Integrated management of multiple use landscapes and high conservation value forest for sustainable development of the Venezuelan Andean Region Part I: Project Information GEF ID 10678 Project Type FSP Type of Trust Fund GET CBIT/NGI CBIT NGI Project Title Integrated management of multiple use landscapes and high conservation value forest for sustainable development of the Venezuelan Andean Region Countries Venezuela Agency(ies) FAO Other Executing Partner(s) Executing Partner Type Ministry of Popular Power for Ecosocialism (MINEC) Government GEF Focal Area Multi Focal Area Taxonomy Focal Areas, Mainstreaming, Biodiversity, Protected Areas and Landscapes, Sustainable Land Management, Land Degradation, Land Degradation Neutrality, Influencing models, Private Sector, Type of Engagement, Stakeholders, Civil Society, Communications, Gender results areas, Gender Equality, Gender Mainstreaming, Capacity, Knowledge and Research, Knowledge Generation, Productive Landscapes, Agriculture and agrobiodiversity, Forestry - Including HCVF and REDD+, Carbon stocks above or below ground, Land Cover and Land cover change, Land Productivity, Community-Based Natural Resource Management, Sustainable Livelihoods, Restoration and Rehabilitation of Degraded Lands, Convene multi-stakeholder alliances, Strengthen institutional capacity and decision-making, Local Communities, Behavior change, Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization, Trade Unions and Workers Unions, Individuals/Entrepreneurs, SMEs, Partnership, Participation and leadership, Capacity Development, Knowledge Generation and Exchange, Gender-sensitive indicators, Women groups, Beneficiaries, Sex- disaggregated indicators, Training, Seminar, Workshop Rio Markers Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Mitigation 1 Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Adaptation 1 Duration 60 In Months Agency Fee($) 506,298.00 Submission Date 9/25/2020 A. Indicative Focal/Non-Focal Area Elements Programming Directions Trust Fund GEF Amount($) Co-Fin Amount($) BD-1-1 GET 2,664,726.00 30,454,236.00 LD-1-1 GET 1,332,363.00 7,613,559.00 LD-1-4 GET 1,332,363.00 7,613,560.00 Total Project Cost ($) 5,329,452.00 45,681,355.00 B. Indicative Project description summary Project Objective Reduce and reverse forest degradation in productive landscapes of the Venezuelan Andean region to create a favorable environment for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity with an emphasis on Simultaneous Agroforestry Systems (SAF) that contribute to the livelihood of local populations and global environmental benefits Project Component Financing Project Outcomes Project Outputs Trust GEF Amount($) Co-Fin Amount($) Type Fund 1. Institutional Technical 1.1. Personnel from public 1.1.1 Personnel from public GET 1,820,366.00 14,865,137.00 strengthening for the Assistan organizations manage the agencies with strengthened management of ce territories using a capabilities to plan, manage, territorial use, and comprehensive, gender monitor and evaluate inclusive sustainable sensitive, multiple use productive landscape by production and approach, with emphasis integrating biodiversity management in on SAF, to ensure the conservation, multiple-use multiple use sustained provision of landscape management, landscapes and high ecosystem services and land degradation conservation value (including soil reduction integrating a forests in the 12 conservation, water gender and interculturality selected resources, biodiversity and approach. municipalities carbon sequestration) in the 12 selected municipalities. 1.1.2 Mechanisms established to support the coordination, networking Indicators and exchange of information, and decision- -Number of innovative making processes between mechanisms and national, state and institutional, regulatory municipal institutions and financial frameworks (MINEC, MPPAPT, established to support the government offices, mayor conservation of BD, SLM in offices, municipalities, the Andean region. universities) in order to -Number of staff (tracked facilitate programmatic by gender and youth) and alignment and optimize the institutions that participate use of resources. in the design of innovative mechanisms and frameworks to support the 1.1.3 Local land use conservation of BD and monitoring and surveillance SLM systems (in line with SDG 5.a.1 and 5.a.2) adopted that generate relevant -Percent increase in the information to aid decision- flow of investment making and support the directed to SFM, SLM implementation of and/or ecological operational plans, programs restoration in the selected and regulations for municipalities through sustainable agricultural and plans and programs to forestry production support coffee-cocoa producers. 1.2.1 New areas under improved management for 1.2 In Areas Under Special their conservation in terms Administration Regime of biodiversity and (ABRAES, in Spanish), the sustainable use in the areas under improved ABRAES of the Venezuelan management for their Andean region. conservation in terms of biodiversity and sustainable use increase in relation to the total area covered by the 12 selected municipalities. Indicator: The area within ABRAES under improved management for conservation in terms of biodiversity and sustainable use increases 25% compared to the baseline (to be defined during the PPG) in the 12 selected municipalities. 2. Sustainable Investme 2.1 Coffee-cocoa 2.1.1 Capacity development GET 1,473,827.00 13,321,929.00 commercial nt producers implement program for coffee and production of gender-sensitive cocoa producers (including specialty coffee and sustainable management strengthening technical fine flavor cocoa in practices in productive assistance services and line with women landscapes, contributing women’s organizations) to empowerment, to the establishment of implement SFM and SLM livelihood deforestation-free supply with emphasis on SAF, preservation, chains and the biodiversity developed and biodiversity conservation through implementation started conservation and Agroforestry Systems landscape (AFS) based on coffee- restoration in the 12 cacao. 2.1.2 Best practices for selected reducing forest degradation municipalities and loss (e.g. SFM, SLM Indicators: SAF, restoration, GAP, conservation agriculture) -At least 80% of the and improving ecosystem targeted coffee and fine services disseminated and flavor cocoa producers transferred to coffee and apply sustainable cocoa producers targeting: management practices in the Agriculture Production (i) At least 1,246 ha of Units (APUs) of the 12 Forests restored in buffer selected municipalities. zones of the target municipalities. (ii) At least 4,000 ha of -At least 80% of the productive landscapes targeted coffee and cocoa restored with Simulatneous producers successfully Agroforestry Systems (SAF) apply Cleaner Production based on coffee-cacao that Practices (CPP) in the improve biodiversity in the APUs of the 12 selected Venezuelan Andean region. municipalities. -At least 20% of the targeted coffee and cocoa producers are co- beneficiaries of GEF investment (50% women and youth) -Number of threatened Andean species seen in the APUs of the 12 selected municipalities increase by 25% -Area of restored forest increases by 25% relative to the baseline (to be defined during the PPG) in the 12 selected municipalities. -Percentage of productive landscapes under SAF improved management based on coffee-cocoa to benefit biodiversity with respect to the baseline (to be defined during the PPG) in the 12 selected municipalities. -Area of productive landscapes area under SAF improved management based on coffee-cocoa to benefit biodiversity increases by 25% with respect to the baseline (to be defined during the PPG) in the 12 selected municipalities 3. Strengthening of Investme 3.1 Market strategies 3.1.1 Mechanism adopted GET 1,051,469.00 10,874,609.00 green marketing nt support the conservation for the promotion and based on quality and sustainable use of establishment of networks improvement and forest ecosystems, and the and marketing chains with diversification of sustainable production of green brand/seal. coffee and cocoa by- green commodities in products target municipalities in the Andean region. 3.1.2 Networking Mechanism agreed by participating institutions to Indicators: facilitate access to green credits and incentives to -Value of coffee-cocoa implement SAF and have sales in the domestic and access to green markets. international markets with a sustainable production model that emphasizes 3.1.3 Mechanism of price the economic differentiation adopted empowerment of women, between conventional considering farmers from production and sustainable plots that have ecological production. certifications. 3.1.4 Market survey -Proportion of sales of implemented to support the goods and services establishment of purchase produced under and sale contracts for green biodiversity-friendly commodities. practices in the APUs of the 12 selected municipalities, with a target of 60% 3.1.5 Establishment of (i) co-investment mechanisms between buyers and producers, and (ii) costs and certification management mechanisms. 4. Monitoring and Technical GET 730,007.00 4,444,377.00 Evaluation (M&E) Assistan based on the ce 4.1. Project 4.1.1 M&E strategy principles of implementation is developed with relevant adaptive supported by a gender- stakeholders for clear management and sensitive M&E strategy definition of expected the delivery of based on measurable and results, expected time measurable and verifiable results and periods for completion