UNDP Project Document UNDP-GEF Medium-Size Project (MSP) Bosnia and Herzegovina Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina United Nations Development Programme PIMS 3306, MAINSTREAMING KARST PEATLANDS CONSERVATION INTO KEY ECONOMIC SECTORS Atlas Award: 00049292 Atlas Project ID: 00060010 Brief description Karst fields (areas with geologic bedrock mainly consisting of carbonate rocks such as CaCO3 and MgCO3) are important production landscapes that are characteristic for the Mediterannian region. Approximately 35% of the European continent consists of carbonate bedrock, which is around 3 million km² and most of it is karstified. The barriers which hamper mainstreaming karst biodiversity conservation requirements into spatial planning at local level are: (i) Cantons and municipalities lack capacity for analysis of possible options of land use in karst areas. Studies have identified clear capacity gaps among municipalities (such as Grahovo and Livno) and Cantonal authorities to carry out a serious economic and environmental research of options for the short-term, mid-term, and long-term vision of areas such as karst fields, under different assumptions and scenarios; (ii) poor local enforcement capacity. The project aims to remove the above barriers by developing a model for imbedding karst biodiversity conservation concerns into policies and regulations governing spatial planning at the cantonal level, as well as into the said sectors. Specifically, the project will: (i) assist in preparation of biodiversity- minded policy instrument - a Cantonal spatial plan; further, through replication and co-financing the project will trigger biodiversity-friendly local spatial panning at all karst-lying cantons and municipalities in BiH; (ii) introduce municipal-level regulations for karst field biodiversity use by local population parallel to strengthening enforcement capacity of municipal and cantonal officers and inspectors; (iii) develop by-laws and methodological guidance on ecologically safe peat mining, and test it at 750 ha of karst peatlands; and (iv) promote an international (Croatia-BiH) formal agreement and plan for cross-border water management plan. 48 Marsala Tita Street, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel: (387-33) 563 800 Fax: (387-33) 552 330 www.undp.ba TABLE OF CONTENTS UNDP PROJECT DOCUMENT................................................................................................................................1 SECTION I – ELABORATION OF THE NARRATIVE........................................................................................4 PART A – SITUATION ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................4 A.1 Environmental context .....................................................................................................................................4 A.2 Administrative and social context....................................................................................................................5 A.3 Eonomic context...............................................................................................................................................8 A.4 Institutional context..........................................................................................................................................9 A.5 Policy and legislation context (including spatial planning) ......................................................................... 10 A.6 Threats, their root-causes and biological impacts at karst poljes and peatlands.......................................... 12 PART B – STRATEGY................................................................................................................................................15 B.1 Baseline Scenario .......................................................................................................................................... 15 B.2 The GEF Alternative: goal, barriers to be removed, outcomes and outputs................................................ 17 B.3 Benefits and innovation................................................................................................................................. 21 B.4 Risks and Mitigation Strategies .................................................................................................................... 22 B.5 Sustainability (including financial sustainability) ........................................................................................ 23 B.6 Stakeholder involvement............................................................................................................................... 24 PART C – MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS............................................................................................................25 C.1 Implementation arrangements....................................................................................................................... 25 C.2 Consultations, Coordination and Collaboration between and among Implementing Agencies and the GEF Secretariat, if appropriate .............................................................................................................................................. 26 PART D – MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN AND BUDGET ............................................................................27 D.1 Monitoring and Reporting............................................................................................................................. 27 D.2 Evaluation...................................................................................................................................................... 30 D.3 Audit Clause.................................................................................................................................................. 31 D.4 Learning and Knowledge Sharing ................................................................................................................ 31 PART E – LEGAL CONTEXT .....................................................................................................................................31 SECTION II – STRATEGIC RESULTS FRAMEWORK ....................................................................................32 SECTION III – TOTAL BUDGET AND WORK-PLAN (GEF BUDGET).........................................................33 SECTION IV – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND ANNEXES....................................................................35 APPROVED MSP PIF...................................................................................................................................................35 LETTERS OF CO-FINANCING, AND THE GEF OPERATIONAL FOCAL POINT ENDORSEMENT LETTER ..........................35 TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR RELEVANT STAFF .............................................................................................................35 ANNEX 1 LOGICAL FRAMEWORK ....................................................................................................................51 ANNEX 2 BD-2 TRACKING TOOL .....................................................................................................................54 ANNEX 3 GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND BIODIVERSITY SIGNIFICANCE OF BIH KEY KARST FIELDS.............60 ANNEX 4 LIST OF REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................81 ANNEX 5 PROJECT BUDGET BY OUTPUTS .......................................................................................................83 ANNEX 6 INCREMENTAL COST ANALYSIS AND MATRIX................................................................................84 SIGNATURE PAGE .................................................................................................................................................88 BiH Karst peatlands biodiversity MSP 2 ACRONYMS APR Annual Progress Report BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina BD Strategic Priority of Global Environment Facility in biodiversity CBD United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity CAP Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union CO Country Office COP Conference of Parties EU European Union FBiH Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina GEF Global Environment Facility GEFSEC Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Ha hectares IA Implementing Agency M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MSP Medium-Size Project NGO Non-Government organization NPARD National Plan for Agriculture and Rural Development OP Operational Program PD Project Director PDF Project Development Facility of the Global Environment Facility PB Project Board PM Project Manager RC Regional Coordinator of UNDP/GEF RCU Regional Coordination Unit of UNDP/GEF RS Republika Srpska SCM Project board Meeting SFA State Fund Agriculture TOR Terms of Reference UNDP United Nations Development Programme BiH Karst peatlands biodiversity MSP 3 SECTION I – ELABORATION OF THE NARRATIVE PART A – Situation analysis A.1 Environmental context 1. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is a small country (51,129 km2) in the mid-western Balkans. Most of the country is mountainous with at least 30% of the area in the karst regions of the Dinaric mountain range which is stretching in general direction NE-SE in the southern part of the country, mostly in Herzegovina. Especially limestone formations have peculiar hydrogeological features formed due to chemical reactions between water and CaCO3 resulting