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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 4 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 $405 million allocated to the LD Focal Area Objectives Targets LD-1 Agro-ecosystems services flows Sustainable management of 120 million hectares (agriculture and rangelands) LD-2 Forest ecosystem service flows Sustainable management of 300,000 hectares (forest production landscapes) LD-3 Integrated management of wider landscapes LD-4 Adaptive project management for UNCCD and GEF Integrated management of 150 million hectares (mixed land uses) 75% of all LD projects address priorities identified in UNCCD 10-year Strategy 50% of LD projects take up emerging knowledge Multiple Benefits in Production Landscapes • • • • Soil fertility restoration and enhancement Land and water conservation and improvement Carbon sequestration Biodiversity conservation above and below ground • Options for household food security and income (Development) GEF and the UNCCD Ten-Year Strategy GEF Objectives in the Land Degradation Focal Area 1 Maintain or improve flow of agroecosystem services to sustaining livelihoods 2 Generate sustainable flows of forest ecosystem services in drylands 3 Reduce pressures on natural resources from competing land uses in the wider landscape The GEF is a Financial Mechanism of the UNCCD 4 Increase capacity to apply adaptive management tools in Sustainable Land Management GEF Outcomes and Impacts • Enhanced enabling environment for SLM • Improved agricultural and rangeland management • Reduced GHG emissions from agriculture and deforestation • Increased carbon stocks in production landscapes GEF Outcomes and Impacts (contd.) • Improved forest landscape management in drylands • Increased adoption of good land management practices in landscape • Increased capacities of affected Parties to fulfill obligations under the UNCCD GEF-5 Progress Council Approvals with LD Resources (through Nov 2010) Total Investments (millions US$) • 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 28 5 270 40 Thank you for your attention Questions?