Lead country
Comoros
Participating countries
Comoros
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From April 21, 2015 to April 21, 2021
Project ID: 4950
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Technical team
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
Technical area(s)
- Ecosystem management and restoration
- Strengthening conservation areas
Sub-area(s)
- Biodiversity financing
- Ecosystem-based adaptation
- Ecosystem-based mitigation
Landscape(s)
- Marine
- Conserved areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Large marine ecosystem
- Marine and coastal protected areas
- Terrestrial protected areas
- Indigenous and communities conserved areas (ICCAs)
Transformed sector(s)
- Aquaculture
- Tourism
- Agriculture
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
- Institutional mechanism and system building
Strategy
- Governance
- Finance economy
- Management operation
Sub-strategy
- Participatory governance models
- Institutional framework
- New/other financial schemes/mechanism
- Fiscal planning
- Conserved areas/ protected areas management
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
- Private sector
Gender equality
- Women decision making
- Livelihoods for women
- Women's cooperatives and groups
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender responsive
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Reduce exposure
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 14.2 Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
- 14.7 Increase economic benefits of marine resources to SIDS
- 14.5 Conserve at least 10% coastal, marine areas
Conventions and protocols
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- SIDS
- Structural/system transformation
About this project
Description
The project will seek to conserve globally significant marine and terrestrial biological diversity in the Union of Comoros by establishing an expanded and functional system of protected areas (PAs) in the country, a system that is both representative of the countryÔÇÖs biodiversity endowment and which has good prospects for a sustainable future. The project will strengthen the PA system through expansion and capacity building, and by investing significant resources in PA management at the site level.
Objectives
To establish an expanded and functional system of protected areas (PAs) in the Union of Comoros, representative of the country"s biodiversity endowment and with good prospects for a sustainable future.
USD $4,345,440
Grant amount
USD $22,102,374
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($4,345,440)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Comoros
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