Contents SECTION I: Elaboration of the Narrative .................................................................................................. 7 PART I: Situation Analysis ...................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 7 Biodiversity Context and global significance ................................................................................... 9 Threats, Root causes and Impacts .................................................................................................. 26 Long-term solution and barriers to achieving the solution .............................................................. 29 Introduction to site Interventions ................................................................................................... 32 Stakeholder analysis ...................................................................................................................... 35 Baseline analysis ........................................................................................................................... 38 PART II: Strategy .................................................................................................................................. 44 Project Rationale and Policy Conformity ....................................................................................... 44 Project Goal, Objective, Outcomes and Outputs/activities ............................................................. 48 Project Indicators .......................................................................................................................... 59 Risks and Assumptions ................................................................................................................. 61 Incremental reasoning and expected global, national and local benefits.......................................... 64 Cost-effectiveness ......................................................................................................................... 67 Project consistency with national priorities/plans ........................................................................... 67 Country Ownership: Country Eligibility and Country Drivenness .................................................. 69 Sustainability and Replicability ..................................................................................................... 69 PART III: Management Arrangements ................................................................................................ 71 Project Management ..................................................................................................................... 71 PART IV: Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and Budget ...................................................................... 74 Monitoring and reporting .............................................................................................................. 74 Independent Evaluations, Audits and financial reporting ............................................................... 79 Learning and knowledge sharing ................................................................................................... 80 Communications and visibility requirements ................................................................................. 80 Audit Clause ................................................................................................................................. 81 PART V: Legal Context ......................................................................................................................... 81 SECTION II: STRATEGIC RESULTS FRAMEWORK (SRF) AND GEF INCREMENT .................... 83 PART I: Strategic Results Framework, SRF (formerly GEF Logical Framework) Analysis .............. 83 Indicator framework as part of the SRF ......................................................................................... 83 Part II: Incremental Cost Analysis ........................................................................................................ 88 Baseline trend of development of Anhui WPAs and key baseline programs ................................... 88 Alternative .................................................................................................................................... 88 Key Baseline Programs ................................................................................................................. 88 Summary of Costs ......................................................................................................................... 90 SECTION III: Total Budget and Workplan .............................................................................................. 92 SECTION IV: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ...................................................................................... 96 PART I: Other agreements .................................................................................................................... 96 Co-financing Letter ....................................................................................................................... 97 PART II: Organogram of Project .......................................................................................................... 99 PART III: Terms of References for key project staff .......................................................................... 100 Project Administrative Assistant .................................................................................................. 104 Overview of Inputs from Technical Assistance Consultants ......................................................... 107 PART IV: Stakeholder Involvement Plan .......................................................................................... 112 PRODOC: Strengthening the management effectiveness of the wetland protected area system in Anhui Province 3 Project Annexes ........................................................................................................................................ 116 ANNEX 1: Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) ......................................................... 116 ANNEX 2: Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Wetlands Sustainability in Shengjin Lake Wetlands Nature Reserve and Adjacent WPAs .................................................................................. 117 ANNEX 3: Ecosystem Health Index (EHI) Methodology ................................................................... 121 3.1 Summary of Ecosystem Health Index Methodology ............................................................... 121 3.2 Ecosystem Health Index Assessment Results in three WPAs ................................................ 125 ANNEX 4: Capacity Scorecard Assessment Results ........................................................................... 143 ANNEX 5: Yangtze Corridor Wetland PAs in Anhui Province......................................................... 161 ANNEX 6: Tables of Anhui Protected Area system ........................................................................... 171 ANNEX 7: Knowledge, Attitude Practice (KAP) ............................................................................... 175 ANNEX 8: Environmental and Social Screening Summary ............................................................... 177 ANNEX 9: Letter of Agreement for UNDP Direct Project Service .................................................... 186 List of Tables Table 1: Comparison of major biological groups between Anhui Province and China as a whole ........... 10 Table 2: List of wild plants and wild animals under priority protection in Anhui Province ...................... 10 Table 3: Endangered species under national protection in Shengjin Lake NNR .................................... 12 Table 4: Selected endangered waterbirds above the 1% criterion of world population in Shengjin Lake NNR...................................................................................................................................................... 13 Table 5: Economic situation of Anhui Province relative to surrounding provinces .................................. 15 Table 6: Linkage of Anhui 12th 5-Year Plan with 12th National 5-Year Plan. ....................................... 23 Table 7: Stakeholder analysis. ............................................................................................................... 36 Table 8: On-going baseline funding of Shengjin Lake NNR, Anhui Province* ...................................... 41 Table 9: Elaboration on Project Objective, Outcomes, Indicators and Targets. ....................................... 59 Table 10: Project Risks Assessment and Mitigation Measures ................................................................ 62 Table 11: M&E Activities, Responsibilities, Budget and Time Frame .................................................... 76 Table 12: Incremental Cost Matrix ........................................................................................................ 90 Table 13: Overview of Inputs from Technical Assistance Consultants .................................................. 107 Table 14: Coordination and collaboration between project and related initiatives ................................. 114 Table 15: Nature Reserves