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Detail of GEF Project #1343
| GEF Project ID | 1343 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 609 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Demonstrations of Integrated Ecosystem and Watershed Management in the Caatinga, Phase I |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Latin America and Caribbean |
| Focal Area | Multi Focal Area |
| Operational Program | 12 |
| Pipeline Entry Date | 2002-04-04 |
| Approval Date | 2002-10-15 |
| CEO Endorsement Date | 2004-01-09 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2004-02-03 |
| Project Completion Date | 2010-12-30 |
| Project Status | Project Completion |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | Ministry of Environment |
| Description | The goal of the proposed project is to demonstrate the integrated ecosystem management of the Caatinga Forest and build multi-sector capacity so that development and poverty alleviation programmes for the semi-arid region contribute to the capture of global benefits in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Land Degradation, and Integrated Watershed Management. This project proposal differs from the line of action currently being adopted by public administrations and the civil society alike because it will expand the limited view of problems and solutions from a local (or even at most, the State level) perspective to a bioregional and global scale (depending on the matter at hand). The choice is to demonstrate integrated and global-environment friendly development in selected watersheds as landscape planning and intervention units, to ensure involvement of all relevant institutions (governmental, non-governmental, academic, research, productive, religious groups, local unions, associations). Also, appropriate actions will be consorted aiming at creating alternatives for activities that reduce emissions of GHGs, enhance capture of carbon via re-afforestation with native species and reduce desertification. Furthermore, proposed activities, with a primary focus on ensuring global benefits from the protection to the local fauna and flora, also pervades the interests of local stakeholders because these measures guarantee soil and water quality thus contributing to the maintenance of the productive and human carrying capacity of the Brazilian semi-arid. |
| Implementation Status | April-June 2005: The Inception Phase was finalized in December 2004. During 2005, the project team was formed and the decentralized management modality started to get operational through Letters of Agreement. The project has succeeded in establishing partnerships for catalyzing initiatives for the protection and sustainable use of the Caatinga Biome. In particular, the project has negotiated with the National Fund for the Environment (FNMA) the approval of seven Climate Change pilot projects that will serve as basis for the discussion of a future credit line for the project priority areas. |
| PRIF Amount | 100,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 4,000,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 4,100,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 22,263,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 26,363,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 382,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 4,000,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 22,324,300 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Endo.) | 26,424,300 USD |
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