Gustavo Fonseca Team Leader Mark Zimsky Biodiversity Cluster Coordinator Andrea Kutter Land Degradation Cluster Coordinator Al Duda International Waters Cluster Coordinator GEF Strategies in Natural Resources

GEF is the Financial Mechanism of the CBD  Objectives of the Convention:  Conservation of biodiversity;  Sustainable use of its components;  Fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources

GEF’s Goal in Biodiversity The goal of GEF’s biodiversity program is the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, the maintenance of ecosystem goods and services, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.

Objective 1: Improve Sustainability of Protected Area Systems  Increase financing of PA systems  Expand ecosystem (marine focus remains) and threatened species sepresentation within PA Systems  Improve management effectiveness of existing protected areas

Objective 2 Mainstream biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in production landscapes/ seascapes and sectors Strengthening the policy and regulatory framework for mainstreaming biodiversity  Policy and regulatory frameworks  Invasive alien species management frameworks  NBSAPs as mainstreaming tools  Strengthen capacities to produce biodiversity friendly goods and services  Improve product certification standards to capture global benefits  Build capacity of resource managers to improve management practices  Facilitate access to financing for producers improving management practices and working towards meeting certification standards

Objective 3: Build capacity for the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety  Implement the council approved Strategy for financing biosafety through single-country, regional and sub- regional, and thematic projects

Objective 4 Build capacity on access and benefit sharing After completion of negotiations of the international regime on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS), GEF will fully elucidate project support that will be provided under this objective in consultation with the CBD Secretariat and the COP Bureau for approval by GEF Council.

Biodiversity Learning Objectives 1) Enhancing Impact and Results through Improved Understanding of Protected Area Management Effectiveness 2) Enhancing Social Impacts through Improved Understanding of the Causal Relationships between Protected Area Management and Local Community Welfare 3) Enhancing Impacts through Improved Understanding of the Causal Relationships between existing Mainstreaming Approaches and Conservation Outcomes

Biodiversity Results Framework Long-term goalImpacts Conservation sustainable use of biodiversity and the maintenance of ecosystem goods services.  Biodiversity conserved and habitat maintained in national protected area systems  Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity integrated into production landscapes and seascapes ObjectivesOutcomes Objective 1: Improve sustainability of protected area systems  Sufficient revenue for protected area systems to meet total expenditures required for management  Increased representation of ecosystems effectively conserved within protected areas  Increased representation of threatened species effectively conserved within protected areas  Improved management effectiveness of existing protected areas Objective 2: Mainstream biodiversity conservation sustainable use into production landscapes/ seascapes and sectors  Measures to conserve sustainably use biodiversity incorporated in policy regulatory frameworks  Improved management frameworks to prevent, control manage invasive alien species  Increase in sustainably managed landscapes seascapes that integrate biodiversity conservation Objective 3: Build capacity to implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.  Potential risks posed to biodiversity from living modified organisms are avoided or mitigated Objective 4: Build Capacity on Access to Genetic Resources Benefit Sharing  Legal and regulatory frameworks, and administrative procedures established that enable access to genetic resources and benefit sharing in accordance with the CBD provisions.

Land degradation affects close to 2.6 billion people across more than 100 countries. Land degradation is a process that reduces the provision of ecosystem functions that are vital for society, including environmental, social, economic non-material benefits. 10 Land Degradation (Desertification and Deforestation)

 In GEF-5, the LD FA will … …address three main drivers for ecosystem degradation as identified by the MA: land use change, natural resources consumption and climate change. …make a conscious link to 10-year strategy of the UNCCD and the non-legally binding instrument on forests of UNFF. …address the role agriculture and forest management in climate change mitigation (LULUCF) as an emerging opportunity for further enhancing the sustainable land management agenda in the rural landscape 11 Land Degradation (Desertification and Deforestation)

GEF-5 Strategy - Focal Area Goal Goal: To contribute to arresting and reversing current global trends in land degradation, specifically desertification and and deforestation. Impacts: Improved provision of agro-ecosystem and forest ecosystem services. Reduced GHG emissions from agriculture, deforestation and forest degradation, and increased carbon sinks. Sustained livelihoods for people dependent on the use and management of natural resources.

13 Objectives and Outcomes 1 – Maintain or improve a sustainable flow of agro- ecosystem services to sustaining the livelihoods of local communities Outcomes:  An enhanced enabling environment within the agricultural sector.  Improved agricultural (crop and livestock) management.  Functionality and cover of agro-ecosystems maintained  GHG emissions (CO 2, NH 4, N 2 O) from agriculture reduced  Carbon stocks in agro-ecosystems increased

14 Objectives and Outcomes 2 – Generate sustainable flows of forest ecosystem services in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid zones, including sustaining livelihoods of forest-dependant people Outcomes:  An enhanced enabling environment within the forest sector.  Improved forest management.  Functionality and cover of existing forest ecosystems in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid zones maintained.  GHG emissions from deforestation reduced

15 Objectives and Outcomes 3 – Reduce pressures on natural resources from competing land uses in the wider landscape. Outcomes:  Enhanced enabling environments across sectors in support of SLM.  Good management practices in the wider landscape demonstrated and adopted by relevant economic sectors.

16 Objectives and Outcomes 4 – Increase capacity to apply adaptive management tools in SLM. Outcomes:  Improved project performance using new and adapting existing tools and methodologies  Increased capacities of Countries to fulfill their obligations in accordance with the provisions provided in the UNCCD

International Waters Focal Area International Waters (IW) includes transboundary river lake, and groundwater basins; also oceans, coasts, Large Marine Ecosystems and connected river basins

International Waters Focal Area Goal International Waters Focal Area Goal - - Promotion of collective management of transboundary water systems, and - Implementation of the full range of policy, legal, and institutional reforms and investments contributing to sustainable use of transboundary water systems for states committing to collective action

GEF International Waters Portfolio  GEF is largest investor in multi-country collective management of transboundary water systems: $1 bil GEF/$4.2 billion co- financing (Nile, Senegal, & Amazon Basins; Guarani Aquifer; South China Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea, etc).  149 GEF recipient states are cooperating with 23 non-recipient states on their particular shared water systems.  In working to reverse fisheries depletion, reduce water pollution, promote efficiency in irrigation, and balance competing water uses, GEF contributes to water, environment, and community security as well as regional stability.

GEF International Waters Portfolio  GEF is largest investor in multi-country collective management of transboundary water systems: $1 bil GEF/$4.2 billion co-financing (Nile, Senegal, & Amazon Basins; Guarani Aquifer; South China Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea, etc).  149 GEF recipient states are cooperating with 23 non- recipient states on their particular shared water systems.  In working to reverse fisheries depletion, reduce water pollution, promote efficiency in irrigation, and balance competing water uses, GEF contributes to water, environment, and community security as well as regional stability.

Emphasis for GEF 5 in IW will be Scaling Up On-the- Ground Operations Continuing Current Trend

Objectives For IW Focal Area for GEF 5  1: Build foundational capacity for collective, multi-state management of transboundary surface, groundwater, and marine systems  2: Catalyze multi-state cooperation in balancing competing uses of transboundary surface and groundwater basins and integrated water resources management in SIDS while considering climatic variability  3: Catalyze integrated, ecosystem-based approaches to improved management of Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) and their coasts while considering climatic variability  4: Support improved management of marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) – GEF BD focal area asked to collaborate on pilot  5: Demonstrate reduced pollution from Persistent Toxic Substances (PTS), particularly endocrine disruptors– a cooperative pilot with the Chemicals focal area)

IW Outcomes from GEF 5 Programming  1: enhanced multi-country commitments to collaboration; treaties; foundational capacity built nationally  2: reforms incorporated into national and collective water management frameworks; reduced water use/reduced pollution/ protected groundwater sources/sustainable fisheries  3: reforms incorporated into national and ICM/LME management frameworks; sustainable marine fisheries/land- based pollution reduction/habitat restoration & conservation  4: Pilot demos of sustainable fisheries in ABNJ/seamount protection/MPAs; possible collaboration IW and BD  5: Pilot demos of reduced releases of persistent toxic substances; collaboration IW and Chemical s

Sustainable Forest Management cross cutting program Reduce pressure on forest resources by enhancing policy environments and promoting good management practices within the forest sector and across sectors Reduce GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon sinks from LULUCF activities. Generate sustainable flows of ecosystem services by maintaining or restoring the functionality of forest ecosystems

The GREEN, The WHITE, The BLUE and The REDD GEF-5: Realizing the Vision for Integrated Natural Resources Management Water Functions Biodiversity Carbon Sequestration LD / Sustainable Land Management Sustainable Forest Management Restoring & Sustaining Coastal Resources