1. HANOI CONFERENCE ON ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE
18 November 2016

2. GEF - funded Global Wildlife Program
June 2015
GEF Council approved the GWP framework for a total of US $91 million and 12 child projects:
Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, India, Indonesia, Mozambique, Republic of Congo (2), Tanzania, and Zambia
A global grant
June 2016
GEF Council approved an additional 9 child projects for US $40 million :
Afghanistan, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam and Zimbabwe
All projects will go back to the GEF for CEO Endorsement

3. Global Environment Facility –GEF 6
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Land Degradation
SFM
US$ 80 M
US$ 5 M
US$ 19 M
US$ 27 M
21 projects
6 of 21 projects
12 of 21 projects
11 of 21 projects
$131
Total Financing

4. Issues that GWP projects intend to address
Increased poaching and habitat loss that decreases species populations
Escalation in illegal wildlife trafficking
Increased demand for illicit products

5. Protected Areas and Ecosystems19
~50
$131
GWP Overview
Countries
Protected Areas and Ecosystems
Total Financing
VIETNAM $3

6. GWP Species Focus* Elephants Pangolins Rhinos Gorillas Big Cats
14 of 21 Projects
Elephants
5 of 21 Projects
Pangolins
7 of 21 Projects
Rhinos
4 of 21 Projects
Gorillas
11 of 21 Projects
Big Cats
*Some projects target multiple species, including species not listed above

7. GWP Overview by Implementing Agency (IA)

8. Program Components* Reduce Poaching and Improve Communities Benefits
Reduce Wildlife Trafficking
Reduce Demand
Knowledge, Capacity Building and Coordination
$89 M
$29 M
$2 M
$4 M
*Project Management Cost ~US $6 million

9. Examples of GWP Project Interventions
Reduce Poaching
Protected Areas
Site Level Enforcement
Community engagement
Integrated Landscape Management
Reduce Trafficking
Enforcement
Legislation
Judiciary & Prosecution
Reduce Demand
Raising Awareness
Partnerships
Regional Initiatives
Behavior Change

10. Quick guide to GWP projects

11. Information Sharing & Coordination
Global Wildlife Program (GWP)
Information Sharing & Coordination
Donors
GEF Agencies
National Project Teams
Knowledge & Capacity
Lessons Learned
Knowledge exchanges
Online tools
Delivering Actions
20 national projects with interventions along the IWT supply chain
Global project to monitor and report results

12. Donor Analysis

13. Gabon GEF -6
GEF – GWP Gabon project sites
Other Donors project sites

14. THANK YOU