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Project Document for Nationally Implemented Projects Financed by the GEF Trust Fund
| Project title: Strengthened Protected Areas System and Integrated Ecosystem Management in Sudan | |||
| Country: Sudan | Implementing Partner: HCENR – Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources | Management Arrangements : National Implementation Modality (NIM) | |
| UNDAF/Country Programme Outcome: UNDAF Focus Area 2: Environment, Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Management: Outcome 2: By 2021, people’s resilience to consequences of climate change, environmental stresses and natural hazards is enhanced through strengthened institutions, policies, plans and programmes.
· Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) (resilience sub-indicator 2) (SDG indicator 6.5.1) · Percent of forest loss (SDG indicator 15.3) |
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| UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021: SP OUTCOME 1. Advance poverty eradication in all its forms and dimensions, Signature Solution #4: Promote nature-based solutions for a sustainable planet. SP OUTPUT 1.4.1 Solutions scaled up for sustainable management of natural resources, including sustainable commodities and green and inclusive value chains. | |||
| UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Category: Moderate (Low) | UNDP Gender Marker: 2 | ||
| Atlas Project ID/Award ID number: 00091841 | Atlas Output ID/Project ID number: 00096848 | ||
| UNDP-GEF PIMS ID number: 5741 | GEF ID number: 9425 | ||
| Planned start date: 1st October 2020 | Planned end date: 1st September 2025 (60 months) | ||
| Expected date of Mid-Term Review: 20 March 2023 | Expected date of Terminal evaluation: 20 June 2025 | ||
| LPAC date: 17 April 2019 | |||
| Brief project description: Sudan’s rich biodiversity and natural environment is subject to a number of threats related to the lack of a strong, functional protected areas system, both at policy level and in management terms, as well as an increasing impact on natural resources and land degradation, marine and terrestrial, in and around protected areas due to limited livelihoods options and limited planning. This project will take a comprehensive landscape approach to address the multi-faceted nature of land degradation and impacts on natural resources by attempting to secure Sudan’s protected area system and ecosystems, focusing in particular on key sites of ecological and economic importance and investing in supporting effective community-level engagement in and around protected areas and buffer zones, across key ecological systems. As such it seeks to address the following key project objective: “to strengthen the national protected area (PA) system and promote integrated ecosystem management in adjacent areas so as to reduce threats to biodiversity, mitigate land degradation, sustain ecosystem services, and improve people’s livelihoods”. The objective will be achieved through the implementation of three project components: Component 1: An enabling environment established at the national level for expanded PA management; Component 2: Improved management effectiveness at selected terrestrial and marine PA; Component 3 Integrated Natural Resource Management in multi-use landscapes in and around targeted PAs. Finally, to ensure adaptive management and equity: Component 4: Knowledge Management, Gender Mainstreaming, and M&E. | |||
| Financing Plan | |||
| GEF Trust Fund | USD 4,100,913 | ||
| UNDP TRAC resources | USD 500,000 | ||
| Total budget administered by UNDP | USD 4,600,913 | ||
| Parallel co-financing (all other co-financing that is not cash co-financing administered by UNDP) | |||
| Organisation | Co-financing – In $ USD equivalent | ||
| Ministry of Finance and National Economy | 5,000,000 | ||
| Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources | 5,000,000 | ||
| Wildlife Conservation General Administration | 5,000,000 | ||
| Range and Pasture General Directorate (RPGD) | 1,720,000 | ||
| Agriculture Research Corporation (ARC) | 500,000 | ||
| Wildlife Research Centre | 500,000 | ||
| Sudanese Development Initiative (SUDIA) | 200,000 | ||
| Sudanese Environment Conservation Society (SECS) | 200,000 | ||
| UNESCO ISESCO Chair for Women in Science/Tech. | 500,000 | ||
| UNESCO Khartoum Office | 388,000 | ||
| Total parallel co-financing | USD 19,008,000 | ||
| Total co-financing incl. from UNDP | USD 19,508,000 | ||
| Grand-Total Project Financing (1)+(2) | USD 23,608,913 | ||
What are the protected areas (PAs):
Protected Areas are areas of land or Marine deserved for Biodiversity through legal way or any other effective means.
In Sudan we mean those areas proclaimed under the Wildlife and protected areas Act and it refer to limited 3 types, National Parks, Game Reserves and Sanctuaries for species or birds
Protected Areas coverage:
In the World the protected areas cover 17% from earth Land and about 10% from marine areas
IN Sudan PAs cover about 6% of its Total Areas, there are 13 areas declared under the Wildlife &PAs Act and it represent most of Sudan’s ecosystems
What is the (SPAS): It is a project Implemented by HCNER in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation General Administration (WCGA). Funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF) and United Nation Development Program (UNDP). And Ministry of finance
4100 000 USD from GEF
500000 USD from UNDP
5000000 USD from Ministry of Finance
Other co-funding from 8 governmental and NGOs institutions mostly in Kind (14000000 USD in equivalent to SDG)
Where is the project operate?
At national level and in Aldair, Dinder and Dongonab Bay National Parks
What is SPAS Objectives?
- Strengthen Protected areas system
- Conserve biodiversity by improving 1332700 hectares directly and 9262000 indirectly
- Improve infrastructure inside selected sites and habitat restoration so as to increase management efficiency
- Mitigate Land degradation by 5650 hectares including 200 ha. As mangrove forest
- Sustain Ecosystem Services
- Improve livelihoods of communities living around selected areas (expected beneficiaries are 15000 persons).50% of them is expected to be women
SPAS Strategy:
To deals with Barriers of conservation through implementation of 4 components
- Creating an enabling environment for all PAs system ( Policy, align of PAs system to international standard, legislations, institutional capacities, funding , expansion, data and information and eco-tourism Strategies)
- Improve management effectiveness in Aldair, Dinder and Dongonab PAs (Restoration, ecological monitoring, Habitat management, infrastructure including tourists’ camps).
- Community based Integrated Natural Resources Management ( community forest ,community rangeland and conservation agriculture in adjust ant areas + Grant for community livelihoods diversification)
- Knowledge Management and Gender and M&E ( Information sharing about PAS and women participation by 50% in project activities and using social media and other platform for Awareness on PASs and lessons Sharing )
SPAS partners: Forest Corporation, Range and Pasture Administration , Wildlife Research Centre, Red Sea Marine Research Institute, Agricultural Research Corporation, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources at all levels UNESCO – MAB- Committee and women chair and communities around selected PAs and Sudanese Initiative for development and Sudanese Environment Conservation Society and others
Selected PAs:
Aldair National Park
This small mountainous park is located in Alrahad locality Northern Kordofan State, it’s a true savannah vegetation types located at the edge of the desert it contain hundred species of trees that used by communities as income resources and other uses, the mountain also act as a catchment area contributing to Khor – Abou Habil water, the park has 4 biophysical systems the management zone is arranged according to elevations that include streams , khors, valleys and high plain (Fawas) above 900 meter.a.s.l. Where collection of bamboo should be controlled key ungulate species is Greater Kudu that inhabit the mountain and other small mammals, reptiles, birds and invertebrates
The mountain is recognized internationally by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve.
The major actions that will be done by the project is fire control plan and rangeland improvement establish of a corridor to protect the Kudu when they are moving from up hills to plain , the project will contribute to adventure tourism by improving infrastructure and community livelihoods and CBINRM ( the park has a management plan with more details).
Dinder National Park:
The oldest protected area in Sudan , it is recognized as a Rramsar Site and Biosphere reserve Though it lost large mammals but still holds the greater diversity in Sudan of wild species and other biodiversity 3 types of ecosystem can be classified , riverine forest, Wooded savannah and wetlands . Still 27 spp. of mammals, 160 birds spp. 58 spp. Of trees 32 spp. of fish the most present species of reptiles include Nile monitor and crocodile and other form of invertebrates Dinder park was famous by large population oh bohor reedbuck and now holds the largest population of Guineafowl in the world and amazing scene of Doom palm
The threats mostly, are coming from outside the park due to improper land use, nomadic herders and continuous settlement and wood collection, illegal rainy season farming, fires and conflicts between and continuous conflicts with farmers and wood traders and settlement, the size of the park has enabled the park to absorb the effect of all pressure especially in the presence and lack of capacities to park staff.
The expected actions that will be implemented by SPAS is restoration of habitat fire management, ecological monitoring, provision of Radios for communication, infrastructure and tourists camps and others actions and land use plans training for communities and trust building with communities and many actions that contribute to communities livelihoods ( the park has a management Plan with more details.
Dongonab Bay and Mukkawar Island National Park
The area of the park is 2800 km2divided to, 800km is land area and 2000 km2 marine. It incorporate reefs, islands, Khors, sand and muddy bays and sea grass beds its Known off having remarkable concentration of Manta rays, Dugong 3 spp. Of dolphins two species of marine turtles and it’s a breeding site of marine birds the park offer habitat of more than 200 spp. of marine fish with Senganeb the park is a an international Natural Heritage site and also its identified as important Birds Area .threats comes from uncontrolled shore fishing and coastal zone development therefore, the SPAS interventions is concentrated of provision of deep sea fishing opportunities for communities of Mohammed Goal and Dongonab villages and develop of diving eco- tourism and full support to communities livelihoods in addition of improving co – management and supporting Park managers and research institutions.( the park has a management plan for more details)