Project

Mainstreaming sustainable use of biodiversity in production practices of small producers to protect the biodiversity of high value conservation forests in the Atlantic Forest, Yungas and Chaco

Lead country

Argentina

Participating countries

Argentina

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From May 18, 2015 to November 18, 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. 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction

Project ID: 4829

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Mainstreaming biodiversity

Sub-area(s)

  • Agrobiodiversity
  • Biodiversity financing

Landscape(s)

  • Forests

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Tropical forests

Transformed sector(s)

  • Forestry and other land use

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Direct support / Service Delivery
  • Institutional mechanism and system building

Strategy

  • Governance
  • Law regulation
  • Management operation

Sub-strategy

  • Institutional framework
  • Inter-sectoral coordination
  • Laws enforcement/ Regulation
  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Ecosystem and ecosystem services conservation/restoration
  • Sustainable land management

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Women

Gender equality

  • Livelihoods for women
  • Women's cooperatives and groups

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • People 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
  • 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction

Conventions and protocols

  • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Private sector(s)

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises

Hot topic

  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

This project will protect high-biodiversity value forest in three globally significant forest ecosystems (Upper Parana Atlantic -UPAF, Yungas and Chaco) in Argentina. It will build on an existing land-use planning and incentive framework that restricts land-use in forested areas (the Native Forest Law). It will overcome current governance and market constraints to optimize the Law´s contribution to reduce conversion and degradation of native forests, increase restoration and foster connectivity. It will mainstream sustainable-use of biodiversity, principally non-timber forest products (NTFP), in management plans developed under the Forest Law, and build capacities of small-scale farmers for biodiversity-based production combined with low impact agroforestry systems near high conservation value forest. It will facilitate access to existing finance mechanisms and subsidies for NTFP and improve supply chains and access to markets for biodiversity friendly products. To maintain production within ecosystem limits it will strengthen the regulatory and enforcement of sustainable-use of forest biodiversity at the provincial and national level. In doing so the project will address threats to biodiversity from existing small-holder production practices while increasing the viability of biodiversity-based land-uses, preventing migration of farmers and providing a buffer to forest areas under strict conservation.

Objectives

Strengthening the management framework for sustainable use of biodiversity1 to increase the protection of high conservation-value forests in Argentina.

USD $4,770,000

Grant amount

USD $23,687,400

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($4,770,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Argentina

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Sustainable use models of native forest biodiversity in areas of high conservation- value in 3 ecosystems

 Indicators:

% of Sustainable Management Plans (SMP) that include NTFP
Area (ha) of forest with benefits for the sustainable use of biodiversity in SMPBN Areas – Level II
Change in the ecosystem health index (ISEARL)* for the project landscapes
* Ecosystem Health Index Adjusted to Real Local Conditions (ISEARL).
Changes in the presence (% occurrence) of key animal species at the site level (Atlantic Forest: 40,000 ha; Yungas 60,000 ha; Chaco: 100,000 ha)
Percentage of coverage of forests in Category II in SMPBN Areas – Level II
Change in the flow of financing (USD) for sustainable use initiatives measured by the increase in approved management plans that include the sustainable use of NTFP
Estimated proportion of average annual gross income for small producers (Family farm nuclei [NAF]) (including women producers) as a result of the sale and sustainable use of the NTFP
Number of producers (including women producers) in three ecoregions with Social Tax certification to formally access the NTFP markets
Number of products incorporated into a “Native forests” collective brand
Number of species incorporated into the “Native forests” collective brand
Change in the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) and the provincial governments to implement and monitor the sustainable use of biodiversity in landscapes as measured by the project's Capacity Scorecard: a) Capacity for participation; b) Capacity for the creation of, access to, and use of information and knowledge; c) Capacity for the development of strategies, policy, and legislation; d) Capacity for management and implementation; e) Capacity for monitoring and evaluation
Number of persons/officials trained in the Application of the Forest Law
Number of proposals submitted regarding types of new and/or reformed policies or regulations that promote and/or facilitate the sustainable use of biodiversity of in 4.4 million ha.
Outcome 2:

Markets and financing mechanisms to ensure economic and social sustainability of Sustainable Management of NTFPs of the native forest
Outcome 3:

Governance framework at national and provincial levels for sustainable management of NTFP of native forests landscapes
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