LIFEWEB PROJECT PROFILE
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Through the CBD LifeWeb Initiative
SECTION I: BASIC INFORMATION
(Updated 14.02.2013)
COUNTRY/COUNTRIES
Protected Areas System of countries that are part of the Amazon Biome, gathered at the Latin-American Network for Technical Cooperation in National Parks, other Protected Areas, Wild Flora and Fauna (REDPARQUES): BOLIVIA, BRASIL, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, GUYANA, FRECH GUYANA, PERU, SURINAME, VENEZUELA.
PROJECT TITLE
ECOSYSTEM-BASED VISION OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION FOR THE AMAZON BIOME: Maintaining ecosystem goods and services, integrity, functionality and biome resilience under the effects of human and natural pressures in a climate change context.
CONTACT PERSON
Name and contact information (to be consulted on content and revisions)
Name:
Dra. Julia Miranda Londoño
Regional Coordinator of REDPARQUES
Director of Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia
Email:
Phone:
+57 (1) 353-2400
Organisation:
Latin-American Network for Technical Cooperation in National Parks, other Protected Areas, Wild Flora and Fauna (REDPARQUES)
ABSTRACT
Please briefly explain in two to three sentences why this project is important to conserving biodiversity, addressing climate change, securing livelihoods and contributing toward the achievement of area-based Aichi Targets of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
The main objective of the Ecosystem Based Vision of Biodiversity Conservation for the Amazon Biome initiative is to support the regional implementation of the CBD’s Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA) in the Amazon region and the achievement of relevant Aichi Targets from the 2011-2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity agreed in Nagoya Japan at the 10th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
In order to achieve these objectives, it is necessary that each of the eight countries and one territory herewith represented by REDPARQUES make further progress on their own PoWPA Action Plans towards consolidating their existing systems of protected areas, their reserves and indigenous territories and their transboundary conservation areas, according to Decision VII/28, and finally that they agree and support the advancement in strengthening technical elements that are broadly applicable and relevant for protected area management the whole Amazon biome.
In terms of conserving biodiversity, addressing climate change, securing livelihoods and contributing toward the achievement of area-based Aichi Targets, this project is highly important because it seeks for well governed and effectively managed protected areas (Target 11) in order to safeguard both habitats and populations of species and for delivering important ecosystem services (Target 6). Furthermore, this project is aligned with Targets 5, 14 and 15, and there is the need for collaboration between neighboring protected areas and the adoption of mechanisms and commitments to strengthen the protected areas systems as natural solutions to climate change, in synergy with the CBD and other conventions according to CBD Decision XI/24.
GEOGRAPHIC SCALE
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Multinational
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Sub-national
LINKS WITH THE WORLD DATABASE ON PROTECTED AREAS
If this project’s scope involves protected areas registered in the World Database on Protected Areas, please include the URL links where the sites appear on http://www.protectedplanet.net of all the areas involved in this project. If the area(s) are not registered in the WDPA, please indicate the complete name(s).
Please refer to the protectedplanet.net website for each of the protected areas at each of the 9 countries where the Amazon Biome is located.
MAPS
Please send high quality digital GIS files or scanned maps situating and describing the project area. These files may be made available for download on the LifeWeb website and may be used in CBD and LifeWeb communication materials
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Map 1: Amazon Biome Position
Alternatively, please indicate latitude and longitude coordinates for the center of the project. For help, see: www.getlatlon.com.
-5.615986
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-61.699219
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Note: if the LifeWeb Expression of Interest includes protected areas that are not included in the World Database on Protected Areas and are not visible on the http://www.protectedplanet.net, you will be directed, through the process of submission, to the manager of the World Database on Protected Area to ensure the areas are represented correctly on the global protected areas map as noted in CBD COP IX/18, para. 11.
IMAGES
Please send at least three high quality images and any additional media (videos, web pages, brochure, etc.) of the project. Please note that images will be used to profile your Expression of Interest on the CBD LifeWeb Website and may also be used for other CBD LifeWeb communication materials. Please note that at least one image is required.
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SECTION II: LINK WITH THE 2011-2020 STRATEGIC PLAN FOR BIODIVERSITYAND THE AICHI TARGETS
LifeWeb facilitates financing that contributes toward the achievement of the area-based Aichi Targets in the 2011-2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity. Please indicate below how the proposed project contributes toward these targets. Please be specific and attach supporting documentation as necessary in Section V.
AICHI TARGET 5
“By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural habitats, including forests, is at least halved and where feasible brought close to zero, and degradation and fragmentation is significantly reduced.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 5 EN, ES, FR)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 5 (if applicable)
Indeed, this is one of the most project related targets because it refers to preventing the loss of all natural habitats especially those of high biodiversity, including forests, which is the main area represented in the Amazon Biome.
Additionally in order to deliver the main Project’s objective, which is to support the regional implementation of the CBD’s Programme of Work for Protected Areas (PoWPA) specifically in the Amazon region, all the involved actors have set up some short term (1-4 years) strategic actions and activities at the regional level linked to their own PoWPA Action Plans. Such conservation initiatives have been already recognized at high level meetings such as CBD COP 10 and in important documents such as the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3.
By reaching the Project’s main objective to build a shared ecosystem vision of biological and cultural diversity conservation of the Amazon Biome, contributions to an efficient management of the PA systems and maintenance of goods and services, as well as to the Biome’s integrity, functionality and resilience against natural and anthropomorphic effects and pressures under a climate change context will be provided.
AICHI TARGET 9
“By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled or eradicated, and measures are in place to manage pathways to prevent their introduction and establishment.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 9 EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 9 (if applicable)
Not applicable.
AICHI TARGET 10
“By 2015, the multiple anthropogenic pressures on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification are minimized, so as to maintain their integrity and functioning.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 10 EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 10 (if applicable)
Not applicable.
AICHI TARGET 11
“By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscapes and seascapes.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 11 EN, ES)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 11 (if applicable)
This project contributes to achieve Aichi Target 11 because it seeks for well governed and effectively managed protected areas in order to safeguard both habitats and populations of species and for delivering important ecosystem services. Additionally, this project aims to consolidate the portfolio definition process of priority conservation areas from a regional perspective, integrating the ecosystem-based approach as well as other measures of conservation in the larger-scale landscape.
Other sociocultural and economic elements are considered in the analysis of social participation and equitable governance in a bid to strengthen decision-making processes with support and direct contribution to conservation from indigenous and local communities.
AICHI TARGET 12
“By 2020 the extinction of known threatened species has been prevented and their conservation status, particularly of those most in decline, has been improved and sustained.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 12 EN, ES, FR)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 12 (if applicable)
The Ecosystem Based Vision of Biodiversity Conservation for the Amazon Biome looks forward to protect more than 10% of the world’s known species, including more than 100,000 invertebrates, 40,000 plants and trees, and 3,000 fish), with (macro) species new to science appearing almost every day. Since the proposed project’s main focus is to protect natural habitats, the conservation status of those species that comprise those habitats will therefore be improved and the likelihood of their extinction will be lowered.
AICHI TARGET 13
“By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and of wild relatives, including other socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been developed and implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic diversity.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 13 EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 13 (if applicable)
Not applicable.
AICHI TARGET 14
“By 2020, ecosystems that provide essential services, including services related to water, and contribute to health, livelihoods and well-being, are restored and safeguarded, taking into account the needs of women, indigenous and local communities, and the poor and vulnerable.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 14 EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 14 (if applicable)
In order to achieve this Aichi Target, the participation of indigenous and local communities is essential. Therefore, this project proposes actions such as sharing experiences on sustainable use and management of biodiversity goods and services (water security, ecotourism, etc.) in protected areas and conservation areas to improve the standards of living of their populations. This is also complemented by strengthening the capacities of institutions, indigenous, Afro-descendants and local communities in cross-border protected areas.
Provision, regulation and cultural services are to be guaranteed with the support to this project in terms of water provision, preventing degradation/desertification, landscape integrity preservation and traditional knowledge protection, as an integrated approach for ecosystem-based adaptation to address climate change.
Additionally, some measures towards protecting ecosystems may rely upon setting up an Amazonian database of those endangered ecosystems (e.g. based on IUCN red list). This should lead to better knowledge about which ecosystem services (including freshwater production, carbon storage, ecotourism potential, etc.), climate change and socioeconomic aspects are susceptible and therefore priorities for intervention.
AICHI TARGET 15
“By 2020, ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks have been enhanced, through conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 15 EN, ES, FR)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 15 (if applicable)
Under the current context in which the project is defined where climate change is occurring, specific actions have been identified to achieve Target 15. One of them is to develop and implement monitoring and modelling systems of impacts of key drivers and threats (infrastructure, climate change, agriculture and mining) on protected areas.
Once this is achieved, it will be possible to design and implement training programs on impact assessment, the development of monitoring plans, mitigation and strategic environmental assessment (which makes possible the measurement of environmental and ecosystem indicators of key drivers and threats that allow for decision making), in order to carry out a regional analysis on ecosystem services and the role of Protected Areas for adaptation and mitigation and inform decision making.
Finally, in this project’s last phase, pilot programs on adaptation and mitigation will be implemented that recognize the positive impact of Protected Areas to reduce the negative impacts of climate change, through strategies such as ecosystem based adaptation and/or REDD+.
SECTION III: PROJECT DESCRIPTION
LOCAL CONTEXT AND PROBLEMS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE PROJECT
Please describe the context and challenges (including threats to biodiversity) in the area. You are welcome to attach supporting documents.
Geographical and natural context
The project takes place in the Amazon biome, a region widely recognized for its strategic importance in protecting biodiversity, in global climate regulation and in providing livelihood benefits to millions of people. The biome covers 6.7 million Km2, spans across eight countries and one overseas territory.
It contains the largest remaining contiguous tropical rainforest on earth with an unparalleled diversity of species and habitats (more than 10% of the world’s known species, including more than 100.000 invertebrates, 40.000 plants and trees, and 3.000 fish), with (macro) species new to science appearing almost every day. Almost 20% of the world’s surface freshwater that reaches the oceans flows through the Amazon basin whose hydrological cycle plays a major role in stabilizing the regional and global climate.
The Amazon biome significantly contributes to maintaining critical ecosystem functions and provides ecological services that are crucial to society. It is home to more than 380 indigenous groups and its rich natural resources base provides a source of livelihoods for more than 44 million people.
Role of Protected Areas
Systems of Protected Areas are recognized as fundamental tools in the articulation and implementation of sustainable development and conservation strategies. They are also an essential part of the global response to climate change and other global change drivers. Protected areas (PAs) store 15% of terrestrial carbon and help address the cause of climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. By maintaining and supplying essential services upon which people depend – water supply, food and public health – they also contribute towards enhanced community-based adaptation in the face of climate change and play an important role in disaster risk reduction.
In line with the above, through the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA) signed through Decision VII/28 at CBD COP 7, Parties have agreed to support the creation and maintenance of comprehensive national and regional systems of protected areas, effectively managed and ecologically representative that contribute to achieving the CBD objectives and to reduce the current rate of biodiversity loss. Additionally, the 2011-2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, agreed in Nagoya Japan at the 10th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity, calls for the halt of biodiversity loss and includes 20 explicit targets (Aichi Targets) in which to measure progress. Several (if not all) of these targets require protected areas in order to be achieved. In particular, Aichi Target 11 requires a systematic approach to protected area design, management, monitoring and benefit sharing.
In the Amazon Region, the essential function of PAs is well recognized and the Amazon biome contains today 2.16 % of all PAs worldwide. 78% of PAs that were established in the world between 2003 and 2009 are to be found in the Amazon biome. The National System of Protected Areas in Brazil and the Brazilian Program of Protected Areas for the Amazon Region (ARPA)[footnoteRef:1] in particular are widely recognized as successful examples. [1: ARPA is the largest effort in the world on protected areas and the recent PA expansion in the Brazilian Amazon (in great part due to ARPA) is thought to be responsible for 37% of the total decrease in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between 2004 and 2009. The remaining decrease being associated to economic downturn in the agriculture and ranching sectors and increased enforcement of environmental laws. It is estimated that by 2050, PAs in the Brazilian Amazon have the potential to avoid the emission of as much as 8 billion tons of carbon.]
Project Building
Based on the model offered by ARPA and the major opportunities presented by the CBD PoWPA, the Latin-American Network for Technical Cooperation in National Parks, other Protected Areas, Wild Flora and Fauna, otherwise known as REDPARQUES[footnoteRef:2], in partnership with the CBD Secretariat, WWF and IUCN, and with the support and participation of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) and the Community of Andean of Nations (CAN), led the development of an Ecosystem Based Vision of Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity of the Amazon Biome to contribute to the effective administration and management of protected areas systems and the maintenance of goods and services, integrity, functionality and resilience of the Biome against the effects of natural and anthropogenic pressures and in the context of climate change. [2: REDPARQUES is the technical alliance of public institutions in charge of the administration and management of protected areas from the 19 Latin American countries. It was created in 1983 upon decision of countries designating the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean as technical secretariat. It is aimed to promote the exchange of experiences and mutual strengthening and to contribute towards the development of the national systems of protected areas and the conservation of biological diversity in the region.]
This work began in August 2008 in Bogota (Colombia), where directors and technicians of the systems of protected areas of the Amazon countries came together and put forth some elements of the vision and agreed a program of work to assess progress in implementing elements of PoWPA at a regional level. A series of workshop bringing together various stakeholders was subsequently organised, including inter alia workshops on a) Regional opportunities of conservation in the Amazon biome, b) Integration of the vision of indigenous and local communities in this initiative c) analysis of the effectiveness of protected area management, and d) review of financing strategies for protected areas.
These events contributed towards the articulation of a joint regional conservation vision with four key areas of intervention (priority issues) and one cross cutting issue, and the articulation of its related 2010–2020 Action Plan, mentioned herewith:
1. Conservation opportunities - Directing actions to plan, select, create, strengthen and manage the national and regional systems and sites of protected areas.
2. Governance, participation, equity and benefit sharing.
3. Financial sustainability.
4. Management effectiveness: standards, assessments and monitoring of protected areas.
5. Ecosystem services and climate change was identified as a cross cutting theme.
The Action Plan was built under a timeline of ten (10) years (2010-2020), which draws a set of actions on the short (1-4 years), medium (5-7 years) and long (7-10 years) term in order to achieve the PoWPA objectives and goals. Such conservation initiatives have been already recognized at high level meetings such as the CDB COP10 and by the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3, from the CDB Secretariat.
Threats to biodiversity
The Amazon today is increasingly threatened mainly due to the rapidly expanding global markets, the imminent realization of large-scale infrastructure projects coupled with poor planning, weak governance and lack of an integrated vision of sustainable development for the Amazon. These threats are contributing to significant deforestation and increased pressure on the natural resources and environmental services upon which millions of people depend.
Over the past 30 years, the Amazon has lost more than 520.000 Km2 of forest. This has continued since 1990 at an annual rate of up to 27.000 Km2 (an area nearly the size of Belgium). It is estimated that deforestation, including the burning of natural vegetation, is responsible for up to 20% of all global CO2 emissions. The Amazon’s forests store 90-140 billion tons of carbon and releasing even a portion of this would accelerate global warming significantly.
In addition, the combined effects of deforestation and climate change are predicted to result in severe impacts on the Amazon biome/region, such as increased fire incidence, habitat degradation, droughts and river flow changes leading to major shifts in hydrological systems, with potentially catastrophic consequences for local people, their forest resources and the whole region.
Challenges
The future of the region depends on maintaining the integrity of ecosystems, ecological processes, and the regional clime dynamic to be able to resist the threats and pressures from climate change and land use change from the demand for natural resources and economic development. Therefore, the challenge that the involved actors have while building an Ecosystem Based Vision of Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity of the Amazon Biome, is to build an efficient long term strategy based on well-articulated national action plans, that focus on the sharing of information and expertise (monitoring, build capacity for, and assist with reporting) to achieve regional implementation of POWPA and those related Aichi Targets that
Please provide a brief description of each objective and, if possible, estimate of funding required for each, as well as the overall expected results. Please add or delete rows for objectives, as needed.
OBJECTIVES
MEASURABLE RESULTS
FUNDING NEEDED*
1. To strengthen and consolidate a shared Ecosystem Vision of Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity of the Amazon Biome, that contributes to the effective administration and management of protected area systems and the maintenance of goods and services, integrity, functionality and resilience of the Biome against the effects of natural and anthropogenic pressures and in the context of climate change. This objective is directly related to the Aichi Target number 10.
· Development of operational thematic teams on the topics of conservation opportunities, financial sustainability, and management effectiveness.
· Development of Regional coordination units for the implementation of the Action Plans.
$2.211.677,125
2. To integrate protected areas into wider landscapes and seascapes in order to maintain ecological structure and function. This objective is directly related to the Aichi Target number 11.
· A portfolio with priority on regional sites and conservation validated by the national protected area systems authorities of the involved Amazon countries, based on a priority conservation areas gap analysis already undertaken
· A set of regionally agreed priority criteria based upon threatened ecosystems, ecosystem services (including freshwater production, carbon storage, ecotourism potential, etc.), climate change and socioeconomic aspects that strengthen the priority sites portfolio from a regional perspective.
$2.388.620,10
3. To create and strengthen regional networks, cross border protected areas (TBPAs) and collaboration between adjoining protected areas across national boundaries. This objective is directly related to the Aichi Target number 11.
· Implement pilot processes for selected sites (conservation corridors, trans-boundary PA, etc.) using best practice approaches.
$2.388.620,10
4. To prevent and mitigate the negative impacts of major threats to protected areas through improved regional processes of analysis, modelling, prevention and mitigation of impacts caused on PAs by extractive activities, infrastructure, climate change, agricultural expansion and other development activities. This objective is directly related to Aichi Target number 15.
· One system of impact measurement tools at protected areas on key drivers and threats such as infrastructure, climate change, agriculture and mining. These tools will help to set cross sectoral strategies to mitigate impact of development activities inside and around protected areas.
· Training programs in impact assessment, monitoring plans, mitigation and strategic environmental assessment.
· A regional monitoring structure will be planned, designed, and launched (based on the ARPA model in Brazil).
· A regional analysis on ecosystem services and the role of PA for adaptation and mitigation and inform decision making.
· Pilot case studies on valuation of regional systems of PA and their contribution to livelihoods and to the national economies (TEEB).
· Pilot case studies that recognize the role of PAs for adaptation and mitigation through ecosystem-based adaptation and REDD.
$2.388.620,10
5. To strengthen the participation of indigenous and local communities and other relevant stakeholders and increase the equity and participation in benefits. This objective is directly related to Aichi Target number 18.
· Experiences on sustainable use and management of biodiversity goods and services in protected areas and conservation areas to improve the standards of living of their populations.
· Capacity building of institutions, indigenous, Afro-American and local communities in cross border protected areas.
· Initiatives for sustainable use and management of goods and services derived from biodiversity (ethnic tourism, ecotourism, etc.) and driven by indigenous and local communities in the PAs.
· Processes for strengthening local and institutional capacities for joint administration and management of protected areas.
$2.949.149,60
6. To improve the financial sustainability of protected areas and national regional systems. This objective is directly related to Aichi Target number 20.
· A standard regional protocol and regional systematization of information for financial sustainability analysis.
· Donors’ roundtables both at the national and regional levels, to strengthen the articulation of mechanism and regional coordination for the implementation of the Amazon vision action plan.
· Pilot experiences of PES and REDD+ mechanisms that can contribute to the consolidation of the protected areas systems and social and environmental safeguards.
$2.701.638,35
7. To assess and improve the effectiveness of PA management on the basis of advances in the learning processes, concepts, information exchanges and systematization of the management effectiveness assessments’ results analysis at different scales. This objective is directly related to Aichi Target number 19.
· Capacity building activities through a regional cooperation platform to institutionalize the analyses of management effectiveness of PA in all 9 Amazon countries. This platform will allow a regional approach of management effectiveness through information exchange.
· A standardized protocol for sharing information on evaluation of management effectiveness of protected areas.
$2.468.408,725
TOTAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED
USD $17.496.734,10
Same as total indicated in section IV
*Please provide amounts in USD or Euros and specify the currency.
TIMEFRAME
Please indicate the estimated number of years required to implement the project, ranging from 1 to 5 years.
The Ecosystem Based Vision of Biodiversity Conservation for the Amazon Biome is linked directly to the 2011-2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and is therefore planned for that entire time period. However, this LifeWeb Expression of Interest is to address only the priority issues mentioned on page 8 (Conservation opportunities; Governance, participation, equity and benefit sharing; Financial sustainability; Management effectiveness; Ecosystem services and climate change). These priority issues are meant to be implemented during the first four (4) years of the project, but are going to be followed by a set of actions on the medium (5-7 years) and long (7-10 years) term in order to achieve the PoWPA objectives and goals. The timeframe is therefore 4 years, starting on the date in which funding is secured.
ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL PLANNING[footnoteRef:3] [3: National-scale submissions must be endorsed in writing by the Ministry of Environment’s authority responsible for coordinating international cooperation. We also encourage all Expressions of Interest to be endorsed by national authorities for coordinating international cooperation, as appropriate.]
Consistent with decision X/31, please indicate the relevance between this submission and the following national planning processes. Please be specific and attach supporting documents in Section 5.
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and action plans for implementing the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA)
The Ecosystem Based Vision of Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity of the Amazon Biome and its Action Plan were presented by the directors of protected areas and politically supported by the Ministers of the Environment of the Amazon countries, during the 10th CBD Conference of the Parties (CBD COP 10) in Nagoya, Japan in 2010.
Additionally, the innovative nature of the approach was recognized by the CBD secretariat in the Decision X/31 approved in Nagoya, regarding the Program of Work of Protected Areas (PoWPA), as an example on the implementation of the Action Plan of Protected Areas regionally. Furthermore, it was highlighted the role played under the leadership of regional technical networks such as REDPARQUES at this specific initiatives, in order to coordinate funds, technical support, exchange of experiences, and strengthening of capacities in order to implement the PoWPA.
The presentation of the Action Plan 2010-2020 for the Amazon Biome was a joint effort done together with the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, and it is considered as one of the main results from the COP 10 in terms of the development of joint actions for the biodiversity conservation in the last decade.
Other national planning strategies (e.g. Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSPs), National Climate Change Strategies, REDD+ strategies, National Adaptation Plans of Action (NAPAs), economic and sustainable development plans, infrastructure plans, land use plans, strategies for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, etc.)
This proposal is very much linked with the National Biodiversity Action Plans, national REDD programs and with some strategies to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
This project will also complement the development of the Protected Areas Regional Program of the ACTO, the Biodiversity Regional Strategy for the Andean tropic countries (CAN – Decision 523/2002), and the Amazon initiative of WWF in order to conserve the Amazon Biome. All the countries are included as part of the progress in the protected areas national reports and the development of the conservation vision. REDPARQUES will facilitate and coordinate the exchange of experiences of the progress made by the countries in their work plans for protected areas in the Amazon region.
ECOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTION
Please indicate the extent to which the area(s) is/are ecological priority(s) for the national protected area system, based on contribution to ecological representation, connectivity, viability and/or irreplaceability within the protected area system. If available, please refer to the national ecological gap analysis or other geographic prioritisation exercises.
Under the process framework of setting an ecosystem vision to conserve the Amazon Biome, some steps were completed in advance, in terms of identifying coincidences between national conservation priorities analysis and the priority conservation analysis (terrestrial and fresh waters) at a regional scale (Amazon Biome). Those coincident areas between national and regional conservation priorities analysis (see Map 2), are considered as an opportunity to advance in transboundary cooperation processes, which allow to establish and negotiate conservation mosaics from a regional and ecosystem perspective (Table 2).
However, one action defined as priority for the short time is, to advance in the consolidation and implementation of regional criteria that strengthen this first attempt. Among the announced criteria it can be mentioned: representativeness, functionality, connectivity (e.g. Andes – Amazon region; Amazon – Orinoco region; Amazon – Closed; Bolivian-Brazil complex – Purus hills, etc.); ecosystem integrity, and the rest of factors and social and cultural variables.
It is also important to consider the role of the Amazon ecosystems in order to keep: i) climate stability; ii) hydrologic systems functionality (basins and sub basins); iii) the conservation of big natural blocks that are not yet threatened; iv) the conservation of other ecological processes of regional scale (key habitats for fauna, species migration, etc.), and v) the mitigation of transboundary impacts.
Map 2. Coincidences between national conservation priorities analysis and the regional priority conservation analysis
Table 1. Priority Areas neighboring Amazon countries
Neighboring Priority Areas
Countries
Resex Puré River in Brazil neighboring the National Natural Park Puré River in Colombia
Brazil – Colombia
Hipona Priority Area– Yaguas in Perú (Loreto Department) neighboring the so called Amazonian Trapezoid in Colombia (adjacent Amacayacu National Natural Park).
Colombia - Peru
Priority Area Yavari-Mirin in Peru (Loreto Department) which shares boundaries with Brazil.
Peru – Brazil
Abujao – Tamaya Corridor in Perú (Ucayali Department) neighboring Brazil with the National Natural Park Da Serra Do Divisor and the Extractivist Reserve Do Alto Juruá.
Tucano Integral Protection Conservation Unit and planning of Road Way BR-174 (lavrado/Mucajaí/R. Parimé). Near the border between Brazil and Guyana.
Brazil - Guyana
Sources: REDPARQUES 2010. Avances en el desarrollo del programa de trabajo sobre áreas protegidas. Región Bioma Amazónico. Note: information about Bolivia in process of being included.
CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change mitigation
Please indicate information about carbon sequestration and/or storage benefits from this project. If specific figures are currently available, please include them here.
There is some data about carbon sequestration estimated for the Amazon Basin supported from analysis of plant biomass. Through a “single raster” image has been identified the way how the biomass is distributed across the Amazonian region. This research was conducted using a methodology supported on a combination of the soil coverage map with derived parameters of remote detection and more than 500 forest plots distributed in the basin (Saatchi, et al., 2007).
The distribution map was produced in ENVI in TIFF format which identifies the biomass, classifying 11 types or classes, from a 1 Km. distance spatial resolution and with a reasonable accuracy (more than 70%). Remote observation and earth data used in this work have been gathered between years 1990 and 2000. The biomass map represents the distribution of average biomass at the Amazon Basin during this period and it has been used to estimate the carbon total population at the basin, including the natural and underground biomass.
Map 3. Types and classes of biomass from the Amazon Basin
Source: Saatchi S.S, Houghton R.A, Alvala R.C.D.S, Soares J.V, Yu Y. Distribution of aboveground live biomass in the Amazon basin. Glob. Change Biol. 2007; 13:816–837.
Additionally, the Amazon Biome plays a major role in climate regulation. It boosts the atmosphere circulation in the tropics absorbing the energy and recycling almost half of rainfall. It is also estimated that the region holds almost 10% of the world carbon’s reserves storaged in the terrestrial ecosystems (Melillo et al., 1993).
Table 2 shows certain economic values that have been calculated from some ecosystem services at the Amazon Biome and its protected areas, among them the estimated value of carbon sequestration:
Table 2. Estimated economic values of some ecosystem services at the Amazon Biome
Ecosystem services
Economic Value
Erosion prevention
238 US$ / ha / year
Fire protection
6 US$ / ha / year
Carbon sequestration:
1. Avoid damage due to CO2 avoided emissions.
2. Total value of sequestrated carbon in forests reserves (without perturbations)
70 - 100 US$ / ha / year
750 - 10000 US$ / ha / year
Biodiversity Conservation
Unknown
Unknown cultural aspects associated to the forest
Unknown
Protection against diseases
Unknown
Source: Adapted from Verweij, P et al. 2009.
Climate change adaptation
Please indicate information about climate change adaptation benefits from this project, such as storm barriers, flood control, protection against sea level rise, enabling specific mobility in the face of climate change, etc.
OTHER ECOSYSTEM GOODS, SERVICES AND LIVELIHOODS
Please provide a brief description of benefits of this project to providing the following ecosystem goods and services applicable to this project.
Freshwater security (e.g. water provision for household consumption, industrial production, grazing and agriculture, avoiding desertification, etc.)
Associated water production with rainforest maintenance and river basin conservation is a flagship benefit or this project, as a general ecosystem benefit for human consumption, erosion prevention and climate regulation
Food security (e.g. mitigating spread of invasive alien species, increasing fish stocks, increasing variety of local foods, conserving crop wild relatives etc.)
NA
Human health and wellbeing (e.g. regulating the emergence and spread of disease, increasing physical activity, providing sources of traditional knowledge, medicines, biomedical research opportunities, etc.)
In general, regulation of global temperature and provision of regulation services is critical for human health derived from disease control (virus developing/ spreading); life conditions and territory ecological integrity for indigenous and local communities is fundamental to prevent fragmentation and loss of cultural values
Income generation (e.g. tourism-related activities, harvesting of non-forest timber products, fishing, etc.)
Some ecotourism activities or benefits could be delivered out of the project’s outcomes in protected areas, though this is not the focus of the LifeWeb Expression of Interest
Cultural and spiritual enrichment (e.g. protection of natural sacred sites, sanctuary for culturally important species, preservation of pilgrimage routes, etc.)
Primarily, preservation of traditional knowledge associated with biodiversity through traditional uses and practice maintenance and promotion of sustainable livelihoods at all scales will be an important deliverable of this project. Conserving cultural values through empowerment and governance quality enhancement is foreseen by the project.
Optional: Please indicate any additional information and attach supporting documents.
INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
Please indicate the partners to be involved in this project and their roles.
PARTNER NAME
MAILING ADDRESS
EMAIL ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
ORGANISATION
ROLE IN THIS PROJECT
REDPARQUES - COLOMBIA
Dra. Julia Miranda Londoño
Carrera 10 No. 20-30
Bogotá
Colombia
+57 (1)
353-2400
Red Latinoamericana de Cooperación Técnica en Parques Nacionales, otras Áreas Protegidas, Flora y Fauna Silvestres – (REDPARQUES) –
Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia
Regional Coordinator and Implementing Partner (Director)
BOLIVIASaúl Chávez Orozco
Calle Francisco Bedregal no. 2904 (Sopocachi)
La Paz
Bolivia
2426272 – 2426268 – 2426265
Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SERNAP)
Implementing Partner (Executive Director)
BRAZIL
Sergio Brant Rocha/Giovanna Palazzi (Temporarily)
Ed. Marie Prendi Cruz
Bloco B 4 andar
+55 (61) 33171042 / +55 (61) 20282061
Department of Protected Areas
Ministry of Environment
Implementing Partner (Director)
ECUADOR
Sra. Isabel Endaraa
Av. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro
Quito
Ecuador
Dirección Nacional de Biodiversidad
Ministerio del Ambiente
Implementing Partner (Director)
GUYANA
Indarjit Ramdass
7 Broad and Charles Streets
Charlestown,
Georgetown Guyana
+59 (2) 225-5555
Natural Resources Management Division
Environmental Protection Agency
Implementing Partner
FRENCH GUYANA
Arnaud Anselin
+594 (594) 296650+594 (594)
298022
Servicio de Biodiversidad, Desarrollo y Gestión Sostenible
Implementing Partner (Joint Director)
PERU
Sr. Pedro Gamboa
Calle 17 N° 355, Urb. El Palomar, San Isidro.
Lima
Peru
Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP)
Implementing Partner (Director)
SURINAME
Mrs. Claudine Sakimin
Nature Conservation Division
Suriname Forest Service
Ministry of Physical Planning Land, and Forest Management
Implementing Partner (Director)
VENEZUELA
Sra. Isabella Ángel
Centro Simón Bolívar, Torre Sur
Piso 6, Oficina 600
Caracas 1010 Venezuela
+58 (212) 273-2701 +58 (212) 273-2702
Areas Protegidas
Oficina Nacional de Diversidad Biológica
Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ambiente.
Implementing Partner (President)
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SECTION IV: COUNTERPART FUNDING
CATEGORIES
INSTRUCTIONS
SOURCE(S)
AMOUNT
TOTAL PROJECT COST
Please indicate the total budget and currency required for this project.
USD
COUNTERPART FUNDING SECURED
Domestic funding secured
Please indicate domestic funding committed, including government budgets, private foundations and NGOs, as well as in-country financing mechanisms such as trust funds, park entry fees, water funds, airport fees, development fees, etc.
TBD by countries
GEF allocations
Please indicate your countries’ defined or estimated GEF allocation that may be used towards these protected area activities. Please see here for information about national GEF allocations: http://www.gefonline.org/Country/CountryProfile.cfm
NA
International funding secured
Please indicate any funding that has been committed from international sources, including multilateral and bilateral donors, international foundations and international NGOs.
European Commission: Support to the implementation of the Amazon Ecosystem-
based Conservation Vision to the benefit of local communities and the preservation of ecosystem services in
the Amazon region
6.725.370 (to be officially approved)
Overall goal: by 2020, protected area systems in the Amazon
Biome are increasing ecosystem resilience to the effects of climate change and maintaining
the provision of environmental goods and services benefiting biodiversity, local communities
and economies.
This Project is the result of the Action Plans developed by each of the Amazonian Countries and seeks for their implementation in a medium term basis, towards the achievement of the CBD Aichi Targets at a regional level.
Main project components:
(1) conservation opportunities; (2) the integration of the vision of indigenous and local communities; (3) effective management of PAs; and (4) sustainable financing strategies for PAs.
International Climate Initiative (BMU Germany): Building resilience for the Amazon Biome, protected areas as an integrated part of climate change adaptation
2.586.680 (in evaluation at the BMU)
Overall goal: By the end of 2015, protected areas systems (PA systems) form an integral part of climate change strategies for the Amazon biome and are recognized for the provision of ecosystem services and contributions to greater adaptive capacity to climate change for local communities, based on the findings and dissemination of regional-scale analyses and application in a pilot priority conservation landscape.
Main project objectives:
(1) Establishment of a portfolio of regionally relevant opportunities for conservation areas recognized by PA Focal Points in the Amazon Biome; (2) Protection of key areas and ecosystem services (water, carbon and biodiversity) in the priority conservation landscape (Eastern Cordillera Real of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru); (3) Recognition of the Amazon Conservation Vision at international levels as a comprehensive framework that gives due consideration to PA systems as an effective means for climate change adaptation.
ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED
USD $8.184.684,1
$17.496.734,10
Same as total in section III
SECTION V: LINKS TO THE CBD PROGRAMME OF WORK ON PROTECTED AREAS
The following section is to be filled in only if the project is aligned with the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas. Please attach supporting documents and list them in Section VI.
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
Please indicate institutional commitments and/or sustainable financing mechanisms that will contribute to the project’s sustainability.
According to a financial sustainability preliminary study on protected areas, the Amazonian countries have evolved in their financial sustainability analysis and valuation according to a score card made by UNDP. Based on a compilation of information from the score cards for each of the Amazon Biome countries, it is estimated that the main providers for the region’s protected areas budget are the individual states that provide approximately 75% of funds, followed by international cooperation donors with 18%. Self-raised budget sources are only 10% of the total of available sources and they come mainly from the entry fees at Protected Areas (see Charter 1). This information suggests the need to diversify financial portfolios thereby guaranteeing long term funding that is not highly dependent on low-stability financial sources.
Charter 3. Distribution of budget sources by financial providers
The financial sources distributed among the Amazon Biome countries vary between 20% and 100% of the total of available sources for the national Protected Areas in each country (see Table 3). According to this information the total of financial sources available for the Protected Areas at the Amazon Biome for the fiscal year 2009 averaged between USD 75 milllion and USD 100 million bracket. In other words, this amount corresponded to 20% and 48% of the total of available financial resources for the Protected Areas at the Amazon Biome.
Table 3. Total of available financial sources for the Protected Areas at the Amazon
Biome by countries in 2009
Country
Total available resources for Amazonian Protected Areas (USD)
Percentages of allocated resources out of the total of Protected Areas system budget (%)
Bolivia
2.093.770
38
Brazil*
44.540.858
20
Colombia
6.049.878
30
Ecuador
1.176.143
30
French Guyana
9.820.000
100%
Peru
10.758.410
72
Source: Memories from the Regional Workshop of Sao Paulo – Brazil, February 3 – 6, 2010; Regional Environmental Direction of French Guyana (DIREN); 2010 (only National Parks and natural Reserves).
Information provided by the countries at a regional Workshop in Lima-Peru, August/2010.
*Federal sources and international cooperation; the sources from the Amazonian states are not included
Regarding the financial gap, in a first exploratory attempt run under the framework of building an ecosystem vision, it was estimated that the investments have been close to USD 200 million for the consolidation of Amazonia Protected Areas. However, there is a financial gap of USD 500 million so that all Protected Areas reach minimum levels of management effectiveness. It was also estimated that the total annual cost to cover the needs of all protected areas at the Amazon Biome, after doing the minimum investments to cover this financial gap, will be approximately USD 250 million. Nowadays the whole annual budgets of the Amazonian countries are close to 40% of this value.
The financial situation of the systems of protected areas motivates to identify barriers and to implement strategies in order to succeed with some existing financial mechanisms, particularly of those based in payments for environmental services (water, tourism, carbon, etc.) and to enter into other more sustainable and innovative in order to help with the financial diversification. In this sense, it is necessary to think out sustainable strategies and conservation mechanisms, designed through participative processes, which are supported by clear policies and financial mechanisms that could assure a permanent flows. This strategy will help to increase the conservation profile and to raise more financial sources in order to fulfill the priority actions included in the Amazonian Biome PoWPA, making it even more sustainable.
The current proposal will be implemented under the supervision of REDPARQUES and throughout the financial mechanisms identified by each of the involved countries, such as the protected areas funds, in order to strengthen sustainable financial strategies that contribute to Amazonian conservation. Furthermore, the funds play a fundamental role in terms of implementing the PoWPA, especially considering the approved decisions at COP10. Apart from this, the support from LifeWeb initiative is going to be of a remarkable importance to protect the process of ecosystem vision initiated at the Amazon.
PARTICIPATION AND EQUITY
Please indicate how this project will contribute to the full and effective participation of indigenous and local communities and the equitable sharing of costs and benefits with indigenous and/or local communities.
This proposal pretends to strengthen the goal 2 of the PoWPA: “To promote the equity and participation of benefits” through the implementation of the following strategic action: “To study, value and promote along with the participation of different actors, some conservation management strategies, mechanisms and tools of biological and cultural diversity and of other natural resources in order to identify alternatives that make possible the management and effective conservation of biologic, cultural and economic importance areas”.
This will be developed with three activities identified as priority where capacities of institutional, indigenous communities, afrodescendents and local population at transboundary protected areas is strengthened. This is mainly done in order to protect the knowledge, traditional practices and innovation in the use and management of biodiversity and also to set mechanisms and clear process of fair distribution in the costs and benefits of local and indigenous communities at the creation and management of protected areas.
GOVERNANCE TYPES
If applicable, please explain how this project will contribute to a greater diversity of governance types in the national protected area system.
Considering governance as a starting point and understood as an exercise where actors define the decision taking agenda, projects and impact assessment on fundamental aspects over a determined society or group of people, this project contributes to the enhancement of communities’ life.
The design of governance system appropriated for the Amazon protected areas must overcome legal, cultural, political and socio-economic limits.
As a matter of fact, in order to increase the empowerment and appropriation of the project’s local and indigenous communities in protected areas of the Amazon, a workshop about communitarian conservation experiences was held in April 2010 as part of the Amazon Vision construction process. The purpose of the workshop was to showcase successful experiences of conservation where there has been co-managing between indigenous peoples or local communities and government institutions, as well as other organizations in the Amazon region. Also, the workshop was the first step to promote governance types of protected areas as well as conservation actions by local and indigenous communities, and empower communities to participate in the regulation and governance of protected areas, promote community participation in the evaluation of ecosystem goods and services and prompt complementary conservation actions.
In consequence, the project will provide capacity reinforcement for conservation at the local level by engaging participation of both formal organizations and traditional institutions, in a bid to increase knowledge around conservation tools and to upscale local experience to be integrated into the landscape and territory management perspective, while promoting larger recognition of the whole UICN matrix based on the benefits of shared-governance and locally-managed conservation areas, as input for major institutional and legal recommendations for national protected areas systems.
SECTION VI: ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please indicate any additional information not captured elsewhere in this Expression of Interest
KEYWORDS
Please check the following keywords that apply to this project.
Threats addressed:
|_| Encroachment and development
|X| Global climate change
|_| Inappropriate resource management policies
|_| Infrastructure for energy and transportation
|_| Invasive alien species
|_| Over-harvesting
|_| Unregulated tourism and recreation
|_| Other threat addressed
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs):
|_| Achieve universal primary education
|_| Combat HIV-AIDS, malaria and other diseases
|_| Develop a global partnership for development
|X| Ensure environmental sustainability
|_| Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
|_| Gender equality and women empowerment
|_| Improve maternal health
|_| Reduce child mortality rates
Habitat Types:
|_| Arctic
|_| Coastal
|_| Coral reefs
|_| Deep seas
|_| Dry and sub-humid lands
|X| Forests
|_| Grasslands
|_| Inland waters (lakes and rivers inland of oceans)
|_| Islands
|_| Mangroves
|_| Mountains
|_| Other habitat type
Cross-cutting issues:
|X| Access and benefit sharing
|_| Children and youth
|_| Communication and awareness building
|X| Indigenous peoples
|X| Local community management
|X| Monitoring, indicators and assessments
|X| Sustainable use
|X| Other cross-cutting issue
Other keywords:
|_| REDD-plus
|X| Climate change adaptation and/or mitigation
|_| Conflict prevention and resolution
|_| Trade
|_| Business
|_| Renewable energy
|_| Restoration
|X| Wildlife protection
|X| Endangered species
|X| Reduce deforestation
|X| Traditional knowledge
|X| Capacity building
|X| Transboundary conservation
ATTACHMENTS
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