UNDP/GEF Main Streams of Life Wetland PA System Strengthening for Biodiversity Conservation

1. UNDP/GEF Main Streams of LifeWetland PA System Strengthening for Biodiversity Conservation Developing “Report Templates” to assist in ProDoc formulation: Review, Discussion & Elaboration of draft templates for national specialists

2. Report Templates for National Specialists Working together | ProDoc formulation Dr J Marc Foggin, Plateau Perspective (Xining, Qinghai, China) UNDP/GEF MSL Programme Beijing, China 6 June 2012

3. J Marc Foggin Conservation biologist, also community development >15 years in China, living/working in Qinghai Province and Tibet Autonomous Region Associate Professor, Qinghai Normal University Honorary Research Fellow, University of Kent International Director, Plateau Perspectives Working together | ProDoc formulation

4. Who has come together today? SFA, UNDP, FAO, Provincial governments, and many institutions / researchers / specialists, etc. MSL Programme encompasses many provinces and sites: In Anhui Province, Hainan Province, Heilongjiang province, Hubei Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , Jiangxi Province, Xinjiang Autonomous Region Working together | ProDoc formulation

5. Main Streams of Life (MSL) Programme Goal: To strengthen management effectiveness of the PA landscape in Altai Mountains and Wetlands • Three main project components • Building systemic and institutional capacity for managing wetland ecosystems and protected areas in Xinjiang UAR • Developing the Altai Protected Area Network as a model for effective biodiversity conservation at the landscape level • Demonstration of effective wetland PA management through development of alternative livelihood programmes and community co-management in the Altai Liangheyuan Nature Reserve, working in collaboration with local nomadic (herding) Kazakh communities

6. Project Preparation Grant (PPG) process How do we achieve the PPG goal of ProDoc formulation? • Multiple stakeholders • Government bureaus • Individual specialists • Local communities • Key factor for project success is • open & regular communication • and collaboration / cooperation

7. Sustainable Outcomes Involvement of multiple stakeholders • Multiple stakeholders = complexity • Many different areas of expertise required • Both global and local knowledge important • Much information is needed, as well as an appropriate integration of all the data and information into single coherent ProDocfor each sub-project (e.g., Altai Wetlands)

8. What do we need to know? What information, and who to collect it? • Specialist consultants available • Biodiversity conservation, PA planning • Socioeconomics, community co-management • Economic valuation of ecosystem services • Biodiversity health indicators (BHI) • Legal and institutional capacities • Development and sector planning • PA information and data management

9. PPG for sample sub-project Core PPG activities, leading to ProDoc • Capacity review • BHI development • PA data management • KAP survey, incl. gender • PA financing needs • Profiling wetland PAs • Feasibility analysis • (Sector planning) National specialists’ areas of responsibility and leadership are largely aligned, but not exclusively aligned, to the core PPG activities.

10. Cross-fertilization of ideas and inputs to sub-project ProDocs

11. Sample table of specialists’ core responsibilities To be considered in conjunction with more detailed description of PPG activities (as outlined in original project document).

12. Suggested approach for the development of specialists’ reports • Following a general familiarization with the ProDoc template, each specialist should… • Write according to agreed sections or headings, not only according to interests, or too broad terms • Interact and dialogue as appropriate with other specialists (some guidance is provided in Table) • Pre-planfieldtrip, and make clear list of contacts to facilitate follow-up, as necessary or as requested

13. Sample headings / categories for specialist input based on documents, correspondence with team members, etc. Socio-economic situation, and local/regional land use 1 Threats, root causes and impacts of current situation 2 This is an example text. Go ahead and replace it 3 Barriers to the proposed solutions (as outlined in the PIF) 4 Community profiles, in target PAs and adjacent areas ✓ 5 Potential for community co-management (e.g., monitoring) * 6 Recommendations for PA financing, incl. eco-compensation 7 Profile of wetland PA sub-system at provincial/local levels Note: * Community co-management is more than ‘free labor’ by local communities, in support of nature reserve or other conservation authorities’ goals and project activities; it is a bi-directional partnership in which both conservation and development objectives of both parties are considered in depth, and solutions sought through collaborative efforts.

14. Templates • Table of roles & deliverables, according to PPG activities • Suggested main topics (or headings) for each specialist • Additional information requested from each specialist: • Full list of colleagues, institutions, bureaus, etc. with appropriate contact details, and type of info available • Compilation of key documents, whether in English or in Chinese; ideally making copies available, minimally with full reference information • Potential contributors to project implementation (also include an extended list of stakeholders – with specific reason to include new elements, not generic inclusion)

15. Headings … and recommendations • As sections are written, presenting relevant information … specialists will have insightsnot only into how to write a successful proposal, but more importantly into how the work/project should proceed in practice, to reach the very important goals of the MSL Programme– please write up these significantinsightsin the form of recommendations for the project

16. After writing the reports… • To facilitate inclusion of recommendations, several tables also are suggested at the end of the report template document… • Each specialist’s “Top 3” recommendations • List of notable other projects or initiatives in the area • Perceived shortcomings or challenges in the current plan, with proposed solutions or actions to consider • List of stakeholders not yet included in project plan

17. Summary of the process of ProDoc planning & writing Writing toward common purpose Team work, collaboration Agreed roles and deliverables, and targeted writing While fact-finding and writing, always keep project goals in mind; as this will enhance project quality through collection of relevant information, and valuable recommendations. Successful formulation of the ProDoc

18. Other recommendations? How can we improve on current suggestions? WHAT INFORMATION DO WE NEED? HOW CAN WE FACILITATE COLLECTION, AND PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION? SUGGESTIONS FOR REPORT TEMPLATE? (Q&As, discussion…)

19. THANK YOU!

20. Dr J Marc Foggin International Team Leader Xinjiang Altai Mountains and Wetlands foggin@plateauperspectives.org marc.foggin@gmail.com