CI-GEF PROJECT AGENCY GEF Project Document Strengthen Management and Climate Change Resilience in Angola's Conservation Areas for Sustainable Development Republic of Angola/South-Western Africa region May 2021 PROJECT INFORMATION PROJECT TITLE: Strengthen Management and Climate Change Resilience in Angola's Conservation Areas for Sustainable Development. PROJECT OBJECTIVE: To improve the management of national parks in targeted Trans-frontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) in southern Angola and strengthen the resilience of local communities and ecosystems to climate change. PROJECT OUTCOMES: 1.1: Increased implementation of biodiversity-compatible adaptation practices (encompassing the eco- village approach) in the Angolan portions of targeted TFCAs. 1.2: Additional climate-resilient and biodiversity-compatible livelihood activities and sources of income established in the Angolan portions of targeted TFCAs to decrease vulnerability of local communities to climate change and reduce degradation of ecosystems. 2.1: Improved management of conservation areas in the Angolan portion of the Kavango–Zambezi (KAZA) TFCA. 2.2: Improved management of conservation areas in the Angolan portion of the Iona-Skeleton Coast TFCA. 2.3: Decreased poaching of priority species in Luengue-Luiana National Park. 2.4: Decreased poaching of priority species in Iona National Park. 3.1: Enhanced institutional capacity of national government agencies to coordinate, plan and implement climate change and biodiversity strategies. 3.2: Improved technical and institutional capacity of sub-national government agencies to coordinate, plan and implement climate change and biodiversity strategies at provincial and municipal levels. 3.3: Enhanced technical and institutional capacity to manage Angola's Conservation Area Network. 3.4: Strengthened capacity of the private sector and other key stakeholders to develop Nature-Based Tourism (NBT) and sustainable use activities in Angola's conservation areas. 3.5: Increased ability of institutions in Angola to access climate and biodiversity finance. 4.1: Effective monitoring and evaluation of adaptation and biodiversity conservation interventions in the project target areas. 4.2: Improved knowledge-sharing among institutions in Angola, and with other countries, donors, and key stakeholders across the wider TFCA landscapes. COUNTRY(IES): Republic of Angola GEF ID: 10505 under Program ID 10200 GEF AGENCY(IES): Conservation International (CI) CI CONTRACT ID: OTHER EXECUTING PARTNERS: The National Institute for Biodiversity DURATION IN MONTHS: 84 months and Protected Areas (INBAC) GEF FOCAL AREA(S): Biodiversity and Climate Change START DATE (mm/yyyy): 07/2021 PRODOC SUBMISSION DATE: 26th February 2021 END DATE (mm/yyyy): 06/2028 RE-SUBMISSION DATE (S) 25th March 2021; April 2021; May 2021 ESTIMATED DATE FOR MID-TERM 01/2025 ESTIMATED TERMINAL 03/2028 EVALUATION (mm/yyyy): EVALUATION (mm/yyyy): NAME OF PARENT PROGRAM: The Global Wildlife Program (GWP) FUNDING SOURCE AMOUNT (USD) GEF PROJECT FUNDING: 14,818,349 PPG FUNDING: 194,000 TOTAL GEF GRANT: 15,012,349 CO-FINANCING 1: THE GOVERNMENT OF ANGOLA (GOA) 6,750,000 CO-FINANCING 2: PEACE PARKS FOUNDATION (PPF) 4,454,000 CO-FINANCING 3: AFRICAN PARKS (AP) 14,000,000 CO-FINANCING 4: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY (TNC) 750,000 CO-FINANCING 5: THE INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION CAUCUS FOUNDATION (ICCF) 400,000 CO-FINANCING 6: CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL 100,000 TOTAL CO-FINANCING: 26,454,000 TOTAL PROJECT COST: 41,372,349 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................................. ii LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................. ii TABLE OF APPENDICES ...................................................................................................................... iii ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................................... iv GLOSSARY OF TERMS ........................................................................................................................ vi 1 SECTION 1: PROJECT SUMMARY ..............................................................................................1 2 SECTION 2: PROJECT CONTEXT .................................................................................................4 A. Geographic Scope .................................................................................................................. 4 B. Environmental Context and Global Significance .................................................................................... 6 C. Socio-Economic and Cultural Context .................................................................................................... 8 D. Global Environmental Problems and Root Causes ................................................................................. 13 E. Barriers to Addressing the Environmental Problems and Root Causes ............................................... 23 F. Current Baseline (Business-as-Usual Scenario) / Future Scenarios without the Project ..................... 26 G. Alternatives to the Business-as-Usual Scenario ................................................................................... 29 H. Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Chosen Alternative ............................................................................... 31 3 SECTION 3: PROJECT STRATEGY ............................................................................................. 34 A. Objective, Components, Expected Outcomes, Targets, and Outputs .................................................. 34 B. Associated Baseline Projects ................................................................................................................ 51 C. Incremental Cost Reasoning ................................................................................................................ 56 D. Global Environmental Benefits (GEF Trust Fund) and Adaptation Benefits (LDCF) ............................. 58 E. Socio-Economic Benefits ................................................................................................................ 64 F. Risk Assessment and Mitigation ........................................................................................................... 66 G. Sustainability ................................................................................................................ 72 H. Innovativeness ................................................................................................................ 74 I. Replicability and Potential for Scaling Up ............................................................................................ 75 J. Consistency with National Priorities, Plans, Policies and Legal Frameworks ....................................... 75 K. Consistency with GEF Focal Area and/or Fund(s) Strategies................................................................ 79 L. Linkages with other GEF Projects and Relevant Initiatives .................................................................. 82 M. Consistency and Alignment with CI Institutional Priorities .................................................................. 84 N. Communications and Knowledge Management .................................................................................. 85 4 SECTION 4: COMPLIANCE WITH CI-GEF PROJECT AGENCY'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF) ............................................................................................... 89 A. Safeguards Screening Results and Categorization ............................................................................... 89 B. Compliance with Safeguard Recommendations .................................................................................. 90 5 SECTION 5: IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTION ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 91 A. Execution Arrangements and Partners ................................................................................................ 91 B. Project Execution Organizational Chart ............................................................................................... 96 6 SECTION 6: MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN ................................................................ 97 A. Monitoring and Evaluation Roles and Responsibilities ........................................................................ 97 B. Monitoring and Evaluation Components and PMC Activities .............................................................. 97 7 SECTION 7: PROJECT BUDGET AND FINANCING .................................................................... 101 A. Overall Project Budget .............................................................................................................. 101 B. Overall Project Co-financing .............................................................................................................. 101 i Strengthen Management and Climate Change Resilience in Angola's Conservation Areas for Sustainable Development — Project Document LIST OF TABLES Table 1: A summary of the species of global concern that can be found in Iona National Park and Luengue- Luiana National Park, and their current IUCN Red