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Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
UNDP-GEF PORTFOLIO IN BIODIVERSITY IN EUROPE AND
CIS
© 2010 UNDP. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.Proprietary and Confidential. Not For Distribution Without Prior Written Permission.
Maxim Vergeichik, Regional Technical Adviser, Biodiversity
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
UNDP mandate and services
Coordination of the UN system at the country level:
Technical assistance for human development: Policy dialogue and advocacy Project development and implementation support Fund mobilization and fiduciary management Knowledge management and sharing
As GEF implementing agency: Mainstreaming UN convention matters into national economies,
development strategies, policies and institutions Combine GEF with other sources of environmental finance to attract
investment in low carbon, climate resilient and ecosystem friendly development pathways.
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
121 projects in 24 countries
Chemicals; 4
Climate Change; 43
International Waters; 7 Land Degradation;
16Biodiversity; 51
UNDP-GEF portfolio under implementation
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
ECIS portfolio by GEF focal area
$108
$14
$56
$16 $18$30
$144
$70
$34
$316
$10
$100
$1 000
Biodiversity Chemicals Climate Change InternationalWaters
LandDegradation
Focal area
US
$ m
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GEF funding $mil Co-financing $mil
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
UNDP signature programs in biodiversity
OBJECTIVE: To manage biodiversity so as to sustain the delivery of the ecosystem
goods and services on which human development depends
Unleashing the economic potential of protected areas so that they are providing ecosystem services, are climate resilient
and sustainably financed (GEF, ICI)
Mainstreaming biodiversity into productive sectors and landscape to
ensure that production processes maintain essential ecosystem functions
5
Terrestrial protected areas National level: 6
Steppe: 4 Wetlands: 8
Forests: 6Mountains: 4
Agrobiodiversity: 1
Protected area finance:
7 projects
Sectors:
Agriculture: 6Fisheries: 1
Oil and Gas: 2Banking: 1
Landscapes:
National land-use planningMunicipalities
2 projects
Marine protected
areas3 projects
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
Split between the 2 signature programs
39 $92
$266
12$16 $50
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50
100
150
200
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Protected Areas Mainstreaming in production sectors
Signature programme
Number of projects GEF funding $mil Co-financing $mil
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
Projects by country
1
10
100
Arm
en
ia
Be
laru
s
BiH
Bu
lga
ria
Cro
atia
Ge
org
ia
Glo
ba
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Hu
ng
ary
Ka
zakh
sta
n
Kyr
gyz
sta
n
La
tvia
Lith
ua
nia
Ma
ced
on
ia
Mo
ldo
va
Mo
nte
ne
gro
Ro
ma
nia
Ru
ssia
Slo
vaki
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Ta
jikis
tan
Tu
rke
y
Tu
rkm
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Ukr
ain
e
Uzb
eki
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US
$ m
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GEF funding Cofinancing
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
Results summary
Protected area projects: 19 new PAs established, totaling 2.6 million hectares 85 PAs in the process of being established, totaling 0.81 million
hectares 126 existing PAs strengthened, totaling 9.7 million hectares 9.1 million hectares in 10 different Global 200 Ecoregions
Mainstreaming projects: 2 areas set outside of economic activities in recognition of biodiversity
values covering approximately 1 million ha in land and water surface 10.25 million hectares of productive landscape within 9 Global 200
Ecoregions and 2 CI Hotspots have been put under biodiversity-compliant economic use regimes within seven projects
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
PA program impacts (1):Increased ecosystem resilience
New / larger PAs and corridors Russia, Kazakhstan Altai-Sayan forests: 0.5 million ha of new
PAs, cross border surveillance, protection, fire monitoring Russia Taimyr : 100,000 ha of tundra and boreal forest added
under protection
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
PA program impacts (2): Sustainable PA financing means effective conservation
Romania Carpathian forests: tourism and sawdust briquetting companies revenue-sharing with parks
Macedonia: prerequisites for PES included in the Law on Protected Areas.
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
PA program impacts (3): Incentives for alternative local development at PAs
Alternatives to destructive practices (e.g. fire-wood use) Uzbekistan Tugai Forest: gasification schemes supported to
cater for 60 households = annual cut reduction by 360 cubic meters = saving 144 ha of virgin forests over 10 years
Romania Carpathians: Sawdust briquetting Uzbekistan: straw-bale houses as an alternative to wood
Community forests Uzbekistan: community forests established
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
PA program impacts (4): Support to fire-prevention capacities in carbon rich
boreal forests (Russia, Kazakhstan)
Are fires always bad for biodiversity? More studies in Russia Komi: fire management vs. fire
prevention
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
BD mainstreaming impacts (1): Putting agrobiodiversity under protection
Georgia: 189 households cultivating land-races, over 80% of these households are reporting higher pulse diversity on-farm
Kazakhstan: 391,000 ha being set aside to manage wild fruit diversity
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
BD mainstreaming impacts (2): supporting wise use of grasslands
Bulgaria: 3 mobile teams helping farmers to implement agrienvironmental measures
Slovakia: 95.4 ha of rich fen mires have undergone active restoration, upon which the groundwater table stabilized at 80% of the restored sites.
Czech Republic: 570 ha of formerly degraded land converted into biodiversity-rich grasslands
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
BD mainstreaming impacts (2): successful peatland restoration pilots
Belarus: 28,000 ha rewetted; reduced annual emission of CO2 by 280,000 tons; presence of wetland plant associations up by 58-96%
Lithuania: wetland management plans were implemented at 785 ha of raised bogs
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
Looking into GEF-5
Managing ecosystems to enhance their resilience and improve their climate change mitigation and adaptation potential
Country Support Program, Istanbul, April 2010
THANK YOU