Project

Network of Managed Resource Protected Areas

Lead country

Madagascar

Participating countries

Madagascar

Project status

Closure

Implementing period

From August 12, 2011 to December 18, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation
  2. 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  3. 15.c Increase local capacity to combat species poaching

Project ID: 4172

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Strengthening conservation areas
  • Ecosystem management and restoration

Sub-area(s)

  • Wildlife conservation
  • Ecosystem-based adaptation
  • Agrobiodiversity

Landscape(s)

  • Forests
  • Conserved areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Tropical forests
  • Protected areas network

Transformed sector(s)

N/A

UNDP role(s)

  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Data collection and analysis

Strategy

  • Management operation
  • Finance economy
  • Mitigation adaptation

Sub-strategy

  • Sustainable land management
  • Conserved areas/ protected areas management
  • Ecosystem mitigation and adaptation
  • Fiscal planning
  • Nature finance
  • Participatory governance models
  • Institutional capacity building

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs
  • Private sector

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway
  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation
  • 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  • 15.c Increase local capacity to combat species poaching

Conventions and protocols

  • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  • National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Public-private partnership

About this project

Description

The project aims to expand the protected area system of madagascar by developing a network of managed resource protected areas in under represented ecological landscapes, co-managed by local government and communities and integrated into the regional development framework. This will be achieved through the establishment of new managed resource protected areas and strengthening the institutional capacity to administer decentralised protected area governance framework for managed resources, as well as through the establishment of public-private partnerships to ensure financial sustainability .

Objectives

To expand the PA system of Madagascar by developing a sub-network of managed resource protected areas in represented ecological landscapes, co-managed by local government and communities and integrated into regional development frameworks.

USD $6,150,000

Grant amount

USD $8,544,265

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($6,150,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Environment Programme Management Unit

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

New PAs created under IUCN Categories V and VI as a foundation for a functional and effective sub-network of Managed Resources Protected Areas based upon a common vision and management principles.

 Indicators:

1. Full legal protection for critical habitat and species representation in Madagascar's PA estate through the addition of 'new PAs' to it (or NAPs ""nouvelles are protegees"" in FR), of which the proclamation of pilot MRPAs will be engineered through this projects 1a) on the project's role in the gazettal process 1b) on the total surface of the 5 new MRPA sites for which the project will directly ensure the gazettal of 1c) on the total surface of other MRPAs for which the project will indirectly influence the gazettal of through advocacy and methodology
2. Loss of natural forest within in target MRPAs Priority Conservation Zones (PCZ) less than half of the national average for unprotected areas.
3. Trends in fire frequency and extent in MRPA Priority Conservation Zones relative to unprotected natural habitats that are not in PAs.
4. Increased scores on the GEF4's PA Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool ""METT"" for all eight target MRPAs.
5. The enforcement of MRPA Zoning Plans for critical PAs is effective, as measured by the annual number of infractions reported on each site by communes and local communities.
6. Progressively increased scores on the UNDP's Capacity Development Scorecard for of Protected Areas Management over the baseline average ratio of 51% for the targeted MRPAs.
7. Communities' perception of their livelihood stake in the good stewardship of biological resources in MRPAs, measured through the periodic and independent application of the ""˜Most Significant Change' (MSC) technique.
9. Increased scores on the UNDP's Financial Sustainability Scorecard for National Systems of Protected Areas over the baseline for the targeted MRPAs.
10. Number of households benefitting from MRPA intervention and their mean yearly revenue
11. Additional funding (besides from project's own) secured for MRPA management operations
Outcome 2:

Institutional capacity among key stakeholder groups provides the enabling framework for decentralized MRPA governance assuring biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural source-based economic growth.
Outcome 3:

Financial sustainability of MRPAs is strengthened through innovative entrepreneurial public-private partnerships and mobilization of public funding.
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