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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
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).”
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
Types of Projects Funded
$100 Million FundThree 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
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)
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
Structure of the CCP• Biological Outcomes
Definition and Monitoring
• Enforcement
• Community Livelihoods
• Regional Planning
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
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
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
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
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