1. USAID Biodiversity Conservation Attribution Requirements SANREM Technical Committee Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia April 18 - 20, 2006

2. Evolution of the Biodiversity Earmark 1. Congressional requirement 2. Upward trend in overall earmark ($160 million in FY ’06) 3. Increasing scrutiny of activities 4. SANREM represents the majority of the Office of Agriculture’s biodiversity requirement – target $730,000 / year

3. USAID Biodiversity Attribution Requirements Activities must: 1. Have an explicit biodiversity objective 2. Address an identified threat to biodiversity 3. Impact a biologically significant area 4. Monitor biodiversity impact

4. Explicit biodiversity objective - Can be primary or secondary objective - It is not sufficient to have a positive biodiversity impact as positive externality of an activity

5. Impact biologically significant area 1. Usually focuses on activities proximate to biologically explicit areas 2. However non-site based activities are possible 3. Draw on assessments from Partners “biologically significant areas”

6. Monitoring Biodiversity - Reveals connections between activity and threat - Activities can tie into ongoing monitoring of partner groups

7. Address biodiversity threats 1. Threat must be explicit 2. Common agricultural threats –expansion of agricultural frontier into protected areas –fragmentation of natural habitat –Contamination of aquatic ecosystems by agricultural wastes, processing,

8. Resources - USAID Biodiversity Code http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/bio diversity/code.html http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/bio diversity/code.html http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/bio diversity/code.html - Biodiversity and Tropical Forestry assessments (118-119 report required by Congress of all USAID Missions) http://dec.usaid.gov/ http://dec.usaid.gov/ - Biodiversity Threats assessments and baselines conducted by Partners - USAID Biodiversity Guide http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADE258.pdf http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADE258.pdf

9. Thank You! For more information visit the USAID Website: www.usaid.gov www.usaid.gov USAID Washington Contact: Chris Kosnik ckosnik@usaid.govckosnik@usaid.gov, (202) 712-1264 ckosnik@usaid.gov