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Displaying 81 - 85 of 168Greener Tanzania through climate resilient livelihoods and land use management
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The project supports three organizations in Arusha region in Tanzania in their process to lift their members? climate resilience and green economy aiming at giving them a more prominent role in climate action. This contributes to climate justice since this focus group's need to prepare for climate change has been negleted before. The organizations will receive support to strengthen their capacity to manage climate planning, its implementation and finally advocate for climate funding, which will enable a larger outreach. In the project area, the population is predominantly from indigenous tribes (Maasai) and thus, it strengthens the position of vulnerable people. The project activities will focus on two outcome areas: i) strengthening the organizations and the services their provide for their members for climate resilience inclusively and ii) strengthening their members' livelihoods in green transition. Climate change impacts already smallholders and their livelihoods. The project facilitates the organizations policy advocacy for climate action based on fair, transparent and inclusive decision making. The project strengthens organizations' capacity according to their members? needs for climate resilience. Activities cover competence building and climate priority mapping which create a foundation for green livelihoods. Awareness raising activities target both the community level but also larger public. Land rights for communities are critical and thus rights-based activities focus on clarifying lands governed through customary right of occupancy. A special attention will be given to women through Women? Rights and Leadership Forums. Some basic equipment required for water management and energy efficiency are provided for the poor households to reduce time needed for water fetching and reduce the need for fuel. Disabled person have a separate budget for actions they consider priorities but activities with disabled start with awareness raising on their rights and possibilities. The project will be implemented in a coordinated manner with Trias-Tanzania, and is part of FFD's climate action.
Appui à la mise en oeuvre du processus de Consolidation de la Politique Foncière
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Objectif général: Appuyer la Cellule de Coordination de la Réforme Foncière dans la mise en oeuvre du processus de Consolidation de la Politique Foncière
Sustainable livelihood of Indigenous People in Rattanakiri and Mondulkir Through Effective Land Management.
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Sustainable livelihood of Indigenous People in Rattanakiri and Mondulkir Through Effective Land Management. -
Promoting integrated metropolitan planning and innovative urban technology investments in Brazil
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Brazilian metropolitan regions reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve biodiversity and achieve economic, social and environmental co-benefits through an integrated urban planning approach.
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Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.
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The GEF-7 project aims to generate social, economic and environmental benefits for Brazil and its citizens. The project objective makes reference to co-benefits that will be generated in addition to mitigation and biodiversity benefits. 1) Social Benefits The project aims to create significant social benefits for local city populations by applying an integrated approach which facilitates collaborative and participatory urban development, leading to more inclusive cities. For instance, the development of project plans and pilot investments will be designed through participatory processes in each city. This will ensure that the concerns, needs and priorities of residents, local communities and civil society organizations will be considered and incorporated in such interventions, leading to outcomes that respond to social needs. Project activities will improve the management of important urban issues such as transportation, sanitation and urban sprawl, leading to an improvement in people’s quality of life in the pilot metropolitan regions. This will include as with regards to health (low-emission transport, improved sanitation management), safety (reduced urban sprawl leading to more compact cities, with better provision of urban services including lighting and policing), and productivity (reduced travel times, greater safety). The development of platforms for the integration of municipal plans and data, and the strengthening of capacities for better metropolitan governance, are some examples of activities that can increase the population’s access to important public services. Furthermore, the developed climate mitigation plan will promote a low-emission development pathway, leading to reduced air contamination and consequently reduced negative health impacts upon the local community. Plans to promote the scale-up of low-emission zones focus on developing spaces that promote a more livable and people-focused space. These will be designed as places for people, rather than for transport thorough-fares. A second category of benefits, which in some cases can be translated, or converted, into economic terms (in others not), consists of the social benefits derived from increased access to green space, both within urban centers and in urban and nearby protected areas. The project’s support for green space establishment and conservation has the potential to make a significant contribution to the wellbeing of urban residents in each of the pilot cities. Benefits are associated with recreational opportunities that encourage residents to spend increased amount of time outdoors in natural surroundings. In addition to physical and health benefits associated with enhanced opportunities for exercise (walking, biking, etc.), a range of additional health and wellness benefits, including enhanced cognition, arise from the restorative benefits of nature exposure. As noted, such benefits have an economic component as well, via improved health and wellbeing and enhanced productivity. Another important benefit correlates specifically with the theme of gender – and inclusivity more broadly. Mapping opportunities, training on issues and addressing gender, in addition to fostering a governance structure that strengthens women’s action, give voice to vulnerably etc., can be a gateway to empowerment of women and other marginalized groups within the project’s sites (see also the gender analysis and action plan for details). One example is the support for sustainable value chains on the Combú Island Environmental Protection Area (Belém), which has a strong potential to contribute to the strengthening of female leadership, in addition to rescuing culture and traditions of riverine traditional populations in the region. 2) Economic Benefits Through its component 3, the project aims to directly lead to economic benefits for Brazilian municipalities by enhancing the availability of financial offer for investing in sustainable urban development. By having enhanced access to such public financing, municipalities will be able to increase investment, and attract greater private investment, for promoting the development of sustainable cities. Increased investment in urban infrastructure is a significant job-creator and stimulus for responding from economic downturns, which many Brazilian cities currently find themselves within. The project also focuses on creating economic benefits for civil society and the private sector. On the former, through the development of integrated plans in component 1, the project aims to lead to reduced travel times (through prioritization of public and non-motorized transport) and reduced energy usage costs (through uptake of efficiency measures) for communities, resulting in increased productivity and household savings. The project also aims to directly kick-start new economic opportunities for the private sector. Building on the component 2 investments, national financing institutions will strengthen and create financial instruments for catalyzing new opportunities for private sector investment in areas such as transport, energy services and waste management. For instance, the project will support FINEP to strengthen financial instruments for incentivizing micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises to innovate solutions for responding to local sustainable urban development challenges. This may build upon existing innovation calls it has in the areas of Technology 4.0, Innovative Women, and Investment in Innovative Startups, as related to the urban context. Improving metropolitan governance is also expected to promote better management of public resources and investments, potentially increasing the availability of resources to address other urban issues. If executed effectively, the project has the potential to change realities and leverage economic development where it intervenes locally. An example is the coordinated action between municipalities for basic sanitation solutions, which can potentially optimize public and private investments in each municipality through economies of scale, thus potentially generating a surplus for investment in other projects. Within the scope of pilot interventions to be carried out by the project, activities that revive the local trade and services through urban upgrading projects may generate economic gains and potentially also employment opportunities. Another example relates to fostering sustainable tourism and the sustainable production of local produce from certain protected areas. They represent an important source of income to local people and an incentive to protect nature and support these areas. Taking a longer-term view, it is also possible to consider reductions in public health costs as a result of stimulating low-emission zones and transport modes. Likewise, better structuring of the urban environment through requalification can also have climate change adaptation benefits and result in potential savings for addressing the consequences of climate change, for example, in connection with the recovery of urban infrastructure affected by natural disasters. 3) Environmental Benefits Beyond mitigation and biodiversity benefits to be generated by the project, described in section 6, there are many other environmental benefits that result from its interventions. These include: (i) reduced pollution in the form of noise, water, air and soil pollution; (ii) reduced heat island effect associated with excess traffic and the burning of fossil fuel; (iii) the spontaneous creation of urban gardens by surrounding communities as a result of the enhancement of green areas and their inclusion into the overall management of the wider landscapes, fighting thereby land degradation and food security locally. Concretely, in Belem, Teresina and Florianopolis the climate mitigation and low-emission technology action plans, the low-emission zone pilots, and the low-emission zone plans will lead to reduced air contamination and heat island effect. Furthermore, in Belem, the integrated solid waste plan will lead to less solid waste disposal, more solid waste recycling and re-use, and consequential reduced land and ground water contamination.Furthermore, the GEF project, through its interventions in component 1 and 2, will contribute directly to increasing the resilience and supporting the adaptation of the metropolitan regions of Belem, Florianopolis and Teresina. On the one hand, the integrated planning platforms will support metropolitan actors to visualize key geospatial data, including layers related to geographical and physical attributes of the city’s environment. Through these platforms and such visualization, the cities will be able to plan more effectively for building resilience, for instance with regards to managing coastline development to avoid erosion and increased possibility of flooding in Belem and Florianopolis. Furthermore, the integrated plans that the cities develop in component 1 will take into account risk matrices, ensuring that new developments incorporate considerations of urban resilience. For instance, in Teresina, the climate mitigation and low-emission technology plan may also focus on nature based solutions and other interventions to reduce the urban heat island (UHI) effect, one of the key challenges in the city. In this way, through natural and low-emission cooling measures, the plan will support the city to reduce GHG emissions generated through air conditioning, as well as increase the city’s resilience to temperature rise.Component 2 also contributes directly to climate adaptation and resilience benefits. While the exact solutions will be determined during project execution, the integrated low emission street, block and district in Belem, Teresina and Florianópolis (Ouputs 2.1, 2.3 and 2.4) may include nature-based solutions that reduce UHI effect, but also serve to support storm-water runoff management and reduce flood impacts. This may also include solutions related to green infrastructure (such as green façades and roofs). The low-emission zones may also pilot solutions such as the retrofitting of public buildings and the use of sustainable materials with high thermal inertia to address UHI effects, increasing local resilience to increased temperatures in all three cities. Furthermore, the agroforestry production chain in Combu Island (Output 2.2) aims to provide benefits for climate resilience by reducing the vulnerability to extreme events both with regards to agriculture productivity and for the families that rely on the income from such agriculture. In synthesis, project interventions aim to reduce the vulnerability of communities directly involved in the areas of intervention by the implementation of integrated and climate-resilient solutions.
Biodiversity Conservation, Restoration and Integrated Sustainable Development of Mangoky sub-watersheds
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Improve ecosystems services, sustainable intensification and biodiversity conservation in degraded forests and landscapes in Southern Madagascar through wide-scale implementation of forest and landscape restoration (FLR).
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Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.
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10. Benefits The project will help deliver the following global socio-economic benefits: Global Socio-economic Benefits GEF 7 Core Indicator Target Expected contribution of the GEF project direct beneficiaries (disaggregated by gender) benefit of GEF investments. 31,200 members of rural communities in the target landscapes (disaggregated by gender) directly benefitting of project interventions. The Global socio-economic benefits are based following on the following considerations: Sustainable Forest and mangrove Management: It is estimated that during the project lifetime the members of the 8 COBAs (1,816 members in total) active in the protected sections of the target landscapes will benefit of the forest learning groups and procurement investments, resulting in 30,000 ha of sustainably managed and restored forest and mangroves with improved CBNRM systems. The forest users that throughout the process have acquired a greater organizational capacity and have sustainably intensified production of the project's target commodities (e.g. charcoal, bee products, wild fruits such as baobab, wild forest yam, basket works, and other identified priority NTFP during project implementation), will be supported to improve their business capacity and market access for diversified GVC commodities. The project will target women and men in equal proportion of 50 percent. Sustainable intensification of agroforestry production systems: It is estimated that during the project lifetime approx. 4,500 women and men smallholder farmers will benefit of the field learning programmes and procurement investments in the three target landscapes, and project investments will allow 7,200 ha of land to be restored and sustainably managed through climate-smart agroforestry production systems. The smallholder farmers that throughout the process have acquired a greater organizational capacity under producer organizations and an improvement in the high-quality production of the project's target commodities (e.g. rice, lime beans, Artemisia annua, sweet potato, citrus, small livestock), will be supported to improve their business capacity and market access for diversified GVC commodities. The project will target women and men in equal proportion of 50 percent. Increased skills and knowhow on ER/SLM/SFM/GVC: Approximately 4,500 community members will have acquired good knowledge and skills on ER/SLM/SFM/GVC. 60 agriculture extensionists and 40 forestry extensionists from public and private institutions and leading land users will be qualified as lead trainers and facilitators on ER/SLM/SFM/GVC development, therefore increasing their employment opportunities during project implementation and beyond. Micro, small and medium enterprise development around GVC commodities: The project will support approximately 500 local producers to become members of economically viable micro-small-medium enterprises (producer organizations and cooperatives) with social and environmental corporate responsibility, through training, technical and financial support for the adoption of improved technologies that allow production to comply with market requirements and national standards for product diversification. Local businesses around GVC commodities will include: (i) community nurseries for the production and marketing of high-quality plant material (seeds, seedlings and cuttings) and the provision of services to customers on the use of plant material in ER/SLM/SFM implementation; (ii) production and marketing of a diverse set of high-quality products of rice, legumes, beekeeping, fruit trees, aromatic plants, and renewable energy among others. The project will target a minimum of 1/3 of women among beneficiaries. Adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers and forest users: The project will enhance the adaptive capacity of women and men smallholder farmers and forest users, addressing the gender-specific adaptation needs. The project will enhance farmer’s resilience and adaptation capacity in the following way: (i) reduce the impact of climate shocks on smallholder farmers through the promotion of management practices that help compensate the effect of drought events through higher soil water availability (CA and agroforestry; less water demanding crop varieties); (ii) diversify livelihoods (food security and income diversification) through sustainable intensification of agroforestry production through which farmers diversify their production from a set of crops (e.g. mix production of lime bean + rice + fruit trees + small ruminants, with additional vegetable production on home gardens) and reduce the risk of total loss of production due to a climatic event; (iii) increase the capacity of producer organizations to preserve and process their products reducing their perishability increasing their capacity to negotiate in the market over a longer period of time without depending on the seasonality of the raw product; (iv) increase the capacity to produce high quality products with greater potential to be marketed and increase revenue that allow smallholder farmers to cover needs in times of shocks. Target 1.B in MDG 1 (“Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger”) highlights the central role of employment and decent work in achieving food security and poverty reduction, therefore allowing women and men in rural communities to have access to the knowledge and resources necessary to produce sustainably and thereby contributing to the (SDG) target 15.3 on LDN and the National FLR Strategy. The project formulation has followed the Guidance on How to Address Decent Rural Employment Concerns in FAO Country Activities to make sure that decent rural employment is promoted in the project outcomes and outputs: Table. The Four Pillars of Decent Rural Employment (DRE) in the project Pillar 1: Employment creation and enterprise development · Component 1will address explicitly policies, regulations and bylaws supporting DRE in the implementation of SLM/SFM/GVC development. · The training-of-trainers (ToT) under Output 2.1.1 and 2.2.1 will increase the professionalization of members of practitioners on ER/SLM/SFM related-jobs. · The learning programmes under Outcomes 2.1, 2.2 and 3.1 will provide vocational and education training for rural women and men on technical and business skills, which will increase their chances of finding jobs and establishing small local enterprises. · Outcome 3.1 will build the capacity of women and men small-holder producers in accessing markets and become active in modern GVC. · Component 4 will develop national and sub-national capacities to collect and analyze age and sex disaggregated data on rural labour linked to FLR interventions. Pillar 2: Social protection · Learning programmes under Outcome 2.1, Outcome 2.2 and Outcome 3.1 will train practitioners on occupational safety and health measures for the rural workforce applying SLM/SFM/GVC technologies. · Producer organizations, enterprises and buyer companies supported by business incubation programmes under Component 3 will enhance their social corporate responsibility. · Procurement investments in each district will include social support for emergency or distress situations, targeting community needs beyond the ER/SLM/SFM/GVC priorities. The provision of this support indirectly delivers ER/SLM/SFM/GVC because it helps remove social barriers that may prevent community members to invest in and apply SNRM. Pillar 3: Standards and rights at work · Community bylaw formulation, fair access to training, extension and investments on ER/SLM/SFM/GVC technologies and inputs will help reduce gender and age-based discrimination in the target landscapes. · The project will ensure compliance with the National Labour Legislation, that has ratified all key international conventions concerning child labor. the Project will collaborate with governmental inspectors, UNICEF and ILO to carry out targeted child labour inspections in the three target landscapes, with the active involvement of local leaders, and representatives from church, government, NGOs, employers’ and workers’ organizations. Pillar 4: Governance and social dialogue · Component 1 will ensure representation of the rural poor in policy dialogue through awareness raising, training and bylaw formulation on gender-inclusive land tenure and natural resource governance issues. · The project will ensure in Component 1 fair, and effective participation of the rural poor in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the ILMP , and COBA plans. · Components 2 and 3 will put especial focus on capacity enhancement activities for women and youth groups to empower them in ER/SLM/SFM/GVC.