NATURAL WEALTH PROGRAM ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT: OCTOBER 1, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was prepared for USAID by the Natural Wealth Program, Chemonics International. FY19 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT: OCTOBER 1, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 i Contract No. AID-514-H-17-00001 Cover photo credit: Babilla (Caiman crocodilus), Natural Wealth Program. FY19 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT: OCTOBER 1, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 ii CONTENTS ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................. 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................. 4 SECTION 1: FY19 PROGRESS UNDER CLIN 0001 ............................................................... 11 Objective 1: Conserve Colombian biodiversity through more effective protections for priority species and ecosystems. ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 MONTES DE MARÍA:...................................................................................................................................... 11 SNSM-PP: ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 ORINOQUÍA: ................................................................................................................................................... 16 Objective 2: Establish financial incentives for populations living in CCs, linked to their commitment to conservation activities ..................................................................................................................................... 21 MONTES DE MARÍA:...................................................................................................................................... 21 SNSM-PP: ............................................................................................................................................................ 23 ORINOQUÍA: ................................................................................................................................................... 24 Objective 3: Implement the incorporation of priority conservation areas into territorial organization plans and their management policies to mitigate the main threats to biodiversity. .................................... 26 MONTES DE MARÍA:...................................................................................................................................... 27 SNSM-PP: ............................................................................................................................................................ 28 ORINOQUÍA: ................................................................................................................................................... 28 SECTION 2: FY19 PROGRESS UNDER CLIN 0002 ............................................................... 29 Task Order 1: Vision Orinoquía 2032 ......................................................................................................... 29 Task Order 2: Amazon Deforestation Control (ADC) .......................................................................... 29 SECTION 3: PROGRESS WITH CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES ....................................... 33 SECTION 4: PROGRESS WITH MEL PLAN ........................................................................... 43 ANNEX A: PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TABLES ............................................................. 44 ANNEX B: CURRENT STAFFING STRUCTURE ................................................................... 53 Note: ANNEXES C – E are included in accompanying PDF files ........................................... 55 FY19 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT: OCTOBER 1, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 iii ACRONYMS ACOTUR Colombia´s Responsible Tourism Association ACSN High Presidential Counselor for National Security ADC Amazon Deforestation Control ANDI National Business Association of Colombia ANLA National Environmental Licenses Authority ANH National Hydrocarbon Agency APR Annual Performance Report APS Annual Program Statement ASOAGRO Asociación de Actores Sociales Agropecuarios del núcleo 8 Páramo, Loro, Pujana ASOANEI Indigenous and Farmers Agroecological Producers Association of the SNSM-PP ASOCAJAGUA La Jagua de Ibirico Cacao Producers Association ASOCOPE Asociación de Cacaoteros de Perijá ASOMAVIC La Victoria Association of Women Heads of Households ASOPAGRO Asociación de Productores Agroforestales de Santo Domingo Meza ASOPROHOGAR Asociación de Productores Orgánicos Agropecuarios Vereda Cuba-Putumayo ASOTEPROS Association of Professionals and Technicians for the Serrania del Perijá AWP Annual Work Plan CAR Regional Environmental Authority CARDIQUE Regional Environmental Authority-Canal del Dique CARSUCRE Regional Environmental Authority-Sucre CC Conservation Corridor CDA North and Eastern Amazon Sustainable Development Corporation CDS Solidary Development Corporation CIDEA Interinstitutional Technical Committee on Environmental Education CLIN Contract Line Item Number COAGRAL Corporación Agrícola y Ambiental COP Colombian Peso COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CORPOCESAR Regional Environmental Authority-Cesar CORPOGUAJIRA Regional Environmental Authority-La Guajira CORPORINOQUÍA Regional Environmental Authority-Orinoquía CPR Corporación Paisajes Rurales DNMI National Integrated Management District DMI Integrated Management District DNP Department of National Planning DPA Nestlé Dairy Partners Americas EEP Main Ecological Structure ELN National Liberation Army EOT Land Use Scheme FAO Food and Agriculture Program FARC Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia FCDS Fundacion para la Conservación y Desarrollo Sostenible FEDEÑAME The National Yam Federation FEGACESAR Cesar´s Cattle-Rancher Federation FLP Fundación la Palmita FPIC Free Prior and Informed Consent FY19 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT: OCTOBER 1, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 1 FY fiscal year GEF Global Environmental Fund GIS Geographic Information Systems GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GOC Government of Colombia GRECO Big Cats Conflict Response Groups Ha hectare HCVA High Conservation Value Areas IAvH Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt IBA Important Bird and Biodiversity Area ICA Colombia´s Sanitary and Phytosanitary Institute ICCA Indigenous and Community Conservation Areas IDEAM Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies INVIMA Drugs and Food National Institute LSGA Limited Scope Grant Agreement M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MADS Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development MEO Mission Environmental Officer MOTRO Land Use Planning Model for Orinoquía MOU Memorandum of Understanding NW Natural Wealth PA Protected Areas PBOT Basic Land Use Plan PCI Principles, Criteria’s, and Indicators PDEA Agricultural Extension Departmental Plans PES Payment for Environmental Services PFR Protected Forest Reserve PNN Colombia’s National Natural Parks POMCA Basin Development and Management Plan POT Land Use Plan QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan RFA Request for Application RNSC Civil Society Nature Reserve SENA National Learning Service SIB Colombia’s Biodiversity Information System SIDAP Departmental Protected Area System SILAP Local Protected Area System SIMAP Municipal Protected Areas System SINAP National Protected Area System SINCHI Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SIRAP Regional Protected Area System SNSM- PP Southern Piedmont of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta-East and the Piedmont of Perijá SOCODEVI Association of Cooperatives for International Development SOW Scope of Work STO Sub-Task Order TDF Tropical Dry Forest TNC The Nature Conservancy TO Task Order FY19 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT: OCTOBER 1, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 2 USAID United States Agency for International Development USD US Dollar WCS Wildlife Conservation Society WHSRN Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network ZEII Strategic Integral Intervention Zone FY19 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT: OCTOBER 1, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction USAID’s Natural Wealth (NW) Program supports the Government of Colombia (GOC) in conserving the country’s biodiversity in strategic landscapes including the tropical dry forest (TDF) in Montes de María and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta – Piedmont of Perijá (SNSM-PP), and the savannahs and freshwater ecosystems in the Orinoquía region. Through conservation measures and promoting sustainable land uses in these critical ecosystems, local populations benefit from the preservation of ecosystem services to achieve social and economic progress for a sustainable and lasting peace. The Program supports the GOC’s conservation goals and social and economic well-being of local communities by increasing the area of land under legal protection, demonstrating the economic and social benefits that can be obtained by conserving biodiversity, and integrating biodiversity criteria into national, regional, and local land use planning and management tools to support protected area and conservation corridor (CC) initiatives. The Program’s fiscal year (FY) 19 Annual Performance Report (including quarter four [Q4] updates) presents