Lead country
Kenya
Participating countries
Kenya
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From September 25, 2017 to August 30, 2021
Project ID: 5730
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Technical team
- Climate Strategies and Policy Programme
Cross-cutting programme(s)
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
- Energy Programme
Technical area(s)
N/A
Sub-area(s)
- Agriculture/irrigation
Landscape(s)
- Forests
- FreshWaters
- Conserved areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Tropical forests
- Seas
- Coasts
- Rivers and river basins
- Lakes
- Grazing lands
- Terrestrial protected areas
- Marine and coastal protected areas
- Indigenous and communities conserved areas (ICCAs)
Transformed sector(s)
- Agriculture
- Fisheries
- Livestock
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
- Institutional mechanism and system building
Strategy
- Governance
- Finance economy
- Technology innovation
Sub-strategy
- Partnerships
- Inter-sectoral coordination
- Participatory governance models
- Circular economy
- Blue economy
- Green economy
- Alternative energy sources
- Improved soil and water management techniques
- Rainwater harvesting
Social inclusion
- Youth/Children
- Disabled
- Elderly
Gender equality
- Women's access to and control over resources
- Women decision making
- Land rights for women
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender responsive
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
- Sci-tech pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 15.1 Conserve, restore, sustainably use terrestrial, freshwater ecosystems
- 14.2 Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
- 7.1 Ensure universal access to sustainable, reliable energy
Conventions and protocols
- National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)
- Other Global Conventions
- National Action Plan
Private sector(s)
- Financial intermediaries and market facilitators
Hot topic
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
- Human rights
- Cov-19
About this project
Description
The objective of the project is to enhance the socio-ecological resilience of selected landscapes and seascapes through community-based initiatives. Building on prior experience and lessons from the implementation of the COMPACT and COMDEKS programs, SGP will create synergies between individual grants by adopting a landscape/seascape approach enhancing overall program impact. Among other approaches, SGP will promote the establishment and effective operation of multi-stakeholder platforms at each landscape/seascape and encourage local governments, civil society organizations and the private sector to partner with local communities for the implementation of participatory landscape/seascape strategies, plans and projects. It will also foster the establishment of partnerships between civil society organizations and the private sector for bringing renewable energy and energy efficient technologies to poor local communities in off-grid areas through proposals that demonstrate innovation, sustainability and the potential for growth. Three ecologically sensitive areas of global and national significance were selected for the implementation of this phase: the Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley, the Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests - both protected under the World Heritage Convention - and the biodiversity-rich marine ecosystem of southern Kenya. While these areas provide important ecosystem services to the country and are essential for the livelihoods of pastoralist, agricultural, and fisher communities, they all present different levels of biodiversity loss and land degradation, exacerbated by climate change.
Objectives
Community-based initiatives enhance and maintain socio-ecological resilience in selected landscapes and seascapes in ecologically important and sensitive areas in Kenya.
USD $3,652,968
Grant amount
USD $5,660,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($3,652,968)
Implementing partner(s)
- UN Office for Project Services
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