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GEF Biodiversity Portfolio & Strategic Priorities for GEF-3 Kanta Kumari Biodiversity Program Manager Global Environment Facility. GEF Biodiversity Programs. GEF as the financial mechanism of CBD Biodiversity Operational Programs OP #1 Arid and semi arid ecosystems
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GEF Biodiversity Portfolio & Strategic Priorities for GEF-3 Kanta Kumari Biodiversity Program Manager Global Environment Facility
GEF Biodiversity Programs • GEF as the financial mechanism of CBD • Biodiversity Operational Programs • OP #1 Arid and semi arid ecosystems • OP #2 Coastal Marine and Freshwater ecosystems • OP #3 Forests • OP #4 Mountains • OP#13 Agro-biodiversity
Portfolio Summary(FY91-FY03) Number of Projects: 336 GEF Funding: US$1.54 Billion Co-funding: US$3.24 Billion Number of Countries: 140
Lessons Learned(Independent OPS-2) • STRENGTHS: • Excellent Ecosystem Representation • Wide Coverage • Innovative Financing (Trust Funds, PES, etc) • Impact on Capacity Building • Strong Stakeholder Participation • Addresses Cross-Cutting Issues • Includes Science and Technology Issues
Lessons Learned(Independent OPS-2) • WEAKNESSES: • Fails to Address Root Causes • Weak Sectoral Linkages (mainstreaming) • Weak Sustainability • Weak Private Sector Participation • Poor Capacity to Measure Results
Change in Paradigms From: How to make project sustainable? To: How to sustain conservation? From: Project success To: Changing societal behavior From: Short-term projects To: Long-term programs
GEF-3 Strategic PrioritiesUS$3.1 Billion (ca. US$800 Million for BD) • Catalyzing Sustainability of Protected Areas (US$400M) • Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Production Landscapes and Sectors (US$250M) • Capacity Building for the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (US$80M) • Generation and Dissemination of Best Practices for Addressing Current and Emerging Biodiversity Issues (US$70M)
Value-added of GEF-3 Strategic Priorities • Do not replace existing Operational Strategy or Programs • Not additional filter but sharpen focus & catalytic role of GEF • Strengthen M&E and portfolio impact • Better placing projects and programs within national context and framework • Developed in the BD Task Force and approved by Council • Enhance operational clarity • Facilitate resources programming
SP1: Catalyzing Sustainability of PAs To conserve biodiversity through the expansion, consolidation, and rationalization of national Protected Area systems. • Main activities: • seeks to ground support for individual PAs in countries’ long-term vision for PAs • further development of innovative financial mechanisms • intensified capacity building • catalyzing community-indigenous partnerships • remove barriers to facilitate public-private partnerships • Examples • Bhutan, Brazil,Vietnam,Tanzania, Chile
SP2: Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Production Landscapes To integrate biodiversity conservation in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, tourism and other production systems and sectors to secure national and global environmental benefits. • Main activities • strengthening capacity of government and key stakeholders, remove critical barriers (policy, legal, institutional) reforms, nurture partnerships etc. • develop market incentive measures for Sectors • demonstration (High replication value) • Examples • Bulgaria, Madagascar, Costa Rica, Venezuela, El Salvador
SP3: Capacity Building for the Implementation of the CBD Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety To build capacity for the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. • Main activity • Developing systemic and institutional capacity building for biosafety • Examples • Pilot project for development of Biosafety frameworks • Country-based demonstration projects to assist in capacity building to implement national biosafety frameworks
SP4: Generation and dissemination of best practices for addressing current and emerging biodiversity issues • Main activities • Improve analysis, synthesis and dissemination of best practices • Support for building scientific and technical co-operation • Support demonstration projects that generate synergies between biodiversity, and other focal areas of the GEF. • Examples (under development) • Strengthening Capacity to Generate, Disseminate and Adopt Good Practices in Biodiversity Conservation • Global: Developing Generalizable Method for Adaptive Management and Protection from Climate Change in Mangrove and coral reef Ecosystems
GEF-Small Grants Program Portfolio Summary(FY91-FY03) Number of Projects: > 4,200 GEF Funding: US$112 million Co-funding: US$ 80 million Number of Countries: >70 GEF 3 allocation $ 170 million