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Combating Land Degradation and Biodiversity Loss by Promoting Sustainable Rangeland Management and Biodiversity Conservation in Afghanistan FAO-GEF PROJECT DOCUMENT Project Title: Combating land degradation and biodiversity loss by promoting sustainable rangeland management and biodiversity conservation in Afghanistan GEF ID: 10169 FAO Entity Number: 658880 FAO Project Symbol: GCP /AFG/102/GFF Country(ies): Afghanistan EOD (Implementation start): January 2021 NTE (Implementation end): December 2025 Environmental and Social Risk low risk moderate risk x high risk Classification: Gender Marker: G0 G1 x G2a G2b Contribution to FAO’s Strategic § Strategic Objective/Organizational Outcome: Framework: Strategic Objective 2: Increase and improve provision of goods and services from (Indicate as appropriate) agriculture, forestry, and fisheries in a sustainable manner (Output 2.1.1: Practices piloted, tested or scaled up by producers, to sustainably increase productivity, address climate change and environmental degradation and Output 2.1.2: Capacities of institutions are strengthened to promote the adoption of more integrated and cross-sectoral practices that sustainably increase production, address climate change and environmental degradation), and; Strategic Objective 4: Enable more inclusive and efficient agriculture and food production systems (Output 4.3.1: Value chain actors equipped with technical and managerial capacities to develop inclusive, efficient and sustainable agrifood value chains). § Country Outcome(s): Afghanistan § Country Programming Framework(s) Output(s): Priority area 1. Better governance through improved capacity for policy planning, land reform, decentralization, management of common natural resources. Outputs 1.2: Sustainable Management of Common Resources. § Regional Initiative/Priority Area: Regional Initiative on Climate Change and enhancement of sustainable management and use of natural resources, sub-area 8. Land restoration, including sustainable forest management, sustainable land and soil management, and biodiversity conservation. Project Budget (GEF/SCCF/LDCF): $5,906,850 Co-financing: $30,000,000 Total Project Budget: $35,906,850 Executive Summary Large parts of Afghanistan are affected by land degradation and desertification. Most of the country has been classified as having ‘degraded soil’, and it is estimated that 80% of the land area is at risk of soil erosion. Land degradation is mainly caused by overgrazing and deforestation, which in turn is one of the largest contributors to desertification in Afghanistan. Degradation and desertification present a significant risk to livestock grazing. Livestock products from rangelands form the basis of livelihoods for more than 80% of Afghan households and contribute more than 50% to the agricultural GDP. Current rates of land degradation and desertification will be exacerbated by climate change, which is predicted to cause decreases in mean annual rainfall and increased temperatures. Afghanistan’s forests are severely damaged as a result of deforestation, mismanagement, and drought, and today account for only 2% of the country’s total area. Illegal hunting, deforestation, overgrazing, climate change, and conflict, have led to widespread biodiversity loss. Khost in the southeast, Laghman, and Nuristan Provinces in eastern Afghanistan are among the most vulnerable provinces of the country. The three provinces are particularly prone to natural disasters such as landslides, erosion and drought. This affects both livestock as well as rain-fed and irrigated agriculture production. The three provinces are also affected by conflict and internal displacement. In addition, the eastern provinces are projected to experience the highest increase in average temperatures in the country due to climate change. They are also among the provinces most affected by soil degradation. Although in decline, forests and shrubs still cover 28% of Khost, 25.5% of Laghman, and 25.8% of Nuristan (FAO, 2014). The three target provinces are among the most biologically diverse areas of Afghanistan. They host globally significant biodiversity, among which are five globally threatened large mammal species: snow leopard (Panthera uncia, VU), markhor (Capra falconeri, NT), urial (Ovis orientalis, VU), musk deer (Moschus cupreus, EN) and Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus, VU), as well as migratory and non-migratory birds1 and endemic plant species2. As in other parts of Afghanistan, wildlife in these provinces is threatened by illegal hunting, deforestation, and conflict. The proposed GEF intervention aims to strengthen government and communities’ capacity to address the environmental problems above by promoting sustainable rangeland management and biodiversity conservation in these vulnerable landscapes of eastern Afghanistan. In order to do so, the following barriers to effectively combating land degradation and biodiversity loss need to be addressed. • Barrier 1. Limited national and landscape-level planning mechanisms to support sustainable rangeland management and biodiversity conservation. • Barrier 2. Lack of experience, capacity, education and best practices for sustainable rangeland management, land restoration and biodiversity conservation. • Barrier 3. Insufficient data and knowledge, and management and sharing of these data to inform appropriate decision making and planning. The project is articulated in three main components: 1. Component 1. Strengthening capacity of national, provincial and local stakeholders for CBNRM and integrated landscape planning and management. 2. Component 2. Integrated management and restoration of degraded landscapes for biodiversity conservation and sustainable/regenerative rangeland management. 3. Component 3. Systematic creation and sharing of knowledge, project coordination, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and institutional capacity development. The project will be executed by MAIL in close collaboration with the Provincial Departments of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (PAIL) and the District Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Offices (DAIL), and will engage stakeholders from government, academia, private sector, civil society, and local communities. 1 Including the Osprey, White-eyed buzzard, Tawny eagle, Bonelli’s eagle, Levant sparrowhawk, Barn owl, Pallid owl, Boreal owl, Gyrfalcon, Alexandrine Parakeet (parrot), and Large-billed reed warbler. 2 Including the vulnerable Himalayan Elm tree (Ulmus wallichiana) and the near-threatened Chilgoza pine (Pinus gerardiana). 1 Table of Contents PART I: PROJECT INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................. 5 A. Focal/Non-Focal Area Elements ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 B. Project description summary .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 C. Confirmed sources of Co-financing for the project by name and by type ...................................................................................... 9 D. Trust Fund Resources Requested by Agency(ies), Country(ies), Focal Area and the Programming of Funds .............................. 9 E. Project Preparation Grant ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 F. Project’s Target Contributions to GEF 7 Core Indicators .............................................................................................................. 9 G. Project Taxonomy ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10 PART II: PROJECT JUSTIFICATION ........................................................................................................................ 11 1.a Project Description ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11 1) Global environmental and/or adaptation problems, root causes and barriers that need to be addressed (systems description) 11 2) Baseline scenario and any associated baseline projects ........................................................................................................... 37 3) Proposed alternative scenario with a brief description of expected outcomes and components of the project and the project’s Theory of Change .............................................................................................................................................................................. 42 4) Alignment with GEF focal area and/or Impact Program strategies ......................................................................................... 54 5) Incremental/additional cost reasoning and expected contributions from the baseline, the GEFTF, LDCF, SCCF, and co- financing ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 55 6) Global environmental benefits (GEFTF) and/or adaptation benefits (LDCF/SCCF) .............................................................. 55 7) Innovativeness, sustainability, potential for scaling up and capacity development ................................................................
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