Project

Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use into NTFP and AFS production practices in Multiple-Use Forest Landscapes of High Conservation Value

Lead country

Brazil

Participating countries

Brazil

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From June 12, 2015 to June 12, 2021

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation
  2. 15.b Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management
  3. 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Project ID: 4659

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Mainstreaming biodiversity

Sub-area(s)

  • Agrobiodiversity
  • Ecosystem-based mitigation

Landscape(s)

  • Forests
  • Grasslands

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Tropical forests
  • Dryland forests
  • Savannas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Forestry and other land use

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Innovative approaches
  • Institutional mechanism and system building

Strategy

  • Capacity building
  • Food and agricultural commodities
  • Management operation

Sub-strategy

  • Mainstream
  • Community capacity building
  • Improved & diversified sustainable livelihoods (TP 5)
  • Sustainable land management

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs
  • Women
  • Private sector

Gender equality

  • Livelihoods for women
  • Women's cooperatives and groups

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • People pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation
  • 15.b Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management
  • 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Conventions and protocols

  • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Private sector(s)

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Financial intermediaries and market facilitators

Hot topic

  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

The project will seek to facilitate a shift from these unsustainable agricultural practices to an approach that conserves the biodiversity (BD) of multiple-use forest landscapes of high conservation value while meeting important social priorities and development goals. To achieve this, the project will focus on the development of a strengthened sustainable use management framework for sustainable non-timber forest products (NTFP) and agro-forestry systems (AFS). NFTP and AFS have been shown to produce conservation benefits, but need to be upscaled to provide significant impacts at the landscape level.

Objectives

The biodiversity of Brazilian multiple-use forest landscapes of high conservation value is conserved through a strengthened sustainable use management framework for non-timber forest products (NTFP) and agro-forestry systems (AFS).

USD $5,570,776

Grant amount

USD $28,170,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($5,570,776)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Brazil

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Governance and capacity building framework for up-scaling best practices for BD sustainable management and production

 Indicators:

Conservation and production security of 5 key species enhanced through maintaining population growth rates stable or increasing measured through a population asymmetry index and size class distribution fit to the J reverse distribution model [Brazil nut, acai (Amazon), pequi, araticum (Cerrado) and umbu (Caatinga)]
Number of heat foci as a proxy indicator for the use of fire as a management technique and hence driver of deforestation
Surface area (ha) of forests in MUL of the Amazon, Cerrado and Caatinga with sustainable production of BD products that can be potentially achieved through indirect effects of the project in: 1) Conservation Units (CUs) and surrounding areas-CU is the name in Brazil for PA in the national protected area system ; and 2) forested areas of 6 selected CTs (long term)
Surface area (ha) of forests in multiple use landscapes-MUL- of the Amazon, Cerrado and Caatinga biomes with sustainable production of BD products through direct effect of the project
Improved institutional capacities of EMBRAPA to effectively influence the planning, implementation, monitoring and mainstreaming of NTFP and AFS into production practices at the landscape level as measured by a % of increase in the capacity scorecard (see Annex 6)
Increased know-how of extensionists on NTFP and ASF as measured by the number that obtain at least 70% score in evaluations of project training on NTFP/AFS
Number of Citizenship Territories and/or CUs that adopt AFS for restoration of degraded lands as a strategy for planning and implementation of the Forest Code
Number of NTFP species that have differentiated minimum prices (PGPMBio) in each biome
Number of producers that adopt sustainable production of NTFP and AFS through: c) Direct effect of the projectd) Indirect effect of the project (replication)
Percentage of target population that makes use of the technical management guidelines prepared by the project
Degree of improvement in production chains of 5 species for increased market value and access
Increase in percentage of producers that access financing (e.g. credits, grants) for NTFP and AFS production and management subject to environmental criteria
Number of associations/cooperatives that maintain contracts for supply of products with the same buyer(s) (public and/or private) over a period of time[2]
Percentage of increase in the share of BD products in family incomes
Percentage of public purchases of BD products by key government programmes (PAA, PNAE and PGPMBio[1]) based on NTFP and AFS best practices
Outcome 2:

Market and financial frameworks for up-scaling for NTFP and AFS production in high-conservation value forest landscapes
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