Project

Strengthening the Sub system of Marine Protected Areas

Lead country

Honduras

Participating countries

Honduras

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From December 15, 2014 to December 15, 2019

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 14.2 Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
  2. 14.4 Regulate harvesting, overfishing, illegal fishing
  3. 14.7 Increase economic benefits of marine resources to SIDS

Project ID: 4826

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Strengthening conservation areas

Sub-area(s)

  • Ecosystem-based mitigation
  • Biodiversity financing
  • Wildlife conservation

Landscape(s)

  • Marine
  • Conserved areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Coasts
  • Marine and coastal protected areas
  • Specially protected areas (SPAs)

Transformed sector(s)

  • Aquaculture
  • Fisheries

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Institutional mechanism and system building
  • Normative support

Strategy

  • Management operation
  • Governance
  • Mitigation adaptation

Sub-strategy

  • Ecosystem and ecosystem services conservation/restoration
  • Institutional framework
  • Ecosystem mitigation and adaptation

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs

Gender equality

  • Livelihoods for women

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Reduce exposure
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 14.2 Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
  • 14.4 Regulate harvesting, overfishing, illegal fishing
  • 14.7 Increase economic benefits of marine resources to SIDS

Conventions and protocols

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

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Poverty reduction

About this project

Description

This project will apply a system-wide approach to increase the coverage, operational effectiveness and financial sustainability of Marine and Coastal Protected Areasin the north coast of Honduras, resulting in improved conservation of globally important marine and coastal biodiversity, improved productive sustainability of fisheries resources of national and regional importance and improved livelihood sustainability among fisher populations and others that depend directly and indirectly on coastal and marine resources. As such, the project will contribute to Outcome 1.1 under the GEF5 Biodiversity Focal Area, which aims to improve the management effectiveness of new and existing protected areas and deliver increased PA coverage of currently unprotected ecosystems. It will also thereby contribute to Goal 1.1 of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas of the CBD, "To establish and strengthen national and regional systems of protected areas integrated into a global network as a contribution to globally agreed goals", Goal 1.2 "To integrate protected areas into broader land- and seascapes and sectors so as to maintain ecological structure and function", Goal 1.4 "To substantially improve site-based protected area planning and management" and Goal 1.5 "To prevent and mitigate the negative impacts of key threats to protected areas".

Objectives

To promote the conservation of biodiversity through the expansion of the effective coverage of Marine and Coastal Protected Areasin Honduras.

USD $6,172,728

Grant amount

USD $11,600,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($6,172,728)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Honduras

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Increased coverage of marine and coastal PAs

 Indicators:

Artisanal fisheries as indicator of marine biodiversity- Catch diversity, - Catch per unit effort- Mean Trophic Index of catch - Average size of landed fisheries - Genetic Diversity of key commercial and ecologically important species
Coverage and connectivity of mangrove forests in 5 target PAs (Jeannette Kawas, Cuyamel Omoa, Cuero y Salado, Bay Islands, Punta Izopo)
Increase in number of sites in 7 target PAs with Simplified Integrated Reef Health Index of >2.6
Maintenance of status of key species in 7 target areas (see table below for indicators/site):- Manatee (annual presence young individuals)- Marine birds (%sites with breeding)- Benthic assemblage (% coral cover and % algal cover)- Biomass of commercial species (groupers and snappers)- Biomass of herbivorous fish species (parrotfish and surgeon fish)- Spawning aggregation sites (breeding in known sites)
Area legally declared as being under protection to promote biological, productive and social sustainability of marine and coastal resources .
Increase in the average management effectiveness rating of 7 PAs (including improvements in infrastructure and enforcement), measured through the GEF Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT)
Increase in the management effectiveness of the existing 3-mile exclusive zone for artisan fishing (covering 2,600km2, without counting the area of overlap with the Island-to-Mainland Connectivity Zone)
Numbers of fishers belonging to groups committed to responsible fishing (as defined by the FAO responsible fishing standard of 1995 and the forthcoming DIGEPESCA standard)
Increase in Financial Sustainability Scorecard rating for selected MCPAs
Increases in sustainable income sources (visitor fees and Government budget) for 6 PAs
Outcome 2:

Improved management effectiveness of marine and coastal PAs in protecting BD against threats
Outcome 3:

Financial sustainability of marine and coastal PAs
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