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00043827 PRODOC Sabana Camaguey 3 Firmado PIMS 3254 Sabana Camaguey for November Council UNDP Project Document Government of Cuba United Nations Development Programme Mainstreaming and Sustaining Biodiversity Conservation in three Productive Sectors of the Sabana Camaguey Ecosystem Brief description The Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem (SCE) occupies a strip of approximately 465 km along the central north coastline of Cuba. It includes a group of watersheds along the northern mainland (19,400 km2) as well as an archipelago composed of the adjacent shallow marine shelf (8,311 km2), the oceanic Exclusive Economic Zone (43,800 km2) and 2,515 keys covering 3,400 km2 and representing 60% of all the Cuban keys and the largest system of keys in the Wider Caribbean. The variety of habitats in the SCE support a great diversity of marine and terrestrial biota and a high level of terrestrial endemism, which places this zone among the richest in biodiversity in Cuba and the Caribbean. The national and global significance of the outstanding wealth of the Sabana Camaguey ecosystem and seascapes has long been recognized and was endorsed through the early commitment of GEF to support a three-phase Program for its conservation. Phase 1 identified problems and opportunities, completed bio- geophysical, economic and social characterization of the SCE and developed a Strategic Plan. Phase 2 secured the conservation of particularly sensitive or high biodiversity value areas in a network of protected areas that covers 20% of the SCE, and made impressive progress in promoting an ecosystem- based approach within a traditionally centralized and sector-driven development-planning framework. Now that these key elements are in place, there is a need, and an opportunity, to work outside protected areas and focus on biodiversity across the productive land and seascape promoting changes in the key productive sectors in the SCE. The proposed FSP would be the third and final phase of the Program and would promote operational changes within the tourism, fisheries and agriculture sectors to ensure biodiversity conservation across the sea and landscape that make up 80% of the archipelago. This will be achieved through four main Outcomes as follows: (i) a strengthened enabling environment will exist for the financial, institutional, environmental and social sustainability of biodiversity conservation in the tourism, fisheries and agriculture-livestock sectors in the SCE; (ii) the tourism sector develops in accordance with the conservation of marine and terrestrial ecosystems within the SCE; (iii) sustainable fisheries are practiced within the SCE so that fish populations and marine ecosystem functions are maintained and/or restored; and (iv) the sugar cane industry transitions into sustainable land use practices, with greatly reduced negative impacts on the coastal region of the SCE. 1 PIMS 3254 Sabana Camaguey for November Council Table of Contents Section Pages SECTION I: Elaboration of the Narrative PART I: SITUATION ANALYSIS 1. Context and global significance 6 1a. Geographic Context 6 1b. Socio-Economic Context 6 2. Threats, root causes and barriers analysis 8 2a. Overview of Threats 8 2b. Barriers to Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Productive Sectors 14 3. Institutional, sectoral and policy context 16 3a. National Cross-Sectoral Policy, Legal and Institutional Frameworks 16 3b. Policy, Institutional and Legal Frameworks in the Productive Sectors 18 4. Stakeholder analysis 21 5. Baseline analysis 22 PART II: STRATEGY 6. Project Rationale and Policy Conformity 23 6a. GEF Operational Program and Strategic Priority 23 6b. GEF Projects and Programs in the Country 24 6c. Project Strategy 26 7. Project Goal, Objective, Outcomes and Outputs/Activities 28 8. Project Indicators, Risks and Assumptions 49 9. Expected Global, National and Local Benefits 50 10. Country Ownership: Country Eligibility and Country Drivenness 51 10a. Country Eligibility 51 10b. Link to National Strategies 51 10c. UNDP Programs and Projects 52 11. Sustainability 53 11a. Institutional Sustainability 53 11b. Technical Sustainability 54 11c. Financial Sustainability 54 12. Replicability 54 PART III: MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS 55 PART IV: MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN AND BUDGET 59 PART V: Legal Context 60 SECTION II: Strategic Results Framework and GEF Increment PART I: INCREMENTAL COST ANALYSIS 61 PART II: LOGICAL FRAMEWORK ANALYSIS 71 Table 1: Objectively Verifiable Impact Indicators 71 Table 2: Indicative Outputs, Activities and quarterly workplan 76 SECTION III: Total Budget and Workplan 81 2 PIMS 3254 Sabana Camaguey for November Council SECTION IV: Additional Information 83 PART I: Other agreements 83 Summary Descriptions of Co-Financing Agreements PART II: Organigram of Project 85 Diagram 1: Project Management Structure 85 Diagram 2: Project Oversight Structure 86 PART III: Terms of References for key project staff and main sub-contracts 87 PART IV: Stakeholder Involvement Plan 88 Signature Page 104 ANNEXES Annex 1: Integrated Coastal Management Authority 105 Annex 2: Project Scope 113 Annex 3: Environmental Context and Globally Significant Biodiversity 116 Annex 4: Maps 122 Annex 5: Matrix of Threats, Root Causes and Solutions 123 Annex 6: Threats Ranking Analysis 129 Annex 7: Sector Assessment – Tourism 134 Annex 8: Pilot Projects – Tourism 140 Annex 9: Sector Assessment – Fisheries 147 Annex 10: Pilot Projects – Fisheries 152 Annex 11: Sector Assessment – Agriculture 160 Annex 12: Pilot Projects – Agriculture 165 Annex 13: Sustainable Financing 175 Annex 14: Cost Effectiveness 179 Annex 15: GEF Tracking Tool 181 Annex 16: Output Budget 195 Annex 17: Monitoring & Evaluation Plan 196 3 PIMS 3254 Sabana Camaguey for November Council Acronyms AMA Environmental Agency, CITMA CECA Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies CEGIA Environmental Management and Auditing Centre CICA Center for Environmental Inspection and Control, CITMA CICM Council for Integrated Coastal Management CIDEA Environmental Information, Dissemination and Education Centre CIEC Coastal Ecosystem Research Center, CITMA CIET Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Center CIGEA Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, CITMA CIM Center for Marine Researches of the University of Havana, MEP CIP Center for Fishery Researches, MIP CITMA Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment CNAP National Protected Area Center, CITMA CNCH National Watershed Council DPA-CITMA Direction of Environmental Policy of CITMA DPPF Provincial Delegation of Physical Planning, MEP ENPFF National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna, MINAGRI GEF Global Environment Facility GoC Government of Cuba ICM Integrated Coastal Management ICMA Integrated Coastal Management Authority IDO Institute of Oceanology, CITMA IES Institute of Ecology and Systematics, CITMA IGEO Institute of Tropical Geography, CITMA IGP Institute of Geology and Paleontology, MINBAS IIF Institute of Forestry Researches, MINAGRI INRH National Institute of Hydraulic Resources INSMET Institute of Meteorology, CITMA IPF Institute of Physical Planning, MEP ISPJAE Higher Polytechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría”, MES MEP Ministry of Economy and Planning MES Ministry of Higher Education 4 PIMS 3254 Sabana Camaguey for November Council MICONS Ministry of Construction MIMC Ministry of the Industry of Construction Materials MINAGRI Ministry of Agriculture MINAZ Ministry of the Sugar Industry MINFP Ministry of Finance and Prices MINTUR Ministry of Tourism MINVEC Ministry for Foreing Investment and International Collaboration MIP Ministry of Fisheries NPD National Project Director PDF-B Project Development Facility – Block B PSC Project Steering Committee PTC Project Technical Committee SCA Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago SCE Sabana-Camaguey Ecosystem TPR Tripartite Review UNAIC National Union of Architects and Engineers of Cuba UNDP United Nations Development Programme WWF World Wildlife Fund 5 PIMS 3254 Sabana Camaguey for November Council SECTION I: Elaboration of the Narrative PART I: Situation Analysis 1. Context and Global Significance 1a. Geographic Context 1. The project will be implemented in the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem (SCE), which occupies a strip of approximately 465 km along the central north zone of Cuba, between Punta Hicacos (west) and Nuevitas Bay (east). It includes the northern watersheds of the provinces of Matanzas, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, Ciego de Ávila, and Camagüey; as well as an archipelago, the adjacent shallow marine shelf and the oceanic Exclusive Economic Zone (see Annex 4, Map 1). The Sabana Camaguey Archipelago constitutes the largest system of cays in the Wider Caribbean and represents 60% of all the Cuban cays in number (2,515 cays). Mangrove swamps are profusely distributed among the cays and along the mainland coast. The cays, beaches and coral reefs of the region are well known for their quality and beauty. 2. The SCE has considerable regional importance due to its high diversity of marine and terrestrial species, the high level of endemism of terrestrial flora and fauna, and the enormous variety and abundance of migratory birds which use the area as a stopping point between North America and points south. The project area includes extensive areas of globally significant ecosystems distributed throughout the landscape and seascape (cays, marine shelf and mainland watersheds), including mangrove forests, dry forest and coastal shrub systems, coral reefs and seagrass beds. Species of global significance include migratory birds, endemic plant and animal species,
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