Project

Sustainable management of forest ecosystems in Amazonia by indigenous and local communities to generate multiple environmental and social benefits

Lead country

Bolivia

Participating countries

Bolivia

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From January 8, 2018 to January 8, 2023

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation
  2. 15.b Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management
  3. 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction

Project ID: 4743

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Ecosystem management and restoration

Sub-area(s)

  • Agrobiodiversity
  • Ecosystem-based mitigation

Landscape(s)

  • Conserved areas
  • Forests

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Indigenous and communities conserved areas (ICCAs)

Transformed sector(s)

  • Forestry and other land use
  • Agriculture

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Direct support / Service Delivery

Strategy

  • Management operation
  • Capacity building
  • Food and agricultural commodities

Sub-strategy

  • Sustainable land management
  • Ecosystem and ecosystem services conservation/restoration
  • Community capacity building
  • Traditional knowledge application
  • Improved & diversified sustainable livelihoods (TP 5)
  • Sustainable agriculture practices and use of resources (TP 2, 7, 8, 9)

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Smallholder farmers

Gender equality

  • Women's cooperatives and groups

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway
  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Reduce exposure
  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation
  • 15.b Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management
  • 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction

Conventions and protocols

  • National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy
  • Nature-based solution

About this project

Description

This project will generate multiple environmental benefits by optimizing the roles of indigenous communities in safeguarding their forests against current and emerging threats, in legally-recognised Original Indigenous Peasant Territories (TIOCs) located within the Amazon region in the north of Bolivia These TIOCs have historically been conserved and sustainably managed by indigenous people, and therefore constitute a form of ÔÇ£indigenous and community conserved areaÔÇØ (ICCA), although they are not formally recognized as PAs or included in the National PA System (even if a number of TIOCs do overlap with formal PAs) . Thus the main focus of the project will be on maximizing the sustainability of non-timber forest product collection (especially Brazil nut) and subsistence forest use by indigenous actors, given the effectiveness of these forms of use in motivating the communities to continue safeguarding their forests. The sustainability of these activities is currently under threat from factors including the loss of other tree species on which Brazil nut pollinators depend when the Brazil nut trees are not in flower, and the decline of populations of mammal species that disperse the Brazil nut seeds, due to unsustainable hunting (in some cases by the nut collectors themselves). This will be complemented by the promotion of sustainable agroforestry and silvopastoral systems in non-forest areas within and around the TIOCs.

Objectives

Forest ecosystems of Amazonia are managed by indigenous and local communities (TIOCs) to generate multiple environmental and local benefits that motivate the continued participation of local communities in their protection.

USD $6,345,835

Grant amount

USD $26,375,246

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($6,345,835)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Bolivia

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Enabling environment at national and regional levels in support of integrated and sustainable management of forests and life systems in Original Indigenous Peasant Territories (TIOCs)

 Indicators:

O1. Area of forest in the target TIOCs subject to sustainable management, including:
- Limitation of the extraction of fauna and NTFPs to ecologically sustainable levels;
- Thinning and enrichment planting to promote the regeneration of target species and/or the pollinators on which they depend;
- Respect of ecologically sensitive zones (for example where ecologically important species are under processes of recovery) O2. Numbers of people in the 4 target TIOCs who have increased their levels of income due to their participation in the sustainable management of forests and life systems, without affecting the diversity and sustainability of their livelihoods.
O3. Area of non-forest land in the TIOCs and adjacent areas subject to sustainable management practices
O4. Area of other TIOCs covered by planning instruments and regulations that support SFM, as a measure of the indirect (replication) effect of the project
O5. Abundance and occupancy of Brazil nut disperser species
O6. Population status of pollinator species
O7. Numbers of animals hunted (by species) per unit of effort, as a measure of the population status of fauna populations
O8. Trends in indicators of ecosystem status, as defined through knowledge dialogue between scientists and community members.
O9. Numbers of boxes of Brazil nuts harvested per unit of effort
1.1. Degree of development, harmonization and application of principles and procedures for territorial planning at regional, landscape and TIOC levels, to optimize the delivery of environmental and social benefits
1.2. Numbers of actors participating actively in consultative platforms at the regional level in support of multi-stakeholder decision-making regarding forest management and life systems (e.g. locations and nature of institutional investments in social, productive and/or infrastructural development, provisions of environmental regulations)
1.3. Numbers of institutions participating in monitoring systems/applying indicators of the condition of the natural resources of relevance to the model of forest management promoted by the Project.
1.4. Degree to which specific provision is made in budgetary instruments to support SFM in TIOCs
2.1. Area covered by General Plans for the Integrated Management of Lands and Forests (PGIBT) providing for the sustainable management of forests and life systems for NTFPs and/or timber.
2.2. Area covered by effective provisions (norms and human/logistical resources) for the inspection and control of the target forests and life systems, based on traditional mechanisms for oversight and control, in coordination with central authorities
2.3. Area of the target forests where local stakeholders are applying local level holistic monitoring of forests and life systems, including baseline values and analysis of environmental, social and productive elements of forests and life systems, and their interactions; resilience and regenerative capacities environmental functions and services (linked to external sources of information)
2.4. Numbers of communities with plans developed and implemented for the use and commercialisation of products, contributing to the sustainable management of the target forests
2.5. Number of families with access to sustainable sources of finance that allow the development of their businesses based on the useand sale of products, contributing to the sustainable management of the target life systems
2.6. Increases in the prices received for selected forest products by community members, due to improvements in their capacities to add value and market, relative to control communities
2.7. Number of Government and community-based actors with increased awareness of the concepts and determining factors of sustainable management of forests and associated life systems
2.8. Number of Government and community-based actors regularly dialoguing and coordinating their actions in relation to SFM
Outcome 2:

Integrated management of natural resources in TIOCs
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