United Nations Development Programme Country: Sri Lanka PROJECT DOCUMENT Project Title: Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation and Sustenance of Ecosystem services in Environmentally Sensitive Areas UNDAF Outcome 4: Policies, programmes and capacities to ensure environmental sustainability, address climate change mitigation and adaptation, and to reduce disaster risks in place at national, sub-national and community levels UNDAF Output 4.2: Government agencies, community groups and private sector are equipped with mechanisms, and practices to promote sustainable use of natural resources, biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation. UNDP Strategic Plan (2014-2017) Primary Outcome: Sustainable Development Pathways UNDP Strategic Plan Secondary Outcome: Effective maintenance and protection of natural capital Executing Entity/Implementing Partner: Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy (MERE), Sri Lanka Implementing Entity/Responsible Partners: Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy (MERE) and UNDP Brief description: This project will assist the Government of Sri Lanka to safeguard biodiversity in multiple land use areas of special ecological significance (high biodiversity values) through the operationalization of a new land use governance framework called “Environmentally Sensitive Areas” (ESAs), which will be primarily outside protected areas. The primary objective of this project is “To operationalize Environment Sensitive Areas (ESA)—as a mechanism for mainstreaming biodiversity management into development in areas of high conservation significance”. In order to achieve this Objective, the project plans on achieving the two major Outcomes, and five Outputs under these. The two Outcomes are: Outcome 1: National Enabling Framework Strengthened to Designate and Manage Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) Outcome 2: Biodiversity-friendly ESA management for long term integrity and resilience ensured at two sites in the Kala Oya Region Under Outcome 1, the project will support the development of national policy, strategy and national scale up plan for ESAs and build national institutional capacities to foster inter-sectoral partnerships and coordination to support ESA identification, management and monitoring of ESAs. Under Outcome 2, inter-sectoral partnerships also be fostered at local levels at two sites in Kala Oya Region to effectively manage at least 200,000 ha of landscape and seascape for long term biodiversity conservation, and for the maintenance of environmental services critical for local and national development using the ecosystems approach. Programme Period: 2015-2019 Total resources required 19,276,690 USD Atlas Award ID: 00079607 Project ID: 00089554 Total allocated resources: 19,276,690 USD PIMS # 5165 Start date: February 2015 Regular (UNDP) 6,500,000 USD End Date January 2019 Others Management Arrangements: NIM GEF TF 2,626,690 USD PAC Meeting Date To be filled Government Co-Finance 10,150,000 USD1 Agreed by (Executing Entity/Implementing Partner): Date/Month/Year Agreed by (UNDP): Date/Month/Year 1 See Annex 1 for co-financing commitments 1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS APR Annual Progress Report ARR Annual Review Report AWP Annual Work Plan BCAP Biodiversity Conservation in Sri Lanka – Framework for Action BDS The Biodiversity Secretariat (under the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy) CBO Community Based Organizations CCD Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department CDR Combined Delivery Report CEA Central Environment Authority CPAP Country Programme Action Plan DI Department of Irrigation DS Divisional Secretariat DAD Department of Agrarian Development DF Department of Forest This should be Department of Forest Conservation DFC DFAR Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources DFID Department for International Development (of the United Kingdom) DFO District Forest Office Divisional Forest Office DLUPC District Land Use Planning Committee DOAD Department of Agrarian Development DWC Department of Wildlife Conservation EPA Environmental Protection Area ESA Environmentally Sensitive Area FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FD Forest Department GA General Administration GEF Global Environmental Facility GIS Geographic Information System GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation) HACT Harmonized Cash Transfer System HEC Human Elephant Conflict IAS Invasive Alien Species IBAT Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool ID Identity IFC The International Finance Corporation ILO International Labour Organization IR Irrigation Department IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature IW Inception Workshop KOR Kala Oya Region LUPPD Land Use Policy Planning Department M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MASL Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka 2 MDP Mahaweli Development Programme MEPA Marine Environment Protection Authority MERE Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy MSL Mean Sea Level MTR Mid Term Review NAP National Action Plan NAQDA National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency NARA National Aquaculture Development Authority NBSAP National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan NCSA National Capacity Self-Assessment NEA National Environment Act NGO Non-governmental Organisations NIM National Implementation Modality NPP National Physical Plan NPPD National Physical Planning Department oC Degrees Celsius OFP Operational Focal Point PA Protected Area PB Project Board PC Project Coordinator PD Project Director PIMS Project Information Management System PIR Project Implementation Report PPR Project Progress Report PTR Project Terminal Report QPR Quarterly Progress Report RCU Regional Coordination Unit REDD Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation SBAA Standard Basic Assistance Agreement SGP Small Grants Fund SO Strategic Objective STAR System of Transparent Allocation of Resources (of the Global Environmental Facility) TEEB The Economics and Ecosystems and Biodiversity TOR Terms of Reference UDA Urban Development Authority UN United Nations UNCBD United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNDP-CO United Nations Development Programme’s Country Office UNESCO United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 3 UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services UNREDD United Nations’ Joint Programme on Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation USD United States Dollars VAT Value Added Tax WNP Wilpattu National Park 4 Table of Contents PART I: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................. 6 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT .................................................................................................................................. 7 THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY ................................................................................................................................... 9 LONG-TERM SOLUTION AND BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING THE SOLUTION ............................................................... 27 PART II: PROJECT STRATEGY .................................................................................................................... 34 2.1 RATIONALE ........................................................................................................................................................ 34 2.2 POLICY CONFORMITY ....................................................................................................................................... 34 2.3 COUNTRY OWNERSHIP AND DRIVERS ............................................................................................................... 35 2.4 DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................................. 37 1.5 EXPECTED GLOBAL, NATIONAL AND LOCAL BENEFITS ...................................................................... 63 1.6 COST EFFECTIVENESS .................................................................................................................................. 67 1.7 SUSTAINABILITY ........................................................................................................................................... 68 1.8 REPLICABILITY .................................................................................................. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. PART III: STRATEGIC RESULTS FRAMEWORK ....................................................................................... 70 PART IV: TOTAL BUDGET AND WORKPLAN............................................................................................ 76 PART V: MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................. 80 PART VI: MONITORING AND EVALUATION ............................................................................................. 85 PART VII: LEGAL CONTEXT ........................................................................................................................ 93 PART IX: PROJECT