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00074120 - Strengthening the operational and financial sustainability of the National Protected Area System

Thematic Area	Energy and Environment
Location	Jamaica
Start Date	July 2010
Duration	2010-2016
Funding Amount	US$7,820,585
Source of Funding	GEF $2,770,585 o Government $500,000 o The Nature Conservancy -TNC $2,750,000 o Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau - KFW $1,600,000 o UNDP $200,000
Executing Agency	Planning Institute of Jamaica
Implementing Agencies	National Environment and Planning Agency Other Partners: Forestry Department Jamaica National Heritage Trust Fisheries Division The Nature Conservancy
Status	Ongoing
Objectives
The project's objective is to consolidate the operational and financial sustainability of Jamaica‘s national system of protected areas. The objective will be achieved through three components: (1) Strengthening of planning and revenue generation; (2) Rationalizing and integrating the national system of protected areas; and, (3) Increasing the effectiveness of protected area management.
Expected Results
Strengthened planning and revenue generation Rationalization and integration of the NSPA Increased PA management effectiveness
Profile:
The project's goal is to safeguard Jamaica's globally significant biodiversity. The project's objective is to consolidate the operational and financial sustainability of Jamaica‘s national system of protected areas. The objective will be achieved through three components: (1) Strengthening of planning and revenue generation; (2) Rationalizing and integrating the national system of protected areas; and, (3) Increasing the effectiveness of protected area management. The project follows the guidance of GEF's Strategic Objective One and Strategic Program One. Project activities will help secure the long-term financial sustainability of Jamaica's protected area system by: (i) harmonizing management practices to secure cost-effective conservation, (ii) building capacity for strategic conservation and financial planning, (iii) creating new protected areas to serve as replicable models for improved practices, and, (iv) establishing additional income sources for protected area management. Jamaica is a global conservation priority with more than 1,400 known endemic species. This project‘s efforts will deliver the global benefits associated with a national protected area system better equipped to conserve globally significant, but currently vulnerable, ecosystems and allied species.
Delivery in:
2010 Allocation: US$41,700 2010 Expenditure: US$ 1,593 2011 Allocations: US$ 33,065 2011 Expenditure: US$ 33,278 2012 Allocations: US$ 429,350
Contact:
Ms. Roxanne Valentine Project Manager National Environment Planning Agency 10 & 11 Caledonia Avenue Kingston 5 Telephone: 876-754-7540 roxanne.valentine@nepa.gov.jm Margaret Jones Williams Progamme Advisor - Environment and Energy United Nations Development Programme 1-3 Lady Musgrave Road Kingston 5, Jamaica Tel: 876-978-2390 ext. 2035 Fax: 876-946-2163
Documents:
Project Document (signature Page) [] Project Document Full version
2011 Annual Progress Report
Additional available information:
News Items posted on UNDP Jamaica website: February 15, 2011 USD $ 7.8 million for supporting Jamaica’s National Protected Areas! Photo Gallery (UNDP Jamaica Flickr Channel): N/A Videos on UNDP Jamaica TV Channel: N/A Media Coverage: N/A Useful Links: Global Environment Facility National Environment and Planning Agency Forestry Department Jamaica National Heritage Trust Fisheries Division The Nature Conservancy Other Resourses : Latin America and the Caribbean: A biodiversity Superpower (Policy brief)
Publications: N/A