EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Through the CBD LifeWeb Initiative
SECTION I: BASIC INFORMATION
(Updated 14.02.2013)
COUNTRY/COUNTRIES
Protected Areas System of countries that are part of the Amazon Biome, gathered at the Latin-American Network for
Technical Cooperation in National Parks, other Protected Areas, Wild Flora and Fauna (REDPARQUES): BOLIVIA, BRASIL,
COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, GUYANA, FRECH GUYANA, PERU, SURINAME, VENEZUELA.
PROJECT TITLE
ECOSYSTEM-BASED VISION OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION FOR THE AMAZON BIOME: Maintaining ecosystem
goods and services, integrity, functionality and biome resilience under the effects of human and natural pressures in a
climate change context.
CONTACT PERSON
Name and contact information (to be consulted on content and revisions)
Name:
Dra. Julia Miranda Londoño
Regional Coordinator of REDPARQUES
Director of Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia
Email:
redparques@parquesnacionales.gov.co
Phone:
+57 (1) 353-2400
Organisation:
Latin-American Network for Technical Cooperation in National Parks, other Protected Areas, Wild
Flora and Fauna (REDPARQUES)
ABSTRACT
Please briefly explain in two to three sentences why this project is important to conserving biodiversity, addressing climate
change, securing livelihoods and contributing toward the achievement of area-based Aichi Targets of the Strategic Plan for
Biodiversity 2011-2020
The main objective of the Ecosystem Based Vision of Biodiversity Conservation for the Amazon Biome initiative is to
support the regional implementation of the CBD’s Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA) in the Amazon
region and the achievement of relevant Aichi Targets from the 2011-2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity agreed in
Nagoya Japan at the 10th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
In order to achieve these objectives, it is necessary that each of the eight countries and one territory herewith
represented by REDPARQUES make further progress on their own PoWPA Action Plans towards consolidating their
existing systems of protected areas, their reserves and indigenous territories and their transboundary conservation
areas, according to Decision VII/28, and finally that they agree and support the advancement in strengthening technical
elements that are broadly applicable and relevant for protected area management the whole Amazon biome.
In terms of conserving biodiversity, addressing climate change, securing livelihoods and contributing toward the
achievement of area-based Aichi Targets, this project is highly important because it seeks for well governed and
effectively managed protected areas (Target 11) in order to safeguard both habitats and populations of species and for
delivering important ecosystem services (Target 6). Furthermore, this project is aligned with Targets 5, 14 and 15, and
there is the need for collaboration between neighboring protected areas and the adoption of mechanisms and
commitments to strengthen the protected areas systems as natural solutions to climate change, in synergy with the
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CBD and other conventions according to CBD Decision XI/24.
GEOGRAPHIC SCALE
Please select one of the following.
X Multinational
National
Sub-national
LINKS WITH THE WORLD DATABASE ON PROTECTED AREAS
If this project’s scope involves protected areas registered in the World Database on Protected Areas, please include the
URL links where the sites appear on http://www.protectedplanet.net of all the areas involved in this project. If the area(s)
are not registered in the WDPA, please indicate the complete name(s).
Please refer to the protectedplanet.net website for each of the protected areas at each of the 9 countries where the
Amazon Biome is located.
MAPS
Please send high quality digital GIS files or scanned maps situating and describing the project area. These files may be
made available for download on the LifeWeb website and may be used in CBD and LifeWeb communication materials
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Name of attachment
See below.
Description
See below.
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Map 1: Amazon Biome Position
Alternatively, please indicate latitude and longitude coordinates for the center of the project.
www.getlatlon.com.
Latitude
Longitude
-5.615986
-61.699219
For help, see:
Note: if the LifeWeb Expression of Interest includes protected areas that are not included in the World Database on
Protected Areas and are not visible on the http://www.protectedplanet.net, you will be directed, through the process of
submission, to the manager of the World Database on Protected Area to ensure the areas are represented correctly on
the global protected areas map as noted in CBD COP IX/18, para. 11.
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IMAGES
Please send at least three high quality images and any additional media (videos, web pages, brochure, etc.) of the project.
Please note that images will be used to profile your Expression of Interest on the CBD LifeWeb Website and may also be
used for other CBD LifeWeb communication materials. Please note that at least one image is required.
Name of attachment
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Description
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SECTION II: LINK WITH THE 2011-2020 STRATEGIC PLAN FOR BIODIVERSITY
AND THE AICHI TARGETS
LifeWeb facilitates financing that contributes toward the achievement of the area-based Aichi Targets in the 2011-2020
Strategic Plan for Biodiversity. Please indicate below how the proposed project contributes toward these targets. Please
be specific and attach supporting documentation as necessary in Section V.
AICHI TARGET 5
“By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural habitats, including forests, is at least halved and where feasible brought close to
zero, and degradation and fragmentation is significantly reduced.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 5 EN, ES, FR)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 5 (if applicable)
Indeed, this is one of the most project related targets because it refers to preventing the loss of all natural habitats
especially those of high biodiversity, including forests, which is the main area represented in the Amazon Biome.
Additionally in order to deliver the main Project’s objective, which is to support the regional implementation of the
CBD’s Programme of Work for Protected Areas (PoWPA) specifically in the Amazon region, all the involved actors have
set up some short term (1-4 years) strategic actions and activities at the regional level linked to their own PoWPA
Action Plans. Such conservation initiatives have been already recognized at high level meetings such as CBD COP 10
and in important documents such as the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3.
By reaching the Project’s main objective to build a shared ecosystem vision of biological and cultural diversity
conservation of the Amazon Biome, contributions to an efficient management of the PA systems and maintenance of
goods and services, as well as to the Biome’s integrity, functionality and resilience against natural and
anthropomorphic effects and pressures under a climate change context will be provided.
AICHI TARGET 9
“By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled or eradicated,
and measures are in place to manage pathways to prevent their introduction and establishment.” (CBD Quick Guide to
Aichi Target 9 EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 9 (if applicable)
Not applicable.
AICHI TARGET 10
“By 2015, the multiple anthropogenic pressures on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate
change or ocean acidification are minimized, so as to maintain their integrity and functioning.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi
Target 10 EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 10 (if applicable)
Not applicable.
AICHI TARGET 11
“By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas
of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and equitably
managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of protected areas and other effective area-based
conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscapes and seascapes.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 11
EN, ES)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 11 (if applicable)
This project contributes to achieve Aichi Target 11 because it seeks for well governed and effectively managed
protected areas in order to safeguard both habitats and populations of species and for delivering important ecosystem
services. Additionally, this project aims to consolidate the portfolio definition process of priority conservation areas
from a regional perspective, integrating the ecosystem-based approach as well as other measures of conservation in
the larger-scale landscape.
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Other sociocultural and economic elements are considered in the analysis of social participation and equitable
governance in a bid to strengthen decision-making processes with support and direct contribution to conservation
from indigenous and local communities.
AICHI TARGET 12
“By 2020 the extinction of known threatened species has been prevented and their conservation status, particularly of
those most in decline, has been improved and sustained.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 12 EN, ES, FR)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 12 (if applicable)
The Ecosystem Based Vision of Biodiversity Conservation for the Amazon Biome looks forward to protect more than
10% of the world’s known species, including more than 100,000 invertebrates, 40,000 plants and trees, and 3,000 fish),
with (macro) species new to science appearing almost every day. Since the proposed project’s main focus is to protect
natural habitats, the conservation status of those species that comprise those habitats will therefore be improved and
the likelihood of their extinction will be lowered.
AICHI TARGET 13
“By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and of wild relatives, including
other socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been developed and
implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic diversity.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 13
EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 13 (if applicable)
Not applicable.
AICHI TARGET 14
“By 2020, ecosystems that provide essential services, including services related to water, and contribute to health,
livelihoods and well-being, are restored and safeguarded, taking into account the needs of women, indigenous and local
communities, and the poor and vulnerable.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 14 EN)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 14 (if applicable)
In order to achieve this Aichi Target, the participation of indigenous and local communities is essential. Therefore, this
project proposes actions such as sharing experiences on sustainable use and management of biodiversity goods and
services (water security, ecotourism, etc.) in protected areas and conservation areas to improve the standards of living
of their populations. This is also complemented by strengthening the capacities of institutions, indigenous, Afrodescendants and local communities in cross-border protected areas.
Provision, regulation and cultural services are to be guaranteed with the support to this project in terms of water
provision, preventing degradation/desertification, landscape integrity preservation and traditional knowledge
protection, as an integrated approach for ecosystem-based adaptation to address climate change.
Additionally, some measures towards protecting ecosystems may rely upon setting up an Amazonian database of
those endangered ecosystems (e.g. based on IUCN red list). This should lead to better knowledge about which
ecosystem services (including freshwater production, carbon storage, ecotourism potential, etc.), climate change and
socioeconomic aspects are susceptible and therefore priorities for intervention.
AICHI TARGET 15
“By 2020, ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks have been enhanced, through
conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing
to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification.” (CBD Quick Guide to Aichi Target 15
EN, ES, FR)
Please indicate how this project contributes toward achieving Aichi Target 15 (if applicable)
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Under the current context in which the project is defined where climate change is occurring, specific actions have been
identified to achieve Target 15. One of them is to develop and implement monitoring and modelling systems of
impacts of key drivers and threats (infrastructure, climate change, agriculture and mining) on protected areas.
Once this is achieved, it will be possible to design and implement training programs on impact assessment, the
development of monitoring plans, mitigation and strategic environmental assessment (which makes possible the
measurement of environmental and ecosystem indicators of key drivers and threats that allow for decision making), in
order to carry out a regional analysis on ecosystem services and the role of Protected Areas for adaptation and
mitigation and inform decision making.
Finally, in this project’s last phase, pilot programs on adaptation and mitigation will be implemented that recognize the
positive impact of Protected Areas to reduce the negative impacts of climate change, through strategies such as
ecosystem based adaptation and/or REDD+.
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SECTION III: PROJECT DESCRIPTION
LOCAL CONTEXT AND PROBLEMS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE PROJECT
Please describe the context and challenges (including threats to biodiversity) in the area. You are welcome to attach
supporting documents.
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Geographical and natural context
The project takes place in the Amazon biome, a region widely recognized for its strategic importance in protecting
biodiversity, in global climate regulation and in providing livelihood benefits to millions of people. The biome covers
6.7 million Km2, spans across eight countries and one overseas territory.
It contains the largest remaining contiguous tropical rainforest on earth with an unparalleled diversity of species and
habitats (more than 10% of the world’s known species, including more than 100.000 invertebrates, 40.000 plants and
trees, and 3.000 fish), with (macro) species new to science appearing almost every day. Almost 20% of the world’s
surface freshwater that reaches the oceans flows through the Amazon basin whose hydrological cycle plays a major
role in stabilizing the regional and global climate.
The Amazon biome significantly contributes to maintaining critical ecosystem functions and provides ecological
services that are crucial to society. It is home to more than 380 indigenous groups and its rich natural resources base
provides a source of livelihoods for more than 44 million people.
Role of Protected Areas
Systems of Protected Areas are recognized as fundamental tools in the articulation and implementation of sustainable
development and conservation strategies. They are also an essential part of the global response to climate change and
other global change drivers. Protected areas (PAs) store 15% of terrestrial carbon and help address the cause of
climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. By maintaining and supplying essential services upon which
people depend – water supply, food and public health – they also contribute towards enhanced community-based
adaptation in the face of climate change and play an important role in disaster risk reduction.
In line with the above, through the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA) signed through Decision
VII/28 at CBD COP 7, Parties have agreed to support the creation and maintenance of comprehensive national and
regional systems of protected areas, effectively managed and ecologically representative that contribute to achieving
the CBD objectives and to reduce the current rate of biodiversity loss. Additionally, the 2011-2020 Strategic Plan for
Biodiversity, agreed in Nagoya Japan at the 10th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity,
calls for the halt of biodiversity loss and includes 20 explicit targets (Aichi Targets) in which to measure progress.
Several (if not all) of these targets require protected areas in order to be achieved. In particular, Aichi Target 11
requires a systematic approach to protected area design, management, monitoring and benefit sharing.
In the Amazon Region, the essential function of PAs is well recognized and the Amazon biome contains today 2.16 % of
all PAs worldwide. 78% of PAs that were established in the world between 2003 and 2009 are to be found in the
Amazon biome. The National System of Protected Areas in Brazil and the Brazilian Program of Protected Areas for the
Amazon Region (ARPA)1 in particular are widely recognized as successful examples.
Project Building
Based on the model offered by ARPA and the major opportunities presented by the CBD PoWPA, the Latin-American
Network for Technical Cooperation in National Parks, other Protected Areas, Wild Flora and Fauna, otherwise known
as REDPARQUES2, in partnership with the CBD Secretariat, WWF and IUCN, and with the support and participation of
the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) and the Community of Andean of Nations (CAN), led the
development of an Ecosystem Based Vision of Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity of the Amazon Biome
1 ARPA is the largest effort in the world on protected areas and the recent PA expansion in the Brazilian Amazon (in great part due
to ARPA) is thought to
be responsible for 37% of the total decrease in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between 2004 and 2009. The remaining decrease being associated
to economic downturn in the agriculture and ranching sectors and increased enforcement of environmental laws. It is estimated that by 2050, PAs in the
Brazilian Amazon have the potential to avoid the emission of as much as 8 billion tons of carbon.
2 REDPARQUES is the technical alliance of public institutions in charge of the administration and management of protected areas from the 19 Latin
American countries. It was created in 1983 upon decision of countries designating the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean as
technical secretariat. It is aimed to promote the exchange of experiences and mutual strengthening and to contribute towards the development of the
national systems of protected areas and the conservation of biological diversity in the region.
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to contribute to the effective administration and management of protected areas systems and the maintenance of
goods and services, integrity, functionality and resilience of the Biome against the effects of natural and
anthropogenic pressures and in the context of climate change.
This work began in August 2008 in Bogota (Colombia), where directors and technicians of the systems of protected
areas of the Amazon countries came together and put forth some elements of the vision and agreed a program of
work to assess progress in implementing elements of PoWPA at a regional level. A series of workshop bringing
together various stakeholders was subsequently organised, including inter alia workshops on a) Regional opportunities
of conservation in the Amazon biome, b) Integration of the vision of indigenous and local communities in this initiative
c) analysis of the effectiveness of protected area management, and d) review of financing strategies for protected
areas.
These events contributed towards the articulation of a joint regional conservation vision with four key areas of
intervention (priority issues) and one cross cutting issue, and the articulation of its related 2010–2020 Action Plan,
mentioned herewith:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Conservation opportunities - Directing actions to plan, select, create, strengthen and manage the national and
regional systems and sites of protected areas.
Governance, participation, equity and benefit sharing.
Financial sustainability.
Management effectiveness: standards, assessments and monitoring of protected areas.
Ecosystem services and climate change was identified as a cross cutting theme.
The Action Plan was built under a timeline of ten (10) years (2010-2020), which draws a set of actions on the short (1-4
years), medium (5-7 years) and long (7-10 years) term in order to achieve the PoWPA objectives and goals. Such
conservation initiatives have been already recognized at high level meetings such as the CDB COP10 and by the Global
Biodiversity Outlook 3, from the CDB Secretariat.
Threats to biodiversity
The Amazon today is increasingly threatened mainly due to the rapidly expanding global markets, the imminent
realization of large-scale infrastructure projects coupled with poor planning, weak governance and lack of an
integrated vision of sustainable development for the Amazon. These threats are contributing to significant
deforestation and increased pressure on the natural resources and environmental services upon which millions of
people depend.
Over the past 30 years, the Amazon has lost more than 520.000 Km2 of forest. This has continued since 1990 at an
annual rate of up to 27.000 Km2 (an area nearly the size of Belgium). It is estimated that deforestation, including the
burning of natural vegetation, is responsible for up to 20% of all global CO2 emissions. The Amazon’s forests store 90140 billion tons of carbon and releasing even a portion of this would accelerate global warming significantly.
In addition, the combined effects of deforestation and climate change are predicted to result in severe impacts on the
Amazon biome/region, such as increased fire incidence, habitat degradation, droughts and river flow changes leading
to major shifts in hydrological systems, with potentially catastrophic consequences for local people, their forest
resources and the whole region.
Challenges
The future of the region depends on maintaining the integrity of ecosystems, ecological processes, and the regional
clime dynamic to be able to resist the threats and pressures from climate change and land use change from the
demand for natural resources and economic development. Therefore, the challenge that the involved actors have
while building an Ecosystem Based Vision of Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity of the Amazon Biome, is
to build an efficient long term strategy based on well-articulated national action plans, that focus on the sharing of
information and expertise (monitoring, build capacity for, and assist with reporting) to achieve regional
implementation of POWPA and those related Aichi Targets that
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Please provide a brief description of each objective and, if possible, estimate of funding required for each, as well as the
overall expected results. Please add or delete rows for objectives, as needed.
OBJECTIVES
1. To strengthen and consolidate a shared
Ecosystem Vision of Conservation of Biological
and Cultural Diversity of the Amazon Biome, that
contributes to the effective administration and
management of protected area systems and the
maintenance of goods and services, integrity,
functionality and resilience of the Biome against
the effects of natural and anthropogenic
pressures and in the context of climate change.
This objective is directly related to the Aichi
Target number 10.
MEASURABLE RESULTS
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2. To integrate protected areas into wider
landscapes and seascapes in order to maintain
ecological structure and function. This objective
is directly related to the Aichi Target number 11.
3. To create and strengthen regional networks,
cross border protected areas (TBPAs) and
collaboration between adjoining protected areas
across national boundaries. This objective is
directly related to the Aichi Target number 11.
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4. To prevent and mitigate the negative impacts
of major threats to protected areas through
improved regional processes of analysis,
modelling, prevention and mitigation of impacts
caused on PAs by extractive activities,
infrastructure, climate change, agricultural
expansion and other development activities. This
objective is directly related to Aichi Target
number 15.
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Development of operational thematic
teams on the topics of conservation
opportunities, financial sustainability, and
management effectiveness.
Development of Regional coordination
units for the implementation of the Action
Plans.
A portfolio with priority on regional sites
and conservation validated by the national
protected area systems authorities of the
involved Amazon countries, based on a
priority conservation areas gap analysis
already undertaken
A set of regionally agreed priority criteria
based upon threatened ecosystems,
ecosystem services (including freshwater
production, carbon storage, ecotourism
potential, etc.), climate change and
socioeconomic aspects that strengthen the
priority sites portfolio from a regional
perspective.
Implement pilot processes for selected
sites (conservation corridors, transboundary PA, etc.) using best practice
approaches.
One system of impact measurement tools
at protected areas on key drivers and
threats such as infrastructure, climate
change, agriculture and mining. These
tools will help to set cross sectoral
strategies to mitigate impact of
development activities inside and around
protected areas.
Training programs in impact assessment,
monitoring plans, mitigation and strategic
environmental assessment.
A regional monitoring structure will be
planned, designed, and launched (based on
the ARPA model in Brazil).
A regional analysis on ecosystem services
and the role of PA for adaptation and
mitigation and inform decision making.
Pilot case studies on valuation of regional
systems of PA and their contribution to
FUNDING
NEEDED*
$2.211.677,125
$2.388.620,10
$2.388.620,10
$2.388.620,10
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5. To strengthen the participation of indigenous
and local communities and other relevant
stakeholders and increase the equity and
participation in benefits. This objective is directly
related to Aichi Target number 18.
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6. To improve the financial sustainability of
protected areas and national regional systems.
This objective is directly related to Aichi Target
number 20.
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7. To assess and improve the effectiveness of PA
management on the basis of advances in the
learning processes, concepts, information
exchanges and systematization of the
management effectiveness assessments’ results
analysis at different scales. This objective is
directly related to Aichi Target number 19.
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livelihoods and to the national economies
(TEEB).
Pilot case studies that recognize the role of
PAs for adaptation and mitigation through
ecosystem-based adaptation and REDD.
Experiences on sustainable use and
management of biodiversity goods and
services in protected
areas and
conservation areas to improve the
standards of living of their populations.
Capacity
building
of
institutions,
indigenous, Afro-American and local
communities in cross border protected
areas.
Initiatives for sustainable use and
management of goods and services derived
from
biodiversity
(ethnic
tourism,
ecotourism, etc.) and driven by indigenous
and local communities in the PAs.
Processes for strengthening local and
institutional
capacities
for
joint
administration and management of
protected areas.
A standard regional protocol and regional
systematization of information for financial
sustainability analysis.
Donors’ roundtables both at the national
and regional levels, to strengthen the
articulation of mechanism and regional
coordination for the implementation of the
Amazon vision action plan.
Pilot experiences of PES and REDD+
mechanisms that can contribute to the
consolidation of the protected areas
systems and social and environmental
safeguards.
Capacity building activities through a
regional
cooperation
platform
to
institutionalize
the
analyses
of
management effectiveness of PA in all 9
Amazon countries. This platform will allow
a regional approach of management
effectiveness
through
information
exchange.
A standardized protocol for sharing
information on evaluation of management
effectiveness of protected areas.
TOTAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED
$2.949.149,60
$2.701.638,35
$2.468.408,725
USD
$17.496.734,10
Same as total
indicated
in
section IV
*Please provide amounts in USD or Euros and specify the currency.
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TIMEFRAME
Please indicate the estimated number of years required to implement the project, ranging from 1 to 5 years.
The Ecosystem Based Vision of Biodiversity Conservation for the Amazon Biome is linked directly to the 2011-2020
Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and is therefore planned for that entire time period. However, this LifeWeb Expression of
Interest is to address only the priority issues mentioned on page 8 (Conservation opportunities; Governance,
participation, equity and benefit sharing; Financial sustainability; Management effectiveness; Ecosystem services and
climate change). These priority issues are meant to be implemented during the first four (4) years of the project, but
are going to be followed by a set of actions on the medium (5-7 years) and long (7-10 years) term in order to achieve
the PoWPA objectives and goals. The timeframe is therefore 4 years, starting on the date in which funding is secured.
ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL PLANNING3
Consistent with decision X/31, please indicate the relevance between this submission and the following national planning
processes. Please be specific and attach supporting documents in Section 5.
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and action plans for implementing the CBD Programme of Work
on Protected Areas (PoWPA)
The Ecosystem Based Vision of Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity of the Amazon Biome and its Action
Plan were presented by the directors of protected areas and politically supported by the Ministers of the Environment
of the Amazon countries, during the 10th CBD Conference of the Parties (CBD COP 10) in Nagoya, Japan in 2010.
Additionally, the innovative nature of the approach was recognized by the CBD secretariat in the Decision X/31
approved in Nagoya, regarding the Program of Work of Protected Areas (PoWPA), as an example on the
implementation of the Action Plan of Protected Areas regionally. Furthermore, it was highlighted the role played under
the leadership of regional technical networks such as REDPARQUES at this specific initiatives, in order to coordinate
funds, technical support, exchange of experiences, and strengthening of capacities in order to implement the PoWPA.
The presentation of the Action Plan 2010-2020 for the Amazon Biome was a joint effort done together with the
Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, and it is considered as one of the main results from the COP 10 in terms of
the development of joint actions for the biodiversity conservation in the last decade.
Other national planning strategies (e.g. Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSPs), National Climate Change Strategies, REDD+
strategies, National Adaptation Plans of Action (NAPAs), economic and sustainable development plans, infrastructure
plans, land use plans, strategies for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, etc.)
This proposal is very much linked with the National Biodiversity Action Plans, national REDD programs and with some
strategies to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
This project will also complement the development of the Protected Areas Regional Program of the ACTO, the
Biodiversity Regional Strategy for the Andean tropic countries (CAN – Decision 523/2002), and the Amazon initiative of
WWF in order to conserve the Amazon Biome. All the countries are included as part of the progress in the protected
areas national reports and the development of the conservation vision. REDPARQUES will facilitate and coordinate the
exchange of experiences of the progress made by the countries in their work plans for protected areas in the Amazon
region.
ECOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTION
Please indicate the extent to which the area(s) is/are ecological priority(s) for the national protected area system, based
on contribution to ecological representation, connectivity, viability and/or irreplaceability within the protected area
system. If available, please refer to the national ecological gap analysis or other geographic prioritisation exercises.
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National-scale submissions must be endorsed in writing by the Ministry of Environment’s authority responsible for coordinating international
cooperation. We also encourage all Expressions of Interest to be endorsed by national authorities for coordinating international cooperation, as
appropriate.
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Under the process framework of setting an ecosystem vision to conserve the Amazon Biome, some steps were
completed in advance, in terms of identifying coincidences between national conservation priorities analysis and the
priority conservation analysis (terrestrial and fresh waters) at a regional scale (Amazon Biome). Those coincident areas
between national and regional conservation priorities analysis (see Map 2), are considered as an opportunity to
advance in transboundary cooperation processes, which allow to establish and negotiate conservation mosaics from a
regional and ecosystem perspective (Table 2).
However, one action defined as priority for the short time is, to advance in the consolidation and implementation of
regional criteria that strengthen this first attempt. Among the announced criteria it can be mentioned:
representativeness, functionality, connectivity (e.g. Andes – Amazon region; Amazon – Orinoco region; Amazon –
Closed; Bolivian-Brazil complex – Purus hills, etc.); ecosystem integrity, and the rest of factors and social and cultural
variables.
It is also important to consider the role of the Amazon ecosystems in order to keep: i) climate stability; ii) hydrologic
systems functionality (basins and sub basins); iii) the conservation of big natural blocks that are not yet threatened; iv)
the conservation of other ecological processes of regional scale (key habitats for fauna, species migration, etc.), and v)
the mitigation of transboundary impacts.
Map 2. Coincidences between national conservation priorities analysis and the regional priority conservation
analysis
Table 1. Priority Areas neighboring Amazon countries
Neighboring Priority Areas
Resex Puré River in Brazil neighboring the National Natural Park Puré River in
Colombia
Hipona Priority Area– Yaguas in Perú (Loreto Department) neighboring the so called
Amazonian Trapezoid in Colombia (adjacent Amacayacu National Natural Park).
Priority Area Yavari-Mirin in Peru (Loreto Department) which shares boundaries with
Brazil.
Abujao – Tamaya Corridor in Perú (Ucayali Department) neighboring Brazil with the
Countries
Brazil
–
Colombia
Colombia - Peru
Peru – Brazil
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National Natural Park Da Serra Do Divisor and the Extractivist Reserve Do Alto Juruá.
Tucano Integral Protection Conservation Unit and planning of Road Way BR-174
(lavrado/Mucajaí/R. Parimé). Near the border between Brazil and Guyana.
Brazil - Guyana
Sources: REDPARQUES 2010. Avances en el desarrollo del programa de trabajo sobre áreas protegidas. Región Bioma Amazónico.
Note: information about Bolivia in process of being included.
CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change mitigation
Please indicate information about carbon sequestration and/or storage benefits from this project. If specific figures are
currently available, please include them here.
There is some data about carbon sequestration estimated for the Amazon Basin supported from analysis of plant
biomass. Through a “single raster” image has been identified the way how the biomass is distributed across the
Amazonian region. This research was conducted using a methodology supported on a combination of the soil coverage
map with derived parameters of remote detection and more than 500 forest plots distributed in the basin (Saatchi, et
al., 2007).
The distribution map was produced in ENVI in TIFF format which identifies the biomass, classifying 11 types or classes,
from a 1 Km. distance spatial resolution and with a reasonable accuracy (more than 70%). Remote observation and
earth data used in this work have been gathered between years 1990 and 2000. The biomass map represents the
distribution of average biomass at the Amazon Basin during this period and it has been used to estimate the carbon
total population at the basin, including the natural and underground biomass.
Map 3. Types and classes of biomass from the Amazon Basin
Source: Saatchi S.S, Houghton R.A, Alvala R.C.D.S, Soares J.V, Yu Y. Distribution of aboveground live biomass in the Amazon basin.
Glob. Change Biol. 2007; 13:816–837.
Additionally, the Amazon Biome plays a major role in climate regulation. It boosts the atmosphere circulation in the
tropics absorbing the energy and recycling almost half of rainfall. It is also estimated that the region holds almost 10%
of the world carbon’s reserves storaged in the terrestrial ecosystems (Melillo et al., 1993).
Table 2 shows certain economic values that have been calculated from some ecosystem services at the Amazon Biome
and its protected areas, among them the estimated value of carbon sequestration:
Table 2. Estimated economic values of some ecosystem services at the Amazon Biome
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Ecosystem services
Erosion prevention
Fire protection
Carbon sequestration:
1. Avoid damage due to CO2 avoided emissions.
2. Total value of sequestrated carbon in forests reserves
(without perturbations)
Biodiversity Conservation
Unknown cultural aspects associated to the forest
Protection against diseases
Economic Value
238 US$ / ha / year
6 US$ / ha / year
70 - 100 US$ / ha / year
750 - 10000 US$ / ha / year
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Source: Adapted from Verweij, P et al. 2009.
Climate change adaptation
Please indicate information about climate change adaptation benefits from this project, such as storm barriers, flood
control, protection against sea level rise, enabling specific mobility in the face of climate change, etc.
OTHER ECOSYSTEM GOODS, SERVICES AND LIVELIHOODS
Please provide a brief description of benefits of this project to providing the following ecosystem goods and services
applicable to this project.
Freshwater security (e.g. water provision for household consumption, industrial production, grazing and agriculture,
avoiding desertification, etc.)
Associated water production with rainforest maintenance and river basin conservation is a flagship benefit or this
project, as a general ecosystem benefit for human consumption, erosion prevention and climate regulation
Food security (e.g. mitigating spread of invasive alien species, increasing fish stocks, increasing variety of local foods,
conserving crop wild relatives etc.)
NA
Human health and wellbeing (e.g. regulating the emergence and spread of disease, increasing physical activity, providing
sources of traditional knowledge, medicines, biomedical research opportunities, etc.)
In general, regulation of global temperature and provision of regulation services is critical for human health derived
from disease control (virus developing/ spreading); life conditions and territory ecological integrity for indigenous and
local communities is fundamental to prevent fragmentation and loss of cultural values
Income generation (e.g. tourism-related activities, harvesting of non-forest timber products, fishing, etc.)
Some ecotourism activities or benefits could be delivered out of the project’s outcomes in protected areas, though this
is not the focus of the LifeWeb Expression of Interest
Cultural and spiritual enrichment (e.g. protection of natural sacred sites, sanctuary for culturally important species,
preservation of pilgrimage routes, etc.)
Primarily, preservation of traditional knowledge associated with biodiversity through traditional uses and practice
maintenance and promotion of sustainable livelihoods at all scales will be an important deliverable of this project.
Conserving cultural values through empowerment and governance quality enhancement is foreseen by the project.
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Optional: Please indicate any additional information and attach supporting documents.
INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
Please indicate the partners to be involved in this project and their roles.
MAILING
PHONE
PARTNER NAME
EMAIL ADDRESS
ADDRESS
NUMBER
REDPARQUES Carrera 10 No. redparques@parquesnacio +57 (1)
nales.gov.co
COLOMBIA
20-30
353-2400
Dra. Julia Miranda Bogotá
Londoño
Colombia
BOLIVIA
Saúl Chávez
Orozco
BRAZIL
Sergio Brant
Rocha/Giovanna
Palazzi
(Temporarily)
ECUADOR
Sra. Isabel
Endaraa
GUYANA
Indarjit Ramdass
SURINAME
Mrs. Claudine
Sakimin
ROLE IN THIS
PROJECT
Regional
Coordinator
and
Implementing
Partner
(Director)
Calle Francisco
Bedregal no.
2904
(Sopocachi)
La Paz
Bolivia
Ed. Marie
Prendi Cruz
Bloco B 4
andar
schavez@sernap.gov.bo
2426272 –
2426268 –
2426265
Red Latinoamericana
de Cooperación
Técnica en Parques
Nacionales, otras Áreas
Protegidas, Flora y
Fauna Silvestres –
(REDPARQUES) –
Parques Nacionales
Naturales de Colombia
Servicio Nacional de
Áreas Protegidas
(SERNAP)
giovanna.palazzi@mma.gov
.br
+55 (61)
33171042
/ +55 (61)
20282061
Department of
Protected Areas
Ministry of
Environment
Implementing
Partner
(Director)
Av. Amazonas
y Eloy Alfaro
Quito
Ecuador
7 Broad and
Charles
Streets
Charlestown,
Georgetown
Guyana
iendara@ambiente.gov.ec
Dirección Nacional de
Biodiversidad
Ministerio del
Ambiente
Natural Resources
Management Division
Environmental
Protection Agency
Implementing
Partner
(Director)
Servicio de
Biodiversidad,
Desarrollo y Gestión
Sostenible
Servicio Nacional de
Áreas Protegidas por el
Estado (SERNANP)
Implementing
Partner (Joint
Director)
Nature Conservation
Division
Suriname Forest
Service
Ministry of Physical
Planning Land, and
Forest Management
Implementing
Partner
(Director)
FRENCH GUYANA
Arnaud Anselin
PERU
Sr. Pedro Gamboa
ORGANISATION
Calle 17 N°
355, Urb. El
Palomar, San
Isidro.
Lima
Peru
iramdass@epaguyana.org
damianjf@gmail.com
+59
(2)
225-5555
arnaud.anselin@developp
ement-durable.gouv.fr
+594 (594)
296650
+594 (594)
298022
Implementing
Partner
(Executive
Director)
Implementing
Partner
Implementing
Partner
(Director)
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VENEZUELA
Sra. Isabella Ángel
Centro Simón
Bolívar, Torre
Sur
Piso 6, Oficina
600
Caracas 1010
Venezuela
Add additional rows as needed.
+58 (212)
273-2701
+58 (212)
273-2702
Areas Protegidas
Oficina Nacional de
Diversidad Biológica
Ministerio del Poder
Popular para el
Ambiente.
Implementing
Partner
(President)
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SECTION IV: COUNTERPART FUNDING
CATEGORIES
TOTAL PROJECT COST
COUNTERPART
FUNDING
SECURED
Domestic
funding
secured
GEF
allocations
INSTRUCTIONS
SOURCE(S)
Please indicate the total budget and
currency required for this project.
Please indicate
domestic funding
committed, including
government budgets,
private foundations
and NGOs, as well as
in-country financing
mechanisms such as
trust funds, park entry
fees, water funds,
airport fees,
development fees, etc.
Please indicate your
countries’ defined or
estimated GEF
allocation that may be
used towards these
protected area
activities. Please see
here for information
about national GEF
allocations:
http://www.gefonline.
org/Country/CountryPr
ofile.cfm
AMOUNT
USD
TBD by countries
NA
6.725.370 (to be officially approved)
International
funding
secured
Please indicate any
funding that has been
committed from
international sources,
including multilateral
and bilateral donors,
international
foundations and
international NGOs.
European
Commission:
Support to the
implementation
of the Amazon
Ecosystembased
Conservation
Vision to the
benefit of local
communities
and the
preservation of
ecosystem
services in
the Amazon
region
Overall goal: by 2020, protected area
systems in the Amazon
Biome are increasing ecosystem
resilience to the effects of climate
change and maintaining
the provision of environmental goods
and services benefiting biodiversity,
local communities
and economies.
This Project is the result of the Action
Plans developed by each of the
Amazonian Countries and seeks for
their implementation in a medium
term basis, towards the achievement
of the CBD Aichi Targets at a regional
level.
Main project components:
(1) conservation opportunities; (2) the
integration of the vision of indigenous
and local communities; (3) effective
management of PAs; and (4)
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sustainable financing strategies for
PAs.
2.586.680 (in evaluation at the BMU)
International
Climate
Initiative (BMU
Germany):
Building
resilience
for
the
Amazon
Biome,
protected areas
as an integrated
part of climate
change
adaptation
ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED
USD $8.184.684,1
Overall goal: By the end of 2015,
protected areas systems (PA systems)
form an integral part of climate
change strategies for the Amazon
biome and are recognized for the
provision of ecosystem services and
contributions to greater adaptive
capacity to climate change for local
communities, based on the findings
and dissemination of regional-scale
analyses and application in a pilot
priority conservation landscape.
Main project objectives:
(1) Establishment of a portfolio of
regionally relevant opportunities for
conservation areas recognized by PA
Focal Points in the Amazon Biome; (2)
Protection of key areas and ecosystem
services (water, carbon and
biodiversity) in the priority
conservation landscape (Eastern
Cordillera Real of Colombia, Ecuador
and Peru); (3) Recognition of the
Amazon Conservation Vision at
international levels as a
comprehensive framework that gives
due consideration to PA systems as an
effective means for climate change
adaptation.
$17.496.734,10
Same as total in section III
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SECTION V: LINKS TO THE CBD PROGRAMME OF WORK ON PROTECTED AREAS
The following section is to be filled in only if the project is aligned with the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas.
Please attach supporting documents and list them in Section VI.
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
Please indicate institutional commitments and/or sustainable financing mechanisms that will contribute to the project’s
sustainability.
According to a financial sustainability preliminary study on protected areas, the Amazonian countries have evolved in
their financial sustainability analysis and valuation according to a score card made by UNDP. Based on a compilation of
information from the score cards for each of the Amazon Biome countries, it is estimated that the main providers for
the region’s protected areas budget are the individual states that provide approximately 75% of funds, followed by
international cooperation donors with 18%. Self-raised budget sources are only 10% of the total of available sources
and they come mainly from the entry fees at Protected Areas (see Charter 1). This information suggests the need to
diversify financial portfolios thereby guaranteeing long term funding that is not highly dependent on low-stability
financial sources.
Charter 3. Distribution of budget sources by financial providers
0%
8%
PRESUPUESTO ESTATAL
ESPECÍFICO PARA AP
18%
COOP INTERNACIONAL
74%
INGRESOS AUTOGESTIÓN
OTRAS FUENTES
The financial sources distributed among the Amazon Biome countries vary between 20% and 100% of the total of
available sources for the national Protected Areas in each country (see Table 3). According to this information the total
of financial sources available for the Protected Areas at the Amazon Biome for the fiscal year 2009 averaged between
USD 75 milllion and USD 100 million bracket. In other words, this amount corresponded to 20% and 48% of the total of
available financial resources for the Protected Areas at the Amazon Biome.
Table 3. Total of available financial sources for the Protected Areas at the Amazon
Biome by countries in 2009
Total available
Percentages of allocated
resources for
resources out of the total
Country
Amazonian Protected
of Protected Areas system
Areas (USD)
budget (%)
Bolivia
2.093.770
38
Brazil*
44.540.858
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Colombia
6.049.878
30
Ecuador
1.176.143
30
French Guyana
9.820.000
100%
Peru
10.758.410
72
Source: Memories from the Regional Workshop of Sao Paulo – Brazil, February 3 – 6, 2010; Regional Environmental
Direction of French Guyana (DIREN); 2010 (only National Parks and natural Reserves).
Information provided by the countries at a regional Workshop in Lima-Peru, August/2010.
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*Federal sources and international cooperation; the sources from the Amazonian states are not included
Regarding the financial gap, in a first exploratory attempt run under the framework of building an ecosystem vision, it
was estimated that the investments have been close to USD 200 million for the consolidation of Amazonia Protected
Areas. However, there is a financial gap of USD 500 million so that all Protected Areas reach minimum levels of
management effectiveness. It was also estimated that the total annual cost to cover the needs of all protected areas at
the Amazon Biome, after doing the minimum investments to cover this financial gap, will be approximately USD 250
million. Nowadays the whole annual budgets of the Amazonian countries are close to 40% of this value.
The financial situation of the systems of protected areas motivates to identify barriers and to implement strategies in
order to succeed with some existing financial mechanisms, particularly of those based in payments for environmental
services (water, tourism, carbon, etc.) and to enter into other more sustainable and innovative in order to help with
the financial diversification. In this sense, it is necessary to think out sustainable strategies and conservation
mechanisms, designed through participative processes, which are supported by clear policies and financial
mechanisms that could assure a permanent flows. This strategy will help to increase the conservation profile and to
raise more financial sources in order to fulfill the priority actions included in the Amazonian Biome PoWPA, making it
even more sustainable.
The current proposal will be implemented under the supervision of REDPARQUES and throughout the financial
mechanisms identified by each of the involved countries, such as the protected areas funds, in order to strengthen
sustainable financial strategies that contribute to Amazonian conservation. Furthermore, the funds play a fundamental
role in terms of implementing the PoWPA, especially considering the approved decisions at COP10. Apart from this,
the support from LifeWeb initiative is going to be of a remarkable importance to protect the process of ecosystem
vision initiated at the Amazon.
PARTICIPATION AND EQUITY
Please indicate how this project will contribute to the full and effective participation of indigenous and local communities
and the equitable sharing of costs and benefits with indigenous and/or local communities.
This proposal pretends to strengthen the goal 2 of the PoWPA: “To promote the equity and participation of benefits”
through the implementation of the following strategic action: “To study, value and promote along with the
participation of different actors, some conservation management strategies, mechanisms and tools of biological and
cultural diversity and of other natural resources in order to identify alternatives that make possible the management
and effective conservation of biologic, cultural and economic importance areas”.
This will be developed with three activities identified as priority where capacities of institutional, indigenous
communities, afrodescendents and local population at transboundary protected areas is strengthened. This is mainly
done in order to protect the knowledge, traditional practices and innovation in the use and management of
biodiversity and also to set mechanisms and clear process of fair distribution in the costs and benefits of local and
indigenous communities at the creation and management of protected areas.
GOVERNANCE TYPES
If applicable, please explain how this project will contribute to a greater diversity of governance types in the national
protected area system.
Considering governance as a starting point and understood as an exercise where actors define the decision
taking agenda, projects and impact assessment on fundamental aspects over a determined society or group
of people, this project contributes to the enhancement of communities’ life.
The design of governance system appropriated for the Amazon protected areas must overcome legal,
cultural, political and socio-economic limits.
As a matter of fact, in order to increase the empowerment and appropriation of the project’s local and indigenous
communities in protected areas of the Amazon, a workshop about communitarian conservation experiences was held
in April 2010 as part of the Amazon Vision construction process. The purpose of the workshop was to showcase
successful experiences of conservation where there has been co-managing between indigenous peoples or local
communities and government institutions, as well as other organizations in the Amazon region. Also, the workshop
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was the first step to promote governance types of protected areas as well as conservation actions by local and
indigenous communities, and empower communities to participate in the regulation and governance of protected
areas, promote community participation in the evaluation of ecosystem goods and services and prompt
complementary conservation actions.
In consequence, the project will provide capacity reinforcement for conservation at the local level by engaging
participation of both formal organizations and traditional institutions, in a bid to increase knowledge around
conservation tools and to upscale local experience to be integrated into the landscape and territory management
perspective, while promoting larger recognition of the whole UICN matrix based on the benefits of shared-governance
and locally-managed conservation areas, as input for major institutional and legal recommendations for national
protected areas systems.
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SECTION VI: ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please indicate any additional information not captured elsewhere in this Expression of Interest
KEYWORDS
Please check the following keywords that apply to this project.
Threats addressed:
Encroachment and development
Global climate change
Inappropriate resource management policies
Infrastructure for energy and transportation
Invasive alien species
Over-harvesting
Unregulated tourism and recreation
Other threat addressed
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs):
Achieve universal primary education
Combat HIV-AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Develop a global partnership for development
Ensure environmental sustainability
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Gender equality and women empowerment
Improve maternal health
Reduce child mortality rates
Habitat Types:
Arctic
Coastal
Coral reefs
Deep seas
Dry and sub-humid lands
Forests
Grasslands
Inland waters (lakes and rivers inland of oceans)
Islands
Mangroves
Mountains
Other habitat type
Cross-cutting issues:
Access and benefit sharing
Children and youth
Communication and awareness building
Indigenous peoples
Local community management
Monitoring, indicators and assessments
Sustainable use
Other cross-cutting issue
Other keywords:
REDD-plus
Climate change adaptation and/or mitigation
Conflict prevention and resolution
Trade
Business
Renewable energy
Restoration
Wildlife protection
Endangered species
Reduce deforestation
Traditional knowledge
Capacity building
Transboundary conservation
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ATTACHMENTS
Please indicate the file names of any supporting documents/annexes attached to this Expression of Interest.
Name of attachment
Description
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Add additional rows as needed.
SIGNATURE:
DATE:
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