Transcript English - Global Environment Facility

GEF Strategies, Activities and Accomplishment:
Land Degradation Focal Area
Mohamed Bakarr
Senior Environmental Specialist
GEF Familiarization Seminar
Washington, DC
January 17 – 19, 2012
GEF is a Financial Mechanism of
the UNCCD
 Land Degradation Focal Area is main GEF financing window 
Sustainable Land Management
 GEF financing leverages resources in agriculture, livestock,
forestry for global environmental benefits
 Investing in Sustainable Land Management supports
implementation of the UNCCD by affected country Parties
Land Degradation Focal Area
GEF Mandate – Finance efforts to arrest and
reverse current global trends in land degradation,
specifically desertification and deforestation.
GEF Focus – Sustainable Land Management
(SLM) in production landscapes
Impacts:
• Flow of ecosystem services increased or maintained
• Sustained crop, livestock, and forest productivity
• Sustainable livelihoods for people
Financial Leverage for SLM
Total Investments to-date
GEF Amount
$438 Million
Total Investments in GEF-4
(US$ Millions)
Co-Finance
$2.8 Billion
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GEF Investing in SLM Globally
• Respond to Country
Demands
- Local and national
level investment in SLM
• Support Regional
Development Priorities
• Support the
implementation of
UNCCD 10 yr Strategy
GEF Financing
by Region (GEF-4)
GEF-5 Priorities
•Address three main drivers of ecosystem
degradation (i.e. loss of ecosystem services):
- land use change (loss of vegetative cover)
- natural resources consumption (loss of biodiversity)
- climate change (GHG emissions, vulnerability risks)
• Facilitate enabling environments at national and
regional levels – policies, institutions, and
investment frameworks (Sustainability)
• Targeted interventions at local, national, and
regional scales, including transboundary areas
GEF-5 Results-based Framework
$405 million allocated to the LD Focal Area
Objectives
Targets
LD-1 Agro-ecosystems
services flows
Sustainable management of 120 million
hectares (agriculture and rangelands)
LD-2 Forest ecosystem
service flows
Sustainable management of 300,000 hectares
(forest production landscapes)
LD-3 Integrated
management of wider
landscapes
LD-4 Adaptive project
management for UNCCD
and GEF
Integrated management of 150 million hectares
(mixed land uses)
75% of all LD projects address priorities
identified in UNCCD 10-year Strategy
50% of LD projects take up emerging knowledge
Multiple Benefits in Production
Landscapes
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Soil fertility restoration and enhancement
Land and water conservation and improvement
Carbon sequestration
Biodiversity conservation above and below
ground
• Options for household food security and
income (Development)
GEF and the UNCCD Ten-Year Strategy
GEF Objectives in the Land
Degradation Focal Area
1 Maintain or improve flow of agroecosystem services to sustaining
livelihoods
2 Generate sustainable flows of
forest ecosystem services in
drylands
3 Reduce pressures on natural
resources from competing land
uses in the wider landscape
The GEF is a
Financial Mechanism of the UNCCD
4 Increase capacity to apply
adaptive management tools in
Sustainable Land Management
GEF Outcomes and Impacts
• Enhanced enabling environment for SLM
• Improved agricultural and rangeland
management
• Reduced GHG emissions from agriculture and
deforestation
• Increased carbon stocks in production
landscapes
GEF Outcomes and Impacts (contd.)
• Improved forest landscape management in
drylands
• Increased adoption of good land
management practices in landscape
• Increased capacities of affected Parties to
fulfill obligations under the UNCCD
GEF-5 Progress
Council Approvals with LD
Resources (through Nov 2010)
Total Investments
(millions US$)
• 4 Programmatic Approaches
GEF
Amount
107
– Sahel and West Africa (World
Bank)
– Lake Chad Basin (AfDB)
– MENA Deserts and
Livelihoods (World Bank)
– Greater Mekong Regional
(ADB)
• 29 separate PIFs
• All regions represented
Cofinance
1,227
GEF-5 Progress (contd.)
Investment by LD FA Objectives (millions US$)
Cofinance
929
LD-3
LD-2
LD-1
GEF Amount
62
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270
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