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A Voluntary Contribution to the United Nations Development Programme 'Biofin' initiative to support an increase in financial flows towards biodiversity. Biofin Phase II acts as a global knowledge network and supports lower- and upper- middle income countries to implement Biodiversity Finance Plans and finance solutions to achieve tangible finance results - actions that (1) help reduce or redirect resources causing harm to biodiversity, (2) generate additional resources or (3) enhance the effectiveness of resource use. Defra’s intervention in Biofin Phase II will support ODA eligible countries to accelerate the implementation of the emerging CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) Framework, and support a green and fair recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic by: 1. Sharing knowledge for biodiversity finance planning via a regional learning/knowledge platform; 2. Global support to repurpose harmful subsidies; 3. The development of a biodiversity expenditure taxonomy to support biodiversity finance planning; 4. Accelerate national implementation via grants for financial innovation and biodiversity plan implementation; and, 5. Financial sector innovation feasibility studies. Biofin's methodology and materials support work at a global and national level to contribute to the achievement of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focussing on poverty reduction, climate change and gender equality. Through implementing biodiversity finance solutions, money will be able to continue to flow towards biodiversity in future.
Darwin Initiative Round 24 The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide. The initiative funds projects that help countries rich in biodiversity but poor in financial resources to meet their objectives under one or more of the biodiversity conventions. The objective is to to address threats to biodiversity such as: - habitat loss or degradation - climate change - invasive species - over-exploitation - pollution and eutrophication
Global Environment Facility (GEF) 7th Replenishment To support developing countries to implement international agreements on climate change, biodiversity, land degradation and harmful chemicals as integral elements of sustainable development. GEF’s other activities include sustainable forest management, international waters and protecting the ozone layer.
Annual contribution to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) This activity supports the UK's annual contribution to UNEP which is an Annex 2 Organisation. UNEP sets global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.
Darwin Initiative The Darwin Initiative is the UK’s flagship international challenge fund for biodiversity conversation and poverty reduction, established at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The Darwin Initiative is a grant scheme working on projects that aim to slow, halt, or reverse the rates of biodiversity loss and degradation, with associated reductions in multidimensional poverty. To date, the Darwin Initiative has awarded more than £195m to over 1,280 projects in 159 countries to enhance the capability and capacity of national and local stakeholders to deliver biodiversity conservation and multidimensional poverty reduction outcomes in low and middle-income countries. More information at https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/the-darwin-initiative and https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/
Global Programme on Sustainability The programme supports sustainable economic growth that is both long-lasting and resilient to climate-related stressors. It does this through the integration of natural capital into decision making by governments, the private sector and financial institutions. The inability to value natural capital can undermine long-term growth and critically, the livelihoods of the poorest people dependent on ecosystems for their livelihoods. This programme directly addresses this challenge by (i) investing in data and research on natural capital; (ii) assisting countries to integrate this analysis into government policy making; and (iii) integrating this data and analysis into financial sector decision making.
Bi-national Collaboration to Eradicate Wildlife Trafficking in Belize and Guatemala This project will work in the Chiquibul National Park in Belize, and the Maya Mountains-Chiquibul Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala. The project aims to improve enforcement and improve intelligence and prosecution of wildlife traffickers and to improve cross-border and cross-sector coordination on wildlife trafficking. The project will also aim to improve livelihoods in rural communities along wildlife trafficking routes and Increase awareness about the impacts of wildlife.
Supporting Montserrat and St Helena to enhance welfare and development through improved environmental management. This programme is delivered by JNCC and aims to improve environmental management. This includes better management of water resources, fisheries and landscapes and to enhance economic security, welfare and development of local communities dependent on the natural environment for their livelihoods. This includes farmers dependent on scarce water resources and island communities where better fisheries management increases food supply and incomes. Landscape scale management enhances security of food and water supply and reduces vulnerability to natural disasters such as drought or storm associated flooding and coastal hurricane storm surge.
Developing long-term law enforcement capacity to protect the Mali elephants The project aims to link existing elements of the Mali Elephant Project by providing communications, transport and personnel to monitor, report and inform on progress, creating an integrated community anti-poaching operative building on a successful approach and providing training.
Progressing a sustainable marine economy: Protection and sustainable development of Antigua and Barbuda’s blue resources Antigua and Barbuda is a Small Island Developing State (SID) in the Eastern Caribbean committed to global commitments on sustainable development and keen to explore new sustainable marine economy opportunities. Antigua and Barbuda has recognised the benefits blue growth can bring to the Eastern Caribbean SIDS, but uptake is currently low. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda is keen to accelerate and promote sustainable blue economy opportunities in Antigua and Barbuda and the Eastern Caribbean and has sought support from UK Government Ministers and senior officials to co-host a Ministerial Roundtable event for Eastern Caribbean countries. This event will tackle barriers to long term, sustainable blue growth and lay the foundations for Eastern Caribbean SIDS to realise the opportunities presented by the Blue Economy. This programme will support the hosting of such event, but will also progress a number of support activities in the run up to the event using world-class UK expertise. Other work as part of this programme includes the implementation of a biodiversity and community vulnerability risk assessment due to climate change. This builds on work undertaken through the Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme and Green Climate Fund National Adaptation Planning preparation funds. This programme will lead to progress in the development of sustainable ocean based activities whilst demonstrating UK leadership working in partnership with a regional leader.
The eco.business Fund The eco.business fund is a public-private partnership investment fund which aims to shift incentives in financial institutions (i.e. Banks) towards investing in nature, by embedding social and environmental risk into investment decisions, catalysing transformational change in the financial sector. The fund will increase lending to businesses which incorporate sustainable practices that contribute to biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of natural resources, climate change mitigation and adaptation to its impact across South America: Ecuador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru.
Saving Pangolins by Reducing Demand in Vietnam and China This project will dissuade Vietnamese and Chinese consumers from purchasing pangolin products by debunking the false medicinal value of their scales and making the consumption of pangolin meat socially unacceptable, and also build capacity for more effective enforcement of trade bans.
Supporting the Pest Identification Service for ODA eligible UK Overseas Territories Provision of identification service for invasive invertebrate plant pests for the UKOTs which can impact upon biodiversity and commercial interests and rapid advice when bio-security threats are detected. ODA funding is being used to support the provision of that service in ODA eligible territories.
Establishing and enhancing veterinary surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) This project aims to help establish effective surveillance for longer term capacity building for AMR in the terrestrial and aquatic veterinary sectors in selected LMICs, and to enhance veterinary medicines regulatory training.
Countering Wildlife Crime: Livelihoods, Intelligence and Prosecution Capacity-building in Uganda This project uses existing intelligence to integrate pro-poor policies for park-adjacent communities alongside anti-trafficking objectives, removing drivers of wildlife crime locally whilst simultaneously targeting convictions higher up the IWT value chain. Outputs will be implemented via "best of breed" partnerships with international, national, and local organisations with expertise in livelihoods, human wildlife conflict (HWC), crime analysis, legal and intelligence skills.
A Recipe for Reducing Ivory Consumption in China This project will build on the foundation of previous demand reduction campaigns, aiming to activate the public to engage in anti-ivory campaigns themselves. This will include: harnessing the power of social media, building on a pilot ("voices of China"); working with corporate leaders; research work to further explain the rationale for restricting the legal market for ivory and promoting this work to Chinese officials and the Chinese public.
Annual Contribution to the African and Eurasian Waterbirds Agreement (AEWA) Secretariat in to support the delivery of UN environmental objectives within developing countries in Africa. This activity supports the UK's annual contribution to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) which is an intergovernmental treaty dedicated to the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats
Annual contribution to the United Nations Environment Trust Fund of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) This activity supports an annual UK contribution to the IPBES. IPBES is a science-policy platform providing comprehensive, credible and legitimate scientific knowledge about Earth’s essential life support systems and their contribution to human well-being; as well as tools and local capacity to help decision makers around the world identify solutions to pressures on ecosystems, sustainable use of natural resources and related poverty. Contributions to the IPBES Trust Fund are used to meet the running costs and support developing country expert engagement in delivering the work programme agreed by member governments at the Plenary meetings.
Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund Round 9 <p>Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a widespread and lucrative criminal activity causing major global environmental and social harm. The IWT has been estimated to be worth up to £17 billion a year. Nearly 6,000 different species of fauna and flora are impacted, with almost every country in the world playing a role in the illicit trade.</p> The UK government is committed to tackling illegal trade of wildlife products and is a long-standing leader in efforts to eradicate the IWT. Defra manages the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which is a competitive grants scheme with the objective of tackling IWT 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: <p>• Developing sustainable livelihoods to benefit people directly affected by IWT,</p> <p>• Strengthening law enforcement, </p><p>• Ensuring effective legal frameworks,</p> <p>• Reducing demand for IWT products. </p><p>By 2023 over £51 million has been committed to 157 projects since the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund was established in 2013. This round of funding includes the following projects: IWTEX002-003, IWTEV009-018, IWT121-129. Further information can be found at: <a>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/illegal-wildlife-trade-challenge-fund-iwtcf</a> (Language: English)</p>
Annual Contribution to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility This activity supports the UK annual contribution to GBIF which is an international agreement to create and manage an open data infrastructure, allowing access to data about all types of life on Earth, and helping to meet commitments to promote data access under the CBD, and enabling analyses to support decision making and policy implementation at a range of geographic scales. GBIF makes available the tools, codes and data to establish national portals of the database, providing a strong capacity building element in helping developing countries to manage, mobilise, access and share their biodiversity data; and providing training.
GEOGLAM - UK Contribution to The Group on Earth Observation's Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative is to increase market transparency and improve food security. The purpose of Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM) is to increase market transparency and improve food security by producing and disseminating relevant, timely, and actionable information on agricultural conditions and outlooks of production at national, regional, and global scales. It achieves this by strengthening the international community’s capacity to utilize coordinated, comprehensive, and sustained Earth observations. GEO is an intergovernmental organisation that works to improve the availability, access and use of earth observations (EO) globally, primarily targeted at the sustainable development goals (SDGs), Paris climate agreement and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The GEOGLAM policy mandate initially came from the Group of Twenty (G20) Agriculture Ministers during the French G20 Presidency in 2011. The mandate has expanded parallel to the G20 mandate to include food security concerns and we now work to support early warning for international agency response to emerging food emergencies. GEOGLAM has produced Stocktaking reports for the G20 in recent years. These reports are available for 2021, 2022 and 2023. GEOGLAM is working on a response to the three big policy drivers of our time: UN Sustainable Development Goals; the Paris Accord on Climate Change; and, the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction. Through the development of quantified metrics GEOGLAM will be able to work with other science communities and statistical agencies to develop policy relevant information in support of sustainable food production. GEOGLAM is a Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Flagship Initiative.
Supporting the sustainable use of the natural resources of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem along the shores of Angola, Namibia and South Africa for the benefit of local communities and regional biodiversity. The Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) is one of the richest concentrations of marine life in the world, providing significant natural resources for local communities in Angola, Namibia and South Africa and supporting wider regional biodiversity. Protecting this vital natural resource is essential for sustainable regional development. However the BLCME continues to decline in the face of continued development pressure, overfishing and a lack of effective management resources. This project aims to provide funding to i) facilitate collaboration among key state and non-state stakeholders to hasten the implementation of the African Eurasian Waterbird Agreemement (AEWA) International Action Plan for Benguela; and ii) undertake a review of estuarine systems along the Benguela current, a widely acknowledged priority action. The interfaces between the Benguela current and freshwater resources (i.e. estuarine systems) are key biodiversity hotspots, providing significant natural resources for local communities. But the benefits they provide are threatened by development pressures. The distribution of these estuaries and the pressures they face are not well understood. The estuarine system reviews will i) help fill key knowledge gaps; and ii) facilitate the creation of sustainable development plans to ensure the ecosystem services these sites provide are maintained. The review will use satellite-based Earth Observation tools to identify estuarine areas and, once identified, will undertake field visits to assess the development pressures on these sites through engagement with local communities. All the data will then be compiled into a report highlighting the extent of estuarine systems and the development pressures they face, including identification of potential solutions to reduce pressures on these systems.
Contribution to the Minamata Convention on Mercury This activity supports the UK's annual contribution to the Minamata Convention on Mercury which is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. The Convention draws attention to a global and ubiquitous metal that, while naturally occurring, has broad uses in everyday objects and is released to the atmosphere, soil and water from a variety of sources. Controlling the anthropogenic releases of mercury throughout its lifecycle has been a key factor in shaping the obligations under the Convention. Major highlights of the Minamata Convention include a ban on new mercury mines, the phase-out of existing ones, the phase out and phase down of mercury use in a number of products and processes, control measures on emissions to air and on releases to land and water, and the regulation of the informal sector of artisanal and small-scale gold mining. The Convention also addresses interim storage of mercury and its disposal once it becomes waste, sites contaminated by mercury as well as health issues. The Minamata Convention on Mercury, under Article 13, sets up a Specific International Programme to support capacity building and technical assistance. The Programme is expected to improve the capacity of developing-country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to implement their obligations under the Convention.
The Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL) - Bio Carbon Fund A multilateral project administered by the World Bank which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the land use sector through sustainable landscape management, whilst improving the livelihoods of forest communities. The ISFL combines upfront technical assistance with results-based finance which rewards countries which implement landscape-level approaches that reduce emissions from the forest and land-use sector. ISFL works with 5 countries: Colombia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Mexico and Zambia. Defra is supporting programmes in Indonesia and Zambia with upfront finance and potentially all countries with results based finance.
Low-carbon Agriculture for avoided deforestation and poverty reduction Phase II (Rural Sustentavel) The programme has 3 projects; PRS Caatinga, PRS Cerrado and PRS Amazon. As a follow-up phase to a similar ICF intervention in Brazil, the programme aims to restore deforested and degraded land on small- and medium-sized farms and promote low carbon agriculture practises.
Darwin Plus: environment funding for UK Overseas Territories Darwin Plus (also known as The Overseas Territories Environment and Climate Fund) provides funding for environmental projects in UK Overseas Territories and fellowships for UK Overseas Territories (OT) Nationals to increase their knowledge and ability to meet long-term strategic outcomes for the natural environment in UK Overseas Territories. Part of Darwin Plus is ODA funded to support Overseas Territories Montserrat, St Helena and Pitcairn Island.
Annual contribution to the UK Collaborative on Development Research, a collaboration between the key UK funders of research for international development. This is a UK contribution to support the UKCDR. The UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) brings together the main UK government departments and research funders working in international development. It aims to strengthen the value and impact of all UK government funded ODA research programmes by promoting coherence, collaboration and joint action. UKCDR is directed by a Strategic Coherence of ODA-funded Research Board (SCOR), comprising DFID, BEIS, DHSC, UKRI and the Wellcome Trust. An Advisory Group represents the interests and expertise of wider UKCDR members (Defra, FCO, GO-Science, Devolved Administrations). UKCDR does not fund research itself. Members’ contributions support the administrative functions of UKCDR. UKCDR’s strategy (2018-22) aligns to the 2015 UK Aid Strategy and the UN Global Goals. It includes a core commitment to data mapping, analysis and foresight so that UKCDR can build a coherent picture of the UK’s spend on international development research to advise and support its members.
Leveraging Action to Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Networks in Laos This project will generate political support, leverage greater accountability of government and provide actionable intelligence to law enforcement agencies to put Asia's most prolific wildlife trafficking companies out of business. It will generate incentives, through an informed and active constituency within influential agencies in government; pressure the media and international organisations, by guiding external attention from influential countries; and provide actionable intelligence to enable an effective policy and law enforcement response.
Strengthen enforcement capacity to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in China The project aims to build the capacity of enforcement agencies on combating illegal wildlife trafficking by providing systematic law enforcement training. This will include developing a wildlife enforcement training course tool kit for related governmental agencies, which will include related international and national legislations on wildlife trade regulation and control, species identification tools for key species and their products in common trade, and wildlife crime investigation technology and related tools.