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Jim Peters IFAD Governing Council Meeting – Side Event February 20, 2004

Conservation as a Foundation for Sustainable Development: The Global Conservation Fund, Tropical Forests, Biodiversity, and Human Welfare. Jim Peters IFAD Governing Council Meeting – Side Event February 20, 2004. GCF Mission

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Jim Peters IFAD Governing Council Meeting – Side Event February 20, 2004

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  1. Conservation as a Foundation for Sustainable Development: The Global Conservation Fund, Tropical Forests, Biodiversity, and Human Welfare Jim Peters IFAD Governing Council Meeting – Side Event February 20, 2004

  2. GCF Mission “The GCF finances the creation, expansion and long-term management of protected areas in the world’s biodiversity hotspots, high biodiversity wilderness areas and important marine regions (notably coral reef hotspots).”

  3. Types of Projects Funded • Establishing new protected areas • Expanding existing protected areas • Upgrading multiple use zones and forest reserves • Creating demarcated indigenous lands • Land purchases • Conservation concessions • Transforming logging concessions into protected areas

  4. $100 Million Fund Three types of grants: • Planning/strategy development grants • Project implementation grants • Long-term financing Project implementation grants and long-term financing grants require a 1:1 matching fund Provides an opportunity to leverage poverty reduction projects funds that are targeted to the rural poor near or in protected areas

  5. 27 Grants Awarded in FY03: • $270,105 for 11 Planning Grants • $3,702,991 for 16 Project Implementation Grants • Example: Cambodia – GAT Logging Concession to the Central Cardamoms Protected Forest (CCPF)

  6. History • 2002 – GCF provided funding to launch the Cardamom Conservation Program (CCP) • CI worked with the DFW to procure data needed to justify PA creation • Project implementation financing provided so rangers could close the forest to poachers • Prime Minister Hun Sen signed CCPF into existence on July 29 02 • 2004 GCF to secure a $2.5 million trust fund to support park management

  7. Structure of the CCP • Biological Outcomes Definition and Monitoring • Enforcement • Community Livelihoods • Regional Planning

  8. Addressing Community Livelihood Needs Three approaches: • Participatory Land Use Planning • Multidisciplinary Land Use Assessments • Community education on environmental laws and on how other people value biodiversity Establishes a common sense of what biodiversity is and how it is valued Establishes a common sense of prioritized economic opportunities and the areas where they take place

  9. Types of Opportunities to Increase Livelihoods in the CCPF • Agricultural intensification • Irrigated rice production • Agroforestry/Animal husbandry • Improving marketing systems and/or cultivation of NTFPs • Reforesting degraded areas with high value timber species • Ecotourism • Park management employment in monitoring and enforcement • Improved access to education • Improved access to RH/FP

  10. Linking Livelihood Enhancement Activities to Conserving Globally Threatened Spp. in the PA • Land and/or resource tenure is secured • Institutional support exists across key government agencies • Livelihood activities have high enough returns per unit of labor • Risks of engaging in an activity are perceived to be low • Selected investments lower dry season labor surpluses • Opportunities to improve livelihoods are spread equitably across society • Key local level stakeholders (hunters, traders, government officials etc.) are participating in acceptable alternatives • Emergency health care expenses are covered by the program • Enforcement and monitoring systems ensure conservation outcomes are met, provide extra income, and increase local understanding of and support for meeting conservation needs

  11. Leveraging Conservation Funds to Meet Livelihood Needs in and around the PAs • GCF – expected annual contribution from trust fund $175,000+ annually • FFI – partnership expands PA coverage to 1.1 million ha. and match trust fund provides another $175,000+ annually • CARE – partnership to provide RH/FP services • Save Cambodia’s Wildlife – partnership to provide environmental education services • Royal Cambodian Government – FA, MOE, MOI, Armed Forces, MOH (Education/Tourism TBD) • Donors – The 3 PAs are currently funded by USAID, DANIDA, the GEF, and the EU

  12. Conclusions • The GCF leveraging requirement creates incentives to link poverty reduction activities to meeting conservation outcomes • Conservation funds available for meeting the needs of the rural poor are used more efficiently through GCF partnership incentives • GCF flexibility ensures that the livelihood needs of the poor are met either through the funds themselves or through leveraged funds from partners

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