Strengthening ecological connectivity  in the Dulombi-BoÃ© Tchetche complex (DTB) Improve and sustain the ecological connectivity of the DBT Corridor and related transnational areas of Niokolo-Koba (Senegal) and Badiar (Guinea) by strengthening biodiversity conservation and improving sustainable land use. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency. The project will have several socioeconomic benefits:- Social benefits : During the first two years of the implementation of the project, technical and socio-economic baseline studies will be produced. This collection of updated data on biodiversity, land-use and the socio-ecomic situation of inhabitants located within the DBT complex will be used to develop a better special planning and an integrated management of the DBT complex taking into account the needs of villagers.One activity of the project is to strengthen the involvement of communities in the management of the DBT complex. The project will finance a local consultant to support and train the communities’ members to properly prepare Park council meetings, by collecting needs and key issues within their communities before the meeting. At the end, the communities’ members of the council Park will be able to alert IBAP when abusive installations or environmental degradation occur within the DBT complex. In this way, they will strengthen their control over their living space and contribute to the long-term safeguarding of their livelihoods.The project will also focus on developing community-based income-generating activities in 18 villages of the DBT complex. The project will pay particular attention to women and youth and will gather information about disable people in the communities where IGA are implemented. The project will involve disable people in the activities implementation.A gender strategy will be established during the project implementation for the systematic inclusion of gender into project strategy and implementation through all project components.- Economic benefits : The project aims to promote sustainable income-generating activities. This will allow the populations to increase their income, and reach a more stable economic situations through their livelihood activites. By doing this, the project will release pressure on natural resources and allow a better protection of it.Bissau Guinea state funds are limited and international funding opportunities will not allow for the long-term coverage of all costs. Other key sources of funding were identified by the consultant during PPG consultations and will be implemented: extension of the REDD+ finance, development of a mechanism for external debt conversion to finance biodiversity conservation and LDN, design and implementation of an ecotax on imported products and mobilisation of funds from neighbouring economic actors.     Project: Strengthening ecological connectivity in the Dulombi-Boé Tchetche complex       Project objective: Improve and sustain the ecological connectivity of the DBT Corridor and related transnational areas of Niokolo-Koba (Senegal) and Badiar (Guinea) by strengthening biodiversity conservation and improving sustainable land use.       Component   Outcomes   Outputs   Impacts and GEBs       Component 1: Governance and stakeholders capacity building   Outcome 1.1: Improved policies, regulations, institutional collaboration and stakeholders’ capacities for long term management based on a landscape and ecosystem approach.   Output 1.1.1: Action plans for the conservation units of the DBT complex are designed and implemented using a landscape and a socio-ecosystemic approach   Conservation of globally significant biodiversity  Sustainable use of the components of globally significant biodiversity  Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in productive landscapes  Reduction in forest loss and forest degradation        Output 1.1.2: Protected areas show improved management effectiveness and governance equity (METT)       Output 1.1.3: Policies, laws and regulations – including stakeholders’ collaboration - on biodiversity conservation and land/ forest management are updated through a participatory approach.       Output 1.1.4: The ability to monitor and understand changes in the DBT complex is strengthened in order to promote an adaptive and anticipatory management of the complex       Component 2: Management and restoration of ecological connectivity corridor and wildlife mobility   Outcome 2.1: Degraded land and ecological corridors are under restoration with collaboration of stakeholders   Output 2.1.1: Land and ecosystem restoration activities are carried out in the DBT complex   Conservation of globally significant biodiversity  Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in productive landscapes  Reduction in forest loss and forest degradation  Enhanced sustainable livelihoods for local communities and forest-dependent peoples.  Sustainable use of the components of globally significant biodiversity  Fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources, including by appropriate access to genetic resources       Output 2.1.2: Priority sustainable community-based income-generating activities are supported in several sites to facilitate the forest landscapes restoration       Output 2.1.3: A funding mechanism for the complex is developed in collaboration with stakeholders (government, communities, private sector) and supports BioGuinea and other funding mechanisms for the Guinea-Bissau SNAP       Outcome 2.2: An enabling environment to support voluntary LDN target implementation   Output 2.2.1: Political and institutional work is carried out to strengthen synergies between institutions to achieve Guinea-Bissau's LDN objectives (restoring 40,000 ha by 2030)       Component 3: Institutions, Finance and Scaling up   Outcome 3.1: The project is implemented based on Result Based Management. Lessons learned and best practices are documented and disseminated   Output 3.1.1: Knowledge on good management and restoration of natural resources is documented and disseminated   Conservation of globally significant biodiversity  Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in productive landscapes  Fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources, including by appropriate access to genetic resources       Output 3.1.2: A gender strategy is developed and implemented       Output 3.1.3: The project's Monitoring &amp; Evaluation system (including LDN achievements) is developed and implemented