FAO-GEF Projects: Lessons Learned in Asia GEF Asia Workshop,Hanoi, 10-12 March 2010

1. FAO-GEF Projects: Lessons Learned in Asia GEF Asia Workshop,Hanoi, 10-12 March 2010

2. Projects under implementation • Land Degradation • Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (UNEP IA. US$7m) • Biodiversity • Conservation and Adaptive Management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems – GIAHS (US$3.5m) • Conservation and Management of Pollinators for Sustainable Agriculture through an Ecosystem Approach (UNEP IA. US$7.8m) • International Waters • Sustainable Management of the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem – BOBLME (US$12.1m) • Livestock Waste Management in Asia (WB IA. US$7m)

3. Land Degradation Assessment in Dry lands LADA (GEF US$7m, Co-fin US$8m, 2006 - 2010) Main Objectives: • to develop methods to assess and quantify the nature, extent, severity and impacts of land degradation on ecosystems in drylands • to build assessment capacities to enable the design, planning and implementation of interventions to mitigate land degradation through sustainable land use & management practices

4. Project outcomes • National and subnational land use systems maps – assessment of land degradation and improvements (surveys and mapping largely based on existing data) • Local-level assessments through participatory field surveys – assessing both biophysical and socio-economics parameters

5. LADA Lessons Learned in China Key success factors: • Organization of the LADA China team with several working groups • Presence of many different types of expertise within the team which has • enabled full involvement of the team in all phases of the work • facilitated training and exchange of experiences • increased the sense of ownership of the activity • A regional training centre has been established in China for dissemination to other countries • Participatory approach combining expert assessment and local knowledge

6. Chinese LADA Project Direction committee（Within The State Forestry Administration of China） China Lada Coordinator Senior expert consultant commission National Land use systemsmapping group National LADA group LADA Theory and policy research group Land Sustainable Management group GIS, internet, RS, data base group Local LADA group LADA Coordination and contact group China LADA project team

7. LADA Lessons cont... Use of existing information/ datasets advisable – gives consistency to the results & less prone to interpretation Level of administrative units used for the assessment is important – units at low level could ensure a higher detail, but would also imply more work Coordination and collaboration among different institutions & national groups working on other GEF projects important 7

8. GIAHS Lessons Learned in China and Philippines (GEF US$3.5m, Co-fin US$14m, 2008 - 2013) • Objective: to promote conservation and adaptive management of globally significant agricultural biodiversity in globally important agricultural heritage systems • Lead national institution (executing agency) a big factor in achievement of project objective • Clear definition of roles and responsibilities at an early stage – especially for project management structure with several layers • Changes in key officials involved in the project should be anticipated

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