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Strategic Programs
for GEF-4 under
Strategic Objective
One
2. Increasing
representation of
effectively
managed marine
PA areas in PA
systems
3. Strengthening
terrestrial PA
networks
GEF-4 Tracking Tool for Biodiversity Focal Area Strategic Objective One:
Catalyzing Sustainability of Protected Area Systems
Expected Outcomes
• Increased coverage of marine
ecosystems globally and in
national PA systems
• Improved management of marine
PAs
• Improved ecosystem coverage of
under-represented terrestrial
ecosystems areas as part of
national PA systems
• Improved management of
terrestrial PAs
Indicators
• Number and extent (coverage) of
national marine PAs compared to
2006 global baseline for GEFeligible
countries
• PA management effectiveness as
measured by individual PA
scorecards
• Terrestrial ecosystem coverage in
national PA systems
• PA management effectiveness as
measured by individual PA
scorecards
Rationale: Project data from the GEF-4 project cohort will be aggregated for analysis of directional
trends and patterns at a portfolio-wide level to inform the development of future GEF strategies and to
report to GEF Council on portfolio-level performance in the biodiversity focal area.
Structure of Tracking Tool: Each tracking tool requests background and coverage information on the
project and specific information required to track the indicator sets listed above.
Please note that Section Two of the tracking tool provides an assessment of protected area management
effectiveness and is derived from the “World Bank/WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and
Sustainable Use Site-Level Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) for Protected Areas” and
complete instructions on how to apply the METT are provided with the METT. Please note that this is a
revised version to reflect experience gained with the version of the METT that the GEF used in GEF-3.
Please note that Section Three of the tracking tool, “Financial Sustainability Scorecard” is new in GEF-4
and is to be submitted for all projects that are being submitted under Strategic Program One of this
Strategic Objective: “Sustainable Financing of Protected Area Systems at the National Level.”
Guidance in Applying the Tracking Tool: The tracking tools are applied three times: at CEO
endorsement 1 , at project mid-term, and at project completion.
In GEF-4, we expect that projects which fall clearly within Strategic Objectives and support specific
Strategic Programs under each Strategic Objective hence only one tracking tool will need to be completed.
On very rare occasions, projects may make substantive contributions to more than one strategic objective.
In these instances, the tracking tools for the relevant strategic objectives should be applied. It is important
to keep in mind that the objective is to capture the full range of a project’s contributions to delivering on
the targets set for each of the strategic objectives. The GEF Implementing Agency/Executing Agency will
guide the project teams in the choice of the tracking tools. Please submit all information on a single
project as one package (even where more than one tracking tool is applied).
1 For Medium Sized Projects when they are submitted for CEO approval.
2