Project

Implementing ecosystem-based management in Ecologically Critical Areas in Bangladesh

Lead country

Bangladesh

Participating countries

Bangladesh

Project status

Approved/Endorsed

Project start date

April 23, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.1 Conserve, restore, sustainably use terrestrial, freshwater ecosystems
  2. 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  3. 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Project ID: 5854

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Ecosystem management and restoration
  • Mainstreaming biodiversity

Sub-area(s)

  • Biodiversity financing
  • Ecosystem-based adaptation
  • Ecosystem-based mitigation

Landscape(s)

  • Wetlands
  • FreshWaters

Sub-landscape(s)

  • General
  • Marshes
  • Swamps
  • Rivers and river basins
  • Lakes

Transformed sector(s)

  • Aquaculture
  • Forestry and other land use

UNDP role(s)

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

Strategy

  • Management operation
  • Law regulation
  • Capacity building

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs
  • Smallholder farmers

Gender equality

  • Women farmers
  • Livelihoods for women
  • Gender-responsive policies

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • People pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 15.1 Conserve, restore, sustainably use terrestrial, freshwater ecosystems
  • 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

  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration

USD $55,284,470

Grant amount

USD $10,500,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

8

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Canadian International Development Agency ($5,571,070)
  • Digital Good ($20,994)
  • European Comission ($1,114,206)
  • Flemish Government ($278,862)
  • Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland ($455,823)
  • Government of Germany – Funding Windows ($21,905,815)
  • Government of Norway ($3,996,328)
  • Sustainable Development Funding Window ($21,941,373)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Bangladesh

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