Expansion and Strengthening of the Protected Area Subsystem of the Outer Islands of Seychelles and its Integration into the broader land and seascape
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Lead country
Seychelles
Participating countries
Seychelles
Project status
Closure
Implementing period
From August 8, 2014 to September 28, 2020
SDGs addressed by this project
SDG targets
- 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
- 14.2 Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
- 14.1 Prevent, reduce marine pollution, including debris, nutrients
Project ID: 4529
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Technical team
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
Technical area(s)
- Ecosystem management and restoration
- Strengthening conservation areas
Sub-area(s)
- Agrobiodiversity
- Ecosystem-based adaptation
Landscape(s)
- Conserved areas
- Marine
Sub-landscape(s)
- Coasts
- Coral reefs
- Marine and coastal protected areas
Transformed sector(s)
- Aquaculture
- Fisheries
- Forestry and other land use
UNDP role(s)
- Data collection and analysis
- Institutional mechanism and system building
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
Strategy
- Finance economy
- Governance
- Management operation
Sub-strategy
- Blue economy
- Institutional framework
- Inter-sectoral coordination
- Conserved areas/ protected areas management
Social inclusion
N/A
Gender equality
N/A
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- People pathway
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
- Improve resilience
- Reduce exposure
SDG target(s)
- 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
- 14.2 Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
- 14.1 Prevent, reduce marine pollution, including debris, nutrients
Conventions and protocols
N/A
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
N/A
About this project
Description
The project seeks to promote the conservation and sustainable use of coastal and marine biodiversity in the SeychellesÔÇÖ Outer Islands. It will do so by strengthening protected area management in coastal and marine ecosystems in the Outer Islands region of Seychelles and by expanding this sub-system of PAs. The Government has recently refocused its development program for the Outer Islands through a multi-sectoral approach and with a view to economic development. Within this approach, biodiversity and Sustainable land management (SLM) will play a major role in development, and it will also be a determining factor with respect to the type of developments that will be allowed in different sites in this region. In this context, dealing with pressures from competing land uses across the land- and seascape is paramount. At the wider landscape level, this will include the rational allocation of scarce resources such as land, soil, water in a manner that is compatible with the fragility of ecosystems in the Outer Islands and their ability to render services. SLM will also be promoted through the the restoration of degraded terrestrial ecosystems impacted by unsustainable activities, including the elimination of IAS. As a result of the project, an expanded subsystem of Coastal and Marine Protected Areas (CMPAs) will provide increased protection to an estimated 1,152 ha of land area, plus marine area to be determined. These areas are: (i) South Island Farquhar National Park together with Goelettes Island (Farquhar) and Banc de Sables Special Reserves; (ii) South Island (Poivre) National Park; (iii) Alphonse Managed Resource Use PA (174 ha), and (iv) Desroches Managed Resource Use PA (394 ha). The project will also mprove PA management effectiveness in target sites, mitigating direct threats to biodiversity and maintaining essential ecosystem services. In addition, pressures on natural resources from competing land uses in the wider land- and seascape will be reduced through an integrated natural resource management (INRM) framework. This will result in reduced land conversion in areas important for biodiversity conservation and within ecosystems providing important ecosystem services (water provision and flooding control) as an indirect result of improved land use planning. Also, 60 hectares of degraded ecosystems will be rehabilitated (IAS controlled), and the systemic capacity and financing for promoting sustainable development in the Outer Island through INRM across the land- and seascape will be improved.
Objectives
To promote the conservation and sustainable use of coastal and marine biodiversity in the Seychelles" Outer Islands by integrating a National Subsystem of Coastal and Marine Protected Areas (CMPAs) into the broader land- and seascape while reducing the pressures on natural resources from competing land uses.
USD $1,872,546
Grant amount
USD $10,520,095
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($1,872,546)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Seychelles
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