GEF-6 Programming Directions in Natural Resources Management
BiodiversityInternational Waters
Land DegradationSustainable Forest Management
&“Signature Programs”
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 arrest or reverse land degradation (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
Priorities1. Agro-ecological Intensification – efficient use of natural capital (land,
soil, water, and vegetation) in crop and livestock production systems
2. SLM in Climate-Smart Agriculture – innovative practices for increasing vegetative cover and soil organic carbon
3. Landscape Management and Restoration – community and livelihood-based options for increasing forest and tree cover
4. Scaling-up SLM – moving appropriate interventions to scale for crop and rangeland productivity
5. Mainstreaming SLM in Development – influencing institutions, policies, and governance frameworks for SLM
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
• To maintain forest resources– Integrated land use planning– Identification and monitoring of HCVF– Identifying and monitoring forest loss
• To enhance forest management– Developing and implementing model projects for PES– Capacity development for SFM within local communities– Supporting sustainable finance mechanisms for SFM
GEF-6 SFM Strategy Objectives• To restore forest ecosystems
– Building of technical and institutional capacities to identify degraded forest landscapes and monitor forest restoration
– Integrating plantation management in landscape restoration
• To increase regional and global cooperation– Private sector engagement– Global technologies for national progress
Managing Forests for Multiple Benefits
GEF-6 Signature Programs
• Signature Programs = Systemic solutions for systemic drivers
• Five Signature Programs proposed for Gef-6
1. Avoiding the Amazon Dieback2. Taking Forestry out of the supply chain3. Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa4. Sustainable Fisheries5. Sustainable Cities