fb-AGSW-ocrj I) -g '1,(('7 submitted to The Global Bureau, Environment Center, Office of Environment and Natural Resources of USAID December 15, 1997 USAID Projecr No. 936-5554 Cooperative Agreemenr No. DHR-5554-A-OO-8044-00 Biodiversity Support ~ Program WWF A u.S.A./.D.-funaea consortium of War/a Wi/afife Funa, The Nature Conservancy, ana War/a Resources Institute December 15, 1997 Mr. Jerry Bisson Project Officer, USAID' Global BureaulEnvironment Center Ronald Reagan Building, 3rd Floor 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 . Re: 1997 Performance Monitoring Report Dear Jerry, I am pleased to submit the attached 1997 Performance Monitoring Report from the Biodiversity Support Program(BSP). This report fulfills the cooperative agreement requirement that we submit a semi-annual report ofprogress by December 15. The 1997 Performance Monitoring Report represents a significant improvement in the way SSP conducts and reports on its performance monitoring efforts. As you are aware,.SSP is a dynamic and multi-dimensional program with four regional divisions, three cross-cutting programs, and a multitude ofregional and site-specific projects. It is clear from the 1997 Performance Monitoring Report that SSP implements, supports, and promotes a wide variety ofstrategies to achieve its ultimate goal ofconserving the world's biodiversity. Given its complex nature, SSP is faced with a particularly challenging task ofcarrying out performance monitoring in a consistent and meaningful way. Preparation ofthe first Indicators Report to USAID for FY96 (the 1996 Performance Monitoring Report submitted last year) was a time-intensive task, made more challenging by the need to reconcile the different approaches to indicator estimation, summarization, and presentation adopted by each BSP division. In addition, BSP discovered that manually compiling data from the various divisions required an enormous amount oftime and effort. Based on its experience from last year, BSP realized the need to further refine and focus performance monitoring by standardizing: I) the scale at which data are reported; 2) the definitions ofthe data being collected and recorded; 3). the methods with which data are collected and analyzed; and 4) the way in which data andinfo.rmation are reported. BSP determined that standardization ofthe process and focus ofstafftime on performance monitoring could best be accomplished. by automating the process. cia War/a Wilafife Funa. 1250 24th Street, NW. Washington, DC 20037. Tel: (202) 293·4800. Fax: (202) 293·9211 recycled*paper 6 --------~------------~-_..... Page 2 To this end, during FY97 BSP computerized its perfonnance monitoring using the industry­ standard database management software, MS-Access. Each division ofBSP maintains its own database to help serve its perfonnance monitoring needs. The division databases are then compiled automatically into a BSP-wide database with which we generate the final annual Perfonnance Monitoring Report. In this report, you will find I) a briefintroduction (including estimations ofcarbon sequestration attributable to BSP activities); 2) summary tables and narratives for all BSP Strategic Objectives and Intennediate Results; 3) worksheets that provide the details ofhow each value in the summary tables was obtained; and 4) a description ofthe assumptions used to collect and record data. The worksheets represent the computerized output ofthe BSP Perfonnance Monitoring Database. Computerization ofBSP's Perfonnance Monitoring has led to greater efficiencies in the way data are collected, recorded, analyzed, and reported. Most ofthe inconsistencies found in previous -reports have been eliminated because ofBSP's standardization and automation efforts. As a result ofthe investments we have made this year in our Perfonnance Monitoring Database, we feel the results are as reliable and precise as they can be. We plan to continue to refine our . perfonnance monitoring activities each year. We look forward to any comments you may have on the 1997 Perfonnance Monitoring Report or the process we undertook this year to increase the utility and"accuracy ofour reporting. Yours sincerely, "7~~ Kathryn A. Saterson Executive Director CONTENTS ACRONYMS iii INTRODUCTION 1 SUMMARY INDICATOR TABLES AND NARRATIVES 9 Strategic Objective: Effective biodiversity conservation and management 9 Indicator 1: Area of biologically important habitat under effective management 9 Indicator2: Documented improvements in biodiversity conservation as a result of 15 strengthened policies or improved policy implementation Intermediate Result 1: Increased public awareness and decision-maker 19 understanding of biodiversity and its conservation Indicator 1: Number of individuals participating in G/ENV biodiversity outreach activities: 19 workshops, networks, and oral presentations Indicator2: Number of publications sent to appropriate audiences and number of mass 29 media events held Intermediate Result 2: Strengthened national and local policies and/or 39 improved policy implementation to support biodiversity conservation Indicator 1: Index of policy results 39 Intermediate Result 3: Biodiversity conservation priorities identified 47 through participatory planning and decision-making Indicator1: Number of countries, regions, or sites in which biodiversity priorities have 47 been assessed and/or established through participatory process Indicator 2: Number of organizations with improved ability to set biodiversity 51 conservation priorities Intermediate Result 4: Improved management of globally and locally 55 significant biodiversity sites Indicator1: Index of site management bench marks 55 Indicator 2: Number of people successfully trained 63 Intermediate Result 5: Sustained financing of biodiversity conservation 69 through innovative public and private sector funding Indicator 1: Number and value of trust funds and endowments established 69 Indicator 2: Number, value, and beneficiaries of viable enterprises supporting the 71 conservation of biodiversity Indicator 3: Conservation of funds leveraged by G/ENV programs 75 d ApPENDICES 1. G/ENV Biodiversity Program Assumptions and Guidelines for 79 Performance Monitoring 2. Indicators Worksheets 87 FIGURES 1. G/ENV Results Framework 5 TABLES 1. BSP's Results for FY97 under the G/ENV Results Framework 6 Indicators 2. BSP's Planned Results for FY98 under the G/ENV Results Framework 7 Indicators ACRONYMS AAM Analysis and Adaptive Management Division ofBSP AlC Analysis and Communications AFR Africa and MadagascarDivision ofBSP A&P Asia and Pacific Division ofBSP BAA Biodiversity Analysis for Africa Project ofBSP BCN Biodiversity Conservation Network BCPP Biodiversity Conservation Priorities Project BlOME Biodiversity Monitoring and Evaluation Project ofBSP BSP Biodiversity Support Program BU Jointly managed BSP-New ERA Ban Udyam Project CABI Capitania del Alto y Bajo Izozog CADCs Certificates ofAncestral Domain CARPE Central African Regional Program for the Environment Project ofUSAID CBD Conservation ofBiological Diversity Project ofUSAID CBFE Community-basedForest Enterprises CBFM Community-basedForest Management CDPC Center for DevelopmentPrograms in the Cordillera CEFDHAC Conference on the EcosystemsofDense Humid Forests in Central Africa CFUG Community Forest User Group CIPA-MEX Birdlife International(Secci6n Mexicanadel Consejo Internacionalpara la Preservaci6nde las Aves) CITES Convention for InternationalTrade in Endangered Species CNA ConservationNeeds Assessment COM CommunicationsDivision ofBSP CONAP Confederation ofAmazonian Peoples ofPeru DENR Philippines Department ofEnvironment and Natural Resources EAWLS East African Wild Life Society EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EU European Union FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FPK Forum Petaupan Katouan FY Fiscal Year (October 1 to September30) GCC Global Climate Change GEF Global Environment Facility G/ENV/ENR Global Bureau, Envirorunent Center, Office ofEnvirorunent and Natural Resources ofUSAID GIS Geographical Information Systems IABIN Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network IIPAM Indonesia Integrated Protected Area Management ILO International Labor Organization IMAZON Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente du Amazonia IPERA Inter-University Programme for Envirorunental Risk Assessment IR Intermediate Result IUCN International Union for Conservation ofNature and Natural Resources KEMALA Kelompok Masyarakat Pengelola Sumberdaya Alam (Community Natural Resource Managers' Program ofBSP) LAC Latin America and Caribbean Division ofBSP LOP Life ofProject LRC Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MIMP Mafia Island Marine Park ND No available data NGO Non-governmental Organization NTFP Non-timber Forest Product OCAAM Federation ofthe Aguaruna ofthe Alta Marafion OPS Operations and Plarming Division ofBSP PAFID Philippines Associations for Intercultural Development PeFoR Peoples, Forests & Reefs Program ofBSP PFPP Park and Forest Protection Project PLASMA Indonesian NGO for Envirorunent and Human Resources Development PNG Papua New Guinea PO Peoples' Organization PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal PROARCA Proyecto Ambiental Regional para Centro America RF Results Framework RFPPN Regroupement des Femmes de Popenguine pour la Protection de la Nature RPPO-RAP FAO Regional Program Office - Asia and Pacific RSTAs Regional Site Technical Advisors SEMARNAP Secretaria de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca SO Strategic Objective SUSGs Sustainable Use Specialist Groups