GEF Biodiversity Portfolio GEF Biodiversity Portfolio & &

Strategic Priorities for GEF-3 Strategic Priorities for GEF-3

Kanta KumariKanta Kumari

Biodiversity Program ManagerBiodiversity Program Manager

Global Environment FacilityGlobal 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 successTo: Changing societal behavior

From: Short-term projectsTo: Long-term programs

GEF-3 Strategic Priorities US$3.1 Billion

(ca. US$800 Million for BD)

1. Catalyzing Sustainability of Protected Areas (US$400M)

2. Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Production Landscapes and Sectors (US$250M)

3. Capacity Building for the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (US$80M)

4. 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