Proposed Project Framework

Participatory Assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management in grassland and pastoral systems

23 January 2015 GCP/GLO/562/GEF

Outline of Session 8

I. Review of Project Logical Framework

II. Targeted geographical areas

Review of Project Logic

Review of Project Logic

Project Objective

Strengthen the capacity of local and national stakeholders in grassland and pastoral areas of target countries to assess land degradation and make informed decisions promoting sustainable land management in a way that preserves the diverse ecosystem services grasslands provide

Project Components

Component 1: Define and test a participatory framework of pastoral indicators to assess multiple benefits and sustainable management practices in grassland and pastoral areas in at least 3 regions

Component 2: Design, test and disseminate an integrated and participatory assessment process to estimate the health of grassland/pastoral areas

Component 3: Inform national agro-sylvo-pastoral decision making processes

Component 4: Knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation

Review of Component 1

Overview of project Component 1

To create, following a participatory process, a framework of indicators that takes into consideration Driving forces, pressures, states, impacts, and responses (the DPSIR method) in grassland and pastoral areas

Framework to be holistic, encompassing the wide range of bio-physical, socio-economic, institutional and policy conditions that relate to grasslands SLM

Framework to link information across multiple scales ranging from the local scale to the national scale and relevant policy frameworks

Define indicators that can be assessed by local herders and agro-pastoralists based on perception, experience and are relevant to local cultural and indigenous knowledge

Set of indicators based on existing experience using LD and SLM indicators to ensure a degree of scientific validity and future replication

Review of Component 1

Project Component 1: Assessment indicator framework

Outcome 1.1: The status and trends of ecosystem services provided by targeted pilot grassland and pastoral areas are assessed and managed based on a holistic and practical framework of pastoral indicators

• Output: 1.1.1. A holistic and practical framework of key indicators for assessing LD and SLM in mountain and lowland grassland/pastoral areas is designed in close collaboration with IUCN drawing on existing scientific literature and observed best practices

Review of Component 2

Overview of project Component 2

To develop a community-based assessment procedure that draws on data to make evidence-based decisions related to agro-sylvo-pastoral SLM practices

Assessment system fully integrates the set of pastoral indicators developed and tested under component 1

Assessment system to be easy to use by local-level decisions makers and also appropriate for uptake by other pastoral groups at the district level

Need for a clear assessment procedure that can be implemented at the village/community level and transferred to local level decision makers

Review of Component 2

Project Component 2: Participatory assessment practices

Outcome 2.1: An integrated herders’ self-assessment system based on the holistic indicator framework is designed, tested and disseminated in 5 pilot countries

• Output: 2.1.1. A community-based assessment system, easy to use and practical, is designed in close collaboration with IUCN for local-level agro-sylvo-pastoral stakeholders to assess LD and SLM practices in relation to ecosystem services

• Output: 2.1.2. The LD and SLM assessment system is tested in 5 pilot countries by local communities and stakeholders, creating 5 detailed assessment tools

• Output: 2.1.3. The assessment system for LD and SLM is disseminated via the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub , producing a channel whereby relevant information influences local decision-making

Review of Component 3

Overview of project Component 3

To link the locally relevant information and decision-making processes established under components 1 and 2 to a national level policy environment that addresses and facilitates SLM in grasslands and pastoral areas

To establish national communication channels, to draw on, test and develop technologies and measures in SLM at the local level, and to use these to inform tangible, national policy

Review of Component 3

Project Component 3: Policy mainstreaming

Outcome 3.1: National agro-sylvo-pastoral decision-making processes in the 5 pilot countries are informed by LD and SLM assessment systems shared through the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub

• Output: 3.1.1. National consultations are organised to promote best technologies and approaches from LD and SLM assessment systems and to influence tangible policy practices (such as bylaws, service to market, establishment of revolving funds, etc.)

• Output: 3.1.2. Best technologies and approaches discussed during national consultations are mainstreamed into targeted national agro-sylvo-pastoral programming

Review of Component 4

Overview of project Component 4

To create sustainability by purposefully documenting, collecting, and disseminating the project’s lessons learned and best practices

Review of Component 4

Project Component 4: Knowledge management

Outcome 4.1: Project’s outcome and output targets are monitored and evaluated, and “lessons learned” on best practices are captured and disseminated to facilitate future operations

• Output 4.1.1. Project monitoring system providing systematic information on progress towards project outcome and output targets is set-up and implemented

• Output 4.1.2. Midterm and final evaluation/review conducted

• Output 4.1.3. Project related “best-practices” and “lessons-learned” are documented and published, using mainly the Pastoral Knowledge Hub baseline structure

Targeted geographical areas

Targeted geographical areas

List of intented targeted countries

Kenya

Niger

Burkina Faso

Angola (no data, no co-financing)

Lesotho

Tanzania

Morocco

Kyrgyzstan

Argentina

Suggestion to select 5 pilot countries

Potential criteria for pilot countries

Geographical representativity

Regional representativity

Ecosystem representativity

Level of exposure of communities in each region

Current effects of land degradation

National/local sectoral impacts of land degradation

Potential collaborations and leverage effect

Level of sensitivity

National response capacity for monitoring land degradation and SLM practices

Existing support initiatives, projects, and programs

Potential synergies with existing initiatives

Proposed sampling

Geographical representativity

A least one Latin American country, one Asian country, one West African country and one Eastern or Northern African country

Ecosystem representativity

Level of exposure of communities in each region

Sahel region facing overgrazing and LD issues

Proposed sampling

Potential collaborations, synergies and leverage effect

Great Green Wall project: Niger and Burkina Faso – transnational and transhumance aspects and ecosystem focus

Pastoralist Knowledge Hub: potential collaboration with network of pastoralists and policy advocacy

Mountain Partnership: mountain pastoralism in Kyrgyzstan, Argentina, Morocco, Kenya, Lesotho

IUCN: work in progress in Kenya, BF and Morocco

PRASP CILSS/WB: BF, Niger

GLCN FAO: Kenya, Tanzania, Lesotho

LADA 2: Lesotho, Argentina and Morocco

Other GEF AGP projects: Angola, Niger, Burkina Faso

Proposed sampling

Available data: Kenya better??

PKH: weakest contacts in Angola and Lesotho

Potential co-financing

Great Green Wall project: Niger and Burkina Faso

Pastoralist Knowledge Hub

Mountain Partnership

IUCN

GLCN in Lesotho in monitoring LD

National counterpart in BF “pole de croissance pour l elevage”

PRASP CILSS/WB: BF, Niger

Proposed sampling

1. Argentina (Latin American country, mountain pastoralism, LADA2 collaboration)

2&3. Niger and Burkina Faso (Great Green Wall project collaboration, transnational and transhumance aspects, high level of exposure)

4. Kyrgyzstan (Asian country, mountain pastoralism)

5. Kenya or Morocco (IUCN collaboration, northern or eastern Africa representation, mountain pastoralism)

Thank you for your attention