Lead country
Dominican Republic
Participating countries
Dominican Republic
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From December 12, 2018 to December 12, 2024
Project ID: 5761
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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
Sub-landscape(s)
- General
Transformed sector(s)
- Forestry and other land use
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Innovative approaches
- Institutional mechanism and system building
Strategy
- Management operation
- Finance economy
Sub-strategy
- Sustainable land management
- Ecosystem and ecosystem services conservation/restoration
- Nature finance
Social inclusion
N/A
Gender equality
N/A
Gender result effectiveness scale
N/A
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Reduce exposure
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
- 15.b Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management
- 15.4 Conserve mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity
Conventions and protocols
N/A
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Nature-based solution
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
Project description
13. The project will promote a landscape approach to the conservation of threatened ecosystems that will benefit all the mountain ranges of the country. It will specifically promote field interventions in 3 landscapes although the final sites will be confirmed during the PPG phase: (I) South side of the Sierra de Neyba; (II) Corridors that connect Valle Nuevo NP, La Humeadora NP, Barbacoa Reserve; and (III) Mid-watershed of Ozama River. These areas have been identified as containing particularly high levels of biodiversity of global importance, generating environmental goods and services of national importance, and being vulnerable to a number of threats of both anthropic and natural origin. Each of these areas contains a wide diversity of ecosystems, stretching from the coast up to the summits of the countryÂs most important mountain ranges. These areas are also of major importance for cocoa and coffee production, which constitute the mainstay of the local economy.
USD $8,356,165
Grant amount
USD $54,007,377
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($8,356,165)
Implementing partner(s)
- Ministerio de Vivienda Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente MVOTMA
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