Project

Community-Based Forest and Coastal Conservation and Resource Management in PNG

Lead country

Papua New Guinea

Participating countries

Papua New Guinea

Project status

Closure

Implementing period

From August 20, 2012 to December 31, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  2. 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  3. 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Project ID: 3936

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Strengthening conservation areas
  • Mainstreaming biodiversity

Sub-area(s)

  • Wildlife conservation
  • Agrobiodiversity
  • Biodiversity financing
  • Access and benefit sharing

Landscape(s)

  • Forests
  • Marine

Sub-landscape(s)

  • General
  • Tropical forests
  • Intact forests
  • Seas
  • Coral reefs

Transformed sector(s)

N/A

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Policy advice

Strategy

  • Governance
  • Law regulation
  • Management operation

Sub-strategy

  • Partnerships
  • Institutional framework
  • Participatory governance models
  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Standards/ Labeling/ Guideline
  • Conflict resolution
  • Conserved areas/ protected areas management
  • Management effectiveness (METT)
  • Wildlife and habitat conservation

Social inclusion

  • Indigenous peoples
  • Local community/CSOs
  • Private sector

Gender equality

  • Women farmers
  • Livelihoods for women
  • Awareness raising (on gender)

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender responsive

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway
  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Reduce exposure
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  • 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  • 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Conventions and protocols

  • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  • National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)

Private sector(s)

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises

Hot topic

  • Public-private partnership

About this project

Description

The project is designed primarily to support GEF Biodiversity Strategic Program BD-3 on strengthening terrestrial PA networks. The project will ensure that community-conserved forest areas are integrated into the national PA system, increasing the national PA estate by at least 1,00,000ha of IUCN Category VI-equivalent protected areas. By strengthening revenue streams to support community-based conservation, the project also responds to BD SP-1 on the sustainable financing of PA systems.The project also supports the GEF Pacific Alliance for Sustainability programme, under the Forestry and Terrestrial Protected Areas component, as described above.The implementation of this project document will help to develop effective natural resource management and financing systems for community conservation areas in Papua New Guinea. The project will work on the following key components in order to succeed with the implementation and execution of the project: 1) Enabling national environment for a community-based sustainable national system of Protected Areas (PAs) containing globally and nationally significant biodiversity; 2) Identification and establishment of new PAs in the country; 3) Undertaking Conservation Area (CA) management planning and signing partnership agreements with communities; and 4) Providing capacity development and support for implementation of CA Management Plans;

Objectives

Develop effective natural resource management and financing systems for community conservation areas.

USD $7,122,000

Grant amount

USD $23,585,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($7,122,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Department of Environment and Conservation

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Community-Based Forest and Coastal Conservation and Resource Management in PNG