UNDP Project Document – Amendment for split of the project into two subprojects After decision to execute one part of the project by WWF, the project was split into two subprojects by means of budget revision, creating two AWPs with separate Atlas numbers and budgets. The signed versions of AWP between UNDP and WWF Armenia and the signed version of the budget revision of the existing AWP between UNDP and the Ministry of Nature Protection are attached in PIMS database and Atlas system. UNDP-GEF Medium-Size Project (MSP) Government of Republic of Armenia United Nations Development Programme PIMS: 3986 Subproject with NEX execution: Atlas Award 00057439; Atlas Project ID 00070966 Subproject with NGO execution: Atlas Award 00060500; Atlas Project ID 00076187 Developing the Protected Area System of Armenia Brief description: The project’s goal is to conserve globally significant biodiversity in Armenia. The project’s objective is to catalyze the expansion of the nature reserves to provide better representation of ecosystems within Armenia’s current protected area system and enable active conservation of biodiversity. The project’s two components will focus upon: (1) rationalization of the PA system through improving the regulatory and institutional framework relevant to Sanctuary establishment and operation; and (2) institutional capacity building by piloting a suite of Sanctuary management tools largely absent from Armenian’s current protected area management regime. This project’s efforts will result in a national protected area system better equipped to include and conserve currently under- represented ecosystems and associated species. Project investment will be in community areas to improve management of productive landscapes while helping to promote connectivity and alleviate poverty. The project will enhance the financial sustainability of Armenia’s protected area system. These ecosystems outside the shelter of Armenia’s protected areas are critical to the long-term conservation of several globally significant species, including many endemic agro-biodiversity resources. Table of contents SECTION I: ELABORATION OF THE NARRATIVE ........................................................................................................... 4 PART I: SITUATION ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................................. 4 I.1 Context and global significance ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 I.2 Institutional and Policy Context for Protected Area Management ................................................................................ 4 I.3. Protected Area Coverage .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 I.4. Threats, causes and impacts ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 I.5. Long-term Solution .............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 I.6. Barriers To Achieving the Solution .............................................................................................................................................. 7 I.7. Stakeholder Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................................ 11 I.8. Baseline Analysis: Business as Usual ........................................................................................................................................ 12 PART II: STRATEGY ................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 II.1. Project Rationale and Policy Conformity.............................................................................................................................. 15 II.2. Project Goal, Objective, Components/Outcomes and Outputs/activities ............................................................... 17 II.3. Project Indicators ............................................................................................................................................................................ 21 II.4. Risks and Assumptions .................................................................................................................................................................. 21 II.5. Incremental Reasoning and expected global, national and local benefits............................................................ 21 II.6. Expected Global, National and Local Benefits .................................................................................................................... 24 II.7. Country Ownership: Country Eligibility and Country Drivenness ............................................................................. 25 II.8. Sustainability ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 II.9. Replicability ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 26 PART III : MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 27 III.1. Management Roles and Responsibilities ............................................................................................................................. 27 III.2. Collaborative Arrangements with Other Projects .......................................................................................................... 28 III.3. Prior Obligations and Prerequisites ...................................................................................................................................... 29 PART IV: MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN AND BUDGET ..................................................................................................... 29 PART V: LEGAL CONTEXT ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 SECTION II: STRATEGIC RESULTS FRAMEWORK ..................................................................................................... 34 SECTION III: TOTAL BUDGET AND WORKPLAN ......................................................................................................... 37 SECTION IV: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................. 39 PART I. LETTERS OF CO-FINANCING .................................................................................................................................................... 39 PART II: TERMS OF REFERENCES FOR KEY PROJECT STAFF AND MAIN SUB-CONTRACTS .......................................................... 40 PART III: PROPOSED PROJECT AREA .................................................................................................................................................. 42 PART IV: ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS RELEVANT FOR SPLITTING OF THE PROJECT INTO TWO SUBPROJECTS WITH NEX AND NGO EXECUTION: ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 IV.1. WWF and UNDP cooperation agreement ........................................................................................................................... 45 IV.2. LPAC minutes on split of the project ...................................................................................................................................... 45 IV.3. New Total budget and workplan ............................................................................................................................................ 47 SIGNATURE PAGE ................................................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. Acronyms AMD Armenian Dram (national currency) BMA Bioresources Management Agency CBD The Convention on Biological Diversity CEPF Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund CPAF Caucasus Protected Areas Fund CPAF Protected Area Trust Fund GDP Gross Domestic Product GEF Global Environment Facility GIS Geographic Information System GoA Government of Armenia HDI Human Development Index IBA Important Bird Area IMF International Monetary Fund IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature KfW Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau METT Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool MNP Ministry for Nature Protection MoA Ministry of Agriculture NGO Non-Governmental Organization PA Protected Area PIF Project Identification Form PIR Project Implementation Review PoWPA Programme of Work on Protected Areas SNCO State Non Commercial Organizations SO Strategic Objective SP Strategic Programme SPNA Strictly Protected