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Detail of GEF Project #648
| GEF Project ID | 648 |
| IBRD PO ID | 35919 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Management Project |
| Country | Mozambique |
| Region | Africa |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Operational Program | 2 |
| PDF-B Approval Date | 1996-09-05 |
| Approval Date | 1999-05-07 |
| CEO Endorsement Date | 2000-04-10 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2000-06-01 |
| Project Completion Date | 2007-12-31 |
| Project Status | Project Closure |
| Executing Agency | MICOA, provincial and district governments & relevant technical line ministries |
| Description | The project will test and refine an approach to achieve sustainable economic development of coastal zone resources through a strategic development planning process that integrates their ecological, social and physical values, and balances the varying interests involved in their management. The approach will be multi-pronged, and will include: (a) strategic spatial planning that fully integrates conservation with regional development; (b) establishment and strengthened protection of key marine conservation areas and initiation of conservation-oriented community activities in and around them; (c) capacity building of key government and non-government stakeholders responsible for biodiversity protection; (d) public awareness raising; and (e) establishing best practice for environmentally and biodiversity friendly development. The GEF grant will support the preparation of a biodiversity overlay to the strategic spatial development plan; protection of globally significant areas and species; establishment of a related monitoring system; integration of global biodiversity specifications into a tender for a private sector concession; and capacity building for conservation and management of biodiversity. |
| Implementation Status | The mid-term review was provided. As of the review, the overall implementation of the project appears delayed, although there are positive signs of progress in Component 1: Strategic Development Plans and in some subcomponents of Component 2: Biodiversity Conservation and Community Development and Component 5: Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation. Such limited implementation is due to a number of factors including: (a) complexity of the project design, particularly for the strategic development planning (SDP) process, integration of spatial planning and biodiversity conservation, and community participation and resource management; (b) insufficient project management capacity and familiarity with WB assistance procedures; and (c) unclear strategy for inter-institutional coordination and provision of incentives for stakeholder engagement and ownership. |
| PDF B Amount | 350,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 3,730,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 4,080,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 5,130,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 9,210,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 3,730,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 6,400,000 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Endo.) | 10,480,000 USD |
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