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Program Data Sheet 934-001; IR 1.1 CENTRAL OPERATING UNIT: Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade: Environment (EGAT/ENV) PROGRAM TITLE: Natural Resource Protection; Biodiversity STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Improved Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Principally Forests, Biodiversity, Coastal and Freshwater Ecosystems, and Agricultural Lands, 934-001; IR 1.1 Effective Biodiversity Conservation and Management STATUS: Continuing PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $6,535,000 DA PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $5,792,000 DA INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999      ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2008 Summary: USAID activities work to: concentrate program implementation through local communities and NGOs; promote innovative approaches to biodiversity conservation through on-the-ground conservation initiatives and dissemination of best management practices; improve the design and implementation of policies that affect biodiversity use and conservation; and provide technical assistance to field missions in strategic planning, program design, and monitoring of biodiversity programs. Inputs, Outputs and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID and its partner organizations will continue to focus on conserving biodiversity in over 35 sites worldwide. USAID biodiversity office and partners will use approaches that identify and prioritize threats to conservation to strategically address the causes of species decline and habitat degradation as well as promote sustainable use of natural resources. The team will provide technical support to missions and bureaus by producing a guide for USAID personnel on biodiversity program design and management, and participating in an assessment of best practices for community based conservation. Finally, the office will continue to support the USAID’s participation in the Convention to Combat Desertification, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, and other related forums. Planned FY 2003 Program: FY 2003 will be the final obligation year for the first phase of the Global Conservation Program (GCP), a series of Cooperative Agreements between USAID and six of the world’s leading conservation NGOs. The GCP has been successful in encouraging collaboration across institutions. In FY 2003 the biodiversity office anticipates further coordinated planning, sharing of agendas and visions, and constituency building among these organizations, encouraging an increase in scope and ambition of conservation initiatives and allowing them to be implemented across larger scales. The team will continue to promote these approaches among missions and bureaus through GCP, offering them the opportunity to establish independent agreements (associate awards) with any of the six partners; since 1999 more than ten associate awards have been established. Since FY 1996, the program has helped to improve the management of over 30 million hectares of the world’s most biologically valuable habitats. In FY 2001 the office worked in over 35 sites worldwide. Performance and results: In FY 01 the program worked in over 35 sites worldwide. In 1999 the GCP was launched and aimed at conserving globally significant areas of biodiversity through broad programs that were sustainable, focused, and adaptable. For example, in the Republic of Congo, a GCP partner negotiated an agreement with a logging company to return 100-square-miles of rainforest with valuable hardwoods to conservation status. The conservation benefits from this agreement protected endangered species residing in that habitat and those using it as a migratory path. The company's willingness to give back land that it had a legal right to demonstrated that government, industry, and conservation organizations can work together to achieve conservation. The team also provided support through a partner to pilot seaweed cultivation projects involving 8 communities in and around Komodo National Park, Indonesia. The high-quality seaweed products cultivated by these communities significantly exceed market standards, thereby creating a strong economic incentive for communities to engage in sustainable natural resource management and conservation. Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: The GCP initiative operates through agreements with six NGOs - - the Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund, African Wildlife Foundation, Enterprise Works Worldwide, and the Wildlife Conservation Society. In addition the office manages agreements with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and contracts with Associates in Rural Development, and Chemonics International, Inc. US Financing in Thousands of Dollars 934-0011 Effective biodiversity conservation and management DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 8,408 Expenditures 3,237 Unliquidated 5,171 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 7,277 Expenditures 5,334 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 15,685 Expenditures 8,571 Unliquidated 7,114 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 373 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 6,535 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 6,908 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 5,792 Future Obligations 7,081 Est. Total Cost 35,466

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