Lead country
Ecuador
Participating countries
Ecuador
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From July 10, 2015 to December 31, 2020
Project ID: 5314
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Technical team
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
Technical area(s)
- Ecosystem management and restoration
- Strengthening conservation areas
Sub-area(s)
- Wildlife conservation
- Access and benefit sharing
Landscape(s)
- Conserved areas
- Forests
Sub-landscape(s)
- Key biodiversity areas (KBAs)
- Productive landscapes/Seascapes
- Terrestrial protected areas
- Tropical forests
Transformed sector(s)
- Agriculture
- Aquaculture
- Tourism
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Data collection and analysis
- Normative support
Strategy
- Law regulation
- Governance
- Management operation
Sub-strategy
- Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
- Laws enforcement/ Regulation
- Institutional framework
- Adaptive governance
- Participatory governance models
- Awareness raising
- Research
- Conserved areas/ protected areas management
Social inclusion
- Private sector
- Local community/CSOs
- Indigenous peoples
Gender equality
- Awareness raising (on gender)
- Gender-responsive policies
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender responsive
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
- Sci-tech pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
- 15.6 Promote fair, equitable benefits sharing
Conventions and protocols
- Nagoya protocol (ABS)
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)
Private sector(s)
- Individuals/Entrepreneurs
Hot topic
- Nature-based solution
About this project
Description
The proposed project will address one of the most critical threats to biodiversity: the decline in amphibian populations and mass localized extinctions occurring in Ecuador, an important megadiverse country in terms of amphibian diversity. The proposed strategy to face this critical threat will involve a combination of ex situ (biobanking and captive breeding) and in situ (municipal protected areas) conservation actions, in addition to sustainable use (bioprospecting) and policy reform (ABS framework strengthening).
Objectives
Ecuador implements integrated emergency actions to conserve the diversity of amphibians of Ecuador and use its genetic resources in a sustainable way.
USD $2,818,232
Grant amount
USD $14,216,124
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($2,818,232)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Ecuador
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