Key Results of Closed Projects by Region
and water. To create a favorable environment of policies, programs, planning frameworks and tools for sustainable land management (SLM), the project assisted in creating two regional development plans per year and reformulated the master plan for sustainable development. Additionally, the project promoted access to finance to make SLM-related activities economically attractive; 2,000 farmers directly benefited or were supported from at least one of the financing schemes the project promoted. Beyond financing mechanisms, the project promoted SLM through other incentives by providing construction materials for building water reservoirs, sheds and fertilizer storage; trees for the construction of windbreakers and live barriers; coffee plants; and seeds for improved pastures. Through an ‘exchange for environmental services’ scheme, agreements were made to assist 5,130 persons in seven watershed communities with infrastructure in exchange for the reforestation of degraded areas, commitments to refrain from burning agricultural waste, and increased reporting of violations of national environmental law. Sustainable Management of the Shared Living Marine Resources of the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) and Adjacent Regions (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
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Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago) Partners: UNOPS; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO Most people in the Caribbean region live in coastal communities where there is high dependence on marine resources for food and employment. Yet the highly productive Caribbean marine ecosystem is under threat because of pressures from over-fishing, pollution and environmental degradation, and many of its living marine resources are in crisis. The 10-year Strategic Action Programme for Sustainable Management of the Shared Living Marine Resources of the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) and Adjacent Regions worked to put in place a common, participatory approach towards the sustainable management and governance of the two of the world’s large marine ecosystems (LME), the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem and the North Brazil Shelf LME. The programme brought together 30 different ministries from over 20 countries. From this, a comprehensive roadmap for sustainable living marine resources management has been successfully developed and endorsed at high political levels by nearly all participating countries.
Global Projects Three global projects closed this reporting period including one project that that addressed green, low emission, climate resilient development strategies; one that addressed chemicals and waste management; and one that addressed water and ocean governance. All of the outcomes achieved by these projects were rated as moderately satisfactory or above and 66% of the terminal evaluation reports were rated as moderately satisfactory or above in quality. Key results from three of these projects are summarized below. Community-based Adaptation (Bangladesh, Bolivia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Samoa, Viet Nam) Partners: UNOPS; UN Volunteers The Community-based Adaptation (CBA) project used a participatory and community-centered approach to assist communities through 63 local-level projects in 10 countries to increase their resilience to climate change-related vulnerabilities. Project interventions included: the introduction of agricultural practices better suited for current climate conditions; rehabilitation and reforestation of areas eroded by floods; renovation of infrastructure to improve resiliency to extreme weather events; and promotion of more sustainable water management practices, among others. All activities took into account indigenous
2013 Annual Performance Report of UNDP-supported GEF-financed projects