Project

Supporting Sustainable Ecosystems by Strengthening the Effectiveness of Dominicas Protected Areas System

Lead country

Dominica

Participating countries

Dominica

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From April 14, 2016 to April 14, 2021

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
  2. 15.6 Promote fair, equitable benefits sharing

Project ID: 5089

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Ecosystem management and restoration
  • Strengthening conservation areas

Sub-area(s)

  • Ecosystem-based mitigation
  • Agrobiodiversity

Landscape(s)

  • Marine
  • Conserved areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Large marine ecosystem
  • Marine and coastal protected areas
  • Productive landscapes/Seascapes
  • OECM (Other effective area-based conservation measures)

Transformed sector(s)

  • Aquaculture
  • Other sectors
  • Agriculture

UNDP role(s)

  • Institutional mechanism and system building
  • Policy advice

Strategy

  • Governance
  • Food and agricultural commodities
  • Management operation

Sub-strategy

  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Standards/ Labeling/ Guideline
  • Institutional framework
  • Improved & diversified sustainable livelihoods (TP 5)
  • Sustainable land management
  • Conserved areas/ protected areas management

Social inclusion

N/A

Gender equality

  • Women farmers
  • Women's cooperatives and groups
  • Awareness raising (on gender)

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender responsive

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience
  • Reduce exposure

SDG target(s)

  • 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
  • 15.6 Promote fair, equitable benefits sharing

Conventions and protocols

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

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • SIDS
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

The objectives of this project are to improve the sustainability of the protected area system in Dominica, to strengthen the management of Morne Trois Pitons National Park (MTPNP) and establish a buffer zone around the area, and to enhance the cross-sector enabling environment for integrated landscape management. The establishment of a buffer zone will improve the integrity of MTPNP while making it the core conservation area within a functional productive landscape.

Objectives

To demonstrate a model for effective integrated landscape management encompassing the strengthening of an existing protected area (Morne Trois Pitons National Park) and establishment of its buffer zone in order to reduce threats to biodiversity and ecological functioning.

USD $1,789,498

Grant amount

USD $7,700,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($1,789,498)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Barbados

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Strengthening the core zone management of Protected Areas at systemic level and scale up innovative interventions at core zone of selected PAs to improve Sustainability

 Indicators:

Coverage of the Protected Area in acres
Improve METT scores of MTPNP and other targeted PAs
Level of operationalization of the PA management plan
Level of completion of the Financial Sustainability Plan
Level of operationalization of Monitoring and Assessment plans for indigenous flora and flora and invasive species
Level of PA legislation completion
Level of PA management database and information system operationalization
Level of PA regulation policy operationalization
Level of PA system plan completion
Level of surveillance plan operationalization
Number of inclusive, gender-responsive co-management arrangements developed
Number of persons trained and actively undertaking silviculture, fauna and ecological assessments in
Forestry Wildlife and Parks
Number of staff demonstrating increased capacity for PA Coordination in the National Parks disaggregated by sex
Number of staff demonstrating increased knowledge in surveillance, disaggregated by age and sex
Number of staff demonstrating increased knowledge of park management, disaggregated by age and sex
Percentage increase in PA Management capacity
Percentage rating in PA Financial Sustainability
Level of comprehensive buffer zone legislation operationalisation
Level of land tenure review completion
Number of gender-responsive community resource management plans developed for the buffer zone
Number of legally constituted inter-sectorial committees with mandate and authority for PA management.
Number of persons in buffer zone practicing BD friendly and climate smart agriculture, disaggregated by age and sex
Percentage increase of the population in the target area demonstrating increased knowledge and awareness of BD threats and PA regulations and restrictions, disaggregated by age and sex
Outcome 2:

Establish and manage Buffer Zone as a key component of National Protected Area System and select experiences to be scaled up beyond the buffer zone
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