Lead country
Dominican Republic
Participating countries
Dominican Republic
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From July 2, 2015 to March 31, 2021
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
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