Project

Mainstreaming biodiversity conservation into the tourism sector in synergy with a further strengthened protected areas system in Cape Verde CLEARED BY GEF COUNCIL NOVEMBER 5-7, 2013

Lead country

Cabo Verde

Participating countries

Cabo Verde

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From September 19, 2016 to September 19, 2021

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.b Provide resource, market access for small-scale fishers

Project ID: 4526

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Mainstreaming biodiversity
  • Strengthening conservation areas

Sub-area(s)

  • Agrobiodiversity
  • Ecosystem-based mitigation

Landscape(s)

  • Conserved areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Marine and coastal protected areas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Aquaculture
  • Fisheries
  • Tourism

UNDP role(s)

  • Institutional mechanism and system building
  • Policy advice
  • Capacity development / Technical assistance

Strategy

  • Enabling
  • Governance
  • Management operation

Sub-strategy

  • Community engagement
  • Institutional framework
  • Participatory governance models
  • Conserved areas/ protected areas management

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs
  • Private sector

Gender equality

  • Livelihoods for women

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway
  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 14.2 Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
  • 14.4 Regulate harvesting, overfishing, illegal fishing
  • 14.b Provide resource, market access for small-scale fishers

Conventions and protocols

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

Private sector(s)

  • Individuals/Entrepreneurs

Hot topic

  • Poverty reduction

About this project

Description

the project will create enabling conditions to mitigate the adverse impacts on biodiversity by the tourism sector in Cape Verde. The frameworks will be developed at national level and tentatively rolled out in four priority islands Santiago, Sal, Boavista and Maio where immediate pressure is greatest and urgent action is required that can be replicated more widely in the future. This urgent action includes at the local level the pending operationalisation of a number of critical terrestrial and marine/ coastal PAs and the piloting of marine biodiversity and artisanal fisheries management together with communities in two selected sites. At the same time the project will harness the opportunities that more sustainable forms of tourism and fisheries offer for biodiversity, protected area management and local community development, and thereby contribute to the consolidation and diversification of Cape Verdes tourism product.

Objectives

To safeguard globally significant biodiversity in Cabo Verde from current and emerging threats, by enhancing the enabling and regulatory frameworks in the tourism sector and activating a critical further subset of the national protected areas system.

USD $3,716,763

Grant amount

USD $10,097,191

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($3,716,763)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Cabo Verde

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Biodiversity conservation is mainstreamed into tourism planning and operations at national level and on priority islands.

 Indicators:

(1) Number of hectares of key habitats of global importance under increased protection.
(2) Population size/density of selected globally significant species.
(3) Legal, policy and institutional frameworks in place for conservation, sustainable use, and access and benefit sharing of natural resources, biodiversity and ecosystems.
(4) Capacity to implement national or sub-national plans to protect and restore the health, productivity and resilience of oceans and marine ecosystems.
(5) Changes in UNDP capacity assessment scorecard for the national system of Protected Areas.
(6) % of new tourism developments which conform to Tourism Land use plans and apply SEA and EIA recommendations as part of the permitting process.
(7) Number of EIA and SEA infractions identified and % of successful corrections achieved during the construction and operational phases of tourism developments.
(8) % of tourism businesses adopting and complying with national standards and sustainable tourism certification systems
(10) Net revenue for PA management from the tourism sector in project intervention sites.
(11) Financial sustainability scorecard for the national system of protected areas.
(9) Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) scores in each of the 8 new PAs to be established and operationalised.

Outcome 2:

The coastal and marine PA estate in priority islands is expanded and strengthened.
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