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Ecosystem Restoration and Sustainable Land Management to improve livelihoods and protect biodiversity in Nauru Part I: Project Information GEF ID 10161 Project Type FSP Type of Trust Fund GET CBIT/NGI CBIT No NGI No Project Title Ecosystem Restoration and Sustainable Land Management to improve livelihoods and protect biodiversity in Nauru Countries Nauru Agency(ies) UNEP Other Executing Partner(s) Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment, Government of Nauru (DCIE); Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Executing Partner Type Government GEF Focal Area Multi Focal Area Taxonomy Focal Areas, Biodiversity, Influencing models, Demonstrate innovative approache, Transform policy and regulatory environments, Strengthen institutional capacity and decision-making, Stakeholders, Local Communities, Beneficiaries, Civil Society, Community Based Organization, Private Sector, Capital providers, Individuals/Entrepreneurs, Communications, Public Campaigns, Education, Behavior change, Awareness Raising, Type of Engagement, Partnership, Participation, Information Dissemination, Gender Equality, Gender Mainstreaming, Sex-disaggregated indicators, Gender results areas, Access and control over natural resources, Access to benefits and services, Capacity Development, Capacity, Knowledge and Research, Enabling Activities, Protected Areas and Landscapes, Productive Landscapes, Terrestrial Protected Areas, Biomes, Mangroves, Tropical Rain Forests, Mainstreaming, Agriculture and agrobiodiversity, Financial and Accounting, Natural Capital Assessment and Accounting, Species, Threatened Species, Invasive Alien Species, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Sustainable Livelihoods, Improved Soil and Water Management Techniques, Restoration and Rehabilitation of Degraded Lands, Ecosystem Approach, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Forest, Land Degradation Neutrality, Land Productivity, Carbon stocks above or below ground, Land Cover and Land cover change, Knowledge Generation Rio Markers Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Mitigation 1 Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Adaptation 1 Submission Date 2/24/2021 Expected Implementation Start 1/1/2022 Expected Completion Date 12/31/2027 Duration 72In Months Agency Fee($) 332,782.00 A. FOCAL/NON-FOCAL AREA ELEMENTS Objectives/Programs Focal Area Trust GEF Co-Fin Outcomes Fund Amount($) Amount($) BD-1-1 Mainstream biodiversity GET 1,194,000.00 883,344.00 across sectors as well as landscapes and seascapes through biodiversity mainstreaming in priority sectors LD-1-1 Maintain or improve GET 1,175,850.00 18,247,655.00 flow of agro-ecosystem services to sustain food production and livelihoods through Sustainable Land Management LD-2-5 Create enabling GET 1,133,118.00 199,654.00 environments to support scaling up and mainstreaming of SLM and LDN Total Project Cost($) 3,502,968.00 19,330,653.00 B. Project description summary Project Objective To achieve land degradation neutrality and improve ecosystem services in Nauru through integrated landscape management and conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity Project Financin Expected Expected Tru GEF Confirmed Compone g Type Outcomes Outputs st Project Co- nt Fun Financing( Financing($ d $) ) Project Financin Expected Expected Tru GEF Confirmed Compone g Type Outcomes Outputs st Project Co- nt Fun Financing( Financing($ d $) ) 1. Technical 1. Improved 1.1 National GET 729,300.00 51,779.00 Strengtheni Assistanc governance legislation, policies ng policy e for and procedures and sustainable relevant to land institutional land use planning and capacity for management management, sustainable and environmental land biodiversity assessment and managemen conservation biodiversity t and conservation, incl. biodiversity Measured Protected Areas conservatio through: reviewed and n strengthened Indicator 1.1: Nauru 1.2 Land use plan Integrated developed and Land Use accessed by Plan approved stakeholders to based on guide decision- Strategic making, land use Environmenta management and l Assessment mainstreaming of and biodiversity implemented (Baseline: n/a 1.3 Affected / Target: stakeholders are NILUP under able to receive implementatio updates on n) progress and developments Indicator 1.2: through a web- Proportion of based geospatial development database activities subject to EIA 1.4 Stakeholders that follow are able to conduct enforced EIA strengthened procedures compliance (Baseline 0% monitoring and / Target: 80%) enforcement due to multi-stakeholder Indicator 1.3: land use planning Proportion of and management laws systems regulating land-based 1.5 Department of production Commerce, sectors that Industry and support an Environment, and enabling other relevant environment departments and for SLM and district biodiversity representatives, conservation have enhanced (Baseline: capacity and TBD / Target: evidence-based 70% of laws communication enabling) skills to strengthen compliance and Indicator 1.4: enforcement. UNCCD LDN framework 1.6 Stakeholders and approach develop LDN integrated into upscaling strategy Nauru and rehabilitation Integrated action plan to be Land Use integrated into Plan sector policy and (Baseline: n/a legislative / Target: LDN frameworks integrated into NILUP) * (GEF Project Financing 729 ,300 (BD-1-1: 308,500 LD- 2-5: 420,800) Project Financin Expected Expected Tru GEF Confirmed Compone g Type Outcomes Outputs st Project Co- nt Fun Financing( Financing($ d $) ) 2. Technical 2. Degraded 2.1 Decision- GET 1,239,350. 17,461,341. Rehabilitati Assistanc arable and makers on land use 00 00 on and e mined land have improved restoration1 are information on of degraded rehabilitated land use, land land to to reach land cover and state of protect and degradation environment reinstate neutrality ecosystem 2.2 Decision- services in Measured makers on land use Nauru through: have improved information on Indicator 2.1: economic impact Area of land of degraded land managed on present and using future Sustainable socioeconomic Land development, the Management value of ecosystem technologies services and (Baseline: economic 4.14 hectares / opportunities of Target: 54.14 land restoration hectares) 2.3 Landowners, Indicator 2.2: farmers and Mean increase government in net income extension workers from SLM demonstrate over project improved skills in period by SLM women and men adopting 2.4 Stakeholders the Project?s demonstrate SLM increased measures, understanding of disaggregated scalable soil by sex restoration (Baseline 0% methods and / Target 20%) sustainable land management Indicator 2.3: techniques Number of following long-term extensive field fiscal and piloting financial instruments 2.5 Landowners, established to farmers and small enable businesses benefit landowners to from new financial engage on support SLM mechanisms and (Baseline 0 / incentives that Target 4) promote the adoption of SLM *(GEF Project practices on mined Financing 1,2 sites and support 39,350 (LD-1- livelihoods 1: 1,106,350 LD -2-5: 133,000) Project Financin Expected Expected Tru GEF Confirmed Compone g Type Outcomes Outputs st Project Co- nt Fun Financing( Financing($ d $) ) 3. Technical 3. 3.1 Anibare Bay GET 782,000.00 808,472.00 Conservatio Assistanc Biodiversity Key Biodiversity n and e in remnant Area benefits from sustainable forests declaration as a use of conserved and Protected Area and Nauru?s ecosystem the preparation of remaining services a management plan forests enhanced through the 3.2 Degraded creation of a forests benefit terrestrial from restoration by protected propagation and area, planting of native ecosystem trees restoration, and targeted 3.3 Populations of habitat and endemic and species vulnerable bird conservation species, including measures Nauru Reed- Warbler, Black Measured Noddy, and through: Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon Indicator 3.1: benefit from Area of monitoring and Anibare targeted species Protected conservation Area with measures fully operational 3.4 Stakeholders governance have improved arrangements ability to manage formally and control declared by invasive alien Cabinet species Approval (Baseline: 0 ha / Target: 50 ha) Indicator 3.2: Area of forested landscapes under improved management to benefit biodiversity, incl. through restoration with native species / equivalent to GEF Core Indicator 4.1/ (Baseline: 0 hectares / Target: 103 hectares) Indicator 3.3: Number of priority species for conservation (Nauru reed- warbler, Black Noddy, Micronesian Imperial- pigeon) and for IAS control (Red Bead Tree, Yellow Crazy Ant) in Anibare Bay with achieved population targets (Baseline: n/a / Target: 5 species) * (GEF Project Financing 782 ,000 (BD-1-1: 782,000) Project Financin Expected Expected Tru GEF Confirmed Compone g Type Outcomes Outputs st Project Co- nt Fun Financing( Financing($ d $) ) 4. Scaling Technical 4. 4.1 Traditional GET 585,618.00 96,099.00 up towards Assistanc Communicati knowledge land e on and governing resource degradation knowledge use restored and neutrality management strengthened and for through gender biodiversity dissemination strategy and action conservatio and scaling up plan n of sustainable land 4.2 Monitoring and management evaluation system approaches supports effective and project ecosystem implementation services incl. adaptive management and Measured dissemination of through: results Indicator 4.1: 4.3 Knowledge Increase in and best practices environmental emerging from the Knowledge, project effectively Attitudes, and absorbed to ensure Practices of sustainable