The project’s objective is to strengthen the ecological and cultural connectivity of the BioSouth Pacific-Andean-Amazonian Corridor through enhanced environmental governance and sustainable production landscapes. This approach will bring benefits for biodiversity, climate resilience, and local communities, ensuring gender equity and contributing to building peace. This will be achieved through five interrelated components: 1) strengthening governance and sectoral policies for the comprehensive management of biodiversity and climate resilience; 2) improving the conservation and restoration of biodiversity through ecological and cultural connectivity; 3) supporting biocultural sustainable production landscapes for a biodiversity-based economy and climate resilience; 4) promoting knowledge management and learning using an intercultural approach; and v) monitoring and evaluation. The project will overcome the following barriers: 1) weak interinstitutional governance for the consolidation of the BioSouth Corridor; 2) limited capacity for conservation based on the effective management of protected areas; 3) lack of models to promote a nature-based economy and sustainable and climate-resilient production systems; and 4) few options for knowledge-sharing and learning related to biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. This strategy will be implemented in five biodiversity-rich landscapes and will deliver the following global environment benefits: 153,422.7 hectares (ha) of terrestrial protected areas created or under improved management; 190,282 ha of marine protected areas under improved management; 5,000 ha of land and ecosystems under restoration; 150,419.3 ha of landscapes under improved practices; and 3,106,014 tCO2e of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigated, with 13,000 people benefiting from this GEF and Colombian investment (50% women and 50% men). The project will last 7 years with a total investment of $2,089,884,949, $ 13,736,697 of which will be provided by the GEF.
Project Details
GEF Project ID
11432
Country
Colombia
Implementing Agencies
United Nations Development Programme
Status
Concept Approved
Region
Latin America and Caribbean
Executing Agencies
National Natural Parks of Colombia
GEF Period
GEF - 8
Project Type
Full-size Project
Focal Areas
Funding Source
GEF Trust Fund
Project Documents
Financials
USDCo-financing Total
41,341,421
GEF Project Grant
13,736,697
GEF Agency Fees
1,236,303
Timeline
Received by GEF
Concept Approved