: 4 years [B] Other (partner managed resources) Mgt Arrangements NIM - Agency For Protected Areas of Georgia 1,395,490$ PAC Meeting Date tbd - Achara Autonomous Republic Government 7,638,036$ - Khelvachauri Municipality 1,757,553$ - KfW 2,317,063$ - WWF 100,000$ -USDoI 40,000$ -CNF 317,000$ In-kind Contributions: 110,000$ - UNDP CO (TRAC) Agreed by (Government): Signature Date Agreed by (Implementing Partner): Signature Date Agreed by (UNDP): Signature Date PRODOC PIMS 4732 Achara PA System Project Document Government of Georgia and UNDP Executing Agency / Implementing Partner: Ministry of Environment Protection United Nations Development Programme UNDP GEF PIMS 4732/ GEF Secretariat Project ID 4835 Atlas Award / Atlas Project ID 00082879 National Biodiversity Project: Expansion and Improvement Management of Achara Protected Areas System Brief Description This project is designed to enhance the management effectiveness , biogeographically coverage and connectivity of Protected Areas of the Achara Autonomous Region of Georgia in order to better conserve the globally unique Colchic Forests1(temperate rainforest). The area is of biodiversity importance because of the humid Pliocene flora refugium, high proportion of narrow-ranged (local endemic) plants, high percentage of endemic, as a well-known bottle-neck for migratory birds. The project will support the government to bring about the functionally operation of the recently gazetted Machakhela National Park which will form the last link in a chain of 4 protected areas established to conserve the Colchic forests of the region (i.e. Kintrishi, Mtirala and Machakhela in Georgia and Jamili in Turkey). Additionally, the project will help to build management effectiveness and sustainability of all the protected areas in this chain in Achara and help establish transboundary links with the Jamili Biosphere Reserve in Turkey. It will further support the Georgian Agency for Protected Areas (APA) and the target PA Administrations to improve financial planning, better integrate local communities into protected areas management and build capacity for applying, adaptable and participatory approaches most likely to achieve long term conservation and sustainable local rural livelihoods. 1 The Colchic Forests are found around the southeast corner of the Black Sea in Turkey and Georgia. The forests are mixed, with deciduous Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa), Hornbeam (Carpinus betulas and C. orientalis), Oriental Beech (Fagus orientalis) and Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa), together with evergreen Nordmann Fir (Abies nordmanniana), Caucasian Spruce (Picea orientalis) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). PRODOC PIMS 4732 Achara PA System Table of Contents ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 SECTION I: ELABORATION OF THE NARRATIVE ................................................................................... 6 Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 6 PART I: Situation Analysis ............................................................................................................................. 9 Context and Global Significance ............................................................................................................ 9 Threats, Root Causes and Impacts ....................................................................................................... 24 Long-term solution and barriers to achieving the solution ................................................................... 25 Stakeholder analysis ............................................................................................................................. 28 Baseline analysis .................................................................................................................................. 32 PART II:Strategy ........................................................................................................................................... 33 Project Rationale and Policy Conformity ............................................................................................. 33 Project Goal, Objective, Outcomes and Outputs/activities .................................................................. 35 Indicators and risks............................................................................................................................... 43 Cost-effectiveness ................................................................................................................................ 45 Country Ownership: Country Eligibility and Country Drivenness ...................................................... 46 Project consistency with national priorities/plans ................................................................................ 46 Sustainabilityand Replicability ............................................................................................................ 47 PART III: Management Arrangements ....................................................................................................... 49 Project Implémentation arrangement ................................................................................................... 49 Financial and other procedures ............................................................................................................ 51 Audit Clause ......................................................................................................................................... 51 PART IV: Monitoring Framework and Evaluation .................................................................................... 52 Monitoring and reporting ..................................................................................................................... 52 PART V: Legal Context ................................................................................................................................. 57 SECTION II: STRATEGIC RESULTS FRAMEWORK (SRF) .................................................................... 59 SECTION III: TOTAL BUDGET AND WORKPLAN .................................................................................. 62 SECTION IV: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................ 67 PART I: Terms of Reference for key project staff ...................................................................................... 67 Project Manager ..................................................................................................................................
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