GEF-6 Programming Directions in Natural Resources Management

BiodiversityInternational Waters

Land DegradationSustainable Forest Management

Refreshed Strategies to Address the Dimensions of Sustainability and Effective Delivery

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Amazon Commodities

Partnershipfor Africa

50 in 10 Cities

Biodiversity Focal Area GEF-6 Strategy

Goal: To maintain globally significant biodiversity and the ecosystem goods and services that it provides to society.

Objectives: • To improve sustainability of protected area systems.• To reduce threats to biodiversity.• To sustainably use biodiversity. • To mainstream conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity into

production landscapes/seascapes and sectors.

Addressing Major Drivers of Biodiversity Loss

International Waters Focal Area GEF-6 Strategy

• Goal: to promote collective management for transboundary water systems and foster policy, legal, and institutional reforms and investments towards sustainable use and maintenance of ecosystem services

Objective 1: To catalyze sustainable management of Transboundary Waters

Objective 2: To balance competing water-uses in the management of transboundary surface and groundwater.

Objective 3: To rebuild marine fisheries, restore and protect coastal habitats, and reduce pollution of coasts and LMEs

1.1: Foster cooperation for

sustainable use of transboundary water

systems and economic growth

1.2 Increase the Resilience and Flow of Ecosystems Services in the Context of Melting High Altitude Glaciers

2.1 Advance conjunctive managementof surface and

groundwater Systems

2.2 Increase Water/Food/Energy/Ecosystems security and reduce conflict

potential

3.1 Prevent the Loss and Degradation of

Coastal Habitats

3.2 Reduce Ocean Hypoxia

3.3 Rebuild Global Fisheries

International Waters: Objectives and Programs

Effective Management

of surface and groundwater and of fisheries

Land Degradation Focal Area GEF-6 Strategy

• Goal: To contribute to arresting and reversing current global trends in land degradation, specifically desertification and deforestation

Land Degradation Strategy: Objectives and Programs

LD-1: Agriculture and Rangeland Systems• Agro-ecological Intensification• SLM for Climate-Smart Agriculture

LD-2: Forest Landscapes• Landscape Management and Restoration

LD-3: Integrated Landscapes• Scaling up SLM

LD-4: Institutional and Policy Frameworks• Mainstreaming SLM in Development

GEF Investments into Sustainable Land Management

Living sand barrier

Contour Terraces

Forest Landscape Restoration

Pastoral and Rangeland Management

Agroforestry

Grazing Management

IEM approaches

Sustainable Forest Management GEF-6 Strategy

• Goal: To achieve multiple environmental, social and economic benefits from improved management of all types of forests and trees outside of forests.

GEF-6 SFM Strategy: Objectives and Programs

• SFM-1: To maintain forest resources• SFM-2: To enhance forest management• SFM-3: To restore forest ecosystems• SFM-4: To increase regional and global cooperation

Managing Forests for Multiple Benefits

Developing a PIF: The Basics of a Winning Proposal

• Country ownership and alignment with national plans, convention implementation, and NPFEs

• Agency’s comparative advantage• Project design and consistency with FA strategies• Incremental reasoning

- Problem description- Baseline project(s)- Incremental activities

• Global Environmental Benefits• Innovativeness, Sustainability, and Potential for Scaling up• Participation, Socio-Economic Benefits, Gender

Project Review Process

Practical recommendations• Upstream consultation for Programmatic approaches

and complex proposals (e.g. MFAs, multi-trustfund)• Short, Concise PIFs and CEO endorsement documents• Stick to the required templates and table formats• Stick to a 1-step review• Maintain all records in the review sheet• Provide comments matrix• Get the figures right• Submit PIFs well ahead of WPs