HARIYO BAN PROGRAM Annual Performance Report 1 July 2014–June 30, 2015 (Cooperative Agreement No: AID-367-A-11-00003) Submitted to: THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEPAL MISSION Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal Submitted by: WWF in partnership with CARE, FECOFUN and NTNC P.O. Box 7660, Kathmandu, Nepal 14 September, 2015 Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................... I EXECUTIVE SUMMMARY.................................................................................................................................. 1 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 GOAL AND OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................. 8 1.2 OVERVIEW OF BENEFICIARIES AND STAKEHOLDERS ........................................................ 8 1.3 WORKING AREAS........................................................................................................... 9 2. MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORTING PERIOD ................................................................................ 10 2.1 PROGRESS ON WORK PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................... 10 2.1.1 Biodiversity conservation .......................................................................................................... 10 2.1.2 Sustainable Landscapes ............................................................................................................ 49 2.1.3 Climate Change Adaptation ...................................................................................................... 72 3. MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN CROSSCUTTING THEMES AND POLICY ............................................................. 100 3.1 GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION .............................................................. 100 3.2 GOVERNANCE ........................................................................................................... 105 3.3 LIVELIHOODS ............................................................................................................ 107 4. OVERARCHING THEMES AND ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................... 109 4.1 WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY ...................................................................................... 109 4.2 INTERNSHIPS AND STUDENT GRANTS ......................................................................... 111 4.2.1 Internship program: .................................................................................................................111 4.2.2 Student Research Grants ..........................................................................................................111 4.3 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ................................................................................ 111 4.4 LEARNING ................................................................................................................. 118 4.5 COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................................................... 118 4.6 DISASTER RESPONSE ................................................................................................. 122 4.6.1 Terai Floods .............................................................................................................................122 4.6.2 Gorkha Earthquake ..................................................................................................................123 4.7 VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASE ........................................................................ 126 4.8 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL........................................................................................... 126 4.9 COORDINATION ......................................................................................................... 126 4.9.1 Coordination with GoN ............................................................................................................126 4.9.2 Coordination with resource partners ........................................................................................127 4.9.3 Coordination with other groups, programs and donors .............................................................127 5. MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................. 127 5.1 PROGRAM OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT ................................................................ 127 5.1.1 Hariyo Ban Program Committees .............................................................................................128 5.1.2 Management report ................................................................................................................128 5.2 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE ................................................................................. 129 5.3 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................................... 129 6. LESSONS LEARNED ............................................................................................................................. 130 7. FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES ...................................................................................... 132 7.1 OPPORTUNITIES ......................................................................................................... 132 7.2 CHALLENGES ............................................................................................................ 132 7.3 PROSPECTS FOR NEXT YEAR ...................................................................................... 133 ANNEXES ..................................................................................................................................................... 134 Annex 1 : Working districts and VDCs/municipalities of the Hariyo Ban Program Annex 2 : List of CBAPUs formed/reformed up to June 2015 Annex 3 : List of NRM groups reached through governance activities up to June 2015 Annex 4 : List of NRM groups meeting all four elements of good governance, up to June 2015 Annex 5 : Summary of CF/CFUG with information on scientific forest management demo plot and major floral species Annex 6 : List of nurseries established up to June 2015 Annex 7 : Profile of community adaptation plans of action (CAPAs) to June 2015 Annex 8 : Profile of local adaptation plans of action (LAPAs) to June 2015 Annex 9 : CLACs formed and mobilized during Year 4 Annex 10 : Paper on broom grass submitted to the World Forestry Congress, 2015 Durban, South Africa (pdf) Annex 11 : List of approved, on-going and completed activities in Windows of Opportunity in Year 4 (civil society organizations) Annex 12 : List of approved, on-going and completed activities in Windows of Opportunity, in Year 4 (Government of Nepal and line agencies) Annex 13 : Hariyo Ban management response to mid-term evaluation recommendations Annex 14 : Progress on learning questions Annex 15 : List of publications and outreach materials Annex 16: Performance Monitoring Plan progress to June 2015 Annex 17: Progress on activities carried over from previous years List of Tables Table 1 : Summary of progress in biodiversity conservation Table 2 : Result of Rhino Count 2015 Table 3 : Resource leveraging status in ISWMP implementation in Year-4 Table 4 : Showing status of CLAC member’s representation in different organizations in Gorkha Table 5 : Inclusion of women in EC after reformation in 179 CFUGs of Banke, Bardia, Kailali and Kanchanpur (TAL) and Nawalparasi, Chitwan, Gorkha, Lamjung (CHAL) Table 6 : Summary of livelihood Table 7 : Summary of progress in Sustainable Landscapes Management Table 8 : Key characteristics of PES schemes Table 9 : Summary of Progress in Climate Change Adaptation Table 10 : Number of people trained on climate change adaptation in fourth year Table 11 : Number of sites and households benefitting (N = 17 LAPA) Table 12 : Number of sites and households benefitting (N = 283 CAPA) Table 13 : Number of people practicing adaptation practices (N = 283 CAPA) Table 14 : Summary of M&E List of Figures Figure 1 : Hariyo Ban Working Area Figure 2 : Location of scat samples of snow leopard in Annapurna Manaslu Landscape (Bigger size of the dots represent higher number of sample collected). 20 Figure 3 : Red panda monitoring and survey area with transect in Langtang National Park Figure 4 : Year wise population distribution of Swamp deer in SWR. Figure 5 : Population trend of rhino in Nepal and Chitwan. Figure 6 : Dhawang Khola Sub-watershed, Lamjung Figure 7 : ISWMP planning, implementation, coordination and fund flow mechanis Figure 8 : Major area of expenses Figure 9 : Profit status of Investment Figure 10 : Status of revolving fund Figure 11 : CAPA and LAPA Location Figure 12 : Number of CAPA prepared and implemented. Figure 13 : Resource allocation for LAPA implementation Figure 14 : Resource allocations for community adaptation (NRs) Figure 15 : Results of Adaptation plan health check-up 95 Figure 16 : Earthquake affected districts in Nepal, by degree of severity ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ACA Annapurna Conservation Area ACAP Annapurna Conservation Area Project ACOFUN Association of Collaborative Forest Users Nepal AEPC Alternative Energy Promotion Centre AFU Agricultural