Lead country
Zimbabwe
Participating countries
Zimbabwe
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From August 7, 2018 to August 7, 2024
Project ID: 5693
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Technical team
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
Technical area(s)
- Ecosystem management and restoration
- Mainstreaming biodiversity
Sub-area(s)
- Wildlife conservation
- Agrobiodiversity
Landscape(s)
- Forests
- Grasslands
- Conserved areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- General
- Terrestrial protected areas
Transformed sector(s)
- Forestry and other land use
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Institutional mechanism and system building
Strategy
- Law regulation
- Management operation
- Capacity building
Sub-strategy
- Laws enforcement/ Regulation
- Sustainable land management
- Ecosystem and ecosystem services conservation/restoration
- Wildlife and habitat conservation
- Community capacity building
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
Gender equality
N/A
Gender result effectiveness scale
N/A
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
- People pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
- 15.7 End wildlife poaching, illegal species trafficking
- 15.c Increase local capacity to combat species poaching
Conventions and protocols
N/A
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Structural/system transformation
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
Project description
Zimbabwe has very high level of biodiversity and is home to all the "Big Five" – African elephant, white and black rhinos, lion, buffalo and leopard. However, it also faces multiple challenges for sustainable development associated with biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and climate change consequences. This 6-year GEF project focuses on reducing key threats for wildlife, habitat, and livelihoods of local communities (poaching, IWT, deforestation, and impact of climate change) in one of the key biodiversity country's hotspots – Lower Zambezi Valley. The project strategy aims to strengthen the capacities of law enforcement agencies to fight wildlife and forest crime (Component 1); strengthen PA and Community Wildlife Conservancy management for wildlife and woodlands(Component 2); build strong sustainable NRM capacity for local communities and districts in cooperation with private sector (Component 3); and promote effective knowledge management (Component 4) to achieve the project objective: to promote an integrated landscape approach to managing wildlife resources, carbon and ecosystem services in the face of climate change in the protected areas and community lands of the Mid to Lower Zambezi Regions of Zimbabwe. The total project funding is US$ 57,436,964, including GEF contribution of US$ 10,025,964 and co-financing – US$ 47,411,000. This project forms part of the GEF Programmatic Approach to Prevent the Extinction of Known Threatened Species and falls under the GEF Programme Global Partnership on Wildlife Conservation and Crime Prevention for Sustainable Development (9071). Under this programmatic framework, with the coordination through the programme steering committee, coordinated knowledge management and cross-fertilisation of the individual projects will be assured.
USD $10,155,964
Grant amount
USD $47,411,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Source(s) of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($10,155,964)
Implementing partner(s)
- Ministry of MEWC of Environment, Water and Climate (MEWC)
Joint agencies
- World Bank
Related resources
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