GEF-6 Programming Directions in Natural Resources Management

BiodiversityInternational Waters

Land DegradationSustainable Forest Management

Biodiversity Focal Area GEF-6 Strategy

Goal: To maintain globally significant biodiversity and the ecosystem goods and services that it provides to society.

Objectives: • To improve sustainability of protected area systems.• To reduce threats to biodiversity.• To sustainably use biodiversity. • To mainstream conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity into

production landscapes/seascapes and sectors.

Addressing Major Drivers of Biodiversity Loss

International Waters Focal Area GEF-6 Strategy

• Goal: to promote collective management for transboundary water systems and foster policy, legal, and institutional reforms and investments towards sustainable use and maintenance of ecosystem services

Objective 1: To catalyze sustainable management of Transboundary Waters

Objective 2: To balance competing water-uses in the management of transboundary surface and groundwater.

Objective 3: To rebuild marine fisheries, restore and protect coastal habitats, and reduce pollution of coasts and LMEs

1.1: Foster cooperation for

sustainable use of transboundary water

systems and economic growth

1.2 Increase the Resilience and Flow of Ecosystems Services in the Context of Melting High Altitude Glaciers

2.1 Advance conjunctive managementof surface and

groundwater Systems

2.2 Increase Water/Food/Energy/Ecosystems security and reduce conflict

potential

3.1 Prevent the Loss and Degradation of

Coastal Habitats

3.2 Reduce Ocean Hypoxia

3.3 Rebuild Global Fisheries

International Waters: Objectives and Programs

Effective Management

of surface and groundwater and of fisheries

Land Degradation Focal Area GEF-6 Strategy

• Goal: To arrest or reverse land degradation (desertification and deforestation)

Land Degradation Strategy: Objectives and Programs

LD-1: Agriculture and Rangeland Systems• Agro-ecological Intensification• SLM for Climate-Smart Agriculture

LD-2: Forest Landscapes• Landscape Management and Restoration

LD-3: Integrated Landscapes• Scaling up SLM

LD-4: Institutional and Policy Frameworks• Mainstreaming SLM in Development

Priorities1. Agro-ecological Intensification – efficient use of natural capital (land,

soil, water, and vegetation) in crop and livestock production systems

2. SLM in Climate-Smart Agriculture – innovative practices for increasing vegetative cover and soil organic carbon

3. Landscape Management and Restoration – community and livelihood-based options for increasing forest and tree cover

4. Scaling-up SLM – moving appropriate interventions to scale for crop and rangeland productivity

5. Mainstreaming SLM in Development – influencing institutions, policies, and governance frameworks for SLM

GEF Investments into Sustainable Land Management

Living sand barrier

Contour Terraces

Forest Landscape Restoration

Pastoral and Rangeland Management

Agroforestry

Grazing Management

IEM approaches

Sustainable Forest Management GEF-6 Strategy

• Goal: To achieve multiple environmental, social and economic benefits from improved management of all types of forests and trees outside of forests.

GEF-6 SFM Strategy: Objectives and Programs

• To maintain forest resources– Integrated land use planning– Identification and monitoring of HCVF– Identifying and monitoring forest loss

• To enhance forest management– Developing and implementing model projects for PES– Capacity development for SFM within local communities– Supporting sustainable finance mechanisms for SFM

GEF-6 SFM Strategy Objectives• To restore forest ecosystems

– Building of technical and institutional capacities to identify degraded forest landscapes and monitor forest restoration

– Integrating plantation management in landscape restoration

• To increase regional and global cooperation– Private sector engagement– Global technologies for national progress

Managing Forests for Multiple Benefits

GEF-6 Signature Programs

• Signature Programs = Systemic solutions for systemic drivers

• Five Signature Programs proposed for Gef-6

1. Avoiding the Amazon Dieback2. Taking Forestry out of the supply chain3. Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa4. Sustainable Fisheries5. Sustainable Cities