Project

Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation in the Republic of Mauritius

Lead country

Mauritius

Participating countries

Mauritius

Project status

Approved/Endorsed

Project start date

August 20, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
  2. 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  3. 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil

Project ID: 6005

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Mainstreaming biodiversity
  • Strengthening conservation areas

Sub-area(s)

  • Agrobiodiversity

Landscape(s)

  • Conserved areas
  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • OECM (Other effective area-based conservation measures)
  • Key biodiversity areas (KBAs)

Transformed sector(s)

  • Agriculture
  • Forestry and other land use

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Institutional mechanism and system building

Strategy

  • Enabling
  • Management operation

Sub-strategy

  • Mainstream
  • Advocacy (towards policy makers)
  • Sustainable land management
  • Conserved areas/ protected areas management
  • Knowledge/Data management

Social inclusion

N/A

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
  • 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  • 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil

Conventions and protocols

  • United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
  • National Adaptation Plan (NAP)

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Structural/system transformation

USD $55,284,470

Grant amount

USD $8,705,520

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 Mauritius

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