Project

Strengthening the National Protected Areas System of Swaziland

Lead country

Eswatini

Participating countries

Eswatini

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From October 3, 2014 to December 31, 2021

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil
  2. 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  3. 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Project ID: 4932

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Ecosystem management and restoration
  • Mainstreaming biodiversity

Sub-area(s)

  • Wildlife conservation

Landscape(s)

  • Conserved areas
  • Wetlands

Sub-landscape(s)

  • OECM (Other effective area-based conservation measures)
  • General

Transformed sector(s)

  • Forestry and other land use
  • Other sectors

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Institutional mechanism and system building
  • Optimising financing

Strategy

  • Management operation
  • Governance
  • Enabling

Sub-strategy

  • Conserved areas/ protected areas management
  • Institutional framework
  • Participatory governance models
  • Mainstream
  • Institutional capacity building

Social inclusion

N/A

Gender equality

  • Livelihoods for women

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Improve resilience
  • Reduce exposure

SDG target(s)

  • 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil
  • 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  • 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Conventions and protocols

  • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  • National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Structural/system transformation

About this project

Description

This project satisfies the requirements for GEF financing by directly addressing the primary goal of the Biodiversity (BD) focal area strategy, namely: ÔÇ£the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the maintenance of ecosystem goods and servicesÔÇØ. In particular, the project will address strategic objective one (SO1): ÔÇ£Improve Sustainability of Protected Area SystemsÔÇØ. Secondary gains from the project are expected to address two further BD strategic objectives indirectly, namely, to mainstream biodiversity in production landscapes and to integrate Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) obligations into national planning processes through enabling activities. The project strategy takes an integrated approach, in linking its primary focus to protected area sustainability in the biodiversity focal area to indirectly addressing strategic approaches in the two related focal areas of land degradation (LD) and climate change (CC).

Objectives

To effectively expand, manage and develop Swaziland"s protected area network in order to adequately protect the biodiversity and landscapes of the country.

USD $5,540,000

Grant amount

USD $23,900,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($5,540,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Eswatini

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Knowledge-based management platform operationalised at the National and regional levels to address current and emerging threats to PAs and biodiversity conservation.

 Indicators:

Legally protected PA network increased.
Number of capacity building programmes developed for improved PA management.
Number of biodiversity field surveys.
Number of information management systems at regional and national level.
Number of landscape-based management plans.
Number of informal PAs established as National PAs.
Number of new PAs gazetted and operationalised.
Number of streamlined PA and landscape management structures and standards developed
Number of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) programs developed.
Number of conservation infrastructure or equipment programmes.
Number of ecotourism infrastructure, product development or marketing programmes.
Number of invasive alien species control programmes.
Number of training programmes developed
Outcome 2:

Landscape approach operationalised and leads to expansion of PA network.
Outcome 3:

Strengthening PA functioning through improved Conservation management and Operational support for existing and new PAs including both formal and informal PAs.
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