MONIQUE BAR6UT Chi~f Executive Officer and Chairperson GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY INVEST I NG IN OUR P LANET 1818 H Street, NW WaShi n ~ton , DC 20431 USA Tel: 202.<411. 1202 Fax: 2 0B 2 2. 3 2~ 0I)24 5 E-mail: mbdrbut@The<iE F,org September 28, 201 0 Dear Council Member, 1 am writing to notify you that we have today posted on the GEF's website at www.TheGEF.org, a medium-sized project proposaJ fro m UN OP entitled Honduras: SFM Maills/reaming Biodiversity COIIse",atioll i,,/o the Management ofPille-Oak Forests II"der the Globa L: SFM Programme Framework Jar Projects II nder the GEF Strategy for Sustainable Forest Management, to be funded under the GEF Trust Fund (G EFTF). The project proposes to im plement mOre sustainable and biodiversity-friendl y forest management practices in pine oak forests by mainstreaming biodiversity conservation into sust ainab le forest management , in conformity with the livelihood suppon needs of the local population. The project proposal is being posted for your review. We would welcome an y comments you may wi sh to provide by October 13, 2010, in accordance with the new procedures approved by the Council. You may send your comments to [email protected]. If you do not have access to the Web, you may request the local fi eld office of the Worl d Bank or UNDP 10 download the document for you. Alternati vely, you may request a copy of the document from the Secretariat. If yo u make such a request, please confirm for us your current mailing address. Sincerely, Copy to: Country Operational Focal Point , GEF Agencies, STAP, Trustee REQUEST FOR CEO ENDORSEMENT/APPROVAL PROJECT TYPE: Full-sized Project THE GEF TRUST FUND Submission Date: September 16, 2010 PART I: PROJECT INFORMATION Expected Calendar (mm/dd/yy) GEFSEC PROJECT ID: 3996 Milestones Dates GEF AGENCY PROJECT ID: 4210 Work Program (for FSPs only) N/A COUNTRY(IES): Honduras PROJECT TITLE: Mainstreaming biodiversity conservation Agency Approval date August 2010 into the management of pine-oak forests Implementation Start November GEF AGENCY(IES): UNDP 2010 Mid-term Evaluation (if planned) June 2012 OTHER EXECUTING PARTNER(S): The Nature Conservancy, Institute for Forest Conservation, SERNA Project Closing Date November 2014 GEF FOCAL AREA(s): Biodiversity GEF-4 STRATEGIC PROGRAM(s): SFM-SP4-Policy, BD-SP4-Policy SFM-SP5-Markets, BD-SP5-Markets NAME OF PARENT PROGRAM/UMBRELLA PROJECT: NA A. PROJECT FRAMEWORK Project Objective: To mainstream biodiversity conservation into sustainable forest management in the pine-oak ecoregion, in conformity with the livelihood support needs of the local population Project GEF Financing Co-Financing Total ($) Type Expected Outcomes Expected Outputs Components ($) a % ($) b % c=a+ b 1. Forest TA - Forest management - Programme for 332,749 17 1,683,818 83 2,016,567 owners, plans and/or annual generation of knowledge managers and plans of operation on management options users and covering 230,000ha of for the pine-oak forestry pine/oak forest ecoregion authorities have nationwide (10% of the - Regional planning access to forest area with plans) framework for BD management incorporate conservation in prescriptions improved/new management of pine oak that maximize provisions for BD ecorregion the habitat value conservation - Prescriptions for BD- of pine/oak - BD considerations (e.g. friendly management of forests for leaving set-asides, pine-oak forests globally promoting regeneration - Mechanisms for important flora of broadleaved species, facilitating and fauna leaving dead wood and mainstreaming of BD integrated fire into management plans management) - Programme of capacity mainstreamed into development and forestry management outreach programme on plans currently covering BD mainstreaming an estimated 13,500 ha (estimated to reach 135,000 ha ten years after project end) - Approximately 35,000 ha of set aside zones established - Increased institutional capacities to mobilize information and knowledge, and to supervise, evaluate, disseminate and learn - score per Capacity Scorecard (Annex 16 of ProDoc) increases from 1 4/12 to 12/12 2. Forest TA - Population numbers of - Capacity development 207,668 33 421,000 67 628,668 owners, the Golden-cheeked programme for forest managers and warbler Dendroica owners and users users have the chrysoparia, the - Mechanisms for capacities salamanders channeling financial required for the Bolitoglossa diaphora, incentives in support of application of Nototriton barbouri, BD conservation forms of forest Cryptotriton nasalis, - Mechanisms for use and and the frog Isthmohyla increasing and management insolita remain stable diversifying forest that are - Area affected by fires incomes compatible with that cause severe damage biodiversity is reduced by 25% conservation - 62,000 ha of forest in 10 target municipalities is being managed in conformity with BD conservation principles - 50% of forest owners, managers and users in 10 target municipalities have adequate knowledge of options for the integration of BD considerations into forest management - Levels of compliance with targets established in annual plans of operations (baseline and target to be determined at project start) - 50% of forest owners, managers and users in 10 target municipalities are receiving incentives that reward the application of forest management practices in accordance with BD conservation principles 3. Forest TA - 10 municipalities have - Community-based 205,765 33 421,000 67 626,765 management staff members formally rules for BD-friendly practices are designated and trained to forest management subject to support forestry - Mechanisms for regulation and regulation and coordination between enforcement monitoring community, municipal that permits the - Extraction levels of and central Government conservation of firewood and NTFPs do agencies in ensuring the globally not exceed the application of rules for important regenerative capacity of BD conservation biodiversity the resource (to be - Municipal offices with defined at project start) capacities to support - 80% (28,000ha) of no- regulation of forest take zones are in reality management in favour free from significant of BD conservation disturbance in the 10 target municipalities - 80% of ICF inspection reports, covering 496,000ha, make no mention of infractions of management prescriptions with relevance for the conservation of globally 2 important biodiversity 4. Project management 82,909 10 772,750 90 855,659 Total Project Costs 829,091 20 3,298,568 80 4,127,659 1 List the $ by project components. The percentage is the share of GEF and Co-financing respectively of the total amount for the component. 2 TA = Technical Assistance; STA = Scientific & Technical Analysis. B. SOURCES OF CONFIRMED CO-FINANCING FOR THE PROJECT (expand the table line items as necessary) Name of Co-financier Classification Type Project %* (source) TNC NGO Cash 200,000 6 ESNACIFOR Government In kind 993,568 30 ICF Government Cash 2,105,000 64 Total Co-financing 3,298,568 100% * Percentage of each co-financier’s contribution at CEO endorsement to total co-financing. C. FINANCING PLAN SUMMARY FOR THE PROJECT ($) For comparison: Project Project Total Preparation Agency Fee GEF and Co-financing at b c = a + b a PIF GEF financing 80,000 829,091 909,091 82,909 829,091 Co-financing 80,000 3,298,568 3,378,568 3,295,000 Total 160,000 4,127,659 4,287,659 82,909 4,124,091 D. GEF RESOURCES REQUESTED BY AGENCY(IES), FOCAL AREA(S) AND COUNTRY(IES)1 N/A E. CONSULTANTS WORKING FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMPONENTS: Estimated GEF Co-financing Project Component person weeks amount($) ($) total ($) (GEF) Local consultants* 290 174,750 250,000 424,750 International consultants* - - 0 0 Total 290 174,750 250,000 424,750 *Details provided in Annex C. F. PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUDGET/COST Total Estimated GEF Cost Items person amount Co-financing Project total weeks/months ($) ($) ($) Local consultants* 16 10,000 90,000 100,000 International consultants* 16 40,000 0 40,000 Office facilities, equipment, vehicles and communications 3,360 600,000 603,360 Travel 13,344 0 13,344 Others 16,205 82,750 98,955 Total 32 82,909 772,750 855,659 *Details provided in Annex C. G. DOES THE PROJECT INCLUDE A “NON-GRANT” INSTRUMENT? yes no X 3 H. DESCRIBE THE BUDGETED M &E PLAN: 1. Monitoring and evaluation of the project will be adapted from procedures established by UNDP and GEF for Full Size Projects and will be provided by the project team and the UNDP Country Office (UNDP-CO) with support from UNDP-GEF. The main components of project M&E will be the following: Inception workshop. Day to day monitoring of implementation progress by the Project Coordinator, based on the project’s Annual Work Plan and its indicators. Periodic monitoring of implementation progress by the UNDP-CO through quarterly meetings with the project proponent, or more frequently as deemed necessary. Annual Monitoring through Tripartite Programme/Project Review (TPR) meetings, which will occur at least once every year. External evaluations in years 2 and 4. Terminal tripartite review, in the last month of the project period. PART II: PROJECT JUSTIFICATION: A. STATE THE ISSUE, HOW THE PROJECT SEEKS TO ADDRESS IT, AND THE EXPECTED GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS TO BE DELIVERED: 2. Honduras (particularly the Department of Olancho), contains the most extensive and intact areas of the Central American Pine-Oak Forests ecoregion, which covers a total area in Mesoamerica of around 111,400km2 and is classified by WWF as “Critical/Endangered”. The ecoregion contains a variety of forest types, including high altitude conifer forests containing mixtures of various pine species, virtually monospecific Pinus oocarpa forests and mosaics of P. oocarpa and various species of oak (Quercus spp.) The global significance of this ecoregion stems from its high levels of biodiversity (BD) and endemism, and its importance as a migration route for neotropical migrant birds such as the Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), which is classed in the IUCN Red List as “Endangered”.