UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEGlobal Environment Facility

PROJECT DOCUMENT

Title: Priority Actions to Consolidate Biodiversity Protection in the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem

Number: CUB/98/G32 (GEF)CUB/99/G81/A/5G/99 (Capacity 21)

Duration: 5 years

Project site: Sabana-Camagüey Region, Cuba

UNDP Sector: 200-201

UNDP Sub-sector: Environment (Biodiversity and Capacity Building)

GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP

Executing Agency: Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA)

Estimated starting date: August 1999

UNDP-GEF contribution: US$ 3,889,000

UNDP-Capacity 21 contribution: US$ 471,300

Government of Cuba contribution: US$ 15,269,000

Canadian contribution: US$ 300,000

GEF Focal Area: Biodiversity (OP 2: Coastal Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems)

Brief description:

This project focuses on the northern archipelago of the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem (SCE) and couples the implementation of critical sustainable development activities -- to be financed by the Government of Cuba (GoC), Capacity 21 and other donors -- with others designed specifically to protect globally significant biodiversity. The project therefore has two main thrusts. The first focuses specifically on biodiversity conservation. Project activities will incorporate biodiversity into integrated coastal zone management through zoning, establishment of essential protected areas (a total of 127,547 ha) for demonstration and potential replication, a biodiversity monitoring program, institutional strengthening, and training, education and awareness raising of key sectors of the population, including decision makers. By the end of the project eight key protected areas will have been established, the entire northern archipelago will have been zoned for biodiversity conservation, technical and administrative staff of local and national institutions will have been trained in integrated coastal management, biodiversity valuation, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, zoning, and biodiversity monitoring. In addition, biodiversity values and themes will have been incorporated into provincial and national curricula, four case studies will have been carried out aimed at identifying and applying appropriate incentives and regulatory mechanisms, as well as economic instruments aimed at long-term financial sustainability of conservation efforts in the SCE. The second, closely related and complementary thrust, of the project is to promote participatory planning for sustainable development by improving

UNDP FINANCING GEF US$ 3,889,000Capacity 21 US$ 471,300

PARALLEL FINANCING Government of Cuba US$ 15,269,000Canadian sources US$

access to information and promoting capacity building that engender participatory and integrated planning.

On behalf of Signature Date Name/Title

The Government of Cuba ____________________ ________________

UNDP ____________________ ________________

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PROJECT DOCUMENT1. IDENTIFIERS:

Project Number: CUB/98/G32Project Name: Cuba: Priority Actions to Consolidate Biodiversity Protection in the

Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem Duration: 5 yearsImplementing Agency: United Nations Development ProgrammeExecuting Agency: Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA)Requesting Country: CubaEligibility: CBD Ratification: 09/03/94GEF Focal Area: BiodiversityGEF Programming Framework: OP 2: Coastal, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

2. SUMMARY:The northern archipelago of the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem (SCE) in central Cuba contains marine and terrestrial biodiversity of unquestionable global significance. This diversity is threatened principally by conventional tourism development, and, more locally and to a much lesser extent, from over-fishing and agroindustrial pollution. The successfully completed first stage of the project (1993-1997) established the scientific and institutional foundations for biodiversity conservation through integrated management of the entire SCE. The consolidation stage proposed here focuses on the northern archipelago of the SCE and couples the implementation of critical sustainable development activities -to be financed and implemented by the Government of Cuba (GoC)- with others designed specifically to protect globally significant biodiversity. Project activities will incorporate biodiversity into integrated coastal zone management through zoning, establishment of essential protected areas (a total of 127,547 ha) for demonstration and potential replication, a biodiversity monitoring program, institutional strengthening, and training, education and awareness raising of key sectors of the population, including decision makers. By the end of the project eight key protected areas will have been established, the entire northern archipelago will have been zoned for biodiversity conservation, technical and administrative staff of local and national institutions will have been trained in integrated coastal management, biodiversity valuation, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, zoning, and biodiversity monitoring. In addition, biodiversity values and themes will have been incorporated into provincial and national curricula, and four case studies will have been carried out aimed at identifying and applying appropriate incentives and regulatory mechanisms, as well as economic instruments aimed at long-term financial sustainability of conservation efforts in the SCE.

3. PROJECT COSTS AND FINANCING (MILLION US$):GEF: Project: 3.776

Administrative Costs: 0.113 Subtotal GEF: 3.889

Co-financing:Government of Cuba: 15.269UNDP Capacity 21 0.471Canadian sources (various) 0.300Subtotal co-financing: 16.039

Total project cost: 19.928

4. ASSOCIATED FINANCING (MILLION US$): 96.970

5. OPERATIONAL FOCAL POINT ENDORSEMENT (copy provided at the time of submission of project brief)Name: Mr. Ricardo Sanchez SosaOrganization: Ministry of Science, Technology and the EnvironmentDate: 7 August 1998

6. GEF IMPLEMENTING AGENCY CONTACT: Nick RempleRegional Coordinator, UNDP-GEFBureau for Latin America and the CaribbeanTel: (212) 906 5426; Fax: (212) 906 6688

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LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AMA Environmental Agency, CITMA ANC National Aquarium of Cuba, CITMA CECA Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies CICA Center for Environmental Inspection and Control, CITMA CIEC Coastal Ecosystem Research Center, CITMA CIET Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Center CIGEA Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, CITMA CIM Center for Marine Researches of the University of Havana, MEP CIP Center for Fishery Researches, MIP CITMA Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment CNAP National Protected Area Center, CITMA DPA-CITMA Direction of Environmental Policy of CITMA DPPF Provincial Delegation of Physical Planning, MEP ENPFF National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna, MINAGRI GEOCUBA GEOCUBA, MINFAR IDO Institute of Oceanology, CITMA IES Institute of Ecology and Systematics, CITMA IGEO Institute of Tropical Geography, CITMA IGP Institute of Geology and Paleontology, MINBAS IIF Institute of Forestry Researches, MINAGRI INRH National Institute of Hydraulic Resources INSMET Institute of Meteorology, CITMA IPF Institute of Physical Planning, MEP ISPJAE Higher Polytechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría”, MES MEP Ministry of Economy and Planning MES Ministry of Higher Education MICONS Ministry of Construction MIMC Ministry of the Industry of Construction Materials MINAGRI Ministry of Agriculture MINAZ Ministry of the Sugar Industry MINFAR Ministry of the Armed Forces MINTUR Ministry of Tourism MIP Ministry of the Fishery Industry OLPP Local Organizations of the People’s Power UH University of Havana, MEP UMA Environmental Unit, CITMA UNAIC National Union of Architects and Engineers of Cuba

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. CONTEXT.................................................................................................................................................................11. Description of the Subsector....................................................................................................................................12. Country Strategy......................................................................................................................................................23. Previous assistance received by the country............................................................................................................34. Institutional framework of the Subsector.................................................................................................................4

B. JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT..................................................................................................................51. Problems to be addressed: Present situation...........................................................................................................52. Expected situation at the end of the project............................................................................................................63. Beneficiaries............................................................................................................................................................84. Project Strategy and Institutional Arrangements....................................................................................................95. Reason for the assistance of UNDP as Executing Agency...................................................................................116. Special considerations...........................................................................................................................................127. Coordination Arrangements..................................................................................................................................138. Support capacity of counterparts...........................................................................................................................14

C. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE...........................................................................................................................15

D. IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES, RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES.........................................................................15

1. GEF-supported activities (with co-financing from GoC and Canadian Sources)..................................................15Immediate objective 1...........................................................................................................................................15Immediate objective 2...........................................................................................................................................16Immediate objective 3...........................................................................................................................................20

2. Capacity 21 supported activities (with co-financing from GoC)...........................................................................22

E. INPUTS...................................................................................................................................................................251. Contribution of the Government............................................................................................................................262. Contribution of UNDP/GEF..................................................................................................................................273. Contribution of UNDP/Capacity 21.......................................................................................................................274. Contribution of Canadian Institutions....................................................................................................................29

F. RISKS.......................................................................................................................................................................29Institutional and financial sustainability....................................................................................................................29

G. PRIOR OBLIGATIONS AND PRE-REQUISUTES..........................................................................................301. Prior obligations.....................................................................................................................................................302. Pre-requisites..........................................................................................................................................................30

H. PROJECT REVIEWS, REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS...............................................................................31

I. LEGAL CONTEXT.................................................................................................................................................31

J. BUDGETS.................................................................................................................................................................331. Budget for Government contribution to the Project...............................................................................................332. Budget for UNDP-GEF contribution to the Project...............................................................................................343. Budget for Capacity 21’s contribution to the Project............................................................................................35

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K. ANNEXES.............................................................................................................................................................A-1

Annex I: Work plan.................................................................................................................................................A-2

Annex II: Project Planning Matrix.........................................................................................................................A-20

Annex III: Training program.................................................................................................................................A-27

Annex IV: Equipment requirements......................................................................................................................A-29

Annex V: Terms of Reference and Description of Positions.................................................................................A-33

Annex VI: Incremental Cost Analysis...................................................................................................................A-39

Annex VII: Map of the project area.......................................................................................................................A-45

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A. CONTEXT

1. Description of the Subsector

1 The Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem covers an area of 75,000-km2, encompassing the northern Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago (SCA) along with its shallow sea shelf, the northern central watershed of the main island from Punta de Hicacos to Nuevitas Bay, and the Exclusive Economic Zone of the adjacent ocean (see map in Annex VII). The archipelago or SCA stretches approximately 465 km along the north-central coast of Cuba and is comprised of some 2,517 keys that account for 60% and 93.8% of the total number and area, respectively, of all Cuban keys. The SCA contains extensive plant formations, such as Cuban wetlands and dry forests - of high global significance (Dinerstein et al., 1995) - and mangroves are common on the keys and along the main island’s coast. The biggest keys are populated with a variety of vegetation types, including mangroves, semi-deciduous forests, microphyllous evergreen forests, coastal xeromorphic plant complexes on sandy and rocky coasts, and halophytic communities.

2 The SCA also possesses coral reefs of great regional significance. The entire outer border of the marine shelf is fringed by a fore reef, while it is estimated that there are over 100 km of reef crests and over 500 km of fore reefs, with lush seagrass beds. Kelleher et. al. (1995) recognise the need to strengthen protected areas coverage of the reefs of the SCA. Furthermore, the Nature Conservancy (1998) considers the marine shelf of the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago as a high priority conservation zone. The SCA also forms an essential part of the Greater Antilles and Bahamian Marine Ecosystem, one of the Global 200 Ecoregions listed as global priorities for conservation of biodiversity by the World Wildlife Fund (Olson and Dinerstein, 1997).

3 This rich mosaic of terrestrial and marine habitats contains a high diversity of plants and animals and high levels of endemism, ranking the zone among the richest in Cuba, itself the island with the greatest diversity in the West Indies. Cuba also ranks unusually high relative to the US and Canada when compared on an area-by-area basis: 39 times as many bird species per hectare, 30 times as many amphibian and reptile species per hectare, and 27 times as many plant species per hectare. Due to its enormous natural value and its vulnerability to marine pollution, this zone was declared a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Such recognition has only previously been granted to the Australian Great Barrier Reef.

4 To date, 708 species of terrestrial flora have been recorded in the area, of which 126 are endemic and 12 are of localized distribution. The SCA also harbors a wide diversity of both species and subspecies of terrestrial fauna, representing large numbers of endemic and migratory species: 958 species of terrestrial fauna have been recorded, 542 of them insects, (though a poorly studied group), and 209 species of birds. The highest endemism rates are found in molluscs and reptiles.

5 Due to its geographic location, the SCA serves as a destination and migratory corridor for many birds. Of birds, 48% migrate between Cuba, North America and South America. It is estimated that from 35% to 52% of the total number of birds found on the keys according to vegetation type are migratory. Of migratory birds, four are endangered (Charadrius melodus, Vermivona celata, Falco peregrinus and Falco columbarius) while one is subject to lesser risk under managed conditions (Phoenicopterus ruber). Eleven endemic genera have been recorded, along with 107 endemic species and 47 endemic subspecies of which 33 are exclusive to the SCA. Birdlife International lists Cuba as among the top fifteen conservation priorities world wide, by virtue of being an endemic bird area.

6 In the soft bottoms of the marine shelf, 88 macroalgae and seagrass species have been identified, with 155 species of algae found in reefs. To date, 447 benthic invertebrate species have been found on the soft bottoms of the marine shelf and 374 in the reef. To date, 447 species of benthic invertebrates have

been inventoried in the soft bottoms of the marine shelf and 374 in the reefs (for reefs, only information about sponges, gorgonians, scleractinia, milleporina and mollusks has been included). The diversity of fish species is also very high, with 642 registered species.

7 In several taxonomic groups it has been demonstrated that, as a result of increased sampling efforts both on the keys and the marine shelf, the number of species discovered has tended to rise, providing a clear demonstration of the SCA’s enormous potential for discovery of new species. The SCA is home to species of great importance to conservation, both globally and regionally. Species such as the flamingo, the manatee (endangered), the queen conch, migratory birds, iguanas, snails belonging to the Cerion and Ligus genera, the Antilles crocodile, and dolphins, may be seriously threatened by expanding economic activities.

8 The Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago appears to be very important in the biogeographic processes related to biological diversity in the northern Greater Caribbean and therefore in conservation and sustainable use of regionally shared natural resources. Migratory marine species, (turtles, sharks, beak fish, tuna) and numerous metapopulations of reef and seagrass species are shared with both the United States and The Bahamas (and possibly Bermuda).

9 Evidence also points to the SCE as a propagule source for the Greater Caribbean region. From 1991 to 1997, drift cards launched from the north of the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago (Bahamas Channel) reached eastern Florida (23% of the cards) and other coasts of eastern USA and Bahamas. Others were recovered in Bermuda with 0.8% in southern Jamaica. At the same time, it has been demonstrated that the Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary imports larvae of species 1 to 2 months into their larval phase from a wide area of the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago (from Cárdenas Bay to Cayo Coco) and from other areas of western Cuba. (Roberts, 1997)

2. Country Strategy

Policies, legislation and institutions related to environment and biodiversity 10 In 1994, as a result of increasing awareness of the crucial importance of the environmental dimensions of economic development and sustainability, Cuba created the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) with its Environment Agency, the Environment Units in CITMA’s Provincial Delegations, the National Center for Protected Areas, the Environment Management and Auditing Center, and the Environmental Information, Dissemination and Education Center (CIDEA). Just before, the National Center of Biodiversity (belonging to the Institute of Ecology and Systematics) was created.

11 To incorporate the environmental dimension into the country’s development, considerable supportive or enabling legislation has been formulated and approved: the Law on the Environment (July 1997); the Resolution on Environmental Impact Assessment, and Resolution 168/95 “Rules for the Realization and Approval of Environmental Impact Assessments” (October 1995); the Law on the Tax System (October 1994) introducing taxes to be levied on use or exploitation of natural resources, and for use in environmental protection; the Resolution on Inspection by Government of the Environment and Toxic Chemical Products (1995) and the creation of CITMA’s Environmental State Inspection Body; the Law on Foreign Investment highlighting the principle of sustainable development and addressing environment protection in the process of foreign investment; the Decree-Law 164 “Rules for Fisheries”(May 1996) and the creation of the Inspection Body of the Ministry of Fisheries; and Resolution 111/96: Regulations on Biological Diversity (1996). Currently, the Law on Soil Use, Territorial Ordering and Urbanism, the Decree-Law on Protected Areas, and the Decree-Law on Management of the Coastal Zone are under discussion and pending approval. Finally, Cuba is currently preparing a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (UNEP-GEF), in which the protection of the SCE and especially the SCA are emphasized.

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12 Cuba participated in the United Nations Conference on the Environment held in Rio de Janeiro, signed Agenda 21 and has signed and ratified both Global Conventions (CBD, UNFCCC). Cuba also participated in the World Conference on Sustainable Development of Small Island States, and is a signatory and active member of an important number of international and regional agreements, conventions, and protocols relating to the environment, (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora-CITES, Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, MARPOL, CEPOL, SPAW, Protocol of Kyoto, etc.). In 1994, Cuba developed a National Program for Environment and Development as a national Agenda 21, which became the National Environmental Strategy in 1996.

Environmental management and conservation of biodiversity 13 Current basic activities undertaken by the Cuban Government include hydrographic basin management plans in areas with ecosystems and species of global significance (e.g., Turquino-Manatí Plan, Commission for Hydrographic Basin Management, among others), and pollution reduction in key biodiversity areas of the SCE. At the same time, Cuba has developed a globally important National Program for Manatee Protection to be implemented within the framework of the protected area system identified under the initial, pilot project and to be implemented under the project proposed here.

14 In the mid-1980s, due to its natural, archaeological, cultural and scientific value, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) - the former Cuban Academy of Sciences - designated the SCA as a high priority area for biodiversity conservation. The Government has proposed much of the central part of this ecosystem as a Biosphere Reserve. This reserve will be integrated into the broader system of protected areas proposed by the initial pilot project.

15 In addition, in collaboration with the Institute of Ecology of Jalapa, Veracruz, Cuba is preparing a Coastal Biodiversity Atlas financed by Science and Technology for Development (CYTED), participates in the UNESCO project “Mangrove Recovery in Selected Areas of the Cuban Archipelago”, and is also taking part in the regional Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity project (CARICOMP) funded by UNESCO and UNEP.

16 Other relevant activities include the construction and operationalization of the Coastal Ecosystem Research Centre in Cayo Coco, and construction of infrastructure for mitigation of marine environmental degradation.

17 In 1992, the GEF, during its Pilot Phase, authorized US$ 2.0 million in financing to assist Cuba in an initial pilot project entitled Protecting Biodiversity and Establishing Sustainable Development in the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem. This project formed the first part of a planned multi-phase process to ensure the conservation of biodiversity in the context of sustainable development in the SCE. The initial phase of the project ended in 1997 and was subject to an independent evaluation (available on request from UNDP-GEF, New York). This evaluation assessed the accomplishments of the project against the objectives of the Project Document, as well as against the defining features of coastal zone management initiatives as described by The Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP; Olsen et al. 1997).

3. Previous assistance received by the country

18 Cuba has undertaken several projects related to biodiversity conservation supported by international technical assistance. These include:

Protecting biodiversity and establishing sustainable development in the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem

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(UNDP/GEF, pilot-phase) Country Study on Biological Diversity (UNEP) National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (UNEP) Atlas of coastal biodiversity, in collaboration with the Inst. of Ecology of Jalapa (CYTED) Mangrove swamps recovery in selected areas of the Cuban Archipelago (UNESCO) Regional project CARICOMP (UNESCO/UNEP).

4. Institutional framework of the Subsector

19 In 1975, the new Constitution of the Republic of Cuba recognized the need to protect the environment, and in 1977 Cuba created the National Commission for the Protection of Environment and Natural Resources (COMARNA). All central institutions were members of this Commission and all provinces and municipalities were represented in the then Academy of Sciences of Cuba and in COMARNA. Within COMARNA, technical specialists, scientists and environmental agents coordinated and integrated the work of several sectors to make decisions in an environmentally responsible way. Also, it was in charge of the aspects related to international programs, agreements, conventions, protocols and treaties regarding environment.

20 In 1994, there was a restructuring of the state apparatus in search of more functional efficiency, and in the environmental arena, the functions of COMARNA and the Academy of Sciences were absorbed by the new Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA). COMARNA disappeared as such, but not its functions: they were strengthened and perfected in the new institutional structure. The name of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba has been assumed, as originally, by a new organization of members selected among outstanding scientists to assist in resolving policy problems and provide scientific guidance to the country, and to stimulate and reward excellent scientific work, among other functions.

21 CITMA acts as rector of scientific, technical and environmental policy. Within the environmental branch, its operative function is executed through the new Environmental Agency, which, in turn, is integrated with the Center of Environmental Inspection and Control (CICA), the National Protected Area Center (CNAP), the Center of Environmental Information, Management and Education (CIGEA), and several scientific institutes (that belonged to the former Academy of Sciences of Cuba), such as the Institute of Ecology and Systematic, Institute of Oceanology, Institute of Tropical Geography, Institute of Meteorology, and the Coastal Ecosystems Research Center. The National Zoological Park, the National Aquarium, and the National Museum of Natural History also belong to the Environmental Agency. This Ministry maintains its representation at the level of provinces in the Provincial Delegations of CITMA (DPCITMA) whose activity related to environment is carried out by the Environmental Units (UMA) in each province.

22 The institutions under CITMA, together with other institutions and scientific and technical groups from the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, Ministry of the Fishery Industry, Ministry of the Basic Industry, Ministry of Economy and Planning, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of the Construction, Ministry of the Industry of Construction Materials, Ministry of Tourism, etc., have worked jointly in integral studies and projects of the SCE. These and other institutions and ministries (Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Sugar Industry, National Institute of Hydraulic Resources, etc.) will participate in the present project because they play an important role in the implementation of integrated coastal zone management in the SCE.

23 Cuba is maintaining a sustained trend towards refining the decision making process regarding land use and physical planning as well as environmental issues in development at policy level. This can be seen in the expeditious strengthening of the institutional framework and legal system, and the increased

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awareness, experience and know-how of Government. The Institute of Physical Planning (of the Ministry of Economics and Planning) is the governing agency for physical planning and regulation of land use and its work is closely coordinated with CITMA concerning environmental issues. As it has the necessary logistical, technical and human resources, the Ministry of Fisheries also plays an important role in environmental management and is supported by the new Decree-Law 164 Rules for Fisheries and its body of fishery inspectors.

24 In spite of being a developing country, Cuba possesses the human resources required to carry out research and biodiversity conservation through integrated management of coastal ecosystems, as has been demonstrated with the highly successful execution of the pilot-phase project (CUB/92/G31). This is the result of more than a century of scientific tradition of the country, and the emphasis and investment of resources of the Government in education and scientific development of the country. Therefore, Cuba occupies an advanced and privileged position to undertake the project. The community of scientists that work on aspects of biodiversity and environmental management at present includes internationally renowned specialists in their respective disciplines. Also, the country possesses herbaria, botanical gardens, natural history museums, and scientific libraries that were founded more than 150 years ago. The group that undertook the final evaluation of the GEF pilot-phase project, (Olsen and others, 1997), has lauded the strength and competence of national scientific personnel.

B. JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT

1. Problems to be addressed: Present situation

25 The pilot-phase project identified several threats and underlying causes that need to be addressed for effective biodiversity conservation. The main current and potential threats in the SCA are summarized below:

31% of Cuba’s sugar cane production takes place in the watersheds of the main island opposite the keys, accounting for localized pollution at river mouths. While locally more serious, this pollution has not constituted a serious threat to the keys to date due to the wide marine expanse separating them from the main island. Other potential sources of pollution include a number of rice plantations, and the tilapia culture ponds in Morón and near the Máximo River which discharge nutrients into the sea. All these threats to sustainable development and biodiversity are currently receiving special attention from the Cuban Government through actions including institutional and legal strengthening, establishment of authorities for watershed management, implementation of inventories and audits of pollution sources, investments in waste treatment, etc.

SCA has been a traditional fishery area where some resources have suffered overexploitation, and certain fishery areas have been deteriorated due to noxious fishing practices. Up to the present, there are no marine protected areas that contribute to the recovery and maintenance of fishery resources of the region.

The SCA is presently the focus of an expanding, large-scale tourism development program. The development of “sun and sand” tourism requires basic environmental measures such as preservation of water quality, adequate waste treatment, appropriate design measures regarding infrastructure and location, etc. Biodiversity protection has not yet been a significant factor in tourism development planning. Human exploitation of the SCA’s keys to date has been very limited and is restricted mainly to more conventional tourism development on Coco and Guillermo keys. Currently planned tourism must be developed in an ecologically responsible manner, compatible with biodiversity conservation.

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Otherwise, planned infrastructure and activities will pose a serious threat to the flora, fauna, habitats and landscapes of the SCA.

Key government staff lack adequate training and capacities in environmental monitoring.

Territorial and sectoral planning by provincial staff does not always incorporate environmental considerations in a systematic and comprehensive manner.

There is limited awareness and understanding of sustainable development concepts amongst decision-makers.

The level of environmental awareness among communities and civil society is limited, thus hindering broad-based participation, ownership and pride from civil society in sustainable development.

There is limited access to and exchange of information on sustainable development practice and methodologies.

2. Expected situation at the end of the project

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Eight key priority protected areas will be established for conservation, demonstration and potential replication. These areas have been selected as a result of studies carried out during the pilot phase of the project, and their management reflects the implementation of the conservation priorities identified in the Strategic Plan of the SCE. Protected areas will be legally established, their management plans will be designed and implemented, visitors centers will be created, information materials will be printed for distribution, interpretive talks will be established, park personnel will be qualified in biodiversity planning and management, and basic scientific and logistical equipment will be provided to assure adequate monitoring and feedback for planning and management functions. It should be pointed out that the SCA has been mostly uninhabited and that its resources have been subject to very little use by inhabitants from the main island.

Institutional capacities will have been consolidated and coordinated for integrated long-term sustained management. There will exist an Integrated Coastal Management Authority (Autoridad para el Manejo Integrado Costero - AMIC) of the SCE. This will entail formal structuring (institutional and inter-institutional), training of relevant personnel, and acquisition of basic equipment necessary for integrated coastal management. At the end of the project, the AMIC of the SCE will be formalized and implemented. As a result, the prevalent sectoral focus regarding biodiversity management will have been eliminated, as well as the lack of coordination and integration in decision making. There will be one Authority responsible for coastal management.

Classification and detailed planning incorporating conservation and biodiversity protection approaches will have been carried out in prioritized areas. The emphasis of the pilot phase project was very much on physical planning as a fundamental way to achieve biodiversity conservation in the archipelago. The follow-up actions in this phase will include training of personnel involved and supply of basic equipment. Further refining the larger scale classification of the ecosystem undertaken in the pilot phase, this project will carry out classification at a reduced scale with the objective of offering more precise information for planning at a local level in areas with high biodiversity.

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A network of small stations for biodiversity monitoring will be established. Workshops will be held to train personnel and analyze, periodically, results of monitoring activities, tendencies that affect biodiversity of global significance, and management action/ solutions to factors causing environmental stress. Basic scientific and logistical equipment will be provided. This approach will allow for adaptive management by means of incorporating feedback coming from biodiversity monitoring activities.

Principles of environmental and natural resource economics will begin to be applied for biodiversity conservation and management. This will be achieved through training of personnel, four specific environmental economics case studies with corresponding workshops, and minimum equipment. This will ensure that external costs on the environment and biodiversity are considered in development plans and programs, and that potential benefits from the use of economic instruments are maximized and appropriately targeted. While the pilot phase did impart some training resource economics, this phase will hone these basic skills by working through four case studies. This hands-on experience with case studies will not only improve technical capacity, but also ensure that policies for capturing and optimizing revenues from protected areas and the integrated coastal management system as a whole are effective and based on the most recent applied experience and research in this area.

Education and awareness on biodiversity conservation issues will have improved due to the design and introduction of provincial educational policies, workshops and seminars to sensitize decision-makers and the different economic and community sectors that affect biodiversity, production of didactic materials, promotion of the values of biodiversity through the mass media; collaboration with different educational levels, workshops, conferences, seminars and events that promote the protection of biodiversity of global significance, activities of popular participation; and systematic evaluation of the population's perception on biodiversity, environment, and sustainable development. As a result of these activities the project will incorporate the principles and values of biodiversity into environmental education and into GoC- and Capacity 21-supported activities targeted to furthering sustainable development. Building on education and awareness activities of the pilot phase, this phase will adopt a more systematic approach, based on prior experience, to integrating biodiversity priorities into educational programs and standard activities.

Environmental focal points from key ministries and institutions in the project area will have been trained in soil, water and air quality testing, improving the control of environmental hazards through better monitoring and institutional collaboration. Particular emphasis will be given to the monitoring of environmental impacts generated by tourism, construction and infrastructure development. Training will be provided in a workshop environment and the application of acquired skills will be monitored by the project team. Update/refresher courses will be offered as needed to meet additional training needs.

Provincial staff of the Physical Planning Institute, CITMA, environmental research stations and other key sectors in the project area will have received training on environmental planning and zoning guidelines, waste treatment, environmental inspection and information systems management. A series of workshops will be followed by a monitoring process to assess the consideration of environmental issues within the municipal planning cycle (planes parciales), tourism development, capital investment/ infrastructure projects and key agro-processing industries (ie. sugar complexes). Again, subsequent training will be scheduled as needed to consolidate the application of skills.

Capacity 21 support will have capitalized on the opportunity to generate a Cuban vision on sustainable development, through an inter-disciplinary exercise with different national institutions and stakeholders. Capacity 21 will have assisted this process by supporting a SD training module addressing the dynamics, challenges and opportunities of the SCE region – including fundamental SD concepts, sectoral guidelines, integrated planning and monitoring approaches and group

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discussions/exercises using case studies from the SCE region. It would also provide an additional opportunity for disseminating Cuba's national environmental strategy (Estrategia Ambiental Nacional, CITMA 1997) and related norms. Training will have been provided to provincial government decision-makers from the Poder Popular assemblies as well as ministerial delegates, sectoral representatives and other senior technical staff working in the project area. It is expected that several of the participants will subsequently join the Integrated Coastal Management Authority.

Broad-based environmental awareness will have been created among communities and civil society. This element is reflected in the SCE Strategy paper and picks up on the national environmental agenda's instruction to "…create a spirit of co-responsibility, cooperation and coordination for environmental protection...revolutionizing work methods by seeking effective participatory means for strengthening environmental management and inspection as well as permanent monitoring systems, to facilitate control by government instances, encourage self-regulation by involved stakeholders and stimulate the participation of the media and communities." Diverse pedagogic approaches - workshops, community meetings, media campaigns, research activities, exchanges, contests and in-kind support to local initiatives – will have been applied to sensitize local government, schools, mass organizations, neighborhood associations, cooperatives, social clubs and the public at large on the environmental uniqueness of the area, its conservation needs and options for community participation. Environmental concepts will be linked to tangible issues of local interest and in-kind support will be available for small scale, community-driven conservation initiatives. This component will have also assisted CITMA in disseminating the SCE process, the national environmental strategy, the environmental code of conduct, voluntary measures (acuerdos voluntarios) for environmental protection and mechanisms for community vigilance.

Access to and exchange of information on sustainable development practices and methodologies will have improved. There is a keen interest - shared by both CITMA and the UNDP Country Office - in sharing project methodologies, institutional arrangements, impacts and lessons with other coastal regions that are facing accelerated tourism and infrastructure development. While a replication of the SCE process is the prerogative of the Cuban government and outside the funding requested for the second phase, the Capacity 21 contribution will have ensured that the learning derived from the project is assessed, systematized and 'appropriated' by the different participants as part of an internal evaluative process, and that this information is made available to interested parties in Cuba.

3. Beneficiaries

27 Cuba will benefit greatly from a systematic and rigorous implementation of integrated coastal zone management for biodiversity protection, through a co-management modality. The creation of an Integrated Coastal Management Authority of the SCE, establishment of eight protected areas, and a network of monitoring and management laboratories, among other actions, will undoubtedly have a transcending effect on the capacity of the country in general and CITMA in particular for biodiversity conservation and the establishment of sustainable development.

28 CITMA and other national and local scientific and technical institutions will increase their capacity to conduct scientific research relevant to biodiversity management and monitoring through training and equipment that they will receive. The project will also increase their capacity to take an informed approach to biodiversity conservation and environmental issues in the region once they are equipped with current

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knowledge and effective tools.

29 The National Protected Area Center (CNAP), the National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna, and the Provincial Delegations of CITMA will benefit from the establishment and operation of a vast protected area system in the SCE that includes marine areas in an official way for the first time. Personnel managing these areas will receive all necessary training and skills to fulfill their responsibilities. Management of the network will be undertaken on a scientific basis utilizing current monitoring information to facilitate decision-making.

30 The National Institute of Physical Planning (IPF) and the Ministry of Construction (MICONS), among other related organizations will benefit from continuing the process of incorporation planning and design approaches that account for biodiversity and environmental economics, as well as from applying low-impact technologies and construction methods in development planning.

31 Communities that rely on the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago for their livelihoods (mainly tourism and fisheries) will benefit from greater stability and sustainability of the resource base, improved environmental quality, and greater environmental sensibility that affects their day-to-day actions. These communities will also play a more active role and participate in the decision-making process as a result of the use of co-management arrangements. This will build a sense of ownership and self-esteem among the communities as they are made to feel responsible for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.

32 Other parts of the country and other Caribbean nations are likely to benefit from the lessons, experiences, and knowledge base created by this project.

4. Project Strategy and Institutional Arrangements

Project Strategy

33 The strategy of this project is based on findings of the pilot-phase project and the Strategic Plan for the SCE, which highlighted that in order to address the above mentioned threats and achieve sustained biodiversity conservation, Cuba would have to not only undertake targeted measures for conserving biodiversity, but also take the initial step of strengthening its capacities in environmental monitoring and sustainable development planning. Most of the biodiversity conservation activities are incremental in nature and therefore eligible for GEF financing. Establishing and honing basic sustainable development capacities, however, are in the long-term sustainable development interest of Cuba given the domestic benefits that are likely to accrue from sound environmental management based on the participation of key national, regional and local stakeholders. Since such activities lie outside the mandate of the GEF, Capacity 21 is a strategic partner in this project being uniquely positioned to support participatory planning for sustainable development. This Project Document, therefore, reflects both GEF and Capacity 21 activities.

34 The project proposed herein will initiate implementation of the strategic plan for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development of the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem, as developed in the pilot-phase project. Implementation of the strategy will be based on broad-based participation from a wide variety of stakeholders. These include the various sectors, disciplines, institutions and territories found in the SCE. Among the main stakeholders involved in designing the current proposal are several ministries, local and provincial administrations and non-governmental organizations, including fishermen, construction workers, tourism, hotels, and such. The conservation strategy for the SCE was formulated in numerous workshops and meetings using participatory, consensus-building methods for problem analysis and identification of solutions and priorities.

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35 The project strategy will be implemented with the aim of achieving integrated management of coastal ecosystems with interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral, and trans-territorial participation as well as local community participation. Cuba currently possesses a variety of mechanisms for consultation and popular participation (Account Rendering Assemblies of Local Government), mass organizations (Technical Brigades of Working Youth, Cuban Pioneers’ Union, Junior-School Students’ Federation, Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, Cuban Women’s Federation, University Students’ Federation, etc.) and non-governmental organizations (National Union of Cuban Architects and Engineers, Pro Naturaleza, Cuban Botanical Organization, Cuban Zoological Society) that make it possible to guarantee broad community participation in environmental decision-making.

36 Capacity 21 will play a significant role in the implementation of this project that follows on from the pilot-phase project. The Capacity 21 contribution will be essential for catalyzing the participation of key regional and local stakeholders - line ministries, local government, state enterprises, agricultural co-operatives, mass organizations and community groups - within the proposed integrated coastal management framework. Given the recognized capacity limitations of these actors in terms of environmental monitoring and sustainable development planning, Capacity 21 support shall target the "non-biodiversity" elements of environmental management that are outside GEF's mandate yet essential to the conservation of the coastal ecosystem: land use planning and zoning, regulations for tourism development and capital investments, the adequate disposal of sugar, agrochemical and urban wastes, raising environmental awareness among communities and civil society, and the incorporation of sustainability issues within the development planning cycle.

37 The underlying strategy of the Capacity 21 component is to promote sustainable development by overcoming barriers such as the lack of sufficient training and sensitization of key actors. This lack of training has perpetuated a sectoral focus in development planning, the construction of environmentally inappropriate infrastructure, deficiencies in planning and zoning, overfishing, habitat destruction due to harmful fishing practices, extraction of arid materials in the keys, inappropriate methods of oil exploitation and prospecting, introduction of exotic species, illegal hunting and fishing, and tourism activities that are destructive to biodiversity. The existing institutional and legal system, together with the increasingly participatory nature of decision making, will contribute to the continuation of activities in support of sustainable development.

Institutional Arrangements

38 Capacity 21 and GEF supported activities will be jointly managed, while financial reporting will be undertaken separately for the two. The project’s Steering Committee will be responsible for leading the project, implementing the project strategy, approving plans, and monitoring and evaluation of results and lessons learned. The Steering Committee will play an important role within the Integrated Coastal Management Authority, particularly in ensuring that appropriate environmental regulations are established. The Steering Committee will be chaired by the Project Director and will consist of the following members:

Institute of Oceanology Institute of Ecology and Systematics Coastal Ecosystems Research Center Institute of Meteorology National Center for Protected Areas Center for Environmental Inspection and Control Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education Direction of Environmental Policy, CITMA Environmental Units of Matanzas, Villa Clara, Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de Ávila, and Camagüey GeoCuba

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Fishery Research Center Institute of Physical Planning Ministry of Constructions

39 The Steering Committee — composed of representatives of the different sectors and disciplines relevant to the objectives of the project in SCA — will be integrated within the Integrated Coastal Management Authority of the SCE. This Authority will be formalized and implemented under the aegis of the present project. The Steering Committee will have an important role within the AMIC of the SCE. It will ensure that appropriate environmental regulations are established and that they are formulated so that economic development initiatives are appropriately evaluated by the AMIC. As a result of the initial pilot project, a basic strategy, structure and institutional infrastructure already exists so that the Steering Committee can successfully continue the execution of its responsibilities based on pilot phase experiences and with the objective of implementing project activities in an effective and efficient way. The Steering Committee will meet periodically and promote inter-sectoral integration and coordination.

40 The National Protected Area Center of CITMA, together with the National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna of the Ministry of Agriculture (supported by the Provincial Delegations of CITMA and the organizations of People’s Power of the Provinces and Municipalities) will be charged with the gradual implementation of the vast Protected Area System in the SCA. The Environmental Units of CITMA will play an important and direct role in each one of the provinces.

41 The Institute of Physical Planning (Ministry of Economics and Planning) and its Provincial Directorates of Physical Planning will collaborate with other relevant institutions of the project to establish a clear delineation between areas to be protected and areas prioritized for development. The Institute will also continue conceptual strategic environmental planning for other important keys where biodiversity could be seriously damaged by tourism development if adequate planning is overlooked. These keys are mainly Paredón Grande, Las Brujas, Ensenachos, Cruz and Esquivel.

42 Environment monitoring of the broader SCE will be carried out through a network of small Environment Monitoring Stations to be set up in the provinces. CITMA will be responsible for the implementation of this network through its Provincial Delegations and with the support of the Popular Power bodies (local government) in the relevant provinces and municipalities. CITMA’s Environment Units will play an important and direct role in this effort.

43 CITMA’s Environment Units together with the National Center for Protected Areas, the National Center of Biodiversity, and the National Enterprise for Flora and Fauna Protection (Ministry of Agriculture) together with the participation of other relevant institutions, (Fisheries Ministry, National Institute of Hydraulic Resources, Ministry of Sugar, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Tourism, etc.) will lead the operational planning for environmental rehabilitation and recovery actions (affected species, habitats and landscapes identified by the pilot project). This will involve measures to control organic loading and pollution, regulate dams and reservoirs, construct culverts and bridges in marine roads (bermroads), reintroduce species, monitor and protect threatened species populations, as well as carry out environmental education, research, and monitoring.

5. Reason for the assistance of UNDP as Executing Agency

44 The assistance of UNDP is requested because it is a non-profit, multilateral, neutral organization of development assistance. The objectives of this Project fit well with objectives defined in the cooperation framework between UNDP and the Government of Cuba for the environmental sector. Also, UNDP has defined the biodiversity sector as among its prioritized lines of activity.

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45 UNDP will receive the political support of the Government of Cuba in this endeavor. Government commitment to the goals of this project are embodied in the recognition of the importance of preserving its rich biodiversity patrimony, the ratification, in March, 1994, of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the significant co-financing being provided by the government. Cuba has also developed a National Environmental Strategy (1996) as part of its national application of Agenda 21. This strategy identifies several problems related to environmental management that constitute a pre-requisite for biodiversity protection in Cuba, such as the control and planning of marine pollution in the fragile insular area of the keys. A series of regulations and decrees offer support to the environmental strategy. Cuba is also preparing a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, with the support of UNEP, where Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem (SCE) in general, and the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago (SCA) in particular, have been identified as priorities for conservation.

6. Special considerations

46 The project is targeted to the conservation of biodiversity -- biodiversity that is of great regional significance. The target area of the project is one where on the one hand the potential for tourism development could result in significant development and construction activity, and on the other activities such as fishing, sugar industry, and agriculture in general continue to jeopardize biodiversity. This makes it extremely important to lay the foundation for integrated coastal management, the protection of biodiversity and maintenance of ecological sustainability.

47 Keeping in mind,

- the national efforts that have been carried out in the field of environmental conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources;

- the scientific and technical level of our country; - the richness of biodiversity values in the region; - the high fragility of the ecosystems due to their insular condition; - the commitments acquired by Cuba in the Agreements of Rio de Janeiro (signed and ratified),

the Action Program for Sustainable Development of Small Insular Developing States , approved in the Conference of Barbados;

- the notable and well known success of the pilot-phase project (CUB/92/G31); - that Cuba has signed and ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity; and others

previously mentioned, amid the great economic difficulties that we face; and - the wide participation of women in society (more than 50% of project personnel are women), we consider that there exist elements that fully justify the eligibility of the Republic of Cuba to

undertake the project that it intends to execute. An element of great significance in favor of the eligibility of Cuba to carry out this project is the excellent review provided by the final evaluation of the pilot-phase project (Olsen et. al., 1997).

48 This project is expected to accomplish phases 3 and 4 of an accepted cycle of integrated coastal management (GESAMP) – phase 3 consists of formal adoption and financing of a CZMP and phase 4 consists of implementation of programs that form part of the CZMP. The pilot-phase project has accomplished phase 1 (identification and evaluation of problems and opportunities) and phase 2 (elaboration of programs).

49 Protection of the regionally and globally significant biodiversity of the SCE will be achieved by incorporating principles and practices of biodiversity conservation into on going and planned programs and projects of sustainable development. This will involve the coordination of baseline activities aimed at securing sustainable development and incremental activities targeted to the conservation of globally

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significant biodiversity. This alternative course of action is based on the lessons and experiences gained by the pilot-phase project, as well as on the recommendations of the independent evaluation. Finally, it is guided by the priorities and interests of the Strategic Plan (SCE Plan Estrategico).

50 The project has applied the incremental costs approach to identify additional targeted actions needed to secure global benefits and estimate the level of GEF contribution, building on existing and planned national efforts. The project has also leveraged additional resources from the Government of Cuba, Capacity 21 and other donors to bridge the gap between the realistic baseline and the sustainable development baseline. While Cuba has recognized the importance of sound biodiversity conservation and management, it can not realize the full raft of measures necessary for conservation by means of its own limited resources. For this reason, it has sought the support of GEF to be able to maximize global benefits from biodiversity conservation through this important initiative.

7. Coordination Arrangements

51 For implementation of integrated coastal management and the envisioned inter-sectoral biodiversity conservation strategy, coordination and integration among key participant institutions are essential elements. CITMA will lead the research, monitoring and management activities at the national level and will be responsible for coordinating the activities of research centers and national entities (universities, government entities, and private companies).

52 The activities of the GEF project will be executed by a group of institutions under the direction of CITMA, coordinated by a Cuban Steering Committee and later on, once formalized and implemented, by the Integrated Coastal Management Authority of the SCE. The participant institutions or collaborators are:

1) Institute of Oceanology (IDO), CITMA 2) Institute of Ecology and Systematics (IES), CITMA 3) Coastal Ecosystems Research Center (CIEC), CITMA 4) Institute of Tropical Geography (IGEO), CITMA 5) Institute of Meteorology (INSMET), CITMA 6) National Protected Area Center (CNAP), CITMA 7) Center for Environmental Inspection and Control (CICA), CITMA 8) Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education (CIGEA), CITMA 9) Direction of Environmental Policy of CITMA 10) National Aquarium of Cuba (ANC), CITMA 11) Environmental Unit (UMA) of Matanzas, Provincial Delegation of CITMA 12) Environmental Unit (UMA) of Villa Clara, Provincial Delegation of CITMA 13) Environmental Unit (UMA) of Sancti Spíritu, Provincial Delegation of CITMA 14) Environmental Unit (UMA) of Ciego de Ávila, Provincial Delegation of CITMA 15) Environmental Unit (UMA) of Camagüey, Provincial Delegation of CITMA 16) GeoCuba, MINFAR 17) Institute of Geology and Paleontology (IGP), MINBAS 18) Institute of Forestry Investigations (IIF), MINAGRI 19) National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna (ENPFF), MINAGRI 20) Center of Fishery Investigations (CIP), MIP 21) Faculty of Economy of the University of the Havana 22) Institute of Physical Planning (IPF), MEP 23) Higher Polytechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría” (ISPJAE), MES24) Provincial Delegation of Physical Planning (DPPF) of Matanzas, MEP 25) Provincial Delegation of Physical Planning (DPPF) of Villa Clara, MEP

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26) Provincial Delegation of Physical Planning (DPPF) of Sancti Spíritu, MEP 27) Provincial Delegation of Physical Planning (DPPF) of Ciego de Ávila, MEP 28) Provincial Delegation of Physical Planning (DPPF) of Camagüey, MEP 29) National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INRH) 30) Higher Pedagogical Institute of Matanzas, MINED 31) Higher Pedagogical Institute of Villa Clara, MINED 32) Higher Pedagogical Institute of Sancti Spíritu, MINED 33) Higher Pedagogical Institute of Ciego de Ávila, MINED 34) Higher Pedagogical Institute of Camagüey, MINED 35) Ministry of Construction (MICONS) 36) Ministry of the Industry of Construction Materials (MIMC) 37) Ministry of the Sugar Industry (MINAZ) 38) Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) 39) Corporation “Gaviota” 40) Corporation “Cubanacán” 41) Corporation “Horizontes” 42) Agency “Rumbos” 43) National Union of Architects and Engineers of Cuba (UNAIC)

53 Other Cuban institutions could be invited to participate or collaborate in the project as appropriate opportunities arise.

8. Support capacity of counterparts

54 The level of training and hands-on experience of personnel from relevant institutions and agencies is generally high, partly as a result of the pilot-phase project. Cuban specialists (scientists, engineers, architects, etc.) are well qualified and familiar with the latest theoretical and applied methodologies in their respective disciplines. Supported with appropriate technical assistance, they can undertake research and monitoring programs, integrated coastal management, protected area management and environmental planning, undoubtedly at the level of international standards. However, national experts will need targeted support in certain specialized areas, as well as in other areas where there is a need to keep abreast with recent developments, in spite of the existence of a good knowledge base, due to our great economic restrictions. Related to this targeted expertise is the need for bolstering infrastructural facilities that can assist in the execution of relevant professional activities. Such activities include monitoring (environmental monitoring stations that are in the process of remodeling) and the administration of the protected areas system (interpretive centers, administrative and control facilities, basic services, etc.). The well-equipped Coastal Ecosystems Research Center, with some additional financing, will facilitate many of the activities of this GEF project. It will serve as the coordination center of the environmental monitoring stations, among other possible functions that will be determined within the context of integrated management of the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem.

55 The National Protected Area Center, the Center for Environmental Inspection and Control, the Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and the Environmental Units (provincial), all from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment constitute a strong foundation of environmental institutions. These institutions are capable of undertaking the urgent and ambitious objectives of this project, as they did so for the pilot-phase project (CUB/92/G31).

56 All government ministries that will be involved in this project have trained personnel and essential infrastructure to begin the present project, and can work as counterparts to international specialists and expertise.

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C. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE

57 The general development objective of the Project is to assure the conservation of valuable marine and terrestrial biodiversity of Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem (SCE) and in particular of the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago (SCA), north of Cuba. The project purpose is to ensure that immediate biodiversity management is established in the SCE through adaptive, integrated coastal management based on institutional strengthening and coordination, the progressive establishment and implementation of a protected area system and a network of monitoring stations with unified criteria, and an effective program on biodiversity education and awareness. (See the project planning matrix in Annex II)

D. IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES, RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES

1. GEF-supported activities (with co-financing from GoC and Canadian Sources):

Immediate objective 1

1. Establish eight key protected areas for conservation, demonstration and potential replication.

Success criteria 8 protected areas legally recognized and approved by the Government, in areas of biodiversity of global

significance, with detailed management plans. Essential infrastructure and equipment necessary for monitoring and providing scientific input for

protected area planning and management in place. Greater sensitization and participation of communities and key actors in matters related to biodiversity

conservation. Qualified personnel are dedicated to the protected area network for effective management.

Result 1.1 1.1 Eight protected areas legally established and fully-functioning with detailed management plans.

Activities for Result 1.1 Responsible parties1.1.1 Elaboration of proposals and presentation to the

Government.Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, National Protected Area Center, Provincial Delegations of CITMA and Local Organizations of the People’s Power

1.1.2 Elaboration of management plans. Management of each Protected Area

1.1.3 Construction of essential infrastructure (visitors’ centers, management and observation facilities, interpretive trails, signaling and mooring buoys, etc.) and allocation of minimum scientific and logistical equipment.

Protected Area Management and Project Staff

1.1.4 Establishment of the personnel payroll for the 8 protected areas (park rangers, scientific technical, management, and service personnel).

Protected Area Management

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1.1.5 Training of protected area personnel (scholarships, training on protected areas, study tours, events, consultancies, etc.)

Project Director, National Protected Area Center, Protected Area Management and Provincial Delegations of CITMA

1.1.6 Functioning of protected areas (surveillance and control; elimination of exotic species; rescue of endemic and endangered species or those of global significance, rehabilitation of valuable areas; interpretive services, breeding farms ex situ, etc.)

Protected Area Management, Provincial Delegation of CITMA, National Protected Area Center, National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna, Park Rangers Bodies, and others

Result 1.2 1.2 Information on the biodiversity of the SCA and its importance and need for protection within the eight

protected areas distributed to a wide group of stakeholders.

Activities for Result 1.2 Responsible parties1.2.1 Elaboration of posters, brochures and leaflets on

local biodiversity and related topics Provincial Delegations of CITMA, National Protected Area Center, National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna, Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Project Director

1.2.2 Participation in local radio and TV programs, as well as utilization of the press and other media to promote topics relevant to protected areas

Provincial Delegations of CITMA, National Protected Area Center, National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna and Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education

1.2.3 Frequent talks at local and national venues on importance of the project strategy and major achievements.

Provincial Delegations of CITMA, National Protected Area Center, National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna and Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education

Result 1.31.3 Dissemination and exchange of protected area management experiences.

Activities for Result 1.3 Responsible parties1.3.1 Workshops to exchange experiences and

discussions on methodology and innovative approaches.

Provincial Delegations of CITMA, National Protected Area Center and National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna

Immediate objective 2

2. Consolidate the institutional coordination capacities for integrated, sustained and long-term coastal management in aspects related to biodiversity conservation.

Success criteria Prevalent sectoral focus and lack of coordination and integration in decision making will have been

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eliminated, particularly for biodiversity management, and there will be a single legal authority responsible for coastal management.

Capacity to facilitate successful coordination agreements among sectoral institutions with clearly defined procedures for decision-making and communication will have been established.

Biodiversity management will be based on relevant scientific information, therefore avoiding decisions that are not sensitive to biodiversity of global significance.

Management, zoning and planning compatible with and adaptable to the conservation requirements of biodiversity of global significance.

Adaptable management actions based on feedback from monitoring the impact of actions and stress factors on biodiversity.

Established and functioning biodiversity monitoring stations. Costs of environmental variables and biodiversity conservation are included in development plans and

programs. Key personnel in AMIC are qualified in the necessary disciplines for biodiversity management.

Result 2.1 2.1 Integrated Coastal Management Authority (AMIC) of the SCE, formalized and in operation.

Activities for Result 2.1 Responsible parties2.1.1 Multi-sectoral, participatory discussion of the

proposal for structure, functions, and responsibilities and mandate of the Integrated Coastal Management Authority.

Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Environmental Agency, and Provincial Delegations of CITMA, Environmental Units, Direction of Environmental Policy of CITMA, Direction of the Project and Legal Advisor of CITMA

2.1.2 Presentation of the AMIC proposal to the Government for its approval

Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment

2.1.3 Allocation of basic equipment necessary for Integrated Coastal Management.

Project Director

2.1.4 Relevant training of key personnel involved in Integrated Coastal Management, particularly aspects related to biodiversity conservation.

Project Director

2.1.5 Implementation of the AMIC Environmental Agency, Direction of Environmental Policy of CITMA, Provincial Delegations of CITMA and Project Director

Result 2.22.2 Inventories and rapid ecological assessments implemented in areas that contain biodiversity of global

significance, are prioritized for protection or are facing mounting pressures.

Activities for Result 2.2 Responsible parties 2.2.1 Relevant training in specialized inventories and

rapid ecological assessments.Project Director

2.2.2 Minimum equipment necessary for undertaking inventories and quick ecological assessments.

Project Director

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2.2.3 Assessment of the health status of coral reefs. Institute of Oceanology, Coastal Ecosystem Research Center and Monitoring Stations.

2.2.4 Assessment of the health status of mangrove swamps.

Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Coastal Ecosystem Research Center, Institute of Forestry Researches of the Ministry of Agriculture, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Center and Monitoring Stations.

2.2.5 Assessment of the health status of seagrass beds. Institute of Oceanology, Coastal Ecosystem Research Center, Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies and Monitoring Stations

2.2.6 Inventory of marine and terrestrial species in protected areas.

Institute of Oceanology, Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Coastal Ecosystem Research Center, Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Center, National Aquarium and Monitoring Stations.

2.2.7 Inventory and mapping of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in protected areas.

Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Institute of Oceanology, Coastal Ecosystem Research Center, National Protected Area Center, Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Center, Monitoring Stations and Geocuba.

2.2.8 Consolidation and enrichment of biological collections that serve as frameworks for the validation of inventories.

Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Institute of Oceanology and Coastal Ecosystem Research Center.

Result 2.32.3 Detailed zoning and planning carried out in prioritized areas, incorporating criteria for conservation and

protection of biodiversity of global significance.

Activities for Result 2.3 Responsible parties2.3.1 Detailed zoning of protected areas. National Protected Area Center, Research

Centers and Provincial Delegations of CITMA

2.3.2 Planning at detailed scale of the keys Coco, Guillermo, Santa María and Sabinal for the protection of high biodiversity values.

Institute of Physical Planning, National Protected Area Center, Research Centers and Provincial Delegations of CITMA

2.3.3 Planning at strategic scale on the environmental resource base of the keys Esquivel, Francés, Ensenachos, Paredón, Cruz, Las Brujas y Fragoso, for the protection of high biodiversity values.

Research Centers, National Protected Area Center, Institute of Physical Planning, Provincial Delegations of CITMA and Local Organizations of the People's Power.

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2.3.4 Allocation of essential equipment necessary for ecological zoning and planning

Project Director

2.3.5 Training of the planning personnel in incorporating the environmental dimension in master plans and projects (workshops, scholarships, etc.)

Project Director

Result 2.42.4 Network of small biodiversity monitoring stations in operation.

Activities for Result 2.4 Responsible parties 2.4.1 Training of monitoring personnel in the periodic

analysis of status and trends that affect biodiversity of global significance and potential remedial actions to control for environmental stress factors (workshops, scholarships, etc.)

Project Director

2.4.2 Supply of essential scientific and logistical equipment necessary for monitoring.

Project Director

2.4.3 Construction of basic infrastructure for monitoring stations.

Provincial Delegations of CITMA, Environmental Units and Local Organizations of the People's Power.

2.4.4 Annual methodological workshops on monitoring. Project Director

2.4.5 Conduct continuous biodiversity monitoring in the SCE.

Monitoring stations and scientific institutions.

Result 2.52.5 Capacity for the inclusion of principles of environmental and natural resource economics in biodiversity

conservation and management established. Activities for Result 2.5 Responsible parties2.5.1 Training of key personnel in environmental and

natural resource economics (scholarships, events, consultants, etc.)

Project Director

2.5.2 Four specific case studies in areas already contaminated or degraded, carrying out an economic cost-benefit assessment for the rehabilitation of these specific areas.

Faculty of Economics of the University of Havana, Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría”, Council of Experts and Provincial Delegations of CITMA

2.5.3 Workshops on the results of the 4 case studies. Faculty of Economics of the University of Havana, Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría” and Council of Experts

2.5.4 Development of specific training software. Faculty of Economics of the University of

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Havana and Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría”

2.5.5 Minimum equipment for software use, modeling and mathematical operations

Faculty of Economics of the University of Havana and Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría”

2.5.6 Applied research on the economic valuation of biodiversity resources, environmental costs and benefits.

Faculty of Economics of the University of Havana, Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría” and Council of Experts.

2.5.7 Economic analysis of impact caused by pollution. Faculty of Economics of the University of Havana, Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría” and Council of Experts

2.5.8 Studies on the design of economic instruments and related legislation for biodiversity conservation, sustaining protected areas and policy measures (at a macro level).

Faculty of Economics of the University of Havana, Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría” and Council of Experts

Immediate objective 3

3. Educate and inform communities and key actors active in the SCE about the need for and importance of biodiversity conservation.

Success criteria Incorporation of conservation principles into sustainable development education curricula and activities

implemented on the part of the Government of Cuba. Design and introduction of provincial educational policies on biodiversity. Availability of a guiding strategy on environmental education activities in the provinces. A more systematic approach to environmental education based on past experience in incorporating

biodiversity issues into objectives, programs and standard educational activities.

Result 3.1 3.1 Provincial strategies and environmental education programs elaborated and in execution.

Activities for Result 3.1 Responsible parties 3.1.1 Workshops to elaborate environmental education strategies and programs directed to the sustainable use of biodiversity.

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, National Aquarium, and Project Director.

Result 3.2 3.2 Communities and key actors possess a higher degree of knowledge, sensitivity and sense of participation

in biodiversity issues relevant to the overall SCE.

Activities for Result 3.2 Responsible parties 3.2.1 Workshops and seminars to sensitize decision-

makers and different economic and community sectors on the impact of economic activities on

Project Director, Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units

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biodiversity.

3.2.2 Preparation and publication of didactic materials on biodiversity.

Project Director, Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units

3.2.3 Promotion of public service messages on the conservation and wise use of the biodiversity of the SCE through mass media (press conferences, radio, T. V., Internet, WEB, national networks, etc.)

Project Director, Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, National Aquarium and Environmental Units

3.2.4 Collaboration with different teaching institutions and levels on biodiversity issues (training of professors and teaching materials on biodiversity)

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, National Aquarium and Environmental Units.

3.2.5 Workshops, conferences, talks, seminars and events that promote the protection of biodiversity of global significance.

Project Director, Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, National Aquarium and Environmental Units.

3.2.6 Activities of popular participation Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units.

3.2.7 Editing and reproduction of promotional materials on biodiversity (videos, bulletins, posters, workbooks, games, pictures, etc.)

Project Director, Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, National Aquarium and Environmental Units.

3.2.8 Elaboration of itinerant expositions and an increased use of local museums to display and share biodiversity information.

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units.

3.2.9 Development of national and international events to exchange experiences on biodiversity conservation.

Project Director and Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education

3.2.10 Development of environmental campaigns oriented to specific elements of biodiversity such as endangered species, ecosystems under high threat, habitats in need of rehabilitation, among others.

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units.

3.2.11 Promote the use of art in educational and awareness raising activities on biological diversity.

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, Union of Cuban Writers and Artists and Environmental Units

Result 3.3 3.3 Systematic assessment of the population's perception on biodiversity, environment, and sustainable

development.

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Activities for Result 3.3 Responsible parties3.3.1 Design and application of instruments to evaluate

environmental perceptions of the local communities and key actors in relation to the biodiversity in SCA.

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units.

2. Capacity 21 supported activities (with co-financing from GoC):

Immediate objective 4: Strengthen the awareness and capacity for the environmentally appropriate integrated coastal management among the institutions, sectors and main communities along the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem to reach sustainable development.

Result 4.1 Network for environmental monitoring (implemented by the Government of Cuba, the GEF and other donors) strengthened as a complement to the biological diversity monitoring by means of a training process and the technical support of the main involved institutions.

Success criteria: Greater capacity for the detection of environmental problems in early stages Greater application of recommended measures for the mitigation or solution of environmental

problems Availability of additional technical resources in support to the environmental inspection activities Greater sensitization in relation to the prevention of environmental risks among the involved sectors

Activity 4.1.1 Design and execute three training workshops directed to the monitoring of environmental quality of the water, soils and air. Workshops will be carried out in the Coastal Ecosystem Research Center of Coco Key and the University of Ciego de Ávila. Approximately 20 people will participate in each workshop, and they will be directed to the following topics and participant institutions. - Quality of marine and terrestrial water: the training will approach analytical techniques for

monitoring the water quality; for wastes treatment and management of databases including new software and statistical packages. Participants will include technical personnel of CITMA and its Environmental Monitoring Stations, as well as the designated personnel of the ministries of agriculture, sugar, hydraulic resources, fisheries and construction in the five provinces comprised in the project area.

- Quality of soils: the training will deal with the monitoring of degradation, salinity and coastal erosion of the soil. Participants will include technical personnel of CITMA and its Environmental Monitoring Stations, as well as the designated personnel of the ministries of agriculture, sugar, and construction in the five provinces comprised in the project area.

- Quality of the air: the training will deal with the monitoring of emissions of gases and aerosols and the quality of rainwater. Participants will include technical personnel of CITMA and its Environmental Monitoring Stations, as well as meteorologists and chemists responsible for the quality of the air in the five provinces comprised in the project area.

Activity 4.1.2: Design and execute six workshops directed to the monitoring of impacts related to the economic activities and investments (for example the construction of infrastructures and waste treatment). A workshop will be carried out in each one of the five provinces of the project area and a regional summary workshop to share case studies, methodologies, common challenges and other relevant issues.

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Participants will be from sectors and companies related to physical planning, economic development, conservation and tourism. Twenty persons will participate in the workshops, and 40 in the regional one.

Activity 4.1.3: Design and execute a shop directed to the monitoring of the dynamics of the physical-geographical processes of the coastline. Approximately 20 representatives of institutions, sectors and interdisciplinary groups in the area of the project will participate (geomorphologists, terrestrial and marine ecologists).

Activity 4.1.4: Evaluate the application of the knowledge acquired in the environmental monitoring, and identify additional training requirements and carry out updating workshops, embracing elements according to the detected needs. This evaluation will be done in two stages (mid-term and end of the project).

Result 4.2 Training of the technical personnel, strengthened by means of the training of around a hundred persons as a support to environmental management

Success criteria: Greater consideration of environmental variables in the activities of development planning and use and

zonation of the territory Greater adhesion to the environmental codes in the treatment and disposition of solid and liquid

wastes, and air emissions generated by human settlements and the agroindustrial activity Improved capacity for the detection of environmental problems in early stages Greater awareness concerning the prevention of environmental risks among provincial planners, local

government and agroindustrial companies.

Activity 4.2.1: Design and execute five provincial workshops in aspects respectively related to the environmental zonation and planning, waste treatment, environmental inspection, management of environmental information systems, and environmental mitigation. The Provincial Directions of Physical Planning, CITMA, Environmental Monitoring Stations and key agroindustrial companies in the project area will participate.

Activity 4.2.2: Monitoring the consideration of environmental approaches in the development and physical planning and in the wastes treatment and disposition. Additional training requirements and technical support will be identified and updating workshops will be carried out, embracing elements according to detected need.

Result 4.3 Strengthened institutional and inter-sector awareness in relation to the matters of environmental conservation and sustainable development for the integrated coastal management.

Success criteria: Greater incorporation of the environmental dimension in the partial plans of territorial classification

(covering municipal and local levels) and development plans of the strategic sectors (e.g. sugar industry, agriculture, fisheries, construction, tourism)

Implementation of measures by the local government and the sectors mentioned before that stimulate the integrated coastal management as initiatives of inter-institutional and inter-sector coordination and preventive or corrective actions for the environmental protection.

Decrease of the incidence of negative environmental impacts in the project region (example: reduction and/or mitigation of the focuses of pollution documented by the Environmental Units)

Greater incorporation of the environmental dimension in the sectoral development plans and in the partial plans of territorial ordering

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Activity 4.3.1: Elaboration of an integrated training program that approaches sustainable and environmental development topics that comprise principles, guidelines, methodology, case studies and challenges, appropriate to the Cuban reality and in particular to the dynamics of the project area. This program will include an interdisciplinary process of research, documentation and determination of pedagogical methods, directed to decision-makers at provincial level and technical personnel with management responsibilities.

Activity 4.3.2: Realization of a workshop in each province comprising general concepts and applications of sustainable development and environment, directed to provincial decision-makers (Presidents and Vice-presidents of the Provincial People's Power and linked sectoral delegates). Activity 4.3.3: Realization of a workshop in each province on applied guidelines, approaches and case studies for sustainable development and environmental management directed to second level and municipal decision-makers (for example, directors of physical planning, environmental units, sugar complexes, agricultural, fisheries, forestry, construction and tourist companies).

Activity 4.3.4: Provide logistical/technical support (national consultants, impression of materials, realization of workshops) to the inter-institutional initiatives of environmental coordination in operation, through the provincial delegations and environmental units (example: council of watersheds, flora and fauna and other “ad hoc”committees).

Activity 4.3.5: Monitoring of the sustainability aspects in the development management and in the integrated coastal management, and identification of additional training requirements and realization of updating workshops, covering elements according to detected need.

Result 4.4. Environmental education and awareness processes executed at community level, linking the local governments, mass organizations and the civil society.

Success criteria: Sensibilization of community members and institutions concerning environmental legislation,

institutional roles and local responsibilities for the prevention and control locally-generated environmental pollution and degradation.

Increase of the support to the Environmental Units of CITMA on the part of the community of actors in the detection and control of local sources of pollution

Greater initiative of the communities in the prevention of environmental pollution derived from the local economic activity

Horizontal transfer of environmental initiatives locally operated between the community actors along the project area.

Activity 4.4.1: Discuss and assign responsibilities to the Environmental Units of CITMA for the coordination of training and promotion activities (workshops, seminars, press, radio, TV, posters, etc.), as well as guard the equipment contributed by the project dedicated to support the realization of workshops, meetings and other foreseen activities in the communities. Activity 4.4.2: Design, reproduce and classify didactic materials in the form of flexible modules of education/training and promotion directed to the diverse community actors and sectors (6 thematic pamphlets relevant to sustainable development, 8 posters with educational purposes). In these modules different formal and not formal pedagogical means will be applied as a way of stimulating the local participation and local appropriation of knowledge.

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Activity 4.4.3: Program and execute a series of at least 10 workshops, 10 seminars, 5 encounters, 10 exchanges, 5 competitions and other activities in the communities involving high-priority topics such as surveillance to prevent illegal hunting, fishing and lumbering; actions for the protection of habitats of species of concern; actions to prevent local environmental pollution; etc..

Activity 4.4.4: Provide direct non financial support (logistical and in kind, such as photocopies, posters impression, transportation, prizes for competitions, feeding, per diem and facilities for the meetings) for initiatives at small scale of environmental awareness operated by diverse actors of the local community, local governments, schools, social and sport associations, agricultural and fishing cooperatives, Cuban women's federation and neighbors' committees, among others. Result 4. 5. Documentation, systematizing and transfer of the experiences and lessons acquired during the implementation the project CUB/92/G31 to selected institutions and sectoral representatives of other coastal areas of high biodiversity where infrastructure investments are contemplated. Success criteria: Documentation on the deep evaluations of the process of the project carried out by the actors. Exchange of the experiences and matters relevant to the project, among the executive group of the

project and the participants of the workshops, and the visiting delegations from other coastal areas that face quick development of tourism and infrastructure.

Activity 4.5.1 Organize and carry out a workshop in each of the 5 provinces with the different participants of the project with the purpose of evaluating the reached results, and another summary workshop in one of the provinces to enrich the final evaluation of the project. These workshops should be programmed to coincide with and to enrich the final evaluation of the project. The results of the workshop, both quantitative and qualitative, will be included in a report to provide local information directed to the formal process of evaluation. Approximately 20 persons of the five provinces of the project area will participate in the workshops and around 50 persons will participate in the synthesis inter-provincial workshop.

Activity 4.5.2 Program and establish contacts with the governments' provincial representatives and sectors of the areas of concern that face the same challenges to determine the needs of information modalities for the diffusion and transfer of experiences.

Activity 4.5.3 Program and carry out processes of consultations, visits and exchanges in order to share the most important aspects of the project (approaching methodologies, institutional framework, coordination issues, limitations and solutions) and stimulate the replication of the process in other localities.

E. INPUTS

58 The project will be building on a series of activities aimed at environmental management of the SCE. These are activities that will take place over the life of the proposed project, irrespective of any actions undertaken by the project. While these baseline measures (realistic baseline) are important in ensuring better environmental management, there is considerable scope to strengthen and therefore maximize their impact through additional actions. UNDP’s Capacity 21 program and the Cuban government will provide inputs for these additional measures aimed at capacity building for sustainable development. These additional measures must be in place for securing biodiversity conservation efforts and constitute the “sustainable development baseline” (i.e., that which ought to occur in the country’s own national sustainable development interest). The realistic baseline is estimated at US$ 96.97M and the sustainable

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development baseline at US$ 100.05M. Therefore, resources that need to be leveraged to bridge the gap between the realistic and sustainable development baselines are $3.08M ($2.356M of the leveraged baseline is being contributed by the government and the remaining from Capacity 21 and Canadian sources). The incremental costs of implementing specific biodiversity conservation measures have a GEF component of 3.9M, a Cuban component of 12.9M and a Canadian component of 0.027M. The full incremental costs analysis and matrix are shown in Annex VI.

59 The following matrix (Table 1) shows the project components and the breakdown of the costs between GEF contributions and non-GEF contributions (in millions of USD). Increment 1 shows non-GEF financing that has been leveraged to undertake sustainable development activities that serve as an important foundation for biodiversity conservation (Government of Cuba, UNDP/Capacity 21 and Environment Canada, among other Canadian institutions). Increment 2 represents the costs of activities beyond national sustainable development interest that primarily generate global benefits. Some non-GEF co-financing has been secured for Increment 2 as well (Government of Cuba, Canadian institutions).

Components Increment 1 Increment 2 GEF Total

Non-GEFTotal

TOTAL

GEF Non GEF1. Protected Areas Management

0,000 2,400 12,940Of which, GoC = 12,913 andCanadiansources = 0,027

2,400 12,940 15,340

2. Consolidated capacity for the long-term management of coastal zones

2,588Of which, GoC = 2,001, Capacity 21= 0,314Canadiansources = 0,273

1,083 0,000 1,083 2,588 3,671

3. Education and awareness

0,491Of which, GoC = 0,355 Capacity 21 = 0,136

0,293 0,000 0,293 0,491 0,784

SUBTOTAL 3,079Of which, GoC = 2,356,Capacity 21 = 0,450 Canadian sources = 0,273

3,776 12,940Of which,GoC = 12,913 Canadian sources = 0,027

3,776 16,019 19,795

Support costs 0,113 0,113 0,113TOTAL 3,079 3,889 12,940 3,889 16,019 19,908

1. Contribution of the Government

Previous investment in the SCA since the beginning of the pilot-phase project:

Cuban Pesos 79,401,780

Investment of the Government in the current project:US$

Scientific/technical personnel full time 8,431,000Support personnel 2,025,000Facilities 420,000TrainingEquipment

245,000640,000

Miscellanies 3,508,000Total investment in the project (5 years) 15,269,000

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2. Contributions of UNDP/GEF

US$Payment and expenses of consultants 550,000Mission costs 70,000Subcontracts 60,000Training 520,000Scientific equipment 2,273,000Miscellaneous* 416,000Total investment of the project (5 years) 3,889,000* Miscellaneous includes the administrative cost of US$ 116,000

3. Contributions of UNDP/Capacity 21

Capacity 21 support is designed to complement actions (related to training) for the protection of biodiversity of global and national significance that will be financed by the GEF and the Cuban Government, as well as sustainable development actions financed by the Cuban Government and other donors.

FINANCING OF THE RESULTS AND OF GENERAL EXPENSES

CubaUSD*

(in kind)

CAP 21USD

TotalUSD

1. Strengthen the environmental monitoring network as a complement of the biological diversity monitoring by means of training and technical support.

10,000 110,000 120,000

2. Strengthen the training of the technical personnel as a support to environmental management.

3,750 77,500 81,250

3. Strengthen the inter-sectoral coordination for the integrated coastal management.

150,000 81,000 231,000

4. Propitiate the environmental education and awareness processes at community level, related to instances of local governments, mass organizations and instances of the civil society.

15,000 42,000 57,000

5. Document, systematize and transfer the experiences acquired through the project CUB/92/G31 to other coastal zones where infrastructure investments are considered putting in danger areas with high biological diversity values.

0 41,200 41,200

SUBTOTAL OF THE RESULTS 178,750 351,700 530,450Evaluation mission 0 10,000 10,000Equipment 0 66,500 66,500Other expenses (materials, services, operations and maintenance) 0 29,500 29,500SUBTOTAL 178,750 457,700 636,450Project support costs 0 13,600 13,600TOTAL 178,750 471,300 650,050* In direct actions such as salaries, fuel, facilities, infrastructure, etc. (indirect actions are not included).

Inputs for each result have been calculated as follows:

Result 1:

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10 workshops x 5 000 = 50 000 (bl 30) International cons. - 10 000 x 1.5 = 15 000 (bl 11) National cons. - 5 000 x 1 = 5 000 (bl 17) Update/refresher training: 2 workshops x 5 000 = 10 000 (bl 32) Int. Cons.- 10 000 x 0.5 = 5 000 (bl 11) Nat. Cons. - 5 000 x 1 = 5 000 (bl 17) Fellowships - 3 x 10 000 = 30 000 (bl 31) Subtotal: 120 000

Result 2: 5 workshops x 5 000 = 25 000 (bl 32) Int. Cons. - 10 000 x 0.75 = 7 500 (bl 11) Nat. Cons. - 5 000 x 0.5 = 2 500 (bl 17) Update/refresher training: 2 workshops x 5 000 = 10 000 (bl 32) Int. Cons. - 10 000 x 0.5 = 5 000 (bl 11) Nat. Cons. - 5 000 x 0.25 = 1 250 (bl 17) Fellowships - 3 x 10 000 = 30 000 (bl 31) Subtotal: 81 250

Result 3: 5 cons. X 5 000 x 6 months = 150 000 (bl 17/20) Trips / per diem - 1 800 x 5 = 9 000 (bl 15) Impression of materials = 7 000 (bl 53) 10 workshops x 5 000 = 50 000 (bl 32) Logistical support / facilitating of initiatives of committees - 10 000 (bl 53) Update/refresher training: 1 workshop x 5 000 = 5 000 (bl 32) Subtotal: 231 000

Result 4: Elaboration of materials 6 cons. X 5 000 x 0.5 months = 15 000 (bl 17/20) Impression of materials - 7 000 (bl 53) Trips and per diem - 5 000 (bl 53) Community workshops - 20 x 5 x 200 = 20 000 (bl 32) In kind contribution to local initiatives - 10 x 5 x 200 = 10 000 (bl 53) Subtotal: 57 000

Result 5: Provincial workshops for the project evaluation plus an interprovincial synthesis workshop. 6 workshops x 5 000 = 30 000 (bl 53) Elaboration of memoirs / evaluation documents 6 x 200 = 1 200 Visits and exchanges 4-person deleg. (provincial government, environmental sector, tourist sector and another productive sector) of the 5 provinces during one week Per diem - 5 000 (bl 53) Trips - 200 x 25 = 5 000 (bl 53) Subtotal: 41 200

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Total for the 5 results: 530,450

Plus other expenses: C21Mission for the mid term and final evaluation: 10,000 (2 weeks each time) Office Material: 200 X 60: 12,000 Photocopies (Xeroxing of materials): 50 X 60: 3,000 Bibliography (Publications): 2,500 Operations and Maintenance: 200 X 60: 12,000 SUBTOTAL: 39,500 Provincial Equipment for Training, Promotion, Events and Community Activities: Slides Projector X 5: 4,000 Overhead Projector X 5: 4,000 Screen for Slide/Overhead X 5: 1,000 Blackboard X 5: 500 Video and TV sets X 5: 4,000 Computer/Printer/Voltage Stabilizer X 5: 10,000 Photocopier X 5: 10,000 Video Camera X 5: 4,000 Photographic cameras X 5: 4,000 Computer Projector System (Data Show) X 5: 25,000 Subtotal equipment: 66,500 Total project: 636,450 Total contribution Cuba: 178,750 Total contribution of capacity 21: 457,700 plus 13,600 for country office support costs = 471, 300

4. Contributions of Canadian Institutions

Canadian Department of Environment (Regina and LaSalle) support towards water quality monitoring: 173,000Canadian Nature Federation/Ducks Unlimited/WWF (Canada) will provide some basic equipment and computers: 16,600Environment Canada will provide some software: 83,600Parks Canada and Canadian Wildlife Service will support some research projects and studies in protected areas: 26,800

F. RISKS

Institutional and financial sustainability

60 Institutional and financial sustainability of activities beyond the life of the project is guaranteed by the Government’s recognition of the vital importance of protecting biodiversity as part of the country’s natural capital on which its national sustainable development depends. The Government will guarantee the functioning of the Protected Area System and the Council for Integrated Coastal Management upon completion of the project, including the long-term monitoring programme. Despite the huge economic difficulties the country is facing, the Government continues to invest considerable resources in scientific

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research, institution building and environmental legislation and policymaking, among other elements.

61 Cuba is currently creating the National Fund for the Environment, supported by the recently approved Law on the Environment. This fund will permit continued financing of activities aimed at protecting biodiversity in fundamental ecosystems, including those of the SCE. The Fund will be capitalized from a variety of sources, including entrance and users fees in protected areas, as well as charges for ecosystem services. By current law, forty percent of income generated from entrance and users fees is expected to remain within protected area administrations and will be managed and redistributed according to the possibilities of each protected area to cover its needs with profits it has generated. Design and legal establishment of the fund is expected to become final later this year. The project will play an advisory role to the Fund and will provide important inputs towards capitalization of the Fund. Specifically, activities under Component B of the project proposed here will support the identification and design of economic instruments aimed at generating adequate revenue for the protected area system and progressively capitalizing the Environment Fund.

62 The existing institutional and legal system, together with the ever-increasing participatory character of decision making, will increasingly contribute to sustaining biodiversity conservation activities. Sustainability will be enhanced over time with an increasingly comprehensive legal framework; the Resolution on Environmental Impact Assessment, the Decree-Law on Fishing Regulations, and the Law on the Environment, as well as the Decree-Law on Coastal Zone Management, currently being approved, and other new laws, will contribute to the sustainability of project objectives.

63 The risk of failing to achieve the targeted basic or incremental investment is minimal, and it is unlikely that the Government should give conscious priority to a non-sustainable development plan with short-term goals. It is highly improbable that there be a shortage of suitable staff for the actions proposed given the wide availability of highly trained people from different educational levels. Participation of the provinces and sectors involved has been secured since the implementation of the GEF pilot project and because of their participation in project design.

64 This project intends to impart the experience acquired in the protection of biodiversity in the SCE to other areas of the country and, where possible, to other countries of the region, thus favoring a more systematic implementation of integrated management in the zone.

G. PREVIOUS OBLIGATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

1. Previous obligations

65 None

2. Pre-requisites

66 The Government will contribute the personnel and budgets as indicated in Section.

67 The Government will establish a Steering Committee to guide the project.

68 The Government will designate the counterpart groups of the appropriate agencies.

69 The Government will take into account the results of on going research, pilot phase experiences, and management actions and plans of this project, in decision-making regarding future sustainable development of the project region, as well as other areas of the country with similar conditions. It will also

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establish mechanisms that guarantee the application of guidelines and standards to assure the fulfillment of the general objectives (as outlined in this UNDP-GEF Project Document) for conservation of the Sabana-Camagüey region.

70 The Project Document will be signed by UNDP and assistance to the project will only be provided if the above pre-requisites are or can be met. If one or more pre-requisites are not fulfilled, UNDP can, at its discretion, consider suspending or terminating assistance.

H. PROJECT REVIEWS, REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS

71 Current UNDP project monitoring and reporting strategies (Tripartite Project Review [TPR], Program Performance Evaluation Reports [PPER], Mid Term- and Final Review) will be applied and complemented by GEF M&E procedures such as the annual Project Implementation Review (PIR) and independent project and portfolio evaluations. The organization, terms of reference, and precise schedule will be determined in consultation with signatories to the project document.

72 The Project Director will be responsible for preparing and submitting various reports and reviews regarding the project’s performance and accomplishments. The final report of the project will be prepared and presented for consideration in the final review meeting. A draft of the final project report will be presented to the Government and UNDP at least four months before the final review meeting.

73 In order not to overburden the project team, reporting requirements of Capacity 21, GEF and UNDP will be streamlined and combined under one format to the greatest extent possible. The project team will be expected to report on progress of GEF and Capacity 21 supported activities under a similar agreed format.

74 The project’s Monitoring and Evaluation arrangements encompass the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data and information on issues related to implementation progress and impact assessment. Monitoring the progress of project implementation will be carried out internally and permanently by CITMA, and evaluation of implementation and impact of the project will take place in the middle, at the end and after completion of the project, as commissioned by the Steering Committee.

75 Based on its monitoring and evaluation activities, the project will be able to capture and share “lessons learned”. This will assist project management to systematically assess the timely and qualitative fulfillment of workplan objectives and, if necessary, to take corrective measures. M&E findings will be fed back directly into decision making and enhancement of project quality, as well as to ongoing and forthcoming GEF initiatives; lessons learned will be compiled, published and disseminated to raise public awareness of the project’s activities and substantiate its credibility both nationally and internationally.

76 Baseline data and permanently updated data are crucial in order to measure progress of project implementation and to assess impact. The project will identify objectively verifiable implementation and impact indicators, including the means and sources of verification. Emphasis will be placed on collecting and systematizing data already available from various sources in order to avoid the costly collection of primary data.

I. LEGAL CONTEXT 77 This project document will be the instrument referred as such in the Article 1 of the Agreement of

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Basic Standard Assistance between the Government of Cuba and the United Nations Development Program, signed by the parties on May 17, 1975. The executing agency of the receiving country, with the purpose of the Agreement of Standard Basic Assistance, will refer to the cooperative agencies described in that agreement.

78 Only the following types of revisions can be made to this project document with the signature of the resident representative of the UNDP, whenever he or she makes sure that the other signatories of the document of the project do not have objections to the proposed changes:

1) Revisions in, or additions to, any of the annexes of the project;

2) Revisions that do not imply significant changes in the immediate objectives, results, or activities of the project; but rather are caused by the readjustments of the results already agreed because of increase in prices due to inflation; and

3) Mandatory annual revisions that reprogram the delivery of the agreed results of the project due to increase in prices of the experts and other items due to inflation or taking into account the flexibility of expenses of the agency.

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J. BUDGETS

1. Budget for Government contribution to the Project

Country: Cuba Number of the project: CUB/98/G32Title of the project: Priority actions to consolidate biodiversity protection in the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem

Code Description Total 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

h/m $ h/m $ h/m $ h/m $ h/m $ h/m $10.00 PROJECT

PERSONNEL10.01 Scientific/technical 24,088 8,431,000 4,818 1,686,200 4,818 1,686,200 4,818 1,686,200 4,818 1,215,000 3,471 1,215,00010.02 Support Personnel 8,766 2,025,000 1,753 405,000 1,753 405,000 1,753 405,000 1,753 405,000 1,753 405,00011.99 Total Component 10,456,000 1,620,000 2,091,200 2,091,200 2,091,200 2,091,200

30.00 TRAINING31.00 Training 245,000 45,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,00039.00 Total Component 245,000 45,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000

40.00 EQUIPMENT41.00 Fungible Equipment 200,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 20,000 042.00 Non fungible

Equipment440,000 150,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 50,000

49.00 Total Component 640,000 220,000 160,000 130,000 80,000 50,000

50.00 MISCELLÁNEOUS51.00 Operations and

maintenance 3,508,000 701,600 701,600 701,600 701,600 701,600

52.00 Facilities 420,000 220,000 100,000 100,00059.00 Total Component 3,928,000 921,600 801,600 801,600 701,600 701,600

99.00 GRAND TOTAL 15,269,000 3,277,800 3,102,800 3,072,000 2,922,800 2,892,800

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2. Budget for UNDP-GEF contribution to the Project

(In US Dollars)

Country: CubaNumber of the project: CUB/98/G32Title of the project: Priority actions to consolidate biodiversity protection in the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem

Code Description Total 1999

2000 2001 2002 2003

m/h $ m/h $ m/h $ m/h $ m/h $ m/h $10.00 PROJECT PERSONNEL11.50 Consultants 45.8 550,000 50,000 100,000 150,000 150,000 100,00011.99 Total of the component 45.8 550,000 50,000 100,000 150,000 150,000 100,000

16.00 MISSIÓN COSTS 16.01 Mission Costs 70 70,000 7,000 12,000 16,000 18,000 17,00019.00 Total of the component 70 70,000 7,000 12,000 16,000 18,000 17,000

20.00 SUBCONTRACTS22.01 National Subcontracts 60,000 5,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 5,00029.00 Total Component 60,000 5,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 5,000

30.00 TRAINING31.00 Scholarships 180,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,00032.00 Study tours 120,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,00033.00 In-Service training 100,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,00034.00 Meetings and events 120,000 8,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,00039.00 Total of the component 520,000 64,000 114,000 114,000 114,000 114,000

40.00 EQUIPMENT and O&M45.00 Fungible Equipment 258,000 38,700 64,500 64,500 64,500 25,80045.72 Operation and maintenance 328,500 28,500 50,000 50,000 100,000 100,00046.00 Non Fungible Equipment 1,686,500 252,975 843,250 252,975 252,975 84,32549.00 Total of the component 2,273,000 320,175 957,750 367,475 417,475 210,125

50.00 MISCELLANEOUS52.00 Reporting Costs 40,000 10,000 10,000 20,00053.01 Rentals 200,000 15,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 35,00053.02 Others 63,000 8,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 10,00054.00 Country Office support costs 113,000 16,365 36,844 21,146 23,399 15,24659.00 Total of the component 416,000 136,000 65,000 75,000 75,000 65,000

99.00 Grand Total 3,889,000 582,175 1’268,750 742,475 784,475 511,125

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3. Budget for Capacity 21’s contribution to the Project

(In US Dollars)Country: CubaNumber of the project: CUB/99/G81/A/5G/99Title of the project: Priority actions to consolidate biodiversity protection in the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem

Code Description Total 1999

2000 2001 2002 2003

m/h $ m/h $ m/h $ m/h $ m/h $ m/h $10.00 PROJECT PERSONNEL11.50 Consultants 3.25 32,500 2.0 20,000 1.25 12,50011.99 Total of the component 3.25 32,500 2.0 20,000 1.25 12,500

16.00 MISSION COSTS 16.01 Mission Costs 1.0 10,000 1.0 10,00019.00 Total of the component 1.0 10,000 1.0 10,000

20.00 SUBCONTRACTS20.01 National subcontracts 29.00 Total component

30.00 TRAINING31.00 Scholarships 60,000 30,000 30,00032.00 Study tours33.00 In-Service Training 220,000 25,000 65,000 50,000 50,000 30,00034.00 Meetings and events 24,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 3,000 3,00039.00 Total of the component 304,000 61,000 101,000 56,000 53,000 33,000

40.00 EQUIPMENT41.00 Fungible Equipment 42.00 Not Fungible Equipment 66,500 33,250 33,25049.00 Total of the component 66,500 33,250 33,250

50.00 MISCELLÁNY51.00 Operation and maintenance 12,000 3,000 3,000 2,000 2,000 2,00052.00 Report Costs 15,200 3,000 3,000 4,000 4,000 1,20053.01 Rentals53.02 Others 17,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,50054.00 Country Office support costs 13,600 13,60059.00 Total of the component 58,300 23,100 9,500 9,500 9,500 6,700

99.00 Great total 471,300 137,350 156,250 65,500 62,500 49,700Note: The Government of Cuba will complement Capacity 21 resources to the tune of USD 178,750 through national consultancies. The total amount of national and Capacity 21 contributions amount to 650,050 USD.

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Note: Justification of UNDP-GEF budgetMission Costs include the missions for Project evaluation and international meetings. National Subcontracts cover national audits, access to INTERNET, insurance of vehicles, security services against burglary and subscription to computer security systems.

A description of the training budget line is shown in Annex III, while the required equipment is reflected in Annex IV.

Operation and Maintenance includes repair and maintenance of boats, terrestrial vehicles, and electronic and non-electronic equipment. Reporting Costs cover the design and editing of project documents. Rentals refer to boats, facilities for project activities and transportation. Others refer to communications, bank commissions that are not included in expense, and postal shipping.

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K. ANNEXES

Annex I: Work plan

Annex II: Project Planning Matrix

Annex III: Training program

Annex IV: Equipment requirements

Annex V: Terms of reference and Description of responsibilities

Annex VI: Incremental Cost Analysis

Annex VII: Map of the project area

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Annex I: Work plan

PRELIMINARY WORK PLAN (1999-2004)

Objective 1: Establish eight protected areas for conservation, demonstration and potential replication

Results and activities Responsible parties QUARTERLY PROGRAM (in the original the format is per month)I II III I

VI II III I

VI II III I

VI II III I

VI II III IV

Result

1.1 Eight protected areas implemented and legally established in operation, with their management plans.

Activities

1.1.1 Elaboration of the proposals and presentation to the Government

National Protected Area Center and Provincial Delegations of CITMA

1.1.2 Elaboration of the management plans.

National Protected Area Center, National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna, and Provincial Delegations of CITMA

1.1.3 Construction or assignment of the infrastructure and scientific and logistical equipment.

Provincial Delegations of CITMA, National Protected Area Center, Environmental Units and Organizations of the People's Power.

1.1.4 Establishment of the payroll of Provincial Delegations

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protected area workers of CITMA, National Protected Area Center and National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna.

1.1.5 Training of the protected area personnel

Direction of the Project and National Protected Area Center

1.1.6 Protected area operation Provincial Delegations of CITMA, National Protected Area Center and National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna

Result

1.2 Promoted information on the SCA biodiversity and its importance and need of protection.

Activities

1.2.1 Elaboration of posters, brochures and leaflets

Provincial Delegations of CITMA, National Protected Area Center, National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna, and Direction of the Project

1.2.2 Participation in local programs of radio and TV, as well as utilization of press and other media

Provincial Delegations of CITMA, National Protected Area Center, National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna

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1.2.3 Interpretive talks Provincial Delegations of CITMA, National Protected Area Center and National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna

Result

1.3 Dissemination and exchange of experiences on protected area management.

Activities

1.3.1 Workshops to exchange experiences and for methodological discussions

Provincial Delegations of CITMA, National Protected Area Center, National Enterprise for the Protection of Flora and Fauna

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Objective 2: Consolidate the institutional coordination capacities for an integrated, sustained, long-term coastal zone management in aspects related to biodiversity conservation

Results and activities Responsible parties QUARTERLY PROGRAM (in the original the format is per month)I II III I

VI II III I

VI II III I

VI II III I

VI II III IV

Result

2.1 Integrated Coastal Management Authority (AMIC) of the SCE formally established and in operation

Activities

2.1.1 Multisectoral participative discussion of the proposal of structure, functions, attributions, and subordination of the Integrated Coastal Management Authority

Environmental Agency, Provincial Delegations of CITMA, Environmental Units, Direction of Environmental Policy of CITMA and Direction of the Project

2.1.2 Presentation fo the proposal for the AMIC to the Government for its approval

Direction of Environmental Policy of CITMA and Direction of the Project

2.1.3 Acquisition of the minimum equipment necessary for the Integrated Coastal Management

Direction of the Project

2.1.4 Relevant training of the personnel related to the integrated coastal management in aspects related to biodiversity

Direction of the Project

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2.1.5 Implementation of the AMIC Direction of Environmental Policy of CITMA and Direction of the Project

Result

2.2 Inventories and quick ecological assessments in areas that contain biodiversity of global significance, prioritized because of the protection needs or the existing threats.

Activities

2.2.1 Relevant training in specialized inventories and quick ecological assessments

Direction of the Project and Consultant

2.2.2 Minimum equipment necessary for inventories and quick ecological assessments

Direction of the Project and Consultant

2.2.3 Assessment of the health status of coral reefs

Institute of Oceanology, Coastal Ecosystem Research Center and Monitoring Stations

2.2.4 Assessment of the health status of mangrove swamps

Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Coastal Ecosystem Research Center, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Center, and Monitoring Stations

2.2.5 Assessment of the health status of seagrass beds

Institute of Oceanology, Coastal

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Ecosystem Research Center, Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies, Monitoring Stations

2.2.6 Inventory of marine and terrestrial species in protected areas

Institute of Oceanology, Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Coastal Ecosystem Research Center, Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Center, National Aquarium and Monitoring Stations

2.2.7 Inventory and detailed mapping of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in protected areas

Institute of Oceanology, Institute of Ecology and Systematics, National Protected Area Center, Coastal Ecosystem Research Center, Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Center, Monitoring Stations and Geocuba

2.2.8 Consolidation and enrichment of biological collections that serve as frameworks for the validation of inventories

Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Institute of Oceanology and Coastal Ecosystem Research Center

Result

2.3 Detailed zonation and planning in prioritized areas incorporating the

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criteria for the conservation and protection of biodiversity of global significance

Activities

2.3.1 Detailed zonation of protected areas

National Protected Area Center, Research Centers and Provincial Delegations of CITMA

2.3.2 Detailed planning of the keys Coco, Guillermo, Santa María and Sabinal for the protection of high biodiversity values

Institute of Physical Planning, Research Centers, National Protected Area Center and Provincial Delegations of CITMA

2.3.3 Environmental planning at strategic scale for the keys Esquivel, Francés, Ensenachos, Paredón, Cruz, Las Brujas and Fragoso, for the protection of high biodiversity values

Research Centers, National Protected Area Center, Institute of Physical Planning and Provincial Delegations of CITMA

2.3.4 Supply of the minimum equipment necessary for the ecological zonation and planning

Direction of the Project

2.3.5 Training of planning personnel in the inclusion of the biodiversity dimension in master plans and projects

Direction of the Project

Result

2.4 Network of small biodiversity monitoring stations

Activities

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2.4.1 Training of the monitoring personnel

Direction of the Project

2.4.2 Supply of minimum scientific and logistical equipment for monitoring

Direction of the Project

2.4.3 Construction of the infrastructure for the monitoring stations

Provincial Delegations of CITMA, Environmental Units and Organizations of the People's Power

2.4.4 Annual methodological workshops on monitoring

Direction of the Project

2.4.5 Monitoring of biodiversity in the SCE

Monitoring Stations and scientific institutions

Result

2.5 Aplication of the principles of resource economy for biodiversity conservation and management

Activities 2.5.1 Training of the personnel in

environmental economy Direction of the Project

2.5.2 Four specific case studies to learn through practice, with the objective of improving the technical capacity and keeping informed the policy oriented to optimize incomes for the individual protected areas and the system as a whole

Faculty of Economy of the University of Havana, Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría”, Council of Experts and Provincial Delegations of CITMA,

2.5.3 Workshops on the results of te 4 Faculty of Economy of

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case studies

the University of Havana, Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría” and Council of Experts

2.5.4 Development of specific software for environmental economy for the conditions of the SCE

Faculty of Economy of the University of Havana, and Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría”

2.5.5 Minimum equipment to use the software, and for modeling and mathematic operations

Faculty of Economy of the University of Havana, and Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría”

2.5.6 Researches on the economic valuation of biodiversity resources, environmental costs and benefits

Faculty of Economy of the University of Havana, Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría”, and Council of Experts

2.5.6 Economic management of impacts caused by pollution

Faculty of Economy of the University of Havana, Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría”, and Council of Experts

2.5.7 Studies on the design of economic instruments for biodiversity, protected areas and focused policy

Faculty of Economy of the University of Havana, Higher Politechnical Institute “José Antonio Echevarría”, and Council of Experts

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Objective 3: Educate and increase the awareness of the community and actors involved in the use of the territory, for biodiversity conservation

Results and activities Responsible parties QUARTERLY PROGRAM (in the original the format is per month)I II III I

VI II III I

VI II III I

VI II III I

VI II III IV

Result

3.1 Provincial strategies and programs for environmental education

Activities

3.1.1 Workshops to elaborate environmental education strategies and programs directed to the sustainable use of biodiversity

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, National Aquarium and Direction of the Project

Result

3.2 Communities and actors with a higher degree of knowledge, sensitivity and participation in SCE biodiversity issues

Activities of the result 3.2

3.2.1 Workshops and seminars to sensitize decisionmakers and the different economic and community sectors that affect biodiversity

Direction of the Project, Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units

3.2.2 Production of didactic materials on biodiversity

Direction of the Project, Center for

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Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units

3.2.3 Promotion of the biodiversity values and the Project through mass media

Direction of the Project, Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, National Aquarium and Environmental Units

3.2.4 Collaboration with the different teaching levels on biodiversity issues

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units

3.2.5 Workshops, conferences, talks, seminars and events that promote the protection of biodiversity of global significance

Direction of the Project, Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, National Aquarium and Environmental Units

3.2.6 Activities of popular participation Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units

3.2.7 Edition and reproduction of promotional materials on

Direction of the Project, Center for

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biodiversity Environmental Information, Management and Education, National Aquarium and Environmental Units

3.2.8 Elaboration of itinerant expositions and increase in the use of local museums on biodiversity

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units

3.2.9 Development of national and international events to exchange experiences on biodiversity conservation

Direction of the Project and Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education

3.2.10 Development of environmental campaigns directed to the promotion of biodiversity conservation

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units

3.2.11 Promotion of the incorporation of artistic manifestations to the educational and sensitizing activities on biological diversity

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, Union of Cuban Writers and Artists and Environmental Units

Result

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3.3 Systematic assessment of the perception of the population on biodivertisy, environment and sustainable development

Activities

3.3.1 Design and application of instruments for the evaluation of the environmental perception of community and actors in relation to the biological diversity of the SCA

Center for Environmental Information, Management and Education, and Environmental Units

Objective 4: Strengthen the awareness and capacity for the environmentally appropriate integrated coastal management among institutions, sectors and main communities along the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem to reach sustainable development.

Results and activities Responsible parties QUARTERLY PROGRAM (in the original the format is per month)I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV

Result

4.1 Network for environmental monitoring strengthened as a complement to the biological diversity monitoring

Activities

4.1.1 Design and execute three training workshops directed to the monitoring of environmental quality of the water, soils and air

Direction of the Project Research centersMonitoring stations

4.1.2 Design and execute six workshops directed to the monitoring of impacts related to the economic

Direction of the Project Research centersMonitoring stations

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activities and investments

4.1.3 Design and execute a workshop directed to the monitoring of the dynamics of the physical-geographical processes of the coastline.

Direction of the Project Research centers Monitoring stations

4.1.4 Evaluate the application of the knowledge acquired in the environmental monitoring, and identify additional training requirements and carry out updating workshops

Direction of the Project Research centers Monitoring stations

Result

4.2 Training of the technical personnel, strengthened by means of the training of around a hundred persons as a support to environmental management

Activities

4.2.1 Design and execute five provincial workshops in aspects respectively related to the environmental zonation and planning, waste treatment, environmental inspection, management of environmental information systems, and

Direction of the Project Research CentersMonitoring stationsStakeholders

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environmental mitigation.

4.2.2 Monitoring the consideration of environmental approaches in the development and physical planning and in the wastes treatment and disposition.

Direction of the Project Research CentersMonitoring stationsStakeholders

Result

4.3 Strengthened institutional and inter-sector awareness in relation to the matters of environmental conservation and sustainable development for the integrated coastal management

Activities

4.3.1 Elaboration of an integrated training program that approaches sustainable and environmental development topics that comprise principles, guidelines, methodology, case studies and challenges

Direction of the Project Research CentersStakeholders

4.3.2 Realization of a workshop in each province comprising general concepts and applications of sustainable development and

Direction of the Project Research CentersStakeholders

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environment, directed to provincial decision-makers

4.3.3 Realization of a workshop in each province on applied guidelines, approaches and case studies for sustainable development and environmental management directed to second level and municipal decision-makers

Direction of the Project Research CentersStakeholders

4.3.4 Provide logistical/technical support to the inter-institutional initiatives of environmental coordination in operation

Direction of the Project

4.3.5 Monitoring of the sustainability aspects in the development management and in the integrated coastal management, and identification of additional training requirements and realization of updating workshops

Direction of the Project Research CentersMonitoring stationsProvincial Delegations of CITMAStakeholders

Result

4.4 Environmental education and awareness processes executed at community level, linking the local governments, mass

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organizations and the civil society

Activities

4.4.1 Discuss and assign responsibilities to the Environmental Units of CITMA for the coordination of training and promotion activities, as well as guard the equipment contributed by the project

Direction of the Project CIGEAProvincial Delegations of CITMA

4.4.2 Design, reproduce and classify didactic materials in the form of flexible modules of education/training and promotion directed to the diverse community actors and sectors

Direction of the Project CIGEAResearch centers

4.4.3 Program and execute a series of at least 10 workshops, 10 seminars, 5 encounters, 10 exchanges, 5 competitions and other activities in the communities involving high-priority topics such as surveillance to prevent illegal hunting, fishing and lumbering; actions for the protection of habitats of species of concern; actions to prevent local environmental pollution; etc.

Direction of the ProjectProvincial Delegations of CITMA, Environmental Units and Organizations of the People's Power

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4.4.4 Provide direct non financial support for initiatives at small scale of environmental awareness

Direction of the Project Provincial Delegations of CITMA, Environmental Units and Organizations of the People's PowerStakeholders

Result

4.5 Documentation, systematizing and transfer of the experiences and lessons acquired during the implementation the project CUB/92/G31 to selected institutions and sectoral representatives of other coastal areas of high biodiversity where infrastructure investments are contemplated

Activities

4.5.1 Organize and carry out a workshop in each of the 5 provinces with the different participants of the project with the purpose of evaluating the reached results, and another summary workshop in one of the provinces to enrich the final evaluation of the

Direction of the ProjectProvincial Delegations of CITMA

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project

4.5.2 Program and establish contacts with the governments' provincial representatives and sectors of the areas of concern that face the same challenges to determine the needs of information modalities for the diffusion and transfer of experiences

Direction of the ProjectProvincial Delegations of CITMA

4.5.3 Program and carry out processes of consultations, visits and exchanges in order to share the most important aspects of the project and stimulate the replication of the process in other localities

Direction of the ProjectProvincial Delegations of CITMA

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Annex II: Project Planning Matrix

Project Strategy Objectively Verifiable Indicators

Means of Verification Assumptions/Risks

Development goal: Secure biodiversity protection in the SCE

Decline of populations of protected species is reversed

Results of managed-population monitoring

Results of assessments of the ecosystem status

Species are able to recover from past actions Protected areas provide an efficient means for

species protection and recovery

Project purpose

Immediate biodiversity management is established in the SCE through adaptive, integrated coastal management based on institutional strengthening and coordination, the progressive establishment and implementation of a protected area system and a network of monitoring stations with unified criteria, and an effective program on biodiversity education and awareness

Governmental approval of the institutional framework of integrated coastal management and the protected area system together with their management plans and regulations

Evidence of achievement of these plans and regulations

Evidence of the application of management plans and regulations for protected areas

Governmental financing of the infrastructure and functioning of the network of monitoring stations in the SCE

Evidence of the application of laws and regulations on planning and zoning, and the project proposals in favor of biological diversity

Legal probatory documents of the corresponding formal adoptions

Documents of the management plans and regulations for protected areas

Reports on incidences and management actions for protected areas

Inspection of the infrastructures of monitoring stations and their functioning

Review of the reports on the results of monitoring and quick ecological assessments for planning and zoning, as well as inventories and assessments for management purposes

There is a political will strongly rooted in the Cuban Government regarding biodiversity conservation, protection and sustainable use as reflected in the Law on the Environment and the National Environmental Strategy

There is an appropriate legal and institutional framework to implement the proposed priority actions

There is adequate balance between institutional-executive centralization and institutional-executive decentralization of the Government’s environmental activity

There is capable and available staff to undertake the project actions both at central and local levels

The project complements the country’s actions on sustainable development in the SCE

Output 1: Protected Areas Existence of a legal and institutional framework appropriate to implement the proposed protected areas

Existence of an up-to-date national system of protected area classification that is both compatible with that of the UICN and adapted to country conditions

Eight protected areas of the

Management plans and regulations for the eight protected areas

Specific and general regulations for protected areas

Documents of the finances of public and tourist use as a source for self-financing

Register books on the incidence of problems and management answers in protected areas

The Government is aware of the need to establish protected areas as instruments to protect biodiversity and the environment

Protected areas are an alternative tourist product besides that of sun and beach. In turn, these may be self-financed through ecotourism

Protected areas will be a source of employment for the nearest communities

The absence of permanent human settlements

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system are in full operation with their management plans and regulations

Protected areas are mostly self-financed

Inspection of Visitor Centers and Interpretative Trails in full operation, among other options

in the keys will facilitate management and efficacy of protected areas

There should be effective control and penalties for actions against biodiversity. There is legal back up to do it

Output 2:Integrated Environmental Management: Council for Integrated

Coastal Management Inventory of biodiversity

and quick ecological assessments for zoning

Zoning and planning Monitoring and

assessments for biodiversity management

Economic measures for biodiversity conservation

Existence of Integrated Coastal Management supported by a Council for Integrated Management in the SCE

Inventory of focal groups of terrestrial and marine flora and fauna in priority areas

Results of quick ecological assessments included within development plans and zoning

Development plans and zoning carried out on environmental bases

Network of monitoring stations implemented with trained staff and minimal equipment

Knowledge about the general health status of ecosystems and populations of global-concern species

Environmental economic aspects included in projects and development plans

Official probatory documents of governmental formalization of the Council for Integrated Coastal Management in the SCE and the Protected Area System in full operation

Review of the self-financing mechanisms set up in protected areas and their effectiveness

Reports on the results of monitoring and their consequences

Reports on the inventories and quick ecological assessments and their consequences

Reports on the assessments of the status of ecosystems and species populations and their implications in management

Reports and documents related to the advances and achievements made by using economic instruments for biodiversity protection

By completion of the project, the protected area system and that of economic instruments should allow for an important share of financing required for the activities concerning global-concern biodiversity management and protection

The Institute of Physical Planning includes biodiversity dimension within development master plans

Provincial and local governments are institutionally and legally entitled to have active participation in management and decision making in their territories

The Faculty of Economics of Havana University is capable to move towards full application of environmental economics in the country investment plans. The aforementioned Faculty will participate in the Project

Output 3: Environmental Education and Awareness

More participation of the population in biodiversity protection

Relevant trained staff related to biodiversity protection

Decision-making based on minimal knowledge of relevant disciplines

Different products for environmental education and awareness

Inspection of the existence and quality of different information products related to education and awareness concerning biodiversity

Inquiries to different population sectors and economic sectors

Review of guideline- documents at the different teaching levels

There is an ambitious National Program of Environmental Education and a Government’s decisive political will for its implementation

There is adequate institutional structure for the development of the actions regarding environmental education and awareness in an integrated and decentralized way

Output 4: Strengthen the Greater capacity for the Documents of every Participatory methods in workshops

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awareness and capacity for the environmentally appropriate integrated coastal management(Financed by Capacity 21)

detection of environmental problems in early stages

Greater application of recommended measures for the mitigation or solution of environmental problems

Availability of additional technical resources in support of environmental inspection activities

Greater sensitization in relation to the prevention of environmental risks among the involved sectors

Greater consideration of environmental variables in the activities of development planning and use and zoning of territory

Greater adherence to environmental codes in the treatment and disposition of solid and liquid wastes, and air emissions generated by human settlements and agroindustrial activity

Greater awareness concerning the prevention of environmental risks among provincial planners, local government and agroindustrial companies.

Greater incorporation of the environmental dimension in plans of territorial classification and

capacity building, education and environmental awareness action related with sustainable development issues

Workshop reports Interviews of

representatives of institutions, stakeholders and local community organizations, local governments, etc.

Physical verification of equipment and infrastructure

with active involvement and participation of key actors.

There is a political will from the Cuban Government regarding sustainable development and improving scientific and technical capacity relevant to integrated coastal management.

There is an appropriate legal and institutional framework to implement the Capacity 21 objectives in this project.

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development plans of strategic sectors

Implementation of measures by the local government and the sectors mentioned before that stimulate integrated coastal management as initiatives of inter-institutional and inter-sector coordination and preventive or corrective actions for environmental protection.

Decrease of the incidence of negative environmental impacts in the project region

Greater incorporation of the environmental dimension in the sectoral development plans and in the partial plans of territorial ordering

Sensitization of community members and institutions concerning environmental legislation, institutional roles and local responsibilities for the prevention and control of locally-generated environmental pollution and degradation.

Increase community support to Environmental Units of CITMA in the detection and control of local sources of pollution

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Greater community initiative in the prevention of environmental pollution from local economic activity

Horizontal transfer of environmental initiatives among communities in the project area.

Exchange of the experiences among executive group of the project and participants of workshops, and visiting delegations from other coastal areas that face rapid development of tourism and infrastructure.

List of activities of each component

Component 1 (Costs to be assigned to GEF and GoC based on incremental activities/costs) Implement management plans for the eight priority provinces Build the administration rooms in the parks and action bases Create administration and carry out basic protection, as well as creating or increasing the staff for marine and terrestrial patrolling as convenient Creation of the Visitor Center, interpretative trails and posts for bird observation Promote settlers’ visits to protected areas and provide demonstrative services in protected areas Increase professional staff Undertake actions to diminish or eliminate exotic species Initiate action plan to rescue local endemic species that are endangered or of global concern, and reforestation for conservation purposes as convenient Keep the flamingo nursery in Máximo River Fauna Refuge Initiate plan for ecosystem and degraded-site reconstruction. Practically eliminate logging, hunting and fishing and start substituting or completely substitute logging actions

through alternative reforestation with local population Set up signaling systems and buoys for diving and snorkeling as convenient Use systems of solar cells for energy, communications, equipment and work means for post for protection and park guards Acquire marine and terrestrial transportation for the activities regarding area protection and monitoring Equipment and materials for the Visitor Center and trails, as well as protected area administrations Periodically develop workshops Train the staff of protected areas

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Component 2 (Costs to be assigned to GEF and GoC based on incremental activities/costs) Establishment of the Council for Integrated Coastal Management Staff training and technical assistance concerning biodiversity management and integrated management Network for databases and Geographic Information System on biodiversity for the SCE management (bases financed by sources other than GEF) Minimal equipment for biodiversity management Training in methods of inventories and quick ecological assessments and their results Inventories of focal groups (indicators) and quick ecological assessments for planning and zoning of responsible development towards biodiversity Intensive inventories of flora and fauna in special-concern areas (bases co-financed by sources other than GEF) Marine and terrestrial biological reference collections (bases co-financed by sources other than GEF) Minimal equipment for inventory of biodiversity and quick ecological assessments for planning Formally include criteria on biodiversity within development plans for the area Training in environmentally sustainable planning and zoning Minimal equipment for zoning and planning Establishment of the network for four biological stations for environmental monitoring (infrastructure and staff) Implementation of the biodiversity monitoring program Training in monitoring and assessments of the status of ecosystems and populations for biodiversity management Methodological workshops where results are discussed Minimal equipment (scientific and logistic) and materials to support monitoring and assessments of the status of ecosystems and populations of global-concern species Basic training in environmental economics Specific studies on the design of economic instruments for biodiversity, protected areas and focal politics Specific research on economic assessment of natural resources, costs, and environmental benefits Design of software for specific actions in the SCE Economic management of impacts caused by pollution Specialized training in economic assessment of biodiversity given by Cuban and foreign specialists Implementation of case studies on application of environmental economics Workshops on environmental economics to discuss case studies Equipment and materials to support basic and specialized training, and design of software and case studies

Component 3 (Costs to be assigned to GEF and GoC based on incremental activities/costs) Design and implementation of the Provincial Strategies of Environmental Education Workshop to elaborate the Environmental Education Program aimed at the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the SCA Design, edition, reproduction and delivery of the program in the territories and economic sectors Carry out courses and workshops for experience exchange and training of stakeholders linked to the program implementation (at least two per year) Meetings, talks, lectures with officials, entrepreneurs and other decision-makers in the provinces and the capital on biodiversity in the SCE. Development of educational

projects, with emphasis on biological diversity, for each of these sectors Design, edition and reproduction of bulletins, serials, videos, photos, games, exercise books, posters related to the subject of biological diversity existing in the SCE Development of workshops, seminars, as well as meetings between communicators and specialists Press conferences of the project with national and international character Design, edition and reproduction of dissemination materials related to biodiversity in the SCE for the use of the mass media

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Raising awareness in decision makers of the different sectors of economy that impact the environment Electronic dissemination of project informative materials related to biodiversity (Internet, WEB pages, national networks, etc.) Promotion and realization through the Project of events with national and international character in the country in relation to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in

the SCE Make didactic materials supporting environmental education Increase the environmental education activities that are carried out in teaching centers linked to the project in relation to biodiversity. Train professors and provide support

through teaching materials Make visits and exchanges to natural and developing areas in the SCA possible for children and young people Allow dissemination regarding environmental and sustainable use subjects. Train communicators and introduce the environmental dimension in the mass media Increase the introduction of the environmental dimension in schools, colleges, other teaching centers as well as cultural and didactic-recreational institutions Make itinerant exhibitions and increase the use of local museums so as to reveal the values of biodiversity of the SCE Promote greater participation of provincial and national creators so as to integrate the arts to the problems biological diversity is facing in the Project area Promote activities and citizen participation Develop environmental campaigns aimed at biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in the SCE Workshops with local communities and NGOs related to biodiversity protection in the SCA Elaborate and implement small community projects linked to biodiversity protection in the SCA Systematic assessment of the people’s state of environmental awareness Design and application of evaluative instruments for environmental perception regarding the subject of biodiversity in the Project area. Periodic and final assessment

Component 4 (to be financed by Capacity 21) Strengthen the environmental monitoring network as a complement of the biological diversity monitoring by means of

training and technical support. Strengthen the training of the technical personnel as a support to environmental management. Strengthen the inter-sectoral coordination for the integrated coastal management. Propitiate the environmental education and awareness processes at community level, related to instances of local

governments, mass organizations and instances of the civil society. Document, systematize and transfer the experiences acquired through the project CUB/92/G31 to other coastal zones where

infrastructure investments are considered putting in danger areas with high biological diversity values.

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Annex III: Training program

In order to guarantee effective implementation of activities such as management, research, monitoring, education and sustainable use of biodiversity, among others, training activities are essential, including scholarships, study tours, consultancies, seminars and workshops.

The following describes aspects that will be included in the GEF-supported training of participants and collaborating personnel of the project.

Objective 1: Establish eight protected areas for conservation, demonstration and potential replication

Results Training themes1.1 Eight protected areas implemented and

legalized, in operation with their management plans

Integrated management of marine/terrestrial protected areas Specialization for park rangers Rehabilitation techniques for populations of species Approaches and techniques for biodiversity protection

1.2 Disseminate information on the biodiversity of the SCA and on its importance and need for protection

Preparing interpretive materials and education activities in protected areas

1.3 Dissemination and exchange of experiences on protected area management

Techniques for the organization, direction and facilitation of workshops

Objective 2: Consolidate the institutional co-ordination capacities for long-term, sustained integrated coastal management in issues related to biodiversity conservation

Results Training themes2.1 Integrated Coastal Management

Authority (AMIC) of the SCE, formalized and in operation

Techniques for integrated coastal zone management (adaptable co-management arrangements)

Design and administration of information management networks Advanced operation of Geographic Information Systems Projects Administration and Management Techniques for participatory planning and consultation

2.2 Inventories and rapid ecological assessments in areas containing biodiversity of global significance, prioritized for the needs of protection or the existing threats

Inventories of marine biodiversity (species and ecosystems) Inventories of terrestrial biodiversity (species and ecosystems) Assessment of the vitality of coral reefs, mangrove swamps and

seagrass beds Assessment of populations of endangered species or in risk of

extinction

2.3 Detailed zoning and planning in prioritized areas incorporating the criteria on conservation and protection of biodiversity of global significance

Techniques for planning and zoning in ecologically sensitive areas Construction methods and materials of low impact on biodiversity Eco-technologies for energy generation and saving, and recycling Landscape architecture and design of low impact on biodiversity

2.4 Network of small biodiversity monitoring stations

Monitoring of marine biodiversity (species and ecosystems) Monitoring of terrestrial biodiversity (species and ecosystems)

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2.5 Application of the principles of environmental and natural resource economics for biodiversity conservation and management

Basic principles of environmental and natural resource economics

Objective 3: Educate and increase the awareness of the local communities and key actors active in the SCE, on biodiversity conservation principles.

Results Training themes3.1 Provincial environmental education

strategies and programs Public environmental education

3.2 Communities and actors with a greater degree of knowledge, sensitivity and participation in SCE biodiversity issues

Approaches and techniques to work with human communities

3.3 Systematic assessment of the population perception on biodiversity, environment, and sustainable development

Techniques for the assessment of the community perception on environment

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Annex IV: Equipment requirements

Justification of the equipment budget

The high degree of scientific and professional experience of the available personnel to support the project makes it necessary to assign a greater percentage of budget from this project to equipment, contrary to the way it is done in other projects of the Caribbean and Latin America.

It is extremely difficult for Cuba to acquire and restore equipment (through the ways that are generally available to other countries) to solve the problems relevant to biodiversity protection. The requested equipment includes components for research, communication, information management, transportation by land and sea, cabinet work, dissemination of information, etc.

Equipment

Quant Equipment ModelCost per unit

(US $)Total cost

(US $)

Eight protected areas:8 Air conditioning equipment Panasonic 650 520032 Diving tanks Sherwood 300 96008 Binocular Nikon 500 40008 VHSc Video Camera Sony 1500 120008 Station wagon for 5 persons Toyota 19000 1520008 Color TV 29” Sony 600 48008 Portable Compressor for diving tanks Bauer 5000 400008 Pentium Computer 450 MHz Acer Pentium 2500 200008 Dehumidifier Daytron 250 200016 SCUBA diving equipment Sherwood 1200 192008 Manual Xerox machine Canon 1600 128008 Global Positioning System (GPS) Leica 5000 400008 Motor boats FB 50 HP Yamaha 10000 800008 Overhead Projector Kodak 300 24008 Portable electric plant 2.5 kw Diesel Honda 1500 120008 Jet Color Printer A 4 HP 300 24008 Radio-communication equipment Yaesu 1000 80008 Slide Projector Kodak 450 36008 Video recorder Sony 300 240080 Walkie talkie Yaesu 300 24000

TOTAL 456400

Five monitoring stations:10 Air conditioning equipment Panasonic 650 65005 Magnetic agitator Bioblock 400 20005 DBO5 Analyzer Aqualytic 2000 100005 Anemometer 400 200020 Diving tanks Sherwood 300 60005 Technical two-plate balance of 500 g Sartorius 500 250010 Binoculars Nilkon 500 50005 Rowing boat Yamaha 600 30005 Oceanographic bottles 2L 80 400

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10 Calculator Canon 10 1005 VHSc Video Camera Sony 1500 75005 Photographic camera with accessories Canon 2000 100005 Submarine photographic camera with accessories Canon 5000 250005 Station wagon for 5 persons Toyota 19000 950005 Stationary Diesel compressor for diving tanks Bauer 8500 425005 Portable Diesel compressor for diving tanks Bauer 5000 250005 Pentium Computer 450 MHz Acer 2500 125005 Dehumidifier Daytron 250 12505 Digestor Kjheldal Karl Kolb 7000 350005 Manual Eco-sounder Gabel Co. 2000 1000015 SCUBA diving equipment Sherwood 1200 180001 Automatic climate station Delta 15000 150005 Drying heat cabinet Memmert 1000 50005 Vaporimeter 500 25005 Xerox machine Canon 1600 80005 Spectrophotometer vis IR close Nova 60 10000 500005 Freezer Gold Star 400 20005 Global Positioning System (GPS) Leica 5000 250005 Hypsometer 1000 50005 Refrigerated incubator Blanc Labo 3000 150005 Motor boats FB 50 HP Yamaha 10000 500005 Biological microscope Leica 3500 175005 Stereoscopic microscope (dissection) Leica 4000 200005 Modem GVC 100 5005 Motorcycle with sidecar 350 cc Jawa 3000 150005 Pressure cooker INPUD 20 1005 Portable oxymeter Aqualytic 900 45005 Mono-plate spring balance of 2 Kg. Fuji 300 15005 Mono-plate spring balance of 5 Kg. Fuji 300 15005 pHmeter Metrohm 1500 75005 Portable electric plant 2.5 kw Diesel Honda 1500 75005 Pluviometer 300 15005 Laser Printer A 4 HP 1000 50005 Psycrometer 500 25005 Salinity meter (conductimeter) Tsumuri 500 25005 Salinity meter (refractometer) Tsumuri 500 25005 Thermohydrographer 1000 50005 Maximum thermometer 25 1255 Minimum thermometer 25 1255 Tents 60 3005 TV Color 21” Sony 500 25005 Video Recorder Sony 300 150015 Walkie Talkie Yausu 300 4500

TOTAL 600400

Inventories and ecological assessments:6 Air conditioning equipment Panasonic 650 39001 DQO Analyzer Aqualytic 3000 300010 Diving tanks Sherwood 300 30002 Photographic camera with accessories Canon 2000 40001 VHSc Video Camera Sony 1500 15001 VHSc subm. video camera with a repository box Sony 5000 50002 Color TV 29” Sony 600 12001 Stationary compressor Diesel for diving tanks Bauer 8500 85001 Portable compressor Diesel for diving tanks Bauer 5000 50006 Pentium Computer 450 MHz Acer 2500 150005 Currentgrapher Gabel Co. 4600 23000

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5 Current meter Gabel Co. 9000 450006 Dehumidifier Daytron 250 15001 Manual Eco-sounder Gabel Co. 2000 200010 SCUBA diving equipment Sherwood 1200 120001 Infrared-close visible spectrophotometer UNICAM 20000 200002 Global Positioning System (GPS) Leica 5000 100001 Motor boat with FB 50 HP Yamaha 10000 100001 Biological microscope Leica 3500 35001 Inverse biological microscope Leica 5000 50003 Stereoscopic microscope Leica 4000 120001 Portable electric plant 2.5kw Diesel Bauer 1500 15006 Laser printer A 4 HP 1000 60001 Tugboat CEPRONA 2000 20002 Video recorder Sony 300 6004 Walkie Talkie Yaesu 300 12001 Set of sensors for water quality monitor (nitrates,

nitrites, ammonium, phosphates, sulfides, salinity, temperature, oxygen, turbidity and pigments) Gabel Co. 30000 30000TOTAL 235400

Four facilities for biological collections: 8 Air conditioning equipment Panasonic 650 52004 Pentium Computer 450 MHz Hacer 2500 100008 Dehumidifier Daytron 250 200024 Shelf with doors 50 120024 Shelf without doors 50 12004 Biological microscope Leica 3500 140004 Stereoscopic microscope Leica 4000 160004 Jet color printer A 4 HP 300 1200

TOTAL 50800

Planning and zonation: 6 Air conditioning equipment Panasonic 650 39006 Pentium Computer 450 MHz Acer 2500 150006 Digital Plain meter 2500 150006 Plotter color A 0 HP 10000 60000

TOTAL 93900

Environmental economy:1 Air conditioning equipment Panasonic 650 6501 Pentium Computer 450 MHz Acer 2500 25001 Dehumidifier Daytron 250 2501 Laser printer A 4 HP 1000 1000

TOTAL 4400

Environmental education:1 Air conditioning equipment Panasonic 650 6501 VHSc video camera Sony 1500 15001 Photographic camera with accessories Canon 2000 20002 Color TV 29” Sony 600 12002 Pentium Computer 450 MHz Acer 2500 50001 Binder 100 1001 Printing equipment 4 colors A 3 RICOH 32000 320001 Automatic Xerox binder Canon 10000 100008 Papergrapher A 2 50 400

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1 Laser printer A 3 HP 2500 25001 Laser printer color A 3 HP 8000 80001 Format editing set Super VHS JVC 21000 210002 Video recorder Sony 300 600

TOTAL 84950

Project Office:2 Air conditioning equipment Panasonic 650 13002 Pentium computer 450 MHz Acer 2500 50001 Automatic Xerox binder Canon 10000 100002 Microbus Toyota 25000 500001 Plotter color A 0 HP 10000 10000

TOTAL 76300

Regional Office (facility) for integrated management:3 Air conditioning equipment 650 19501 Station wagon for 5 persons Toyota 19000 190001 Color TV 29” Sony 600 6003 Pentium computer 450 MHz Acer 2500 75001 Data show Canon 6000 60003 Dehumidifier Daytron 250 7501 Binder 100 1001 Fax machine Canon 600 6001 Automatic Xerox binder Canon 10000 100001 Microbus Toyota 25000 250001 Modem GVC 100 1001 Overhead projector Kodak 300 3001 Plotter color A 0 HP 10000 100001 Laser printer A 4 HP 1000 10001 Jet color printer A4 HP 300 3001 Slide projector Kodak 450 4501 Video recorder Sony 300 300

TOTAL 83950

TOTAL GENERAL 1686500

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Annex V: Terms of Reference and Description of Positions

Note: All of the following positions are being supported and financed by the Government of Cuba.

1. GEF PROJECT DIRECTOR

Responsibilities: Lead and direct all project activities, with advice from the two principal project advisors and the

principal international consultant Responsible for budget and programming of project activities Chair the Steering Committee of the Project and the Council of Experts (formed by several Working

Groups) Manage project staff Establish working relationships between the project and government representatives Elaborate guidelines for project implementation Responsible for reports of project execution and performance Monitoring and supervision of activities being supported by Capacity 21.

Qualifications: Doctorate in a scientific discipline Previous experience with leading scientific projects

Duration: 5 years

2. PRINCIPAL ADVISOR FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE SCE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Responsibilities: Advise Project Director and the Council of Experts (comprised of several Working Groups) in issues

relating to marine biodiversity and ecology as well as in integrated coastal management issues Prepare and review documents and reports of the project A member of the Project Team, responsible for the scientific quality of project processes and results Monitoring and supervision of activities being supported by Capacity 21 Qualifications: Doctorate in Biological Sciences Lead Investigator Wide experience in advisory and project management functions in the marine sciences field.

Duration: 5 years

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3. PRINCIPAL ADVISOR FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE SCE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT

Responsibilities: Advisor to the Project Director and the Council of Experts on terrestrial biodiversity and ecology as

well as on integrated coastal management issues Prepare and review documents and reports prepared by the project As member of the Project Team, responsible for the scientific quality of project processes and results Monitoring and supervision of activities being supported by Capacity 21

Qualifications: Doctorate in Biological Sciences Lead Investigator Wide experience in advisory and project management functions in the field of terrestrial ecology.

Duration: 5 years

4. PRINCIPAL INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT ON BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

Responsibilities: Provide advice to the Project Director and Principal Advisors on issues ranging from biodiversity

conservation and integrated coastal management to environmental planning issues, based on the most recent international experience in this arena

Qualifications: International consultant of high prestige with wide thematic profile in the field of biodiversity

management and environmental planning Wide international experience in advisory and project management functions

Duration: 5 years

5. EXECUTIVE PLANNER

Responsibilities: Planning, co-ordination and management of project execution Inter-institutional co-ordination

Qualifications: University graduate Experience in co-ordination, programming and management of projects or companies

Duration: 5 years

6. ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities: Responsible for the financial and administrative activities of the Project Tracking and disbursement of project funds.

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Qualifications: University graduate with experience in the administration of international projects.

Duration: 5 years

7. PROCUREMENT EXPERT

Responsibilities: Responsible for the purchase of equipment, and related procedures

Qualifications: University graduate Experience in handling and managing investments in international projects

Duration: 5 years

8. CO-ORDINATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

Responsibilities: Co-ordinates and manages Environmental Education results and activities (under objective 3) in the

five provinces of the SCA.

Qualifications: University graduate Experience in environmental education and promotion activities

Duration: 5 years

9. INTER-PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR OF THE NETWORK OF MONITORING STATIONS

Responsibilities: Co-ordinates and manages monitoring activities of the five provincial monitoring stations (output

2.4). Guarantees the use of a standardised methodology and database structure. Guarantees the compilation of information generated by the GIS of the project.

Qualifications: Doctorate degree in Meteorological Science Work experience in the Coastal Ecosystem Research Centre in Coco Key

Duration: 5 years.

10. LEADER OF THE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION WORKING GROUP

Responsibilities:

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Chairs the Biodiversity Conservation working group (outputs and activities of objective 1 and outputs 2.2 and 2.4 of objective 2) and responds to the Project Director

Co-ordinates the tasks of the group and elaborates relevant collective proposals from the group Convenes ad hoc groups for the resolution of problems in specific disciplines at the request of the

group or the Project Director

Qualifications: Doctorate degree in a field related to Natural Sciences Wide experience in ecology and conservation Experience in the leadership of groups and projects

Duration: 5 years

11. LEADER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION WORKING GROUP

Responsibilities: Chairs the Environmental Education working group (outputs and activities of objective 3), and

responds to the Project Director Co-ordinates the tasks of the group and elaborates relevant collective proposals from the group. Convenes ad hoc groups for the resolution of problems in specific disciplines at the request of the

group or the Project Director.

Qualifications: University graduate Wide experience in environmental education or communication Experience in the leadership of groups and projects

Duration: 5 years

12. LEADER OF WATER QUALITY AND COASTAL WORKING GROUP

Responsibilities: Chairs the Water Quality and Coasts working group, and responds to the Project Director Co-ordinates the tasks of the group and elaborates relevant collective proposals from the group. Convenes ad hoc groups for the resolution of problems in specific disciplines at the request of the

group or the Project Director.

Qualifications: University graduate, with a Doctorate in physical or chemical oceanography, or in geology or related

disciplines Wide experience in the same field Experience in leading groups and projects

Duration: 5 years

13. LEADER OF THE REFORESTATION WORKING GROUP

Responsibilities:

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Chairs the Reforestation working group and reports to the Project Director Co-ordinates the tasks of the group and elaborates relevant collective proposals from the group. Convenes ad hoc groups for the resolution of problems in specific disciplines at the request of the

group or the Project Director.

Qualifications: University graduate, with a Doctorate degree in Biological Sciences Wide experience in botany or forestry Experience in the leading groups and projects

Duration: 5 years

14. LEADER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS WORKING GROUP

Responsibilities: Chairs the Environmental Economics working group (activities of output 2.5 of objective 2) and

reports to the Project Director Co-ordinates the tasks of the group and elaborates relevant collective proposals from the group. Convenes ad hoc groups for the resolution of problems in specific disciplines at the request of the

group or the Project Director.

Qualifications: University graduate with a Doctorate in Mathematics or Economics Wide experience in Economic Sciences Experience in leading groups and projects

Duration: 5 years

15. LEADER OF THE PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN WORKING GROUP

Responsibilities: Chairs the planning, construction and design working group (output 2.3 of objective 2) and reports to

the Project Director Co-ordinates the tasks of the group and elaborates relevant collective proposals from the group. Convenes ad hoc groups for the resolution of problems in specific disciplines at the request of the

group or the Project Director.

Qualifications: University graduate with a Doctorate degree in architecture, engineering or physical planning Wide experience in any of the above fields Experience in leading groups and projects

Duration: 5 years

16. LEADER OF THE GIS AND DATABASES WORKING GROUP

Responsibilities: Chairs the GIS and databases working group, and reports to the Project Director

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Co-ordinates the tasks of the group and elaborates relevant collective proposals from the group. Convenes ad hoc groups for the resolution of problems in specific disciplines at the request of the

group or the Project Director.

Qualifications: University graduate with a Doctorate degree in Mathematics or Cybernetics, with wide experience in

geomatics Experience in leading groups and projects

Duration: 5 years

17. FIVE PERSONS LEADING EACH OF THE FIVE PROVINCIAL COUNCILS OF EXPERTS

Responsibilities: Chairs the provincial council of experts and reports to the Environmental Unit of the relevant

Province and the Project Director Co-ordinates the tasks of the Council and elaborates collective proposals Convenes ad hoc groups for the resolution of problems in specific disciplines at the request of the

Council or the Project Director

Qualifications: University graduate Experience in leading groups and projects

Duration: 5 years

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Annex VI: Incremental Cost Analysis

1. BROAD DEVELOPMENT GOALSThe Government of Cuba has acknowledged the importance of conserving its rich biodiversity heritage by ratifying the Convention on Biological Diversity in March 1994. Cuba has also developed a National Environment Strategy (1996) as part of its national Agenda 21 exercise. This strategy identifies several environmental management issues that are a prerequisite for the protection of biodiversity in Cuba, such as marine pollution control and planning in the fragile insular area of the keys. A variety of regulations and decrees support the environmental strategy. Cuba is also preparing a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, with the support of UNEP, wherein the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem (SCE) in general, and the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago (SCA) in particular have been identified as conservation priorities.

2. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVEThe global environmental objective of the project is to ensure conservation of the valuable marine and terrestrial biodiversity existing in the SCE, and more specifically that of the SCA in northern Cuba. To date, 708 species of terrestrial flora have been recorded in the area, of which 126 are endemic and 12 are of localized distribution. The SCA also harbors a wide diversity of both species and subspecies of terrestrial fauna, that includes a large numbers of endemic and migratory species: 958 species of terrestrial fauna have been recorded, 542 of them insects, (though a poorly studied group), and 209 species of birds. Of these, 48% migrate between Cuba, North America and South America. It is estimated that from 35% to 52% of the total number of birds found according to vegetation type on the keys are migratory. Eleven endemic genera have been recorded, along with 107 endemic species and 47 endemic subspecies of which 33 are exclusive to the SCA. The highest endemism rates are found in mollusks and reptiles1.

3. BASELINEBiodiversity in the SCA is coming under increasing threat principally from development of “sun and sand” tourism, construction of infrastructure (roads and bridges for tourism), quarries for extraction of construction material, poor control of public use, local pollution in the main island across from the SCA (solid waste, agricultural pollution) and over-fishing. Developing and implementing solutions to several of these issues is clearly in the national interest given the impact on the national economy and the environmental health of the population. The “realistic baseline” (i.e., that which can realistically be expected to occur in the near future) is typified by measures primarily targeted at better environmental management in the SCA. These measures can broadly be categorized as follows:Development planning of coastal areas. The government will be establishing a Council for Integrated Coastal Management (CICM) responsible for guiding developments in the coastal zone in an environmentally responsible manner. Master plans for tourism development on keys will be designed. Basic environmental monitoring, studies on environmental damage and on the assessment of land-based sources of pollution will also be undertaken. The government will also develop terrestrial and marine biological reference collections.1 Details on the globally significant biodiversity found in the SCA are provided in the main text.

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Environmental Education and Awareness Raising. Education and awareness programs will be developed at the provincial level. These programs will target decision-makers through raising their awareness of how the different economic sectors have an impact on the environment. They will also target schools, colleges, teaching centers and educators by introducing environmental awareness courses into curricula. Communications specialists and the mass media will also be involved in this program on general environmental education and awareness. These programs, however, do not focus on biodiversity conservation and management.Investments in Pollution Mitigation. An essential component of targeted programs to address environmental problems and to improve environmental management is pollution prevention and mitigation. In the baseline the Government of Cuba will be undertaking substantial investments in controlling effluents from the sugar industry, tilapia culture, and the domestic sewage system, all of which are based on the mainland. Given the mounting pressures from rapid tourism development, the government will also commission engineering works specifically targeted at alleviating pollution pressures from the tourism sector. Other actions for environmental management that have a direct impact on the performance of the tourism and fisheries sectors include: the rehabilitation of Los Perros Bay that is suffering from excessive salinity, rehabilitation of quarries in the keys, reforestation efforts in the catchment, and the establishment of fishing reserves. In addition, Environment Canada will be exploring possibilities for technical cooperation related to waste from the sugar cane industry and a phyto remediation project with a direct bearing on the Sabana-Camagüey ecosystem.Coastal, marine and terrestrial Protected Areas Management. Under the baseline some expenditures will also be allocated towards the legal establishment of coastal, marine and terrestrial protected areas, but not towards their management.

4. GEF ALTERNATIVEWhile these baseline measures (realistic baseline) are important in ensuring better environmental management, there is considerable scope to strengthen and therefore maximize the impact through additional actions. UNDP’s Capacity 21 program and the Cuban government will finance these additional measures aimed at capacity building for sustainable development. These additional measures must be in place for securing biodiversity conservation efforts and constitute the “sustainable development baseline” (i.e., that which ought to occur in the country’s own national sustainable development interest). The Alternative strategy is therefore a two-staged process: the first is the realization of the sustainable development baseline and the second stage is the implementation of specific biodiversity conservation measures. Activities to be implemented as part of the sustainable development baseline primarily fall under the rubric of development planning of coastal areas and are described below.Development planning of coastal areas. Targeted training of CICM members is needed in the specific fields of inter-sectoral and inter-territorial coordination, environmental monitoring, zoning and planning, alternative strategies to control poaching, waste treatment options, and environmental economics to enhance their decision-making capacities. Database management, GIS capacities, and monitoring networks need to be strengthened to improve the analysis of data and the detection of trends as an input into zoning and planning frameworks. In particular, the key development plans need to explicitly take into account environmental criteria, and

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one way of ensuring this is by making available training and equipment for rapid environmental assessments. In order to ensure better protection of biodiversity within protected areas as well as in the rest of the SCA, additional biodiversity conservation measures need to be implemented under the Alternative strategy. The GEF will therefore complement the leveraged sustainable development baseline with activities aimed at biodiversity conservation. These include the following (a more detailed explanation is provided in the main text/ logical framework matrix of the brief): (i) the establishment and full operation of key marine and terrestrial protected areas as demonstrations, (ii) integration of biodiversity conservation into development planning in the SCA through rapid biodiversity assessments, monitoring, and sensitization of CICM staff to biodiversity conservation principles; and (iii) biodiversity conservation education and awareness raising.

5. SYSTEM BOUNDARYThe system boundary for the incremental cost analysis includes the SCA, its adjacent waters and the coastal watersheds on the main island alone, and not the entire country. The analysis is done for the five-year period of the proposed project. There are likely to be some incidental domestic benefits from the intervention such as the increased potential for ecotourism in the SCA and improvements in the long-term sustainability of the fisheries sector. These benefits, however, are uncertain and difficult to quantify at present.

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INCREMENTAL COST MATRIX (ALL FIGURES IN THOUSANDS OF US DOLLARS)Baseline (B)(environmental

management)

SD Baseline (SDB)(improved environmental

management)

Alternative (A)(additional biodiversity

conservation measures)

Increment 1 (SDB-B)

(leveraged for sustainable development baseline)

Increment 2 (A-SDB)

Global benefits Conservation of biodiversity in the Sabana-Camagüey ecosystem and archipelago under threat.

Conservation of biodiversity in the Sabana-Camagüey ecosystem and archipelago under threat.

Improved capacities & targeted measures for integrating biodiversity conservation measures into sustainable development plans.

Conservation of critical habitat and improvements in survival probabilities of endemic & threatened flora and fauna.

Domestic benefits

Poor local environmental quality due to non-inclusion of environmental criteria in planning and decision-making.

Improved capacity to include environmental criteria in planning.

Improvement in the performance of economic sectors dependent on natural resources.

Costs/ Activities Protected areasUSD 1,855

Legal establishment of marine and terrestrial protected areas.

Protected areasUSD 1,855

Protected areasUSD 17,194.8

Baseline programs plus:Design & implementation of

management plans in eight marine and terrestrial protected areas; interpretive trails; promotional brochures for dissemination; signaling system & buoys for protection of reefs from divers & ships; species recovery plans for endemic & endangered species; solar cells as energy source for PAs; terrestrial & marine transportation equipment & upkeep; equipment & materials for visitor center; study tours for dissemination of success & challenges in park management; basic

Increment: USD 15,339.8

Of which,GEF: 2,400.0GoC***: 12,913.0Canadian sources****: 26.8

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Baseline (B)(environmental

management)

SD Baseline (SDB)(improved environmental

management)

Alternative (A)(additional biodiversity

conservation measures)

Increment 1 (SDB-B)

(leveraged for sustainable development baseline)

Increment 2 (A-SDB)

Consolidated capacity for long-term coastal zone management

USD 6,440Establishment of a CICM

as a management structure for coastal developments.

(USD 650) Master plans for tourism

development on the keys.

(USD 1,030)Study & inventory of

environmental damages; assessment of land-based sources of pollution & a plan for control.

(USD 2,040)Marine & terrestrial

biological reference collections.

(USD 55)Basic environmental

monitoring.(USD 2,665)

Consolidated capacity for long-term coastal zone management

USD 9,028.1Baseline programs plus:Training of CICM staff in

inter-sectoral & inter-territorial coordination, zoning & planning; waste treatment options; env. auditing.

(USD 309.3)Training of CICM in env.

economics through 4 case studies on design & application of economic instruments for env. mgmt., & policy; economic appraisal of natural resource use; valuation of env. impacts. (USD 750)

Equipment for env. management. (USD 260)

Inclusion of env. criteria into key dvpt. plans.

(USD 270) Training & equipment for

rapid environmental assessments. (USD 502.5)

Improve database mgmt. & GIS support. (USD 190)

Strengthen existing

infrastructure and administration and management of parks.

Consolidated capacity for long-term coastal zone management

USD 10,111.1Baseline & SDB programs

plus:Technical assistance &

equipment to CICM for integrated biodiversity management & recovery of habitats & threatened species. (USD 350)

Training in economic assessment & valuation of biodiversity through implementation of case studies. (USD 70)

Inclusion of biodiversity criteria into key development plans.

(USD 60)Rapid biodiversity

assessments.(USD 153)

Inventories of focal taxa (indicators). (USD 400)

Workshops on methodologies for biodiversity monitoring.

(USD 5)Equipment specific to

assessing and monitoring ecosystem & species populations. (USD 45)

Leverage for SDB activities: USD 2,588.1

Of which,GoC: 2,001.0Capacity 21: 314.0Canadian sources**: 273.1

Increment: USD 1,083

Of which,GEF: 1,083

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Baseline (B)(environmental

management)

SD Baseline (SDB)(improved environmental

management)

Alternative (A)(additional biodiversity

conservation measures)

Increment 1 (SDB-B)

(leveraged for sustainable development baseline)

Increment 2 (A-SDB)

Education and awareness

USD 1,575Design & implementation

of provincial strategies for environmental education; & awareness raising among decision-makers of the environmental impact of different economic sectors.

Pollution mitigationUSD 87,100 *

Mitigation of pollution from sugar industry, tilapia culture, domestic waste from mainland; control of pollution from tourism development; rehabilitation of Los Perros Bay; reforestation in catchment; rehabilitation of quarries on keys; designation & mgmt. of fishing reserves.

monitoring network.(USD 51.3)

Establishment of 4 new biological stations associated with the PA network. (USD 255)

Education and awareness

USD 2,066 Baseline programs plus:Improve citizen

participation in general environmental awareness; and transfer experiences and lessons learned.

Pollution mitigationUSD 87,100 *

Education and awareness USD 2,359

Baseline & SDB programs plus:

Awareness-raising at all levels about biodiversity conservation.

Pollution mitigationUSD 87,100 *

Leverage for SDB activities: USD 491

Of which,GoC: 355Capacity 21: 136

Leverage for SDB activities: USD 0

Increment: USD 293

Of which,GEF: 293

Increment: USD 0

Total costs Realistic baseline:96,970.0

SD baseline: 100,049.1 Alternative strategy:116,764.9

Plus project support: 113.0Total for Alternative:

Non-GEF financing for SDB activities:3,079.1

Of which,

Increment: 16,715.8Project support: 113.0Total Increment:

16,828.8

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Baseline (B)(environmental

management)

SD Baseline (SDB)(improved environmental

management)

Alternative (A)(additional biodiversity

conservation measures)

Increment 1 (SDB-B)

(leveraged for sustainable development baseline)

Increment 2 (A-SDB)

116,877.9 GoC: 2,356Capacity 21: 450Canadian sources: 273.1

Of which,GEF financing: 3,776Project support(GEF):

113Subtotal GEF: 3,889Canadian sources:26.8GoC: 12,913Subtotal non-GEF:

12,939.8* This is a conservative estimate, as it does not include potential outlays by Environment Canada on technical cooperation for wastes from the sugarcane industry and phyto remediation. ** Canadian Department of Environment (Regina and LaSalle): 173.0; Canadian Nature Federation/Ducks Unlimited/WWF (Canada): 16.6; Environment Canada: 83.5. *** These resources from the government of Cuba will go towards the basic infrastructure and administration and management of the 8 protected areas. **** Parks Canada and Canadian Wildlife Service.

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Annex VII: Maps

Priority watersheds for mitigation of marine and coastal pollution

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Map of protected areas proposed in the SCE

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