Integrated management of multiple use landscapes/seascapes to promote biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, improve land and marine productivity and economic benefits to local communities

The project aims to promote the integrated and inclusive management multiple use landscapes/seascapes to promote biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, improve land and marine productivity and economic benefits to local communities. This will be achieved by supporting a shift to a more transformative integrated and inclusive planning and management of biological landscapes and seascapes. The intent is to facilitate and ensure a stronger multi-sector and multi-stakeholder effort that would also take into consideration the interests of local communities and private sector to address the threats to key biodiversity, species and habitats through a holistic and multi-disciplinary effort that will build on the current baseline and take into consideration lessons learned from previous projects. The baseline investments, initiatives, projects and commitments are aligned with the emerging National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan that proposes integration with the KMGBF Target 3. The project’s intervention pathways entails improved governance, policies and capacities of institutions, improved financial instruments for the promotion of biodiversity sensitive nature-based solutions. Through this integrated approach, the project aims to: (i) improved management effectiveness of 70,651.40 hectares within seven terrestrial protected areas; (ii) improved management effectiveness of 50,000 hectares of KBAs and identified OECMs through national policies and practices; (iii) improved management effectiveness of 2016.19 hectares within two marine protected areas; (iv) restoration of 6,000 hectares of degraded forests, pastures and agricultural lands; (v) stabilized populations of globally important species (CR, EN, VU on IUCN Red List) through improved protection, habitat restoration, monitoring and enforcement; (v) reduced threats and enhance protection of threatened biodiversity, including endangered species; (vi) mitigate (to be calculated at PPG stage) mt.CO2e over a 20-year period; and (vii) directly benefit 40,000 people (50% men and 50% women) through improved natural resource management, sustainable agricultural, grazing and forest practices, livelihood improvement, small scale enterprises and climate mitigation measures.