Project

Conserving Biodiversity in Coastal Areas Threatened by Rapid Tourism and Physical Infrastructure Development

Lead country

Dominican Republic

Participating countries

Dominican Republic

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From July 2, 2015 to March 31, 2021

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: 4955

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Strengthening conservation areas
  • Mainstreaming biodiversity

Sub-area(s)

  • Ecosystem-based adaptation
  • Ecosystem-based mitigation

Landscape(s)

  • Conserved areas
  • Marine
  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Productive landscapes/Seascapes
  • Large marine ecosystem
  • Coasts
  • Urban areas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Tourism
  • Other sectors

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Institutional mechanism and system building
  • Policy advice

Strategy

  • Finance economy
  • Management operation
  • Law regulation

Sub-strategy

  • Green economy
  • Inter-sectoral coordination
  • Climate resilience for FAC system (TP 6)
  • Wildlife and habitat conservation
  • Integrated coastal zone management
  • Mainstream
  • Community capacity building
  • Institutional capacity building

Social inclusion

  • Private sector
  • Local community/CSOs

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • People pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Reduce exposure
  • Hazard control/mitigation

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)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Public-private partnership
  • SIDS
  • Structural/system transformation

About this project

Description

This project aims to mainstream BD management and SLM into tourism sector development and associated physical development, to address multiple threats to BD and ecosystem functionality. It also aims to address the indirect impacts of tourism developmentÔÇöin catalysing other economic activities that are leading to land degradation. Tourism and accompanying physical development is directly leading to BD loss in sensitive areas; rapid tourism growth is also catalyzing the in migration of people into these areas, and spawning other indirect threats that are leading to land degradation.

Objectives

To ensure the conservation of biodiversity in ecologically important coastal areas threatened by the burgeoning tourism industry and associated physical development.

USD $2,915,930

Grant amount

USD $16,354,799

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($2,915,930)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Dominican Republic

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

The policy, legal and planning framework in the tourism sector addresses the direct threats to biodiversity from coastal tourism development and activities.

 Indicators:

# of hectares of critical ecosystem conservation
Financial framework to support the National Plan for Sustainable Tourism Development in coastal areas
Institutional and Policy Framework mainstreams BD conservation principles in the tourism sector
Capacity to recognize good practices and apply Sustainable Tourism Models that contribute to BD conservation
Conservation sustained by institutional capacity to plan, budget and enforce land management
Regulatory and enforcement capacities to monitor, avoid, reduce, mitigate and offset adverse impacts of tourism on biodiversity
Capacity of sectoral ministries, the private sector, municipalities and community organizations to generate, use and share geographic, socioeconomic and biophysical information required for coastal and marine spatial planning, taking into account the indirect impacts of tourism on ecosystems
Climate resilient landscape management tools for the development of sustainable tourism implemented by local communities in key biodiversity rich areas of the 2 selected project sites totaling 7000 ha
Management effectiveness to address the pressures of visitors in marine / coastal ecosystems located in tourism sites (215.91 km2 of land area and 1,034 km2 of marine area)
Threats to BD caused by tourism infrastructure, operations and visitor activities[1 of 8 sub-indicators]
Threats to BD caused by tourism infrastructure, operations and visitor activities[2 of 8 sub-indicators]
Threats to BD caused by tourism infrastructure, operations and visitor activities[3 of 8 sub-indicators]
Threats to BD caused by tourism infrastructure, operations and visitor activities[4 of 8 sub-indicators]
Threats to BD caused by tourism infrastructure, operations and visitor activities[5 of 8 sub-indicators]
Threats to BD caused by tourism infrastructure, operations and visitor activities[6 of 8 sub-indicators]
Threats to BD caused by tourism infrastructure, operations and visitor activities[7 of 8 sub-indicators]
Threats to BD caused by tourism infrastructure, operations and visitor activities[8 of 8 sub-indicators]
Outcome 2:

Operational framework to protect biodiversity , in areas highly vulnerable to the indirect effects of tourism development
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