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Educational Children's Videos Reduce Endangered Species Demand in Vietnam This project will build on experience with a recent rhino horn demand reduction campaign. It will produce three new illustrated 16-page children’s booklets in Vietnamese and English, one each on elephants, tigers and pangolins, and prepare electronic versions of these. It will produce animated videos of 10 minutes for each of the four booklets (including the rhino booklet that already exists) for dissemination in Vietnam. The videos will be broadcast at least 100 times over the course of a year on national television. Surveys will be used to measure the impact of the material.
Contribution to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food And Agriculture (ITPGRFA) This is an UK contribution to ITPGRFA which aims to guarantee food security through the conservation, exchange and sustainable use of the world's plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA), as well as the fair and equitable benefit sharing arising from its use. Contracting Party contributions are used to support the following main themes of the Treaty; The Benefit Sharing Fund; aimed at the conservation and development of these crop genetic resources in cooperation with farmers. The Global Information System; created to facilitate the exchange of information. Sustainable Use; aimed at promoting an integrated approach to sustainable use of PGRFA among Contracting Parties, to support in the development and maintenance of appropriate policy and legal measures. Farmers Rights; this recognizes the enormous contribution that local and indigenous communities and farmers of all regions of the world make. It gives governments the responsibility for implementing Farmers' Rights, and lists measures that could be taken to protect, promote and realize these rights. Multilateral System (MLS); countries agree to make their genetic diversity and related information about the crops stored in their gene banks available to all through the MLS. Compliance; aimed at promoting compliance with all the provisions of the Treaty and to address issues of non-compliance, include monitoring, offering advice or assistance, including legal advice or legal assistance.
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures programme Defra is one of the largest funders of the global, market-led, and science-based Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) initiative. The TNFD recommendations and supporting implementation guidance enable organisations to assess, report, and act on their evolving nature-related risks, opportunities, impacts, and dependencies, with the ultimate aim of supporting a shift in global financial flows towards nature-positive outcomes and achieving the goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework. Defra contributed £2,826,855 to support the TNFD initiative’s two-year open innovation ‘design and development’ phase, which culminated in the launch of the final TNFD corporate reporting recommendations on nature-related risk management and disclosure in September 2023 at New York Climate Week. From November 2021 – November 2022, Defra also contributed £1,675,000 to fund a TNFD African Voice pilot programme, with Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa) acting as the delivery partner. This funding was used to secure engagement by African financial institutions, governments, and central banks, with the aim of ensuring that the TNFD framework is fit for purpose in African contexts. In addition, this funding supported the production of a report examining the materiality of nature-related risks for financial institutions in African contexts. At COP28 in December 2023, the Defra Secretary of State announced an additional £2 million funding to support the TNFD initiative’s uptake phase, which is focused on encouraging and enabling voluntary market adoption across sectors and geographies, and supporting efforts to address the knowledge, capacity building and data needs of market participants.
Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund Round 3 Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is the fifth most lucrative transnational crime, worth up to £17bn a year globally. As well as threatening species with extinction, IWT destroys vital ecosystems. IWT also fosters corruption, feeds insecurity, and undermines good governance and the rule of law. The UK government is committed to tackling illegal trade of wildlife products. Defra manages the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which is a competitive grants scheme with the objective of tackling illegal wildlife trade and, in doing so, contributing to sustainable development in developing countries. Projects funded under the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund address one, or more, of the following themes: • Developing sustainable livelihoods to benefit people directly affected by IWT • Strengthening law enforcement • Ensuring effective legal frameworks • Reducing demand for IWT products Over £23 million has been committed to 75 projects since the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund was established in 2013; five projects were awarded in 2014 (via applications to the Darwin Initiative), fourteen in 2015, fifteen in 2016, thirteen in 2017, fourteen in 2018 and in the latest round in 2019. This round of funding includes the following projects (details of which can be found at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/811381/iwt-project-list-2019.pdf). The projects that a relevant for this area are IWT035 to IWT047.
Developing law enforcement capability in Malawi to combat wildlife crime This project will up-skill Malawian officials, (through cascade training) supporting them in investigating and prosecuting wildlife crime. To support investigations and prosecutions, this project will produce a legislation handbook on Acts relevant to wildlife crime as an aid to prosecutors and judiciary, and establish a national database on wildlife crime to ensure accurate reporting and facilitate intelligence gathering. An ivory stockpile inventory system will be developed.
Global Environment Facility (GEF) 6th Replenishment UK’s funding, along with other donors, will help improve management of landscapes and seascapes covering 300 million hectares, and reduce projected emissions of carbon dioxide by 750 million tons.
An annual contribution to the Convention on International Trade in Endagered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to secure UK membership and participation within the organisation. This annual contribution secures UK membership of, and ability to participate in the decision-making processes of, the Convention on International Trade in Endagered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The Convention is an international agreement to which States and regional economic integration organizations adhere voluntarily. The work of CITES aims to promote global prosperity by facilitating the legal international trade in species and their derivatives while protecting them from over-exploitation. The UK's annual contributions go towards the work of the CITES Secretariat, including its efforts to produce and share information on the status of endangered species, their sustainable use by communities from a range of locations and economic backgrounds, and the most effective means of engaging rural and local communities in the CITES decision-making process. CITES follows a regular cycle of international conferences which allow its rules to be reviewed, including the listing of new species for protection. Parties need to implement the rules of the conventions and provide the protections required to listed species otherwise they will be subject to compliance mechanisms, which in the case of CITES can extend to trade suspensions.
An annual contribution to secure participation in the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) This is a UK contribution to the Convention on Migratory Species, also known as the Bonn Convention, which aims to conserve terrestrial, aquatic and avian migratory species throughout their range. CMS brings together the States through which migratory animals pass and provides a platform for internationally coordinated conservation measures. CMS is used as a framework, with different models employed to form individual conservation agreements under its auspices. The model of agreement used to protect species under CMS, from legally binding treaty to memorandum of understanding, is adapted to the requirements of particular regions. Contributions to the CMS convention not only enable the UK to participate in its decision-making processes and the creation or maintenance of individual conservation agreements, but the contributions also support wider activities undertaken under CMS. These range from task forces, such as the renewable energy task force (reconciling renewable energy developments with the conservation of migratory species) to capacity building in developing countries and countries with economies in transition (enabling them to reap the environmental, social and economic benefits offered by full compliance with MEAs).
Connecting enhanced livelihoods to elephant and rhino protection The project will enable NRT's Conservancy Livelihood Fund to operate at scale across a 2.7 million hectare landscape in northern Kenya's elephant range. This fund will support communities, through their Community Conservancies, to enhance their livelihoods with human, economic and land development, and link these benefits to conservancy membership. This will cement the relationship between successful conservancies, good elephant protection, and their own well-being.
Tide Turners Plastic Badge Challenge During her visit to Kenya in August 2018, Theresa May launched a UK partnership with UN Environment to develop a Young Leaders Plastic Challenge Badge. In Phase 1 the programme developed the training material for a plastic challenge badge, this was then undertaken in four African countries (Ghana, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania). Over 30,000 young leaders engaged in the programme which saw a real impact in countries like Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana where Scouts were actively involved in influencing national policy change about legislation around single-use plastic bags. Phase 2 aims to build upon the work successfully completed in phase 1, by reaching communities in many of the countries with the greatest issues with plastic pollution. The programme will expand the badge into a further 15 countries engaging up to an additional 300,000 young people and leave a legacy for the future years. Empowering young people remains a priority for the UK Government, and through HMG’s international work on marine litter, we have an opportunity to inspire young leaders in tackling marine plastic pollution. Now that the success of badge has been demonstrated through the pilot phase, there is a platform to secure deeper participation in other key countries in Africa and Asia Pacific. This work supports the UK’s domestic and global leadership to eliminate all avoidable single use plastics as set out in the HMG’s 25 Year Environment Plan and work with other countries to drive global ambition to protect and enhance the world’s oceans in support of UN SDG 14. Raising public awareness and effecting behaviour change is a key component of the global effort to reduce plastic pollution. Young people are a key demographic to engage, and one that we currently struggle to reach. The Scouts and Girl guiding Associations are uniquely placed to do this outreach, with combined total global membership of 65 million young people.
Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund Round 5 Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is the fifth most lucrative transnational crime, worth up to £17bn a year globally. As well as threatening species with extinction, IWT destroys vital ecosystems. IWT also fosters corruption, feeds insecurity, and undermines good governance and the rule of law. The UK government is committed to tackling illegal trade of wildlife products. Defra manages the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which is a competitive grants scheme with the objective of tackling illegal wildlife trade and, in doing so, contributing to sustainable development in developing countries. Projects funded under the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund address one, or more, of the following themes: • Developing sustainable livelihoods to benefit people directly affected by IWT • Strengthening law enforcement • Ensuring effective legal frameworks • Reducing demand for IWT products Over £23 million has been committed to 75 projects since the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund was established in 2013; five projects were awarded in 2014 (via applications to the Darwin Initiative), fourteen in 2015, fifteen in 2016, thirteen in 2017, fourteen in 2018 and in the latest round in 2019. This round of funding includes the following projects (details of which can be found at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/811381/iwt-project-list-2019.pdf)): IWT062, IWT063, IWT064, IWT065, IWT066, IWT067, IWT068, IWT069, IWT070, IWT071, IWT072, IWT073, IWT074, IWT075.
Annual Contribution to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands This activity supports an annual contribution to the Ramsar Convention, or the Convention on Wetlands, which is an intergovernmental treaty that seeks to conserve wetlands and their resources. The mission of the Ramsar Convention explicitly conceives of the conservation and wise use of wetlands as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development throughout the world. Wetlands provide a range of vital ecosystem services; they deliver flood control, coastal protection, and climate change adaptation and mitigation functions, protecting the communities most at risk from floods, droughts and storm surges. They are also diverse habitats, which support biodiversity and are essential to the life cycles and migratory patterns of many species. Overall, wetlands provide food for more than three billion people worldwide and are a source of freshwater and livelihoods for over one billion people. The Ramsar Convention in pursuing the global wise use of wetlands makes a central contribution to long-term pro-poor growth and to protecting the livelihoods of the poorest. The Convention provides support to developing countries through the provision of small grants, advisory missions and funding for emergency action in threatened areas, targeted capacity building and training, and sharing of expertise from developed countries.
Strengthening institutional frameworks to combat wildlife trafficking in Indonesia This project aims to strengthen the capacity of law enforcement agencies and also to enhance national and regional collaborations both between Indonesia and other Southeast Asian nations, serving as a model for inter-agency and south-south collaboration to combat IWT. In addition, around critical tiger conservation landscapes in Indonesia, the project will support local communities to mitigate tiger conflict.
Securing rhino populations with effective law enforcement and Impact Bonds This project will be a pilot for a Rhino Impact Bond which aims to provide long-term financing to support site-level protection and management at globally-important rhino sites.
Strengthening institutional frameworks to combat wildlife trafficking in Indonesia This project will (1) support the Indonesian Conservation Law reform; (2) train Indonesian law enforcement agencies; (3) undertake 20 high-profile cases against prominent wildlife trafficking networks; (4) continue efforts to mitigate human-tiger conflict; and (5) initiate transnational enforcement operations.
Technology and Innovation Against Poaching and Wildlife Trafficking The project will design a ‘gold standard’ wildlife protection technological system to serve as a pilot project working in Kenya’s Tsavo West National Park, aiming to demonstrate the positive impact of robust technological security and training systems.
Achieving sustainable forest management through community managed protected areas in Madagascar This project aims to reduce deforestation and forest degradation within Madagascar’s national park network by supporting community and regional authorities to manage and monitor natural resources more effectively. It also seeks to transform the way in which communities use the forest by investing in sustainable farming practices and alternative livelihoods. By demonstrating proof of concept for community-based forest management, this project seeks to help communities to attract new investment and access market-based opportunities that guarantee the long-term financial sustainability of the protected area network. In this way, the project aims to create a successful model that could be replicated across the protected area network.
Low Carbon Agriculture for avoided deforestation and poverty reduction - Phase 1 The 'Low-Carbon Agriculture and Avoided Deforestation in Brazil, phase 1' project operates in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes in Brazil. The project aims to promote sustainable rural development, restoring deforested and recovering degraded land, and reducing pressure on forests by addressing unsustainable agricultural practices in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes.
Combating illegal ivory trade: training film to aid enforcement officers This project aims to produce a film and supplementary material to encourage more effective enforcement activities applicable throughout the ivory trade chain to better detect, disrupt and prevent elephant poaching and ivory trafficking. The film will share best practice related to a strong criminal justice response to address poaching and illegal ivory trade and will be produced and distributed in collaboration with key stakeholders such as World Customs Organisation, INTERPOL, the CITES Secretariat, and national enforcement agencies.
Grant to the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) to establish inclusive multistakeholder platforms to tackle plastic pollution with partner countries. The Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) brings together governments, businesses, and civil society in countries committing to tackling plastic pollution, to support meaningful and tangible action. GPAP operates globally through partnerships that bring the GPAP model to priority Official Development Assistance (ODA)-eligible countries. Through key activities in convening, building roadmaps, and identifying financing solutions, GPAP aims to foster a collaborative approach to reducing plastic pollution, and ultimately improve the environment and the quality of life for people and communities impacted by plastic pollution. GPAP’s work is guided by three strategic pillars: • Convening communities and curating conversations • Generating new insights and action roadmaps • Catalysing coordinated action to scale solutions
Reducing rhino horn demand through behaviour change in Vietnam. This project will develop a model approach for a behaviour-change campaign incorporating a strong science-based approach to tackle the demand for illegal wildlife products in Asia that will be available to other organisations working specifically on reducing consumption of rhino horn and other illegal-traded wildlife products.
Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain Solutions This activity supports a number of different areas of work which aim to accelerate the climate benefits of the Kigali Amendment (KA) to the Montreal Protocol (MP) and encourage uptake of energy efficient and climate friendly solutions. This includes (1) The creation of an African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chains (ACES) in Rwanda. ACES will accelerate deployment of sustainable (environmental, economic and social) cold-chain solutions throughout Africa. (2) The development and deployment of an HFC outlook model to address information gaps on energy use and energy related CO2 emissions from the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pumps (RACHP) market. It will assist in reducing cost of the transition for Article 5 countries to the Montreal Protocol and increase the climate benefit of action under the MP. (3) Increasing countries technical capacity and providing insights on global best practice of EE improvements of cooling products in parallel with HFC phase down, through model regulations and sustainable public procurement in ASEAN and Africa.
Securing the gateway - reducing wildlife trafficking from Burma to China. This project will strengthen governance and leverage effective enforcement actions against wildlife trafficking networks along the primary trade route between Burma and China. Technical support will be provided to enhance capacity of Burma's law enforcement agencies and strengthen cooperation with Chinese authorities at the Muse-Ruili border crossing, disrupting a priority wildlife trafficking corridor in Southeast Asia.
Protecting wildlife by linking communities and conservation in Mozambique The project is based in Sabie Game Park, a private reserve running along the boundary with Kruger National Park and with the five neighbouring villages. The project will address the threats to rhinos in Kruger by developing alternative wildlife-based sources of income, enhancing community governance structures and increasing awareness of new legislation.
Ecosystem Services Valuation Database update The global Ecosystem Services Value Database (ESVD) was developed with Defra support in 2010. This database holds values of 22 ecosystem services across 10 habitat types. It is owned by the Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD). The ESV Database has hardly been updated since its publication in 2010 and needs improving for the following reasons: • It is only available as an Excel file, which makes it difficult to use the data. • There is no system in place to continually update and review the data in the database. • There is no system in place to communicate the (updated) content of the database to potential users of the data. This procurement is to support an evidence project to deliver an update to the database, which provides key evidence in support of driving improvements in environmental, climate and sustainable development-focused programming across the ICF portfolio and wider UK Government development programming. The updated product will enable UK Government and actors globally to more accurately estimate the impact of policies and interventions on specific locations and habitats across the developing world, before design and implementation stages. In this way, it will enable them to more effectively deliver sustainable development outcomes for people in poverty in ODA-eligible countries.
Cities4Forests Phase 2 The Cities4Forests programme provides a network between cities in developing nations working to implement nature-based solutions, to restore and protect forests, and to share lessons learned. This allows best practice to be identified and adopted across cities’ interventions and facilitates accelerated innovation. Defra’s investment in Cities4Forests will finance specific activities that will help decision makers and officials in cities, in a number of developing countries, access tools, resources and technical assistance that can support them in developing policies and interventions to protect and restore forests. The programme will also seek to deliver a ‘global mayoral declaration’ and other nature-based solutions on the value of trees and forests and their role in combatting climate change. The programme will focus on: strengthening institutional capacity and capability through technical assistance to improve developing country’s city government support for and investment in trees, forests, and green infrastructure; supporting developing country’s city governments to increase investment (political, economic, and social) and implement new and/or improved programs to support the management and conservation of inner and nearby forests; supporting and encouraging developing country mayors to increase political action and support for trees and forests as a solution for combatting climate change, supporting better water management, and improving human health and well-being.