Final Report - Asian Development Bank

Expected
Project Output
Table 6: Linkage of Project to National Biodiversity Framework
National Biodiversity
Project
Performance
Activities
Contribution
Indicators
Theme 1: Improving Biodiversity Governance.
Under this theme, relevant policies, strategies, institutions, communication systems and human resources in China will be strengthened or developed to conserve biodiversity.
Development of measures to address the threat of climate change to biodiversity is also included under this theme. The focus of activities will initially be at the national level, but will be
increasingly at provincial and lower levels over the coming decade. The contributions of the Project to the relevant indicators are listed below.
1. The national legal and policy system � Development of demonstrations of habitat restoration � Demonstrable examples of sustainable
for biodiversity conservation is effective � Development of landscape based conservation planning conservation and analog forestry
� Endangered Species recovery management guidelines � Endangered spp managed for Qinling
� Conservation forestry models based on analog forestry Mountains to demonstrate how national species
for biodiverse collective forests
management plans can be developed and
� Ex-situ species management guidelines
implemented
� Ecotourism guidelines
2. Nationally, law enforcement is Not applicable other than the use of market based incentives to
integrated and strengthened
increase local stakeholder contribution to protection
3. An institutional framework for � Landscape planning approaches to biodiversity � Collaborative planning for entire Qinling
biodiversity is established across sectors conservation
Mountains demonstrated with guidelines for
and over administrative levels
� Endangered species recovery programs for Qinling landscape scale planning systems
Mountains not simply Nature Reserves
� Information sharing amongst Qinling Mountains
� Monitoring and information dissemination programs conservation staff along with professional
across all stakeholders
development training and participation forums
� Establish Shaanxi Qinling Biodiversity Promotions Ltd
as a unitary organization that reinvests profits into
biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihood
programs
4. Financial flows to biodiversity � Project investment during project construction period � US $ 5million invested by GEF and $5 million
conservation increase over current � Increased revenue for commercial ex-situ botanic invested by SPG
baseline
gardens and SARC
� Starting 2012 USD $ 390,000 reinvested from
� Financing via eco-fund mechanisms
commercial enterprises increasing to USD $1
million plus by 2025 from ex-situ enterprises
� Conservation forestry supporting small and