Prodoc Summarises the Best Practices (BP) and Global Environmental Benefits (GEB) to Be Applied on Field Sites Due to the Land Degradation Characterization
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United Nations Development Programme Country: Brazil PROJECT DOCUMENT Sustainable Land Use Management in the Semiarid Region of Northeast Brazil (Sergipe) - Project Title: BRA/PNUD/13/G42/2014 Incorporating sustainable development, green economy and decent labour paradigms into national UNDAF Outcome(s): public policies UNDP Strategic Plan Environment and Sustainable Development Primary Outcome: Growth and development are inclusive and sustainable, incorporating productive capacities that create employment and livelihoods for the poor and excluded Output 1.3. Solutions developed at national and sub-national levels for sustainable management of natural resources, ecosystem services, chemicals and waste UNDP Strategic Plan Secondary Outcome: Growth and development are inclusive and sustainable, incorporating productive capacities that create employment and livelihoods for the poor and excluded Output 1.4. Scaled up action on climate change adaptation and mitigation across sectors which is funded and implemented Expected CP Outcome(s): Capacities for integrating sustainable development and productive inclusion for poverty reduction. Expected CPAP Output(s): Low-carbon strategies with LECRDS concept adopted in Brazil and widely disseminated Executing Entity/Implementing Partner: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Implementing Entity/Responsible Partners: Department to Combat Desertification (DCD) of the Secretariat for Extraction and Sustainable Rural Development (SEDR) of the Ministry of Environment (MMA) and the Sergipe State Secretariat of Environment and Water Resources (SEMARH) Brief Description This project will address land degradation (LD) in the state of the Sergipe in the Brazilian Northeast with a view to scaling up to the entire Semiarid region. It is designed to optimize and coordinate existing programs to engender sustainable land management (SLM), reverting land degradation in a state where 74.2% is susceptible to desertification (ASD) and only 13% the original Caatinga vegetation remains. It will strengthen the state environmental governance framework to better address the main drivers of land degradation and desertification, focusing primarily on the escalating conflict of land uses and unsustainable agriculture practices where LD is causing soil erosion, soil nutrient depletion, damaging hydrological system integrity and undermining ecosystem services. Key elements that will be strengthened include land use planning and appropriate environmental licensing and oversight to avoid, reduce and mitigate LD. Through strengthened institutional and smallholder capacities and facilitation of access to funding, uptake of SLM practices will be increased and on-the-ground actions will be tried and tested in the Alto Sertao Sergipe (SAS), where LD is highest. This territory is a state priority and is targeted nationally in a program to reduce hunger and poverty. By reducing LD and maintaining vital ecosystem services, the project will improve livelihoods in an area with high poverty and social hardship, particularly in agrarian reform settlements. Strategic action at the national level through the Department to Combat Desertification in the Ministry of Environment's Secretariat of Extraction and Sustainable Rural Development and the National Commission for Combating Desertification will enable this state's SLM governance model to be disseminated to other states, thereby facilitating replication across the entire Brazilian Semiarid region and evoking further global environmental benefits the middle and long term. Programme Period: 2014-2019 Total resources required US$: 21,148,208 Atlas Award ID: 00083642 Total allocated resources: Project ID: 00092018 GEF 3,815,192 PIMS # 3066 Government 12,483,040* NGO 2,125,734* Start date: November 2014 End Date November 2019 Private Sector 2,424,242* Management Arrangements DEX UNDP 300,000 *Parallel funding PAC Meeting Date Agreed by (Government): Date/Month/Year Agreed by (Executing Entity/Implementing Partner): Date/Month/Year Agreed by (UNDP): Date/Month/Year 1 Table of Contents PART I: SITUATION ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................ 7 PART I.A. CONTEXT .................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1. Environmental Context in Brazil ................................................................................................ 7 1.2. Socio-Economic Context .............................................................................................................. 9 1.3. Institutional Framework ............................................................................................................ 14 1.4. Policy, Legal and Planning Framework ................................................................................... 16 PART I.B: BASELINE SITUATION ........................................................................................................... 17 1.5. Threats and Root Causes ........................................................................................................... 17 1.6. Baseline Analysis ........................................................................................................................ 21 1.7. Long-Term Solution And Barriers To Its Achievement ......................................................... 22 1.8. Stakeholder Analysis .................................................................................................................. 26 PART II. STRATEGY .................................................................................................................................. 29 2.1. Project Rationale, Design Principles And Strategic Considerations ..................................... 29 2.2. Project Objective, Outcomes And Outputs/Activities ............................................................. 32 2.3. Expected Global, National and Local Benefits ........................................................................ 45 2.4. Key Indicators, Risks And Assumptions .................................................................................. 50 2.5. Country Ownership, Eligibility and Policy Conformity ......................................................... 52 2.6. Coordination with other related initiatives .............................................................................. 54 2.7. Cost-Effectiveness ....................................................................................................................... 56 2.8. Sustainability .............................................................................................................................. 57 2.9. Replicability ................................................................................................................................ 59 PART III: MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS ...................................................................................... 60 PART IV. MONITORING FRAMEWORK AND EVALUATION .......................................................... 66 PART V. LEGAL CONTEXT....................................................................................................................... 71 SECTION II. STRATEGIC RESULTS FRAMEWORK........................................................................... 73 SECTION III. TOTAL BUDGET AND WORKPLAN .............................................................................. 77 SECTION IV. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ........................................................................................ 82 PART I. OTHER AGREEMENTS (CO-FUNDING LETTERS) see separate file ........................ 83 PART II. TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR KEY PROJECT STAFF (PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT) ............................................................................................................................... 83 PART III. STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS AND PARTICIPATION ................................................. 85 PART IV. OTHER ANNEXES ............................................................................................................ 108 ANNEX V.1 SOURCES OF CREDIT AND FUNDING ....................................................................... 108 ANNEX V.2 SLM BEST PRACTICES IN THE ASD, BENEFITS, FIELD SITES, ACTIVITIES, COSTS AND REPLICATION. ................................................................................................................... 112 ANNEX V.3 GEF Land Degradation Tracking Tool (separate file) .................................................... 123 ANNEX V.4 Risk Log ............................................................................................................................... 123 ANNEX V.5. MAPS ................................................................................................................................... 126 ANNEX V.6. DEX Letter - GoB Request (See separate file .................................................................. 128 ANNEX V.7 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................... 128 2 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ABC - Brazilian Cooperation Agency ADEMA - Administração Estadual do Meio Ambiente; State Environmental Administration (Sergipe) AFS - agro-forestry system ANA - National Water Agency (MMA) ANATER - National Agency of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension APL - Local Productive Cluster APP