IFC Biodiversity Portfolio

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IFC Biodiversity Portfolio

• March 22, 2005

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Compared Characteristics/Roles of the CES
Facilities in the Area of Biodiversity
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Ongoing IFC GEF Biodiversity Projects
Project
Location
GEF / Total Funds
Komodo Tourism
Indonesia
5M / 16.5M
Asian Conservation Company
Philippines
4.5M / 19.3M
Marine Aquarium Market Transformation Initiative
Regional
6.6M / 21.6M
Egin-Uur Watershed Conservation Initiative
Mongolia
1M / 2.3M
Inka Terra Ecotourism
Peru
0.75M / 12.1M
Poison Dart Frog Ranching
Peru
0.8M / 1.8M
Eco-Enterprises Fund (FEE)
Regional
1M / 8.7M
Lolkisale
Tanzania
0.45M / 0.9M
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Marine Aquarium Market Transformation Initiative
(MAMTI)

• MAMTI Objective To shift a substantial portion
  of marine aquarium industry in Indonesia and
  Philippines towards sustainable practices
  certified by Marine Aquarium Council (MAC)
• MAMTI Approach 6.62M GEF grant will allow three
  NGOs (MAC, CCIF, and Reef Check) to provide
  various forms of technical assistance (marketing,
  financial, managerial, scientific) to all levels
  of supply chain (fishing communities, middlemen,
  and exporters)

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Fly fishing for Mongolian Salmon Vehicle for
Biodiversity Conservation

• Three Take-Aways
• Project Design -Employ creativity and imagination
  to create innovation
• Fund-raising -Take risk and dont compromise to
  appease bureaucracy
• Implementation -Design projects with execution
  in mind

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Conservation Mandala - 5 Pillars
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1st Pillar Collaborative Management System

• Establish a Watershed Management Council --gt
  local participation, but decision-making at
  ecosystem level
• Work with local NGO (Taimen Conservation Fund),
  and establish 501 (c) 3 sister organization (The
  Tributary Fund) in the US to provide technical
  assistance and financial support

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2nd Pillar Natural Resource Management Plan

• Establish baseline biological status of the
  ecosystem
• Determine biological requirements for maintaining
  a healthy ecosystem
• Establish carrying capacity limits for
  sustainable use of the natural resources in the
  ecosystem
• Create watershed-level plan for the management
  and use of the natural resources

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3rd Pillar Community Based Enforcement System

• Identify a high priority conservation area,
  commensurate with available enforcement resources
• Establish a ranger enforcement program with
  regulatory legitimacy
• Develop a training and management system to
  create a credible enforcement program
• Educate inhabitants on regulations through
  community outreach program
• Apply punishments appropriate with degree of the
  crime

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4th Pillar Concession and Licensing (Financial
Sustainability)

• Establish a concession and licensing system that
  maximizes the financial rate of return from the
  sustainable use of the natural resources
• Monetize a previously unvalued natural resource
  to provide a competitive economic alternative to
  unsustainable resource use practices, such as
  placer mining
• Equitably distribute the revenues to the local
  community inhabitants

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5th Pillar Culture Based Conservation

• Derive conservation mandate from local,
  traditional Buddhist and Shamanist spiritual
  beliefs and cultural practices
• Enlist opinion leaders in the local communities,
  Buddhist monks and shamans to communicate
  conservation message

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The Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodities
Program (BACP)
Objective- Support commodity-wide, private
sector-led, initiatives that seek to implement
biodiversity-enhancing BMPs in the agricultural
commodities sector

• Size US20-40 mn (including US10 mn from the
  GEF)
• Duration 10 years
• Expected Start Date June 2006
• Strategy

Private Sector Driven
Partnerships
Mature BMPs
CommodityFocus
Regional Focus