Final Report - Asian Development Bank

Component
Sub-component
Table 4: Project Use of GEF Funds
Component One Technical assistance for
captive breeding
Component Two
2.2 - CDA conservation of
biodiversity
Component Three
Item Amount (USD ‘000’s)
- Habitat Plan 99.6
- Ecological research 319
- Conservation Forestry Expert 72.4
- Endangered species program
– (5 plans, research contracts
690.6
and
grants)
initial implementation
3.2 - Institutional Strengthening Legal Reforms 330
3.3 - Replication Programs Qinling Mountains Landscape
Planning
Monitoring and information
750
- SFD monitoring costs 151.1
- WWF training 44
- Training in monitoring 42.1
- Monitoring equipment 35
(SQNBG)
- TA 517.7
- Research Monitoring 576.2
Contracts
Job exchange 176.6
Dissemination programs 291
Total GEF Investment 4,270
D. Special Features
121. The Project has a number of new innovations and approaches for China. The central
innovation is based on support for commercial enterprises within a small intensive use zone to
generate revenue for the management of biodiversity in the larger low impact or non-use area. The
commercial enterprises being built are currently small government units that have responded to
customer demand for rare animal experiences, or recently formed Public enterprises working in Joint
Ventures to exploit the market potential of natural attractions such as hot springs, the home of Daoist
religion, and a remarkable landscape. The Qinling Botanical Garden is responding to the belief that
the current and future visitation offers a captured market that it can gain benefit from as well as
generate its own visitor profile. The agreed transfer of financial resources from these three ex-situ
enterprises to the CDA conservation program will provide a sustainable financing mechanism that is
not reliant upon continued donor or Government support.
122. The Qinling Botanicalal Garden does require land ownership rights and land use rights over
the 269ha required for its development. This will require resettlement and compensatory mechanisms
to enable households to re-establish their lifestyle and incomes. Land to be used for construction will
be acquired at market rates. The land use rights for the area to be planted will be rented from existing
farmers who will receive compensation through a fixed payment per mu and a share of profit or
revenue of the enterprise. All employment generated by the Project will in the first instance be offered
to affected persons and thereafter to people living within the Project Area.
123. The development of the Shaanxi Animal Rescue center offers world class and highly
demanded tourism opportunities linked to globally iconic species including (i) Giant Panda, (ii) Crested
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