Project Identification Form (PIF) Project Type: Project Type of Trust Fund: GEF Trust Fund For more information about GEF, visit www.TheGEF.org ` PART I: Project Identification Project Title: Conservation and Sustainable Management of Turkey’s Steppe Ecosystems Country(ies): Turkey GEF Project ID: 5657 GEF Agency(ies): FAO GEF Agency Project ID: 626050 Other Executing Partner(s): - Ministry of Forestry and Affairs (MFWA); General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks -Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MFAL); General Directorate of Plant Production Submission Date: April 14, 2014 GEF Focal Area (s): Biodiversity Project Duration (months): 36 months Name of parent program (if applicable): For SFM/REDD+ For SGP For PPP Agency Fee ($): 221,233 Focal Area strategy Framework: Focal Area Objectives Fund Indicative Grant Amount ($) Indicative ($) BD-1: Improve sustainability of Protected Area systems GEF TF 1,051,948 4,000,000 BD-2: Mainstream biodiversity conservation and sustainable use into production landscapes, seascapes and sectors. GEF TF 1,276,819 4,730,000 Total project costs 2,328,767 8,730,000 Project framework Project Objective: The conservation of Turkey’s steppe biological diversity through a landscape approach that simultaneously strengthens the protected area estate and mainstreams biodiversity conservation objectives and practices into the production landscapes. Project Component Grant Type Expected Outcomes Expected Outputs Trust Fund Grant Amount ($) ($) 1. Increasing the effectiveness of PA System in Turkey for the effective conservation of steppe biodiversity TA 1.Representation of the various steppe ecosystems and threatened steppe species in PA system under various management regimes improved. Indicators - New steppe protected area established in Karacadağ (Karacadag- Sanliurfa 1.1. Surveys and analysis for establishment of new PA conducted and completed. i) baseline analysis to identify the area (10.000 ha) of new PA; (ii) ecosystem services assessment; (iii) impact analysis, a biodiversity monitoring program, and financial sustainability plan; and (iv) analysis of legal and 750,000 3,100,000 economic
Province) protecting 10,000 ha of key steppe habitats and species, including: wild (triticum dicoccoides), wild pea (Cicer echinospermum), sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarious) and great bustard (Otis tarda), Anatolian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana) -Enhanced management effectiveness of the 20,000 ha. of the existing Kızılkuyu Wildlife Development Area (WDA) and newly established Karacadag administrative requirements to establish a new PA; (v) community based management plan for the future Karacadağ steppe PA (vi) biodiversity conservation priorities and monitoring plan. 1.2 Updated WDA management plan w/ on steppe biodiversity through: (i) targeted biodiversity surveys; (ii) biodiversity-based training needs assessment of WDA staff; (iii) biodiversity monitoring program; (iv) assessment of ecosystem services in Kızılkuyu steppe; (v) a visitor management program for the WDA. 1.3 (i) biodiversity conservation action plan for the two PA includes: biodiversity hot spot areas within each PA and in the Anatolia steppe landscape around them; hotspot maps; PA-based species and habitat conservation plans; Zoning plans to provide for connectivity and (ii) installation of infrastructure and equipment required for effective management. 2. Mainstreaming steppe biodiversity conservation into production landscapes TA 2. Reconciliation of land use activities with steppe biodiversity conservation in sensitive buffer around Karacadağ Indicators -Biodiversity/steppe ecosystem vitality objectives and targets mainstreamed into agriculture and pasture land use practice across at least 50,000 ha. steppe area (declared as buffer zone) around Karacadağ Protected Area, as measured by the GEF tracking tool At least 400 natural resource management professionalsand farmers trained in biodiversity 2.1. Designation of a buffer zone around the Karacadağ Protected Area. 2.2 At 3 community based agricultural and pasture landuse plan(s) (pasture land, ecotourism and crop land management plans) for the buffer zones to secure production activities for local livelihoods while conserving steppe biodversity. 2.3. Biodiversity training program developed and implemented for MFAL and farmer organizations. 2.4 Pilot land tenure/ land use licensing process with biodiversity conservation 611,553 2,200,000
practices relevant to their areas of expertise (farming, pasture land) - FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenure with biodiversity conservation criteria mainstreamed applied across at least 20,000 hectares of leased pasture and croplands; - Application of Save and Grow sustainable crop production intensification methods across at 5,000 ha; and application of Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock methods for improved management of at least 10,000 ha of pasture lands. objectives and practices mainstreamed. 3. Enabling environment for effective conservation of steppe biodiversity across the steppe landscapes. TA 3. Steppe ecosystems (landscapes) more effectively managed by a strengthened national and local PAs institutions and stakeholders leading to reduced threats to steppe ecosystems Indicators -Improved management of 2,229,000 ha steppe areas in the Southeastern Anatolian Region. -Improved capacity of at least 750 staff and farmers from pilot area and central government level on steppe landscape scale conservation via the protected area estate and biodiversity mainstreaming into production landscapes. -Steppe ecosystem fragmentation and disturbance in pilot province reduced by at least 20% as measured by Green Steppe scorecard. 3.1. A national long-term landscape-based strategy for steppe ecosystem and steppe biodiversity conservation in the protected area and productive landscape estates defining priority areas for conservation and connectivity and the range of specific uses and management regimes appropriate to different site types. 3.2. New partnerships among government, universities and CSOs to provide improved access to biodiversity information and expertise to steppe land management professionals at national, provincial and local levels. 3.3 steppe biodiversity conservation training program developed and implemented for GDNCNP and MFAL to enable landscape approach combining both PA estate and productive landscape in steppe biodiversity conservation. 3.4 Inter-institutional coordination mechanisms GEFTF 752,214 2,600,000