Final Report - Asian Development Bank

36 Main Report
to landscape wide planning, the development of species management plans over the total Qinling
Mountain, new technologies including monitoring and information systems, the use of analog forestry
models and ecologically defined habitat restoration programs.
117. In output 1, GEF financing of US $174,000 is used to support the SARC ex-situ species
recovery and management technical expertise for Giant Panda, Crested Ibis, and Golden Monkey. In
addition ex-situ conservation facility design expertise will be provided to advise the detailed design
process. The expertise will ensure that a world class ex-situ breeding program is undertaken and that
these programs are consistent with national priorities and plans.
118. In output 2, GEF will provide US $ 1.2 million of funding into the demonstration of
conservation of biodiversity (subcomponent 2). Specifically the funding will be used to support (i) the
preparation of a habitat and natural forest management plan ($99,600), (ii) ecological research grants
($318,700) to develop the data sets and to test silvi0culture systems for habitat restoration, (iii)
conservation forestry technical assistance to support the habitat restoration programs. Additional
support is provided for the development of capacity and programs for endangered species recovery
including (i) field survey contracts ($ 378,600), (ii) species recovery management plans ($151,100)
and (iii) initial implementation of recovery implementation programs ($160,900).
119. In output 3, GEF funding of $ 2.9 million will support (i) 4 legal reform studies and drafting
programs, (ii) Landscape conservation planning ($749,700), (iii) field conservation monitoring
including monitoring contracts ($151,100),WWF technical support and training contract ($44,000),
monitoring equipment ($35,000) and monitoring training ($42,100), (iv) Technical assistance for
species and monitoring expertise, (v) monitoring baseline research contracts ($576,200), (vi) support
15 job exchange opportunities for technical conservation staff, and (vii) a replication and awareness
program ($291,800). These programs involve an on-going planning process that seeks to develop a
communication process between conservation stakeholders, define how to do biodiversity
conservation planning within the Qinling Mountains landscape and actually demonstrate this within
the Project Area. This process will not adopt a nature reserve focus but will focus on key species and
their management within the Qinling Mountain Range and how the scattered management units and
their staff can jointly contribute to the overall goal.
120. Replication systems rely heavily on shared data and through the process of joint planning and
discussions, the ongoing piloting of ideas and technologies in the Project Area, ecological and
species research programs. These activities will generate substantial data, information and lessons
that will captured within the Qinling Mountains GIS held by SFD and supported by WWF. A WWF
contract will be awarded for year one and two to provide technical monitoring training to QNBG.