Support to Eligible Parties to Produce the Sixth National Report to the CBD (Africa-1)

Identification

9817

Project Title

Support to Eligible Parties to Produce the Sixth National Report to the CBD (Africa-1)

Managing Division

Ecosystems Division

Type/Location

National

Region

Africa

List Countries

Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Project Description

To project will provide financial and technical support to GEF-eligible Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in their work to develop high quality, data driven sixth national reports (6NR) that will improve national decision-making processes for the implementation of NBSAPs; that report on progress towards achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets (ABTs) and inform both the fifth Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO5) and the Global Biodiversity Strategy of 2021 – 2030.

Estimated duration of project:

2017-2019

Estimated cost of the project :

GEF Grant:              1,963,500

Co-finance:              1,116,060

Safeguard Standard Triggered by the Project

Impact of Risk (1-5)

Probability of Risk (1-5)

Significance of Risk (L, M, H)*

SS 1: Biodiversity, natural habitat and Sustainable Management of Living Resources

1

1

L

SS 2: Resource Efficiency, Pollution Prevention and Management of Chemicals and Wastes

1

1

L

SS 3: Safety of Dams

1

1

L

SS 4: Involuntary resettlement

2

2

L

SS 5: Indigenous peoples

1

1

L

SS 6: Labor and working conditions

1

1

L

SS 7: Cultural Heritage

2

1

L

SS 8: Gender equity

1

2

L

SS 9: Economic Sustainability

2

2

M

Additional Safeguard questions for projects seeking GCF-funding (Section IV)

NA

NA

NA