Annex 2.) Training and technical assistance to develop action plans were provided under the strategic line Knowledge Sharing, complemented by additional activities leading to design and implementation of action plans under other strategic lines. Nevertheless, there were significant shortcomings in the reporting scheme for the achievement of the operation’s objectives since the Project Indicators were not formally updated to ensure consistent reporting after the amendment was signed. This did not reflect on the project’s efficiency or on its relevance, but it did affect the consistency of the Bank’s reporting instruments as specified in the PAD. 3. In focal areas, no more than 30% to 50% (depending on each focal area) of production (in area or producers) is associated with selected, high-impact resource use practices that are detrimental to biodiversity (e.g., uncontrolled fire use in agriculture, inadequate waste disposal, overfishing, overhunting) in native ecosystems. 3. The project did not produce a baseline census to follow up on this indicator. The proxy used for reporting: a total of 47,042 producers in 15 of the 16 original focal areas and in new communities within the corridors incorporated after the MTR have adopted sustainable, productive activities, which would be equivalent to more than 50% of the number of producers estimated in the focal areas. There were shortcomings in the capacity to appropriately measure the achievement of the operation’s objectives, since the project did not produce a baseline of all producers associated with high-impact resource use practices that are detrimental to biodiversity in native ecosystems in focal areas, in order to appropriately respond to the question of whether no more than 30–50% of producers continue to use such practices after the project’s intervention. The proxy used does reflect on efficiency and relevance since the involvement of producers in sustainable management with improved livelihoods is certain to have had the expected result. 4. In focal areas, at least 30% to 50% of production (by area, number of producers or total value of products) is generated by selected, financially sustainable, practices of natural resources use (forest Sustainable, biodiversity-friendly production was established through subprojects financed or cofinanced by the MMBC in 22,580 ha, which represent approximately 32% of the productive areas of the focal areas. The indicator selected to assess the share of sustainable production achieved did not specify the means of measurement and verification; in addition, an appropriate baseline was lacking. Therefore, the following proxy indicator was used: Area under sustainable
Component Category Original (US$M) Reallocation (USD) Modified (US$M) Participatory design and Monitoring Consultant services and training Goods Part A 4.26 -150,704 4.11 Corridor Integration into Development Consultant services and training 3.98 -417,502 3.56 Sustainable use Subprojects 4.01 449,952 4.46 Project Management Operating costs Part D Goods Part D 2.59 118,253 2.71 Total (US$M) 14.84 14.84 Table 7: Disbursement at project closure versus original and reallocation by category # Category Original allocation Modified allocation Actual Percentage 1 Goods Part A and D 114,624 232,877 204,003.941 88.0 % 2 Consultant services and training 9,175,343 8,757,841 8,718,373.47 99.5 % 3 Operating costs Part D 3,100,033 2,949,329 2,896,157.75 98.2 % 4 Subprojects 2,450,000 2,899,952 3,021,464.84 104.1 % Total 14,840,000 14,840,000 14,840,000 100.0 %
Exchange of Knowledge and Strengthening of Local Capacities Components A, B, C 10 consultancies and 2 subprojects: workshops were held to empower producer organizations as well as training courses to coordinate/alight their conservation efforts. $3,182,638.75 $1,815,750.00 -17,794 people -129 communities -Men (51%), Women (49%) MMBC project attended 136 organizations through awareness campaigns, evaluation of prioritization problems, project strategy design and/or planning through training courses, workshops, experience exchanges, technical advice, and support and management of pilot projects. All these activities were included in the key performance indicators for the relevant components. Universidad de Quintana Roo COMADEP, A.C. Organización de Ejidos Productores Forestales de la Zona Maya, S.C. Niños y Crías, A.C. Unión de Cooperativas de Chabihau, S.C. de R.L. 6 consultants Working with Women Component C 50 subprojects: promote participation of women in economic activities in the region by strengthening and developing organizational capabilities that are conducive to the sustainability of their initiatives. $3,598,296.98 $6,141,082.83 -624 people -36 communities -Indigenous (66%), Women (92%), Men (8%) Strengthened the organizations and groups of indigenous and rural women through sustainable management of their subprojects, conservation and restoration activities, and sustainable activities. Promoting their participation in decision making related to environmental, social and economic sustainability in the biological corridors. Subprojects included : production of octopus, organic vegetables, cultivation and marketing of bananas, vegetables, native melipona (Apidae, Melipona yucatanica), beekeeping, organic honey production, dragon pearl of pitahaya fruit (Hylocereus cacti), environmental sanitation, restoration of mangroves, production of compost-based marine kelp (algae), production and marketing of handicrafts. 50 women’s organizations
Knowledge Sharing Components A, B, C, D 17 consultancies and 3 subprojects: share and agree on strategies developed by the MMBC work in Chiapas, and to disseminate and extend to participating producers training opportunities/processes with different institutional sectors, academia and social organizations. $20,493,929.17 $3,906,211.00 -3,089 people -28 communities -Indigenous (85%), Women (20%), Men (80%) Project was successful in supporting the stated goal of the knowledge sharing activities, already described. Three subprojects were financed: wood saving stoves, cultivation of vanilla, and ecological technologies. IDESMAC CAMADDS PATPO Instituto de Historia Natural y Ecología Grupo GEA Espacios de Educación Tecnológica 9 consultants Monitoring and Evaluation Components A, B 9 consultancies: to know and identify the main species used as indicators of biodiversity and to create a baseline for monitoring. Educate and train a network of local monitors that will follow up. $8,467,845.00 $1,909,065.00 -2,536 people -56 communities Establishment of a monitoring system and network that allows for biodiversity evaluations in the corridors. Consejo Civil para la Cafetícultura Sustentable, A.C. CentroGEO 5 consultants Land Use Component A, B, C 32 subprojects and 5 consultancies: inhabitants of communities and municipalities within the Corridor are involved in the design and elaboration of subprojects and who are committed to conservation in an integrated and sustainable manner. $1,962,236.20 $733,968.00 -9,453 people 5 municipal plans were developed with comprehensive consideration of such issues including: education, health, infrastructure, communications, employment, and conservation and sustainable use of natural resources of the municipality. Municipal authorities and local producers attended the workshops (men, women and youth). 32 producer organizations 5 consultants
Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Watershed Management Components B, C 32 subprojects and 6 consultancies: reduce environmental impacts by promoting sustainable livestock practices that help prevent soil and water loss; do so through supporting watershed management, silvopastoral practices and reduced use of fire. $9,535,621.93 $49,954,212.00 -5,260 people -45 communities -Women (80%), Men (20%), Indigenous (70%) 32 subprojects for the establishment of new forms of production and proper management of biodiversity and ecosystems as “community heritage”. Pronatura Sur, A.C. Natura y Ecosistemas Mexicanos 32 indigenous organizations Sustainable Forest Production Components B, C 9 subprojects and 7 consultancies: promote sustainable use of forest resources. $2,073,120.22 $11,779,653.50 -1,754 people -19 communities -Men (60%), Women (40%) A group of palm (Chamaedorea) producers created for its cultivation and marketing in the southern corridor of the Sierra Madre of Chiapas. Two tree production organizations created to support reforestation and use/cultivation of medicinal plants (in the Lacandona forest). Pronatura Chiapas 6 consultants 9 producer organizations Management Units for Wildlife Conservation (UMAs) Component C 6 subprojects: promote and strengthen productive practices that support wildlife management units (UMAs) as an alternative for the sustainable management of biodiversity. $1,417,980.00 $4,027,820.00 -99 people -6 communities -Indigenous (45%), Women (41%), Men (59%) 6 subprojects designed by the MMBC for the management/production of deer and 18 subprojects that were presented to SEMARNAT (General Directorate of Wildlife) in the two Chiapas corridors. 6 producer organizations
Table 4: Publications Books Documentaries and videos Posters Digital cartography “Protecting What Is Ours.” Manual for community environmental management, use and conservation of biodiversity by rural indigenous communities in Latin America. Trails of Life(Dutch Grant) “Diversity of Honey from the Yucatan Peninsula”(map) Module of basic land information in the region, 2006. Mexico Mesoamerican Biological Corridor CD. “Biodiversity and Responsible Consumption” (in English and Spanish) Chujúm, a traditional alternative forest management in the Lacandona forest. “Living Spaces.” Mesoamerican Biological Corridor in the Yucatan Peninsula” Module of basic land information in the region, 2007. Mexico Mesoamerican Biological Corridor CD. “Monitoring and Evaluation of Natural Resources” “Sustainable Trade.” Catalogue of products and services “Red Wind: Hurricane Dean. The impact of Hurricane Dean in Quintana Roo.” “Living Spaces.” Mexico Mesoamerican Biological Corridor in Chiapas Technical manual for the establishment and management of pepper plantations in the region of Campeche “Voices in the Lacantún, Echoes of the Lacandona” “Connectivity in Biological Corridors” “Importance of ecological capital of the region of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor – Mexico” “For the Corridor” “Evaluation of forest plantations in the area of Sian Ka’an–Calakmul” From Kantemó to Las Nubes” “Model for information and knowledge services within a framework of public management for development.” “About Honey” ”Honey varieties from the Yucatan Peninsula and their market niches.” “Among Women” “State program for payment for environmental services. A proposal for Chiapas.” “Among aromas and flavors” “Management Units for Conservation of Wildlife and the Mexico Mesoamerican Biological Corridor” 10 one-minute video clips on sustainable use “Mahogany of the Yucatan Peninsula: ecology and regeneration” Catalogue of alternative technology. Directory of products and producers. “Municipal Plan for Sustainable Development of Siltepec, Chiapas” Strategy for payment for environmental services in Quintana Roo: hydrological performance “Complex systems and environmental management” “Anatomy of an environmental agrarian conflict in the north of the Lacandona” “Areas of influence of protected natural areas” Voluntary Conservation Areas in Quintana Roo