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Annex B: Logical Framework Matrix





Objectives

Indicators

Means of Verification

Assumptions & Risks


Goal:

Conservation of endemic and native biodiversity in the Galapagos Archipelago and preservation of natural evolutionary processes.



At project completion:

1. Populations of indicator endemic and native species are maintained at stable levels and indicator invasive species are reduced and/or eradicated (see Annex B, Table 1).

2. Demographic growth is < than continental Ecuador (<1.6%).

3. Galapagos remains off the ‘World Heritage Sites in Danger’ list.



1. Biological monitoring

2. National population censuses and register of inhabitants

3. UNESCO -World Heritage Committee Minutes


  • The majority of endemic and native species populations at risk have the capacity to recuperate following IS control and eradication efforts.

  • Regulations under the Special Law for Galapagos are formalised and applied.

Purpose:

Develop an integrated and permanent system for the Total Control* of Invasive Species that permits the long term conservation of the Galapagos archipelago.


[* As defined in the Glossary of the Special Law for Galapagos –prevention, control, eradication and mitigation]

At project completion:

  1. Northern Isabela island is liberated from damaging ecological impacts of feral goats.

  2. Biological monitoring reveals a reduction in IS colonisation.

  3. Local institutions have increased their capacity to apply a variety of eradication methods within the archipelago and regional & local planning processes take IS problems into consideration in the development of plans, programs & projects.

  4. The GNP and CDF annual work plans are geared towards operationalising the bio-invasion control strategy.

1. Monitoring reports

2. Monitoring reports / external evaluations / scientific audits.

3. INGALA GNP, CDF annual work plans/ Results of Biological Indicator Monitoring /External evaluations

4. GNP and CDF work plans & Number of pilot projects replicated by end of 6 year



  • Climatic events (such as El Niño) will not be so extreme as to prejudice the adaptation capacity of the Total Control System.

  • Baseline activities related to solid and liquid waste management and marine reserve management attain their goals.

  • Resources to finance recurring conservation activities in GNP are maintained near current levels.




Output 1: A co-ordinated inspection and quarantine system for Galapagos is in place with the full participation of local institutions and with clearly defined procedures and detection techniques.

1.1 Existing IS monitoring system extended to all seaports and airports by year 2.

1.2. In the third year, rapid action mechanisms to identify and eradicate or control recently introduced species are operating with the full participation of local residents.

1.3.By the third year, an optimum cargo transportation system for IS management is in place.

1.4 By the fourth year, SICGAL has the technical and institutional ability to carry out introduction/ dispersal - prevention interventions for non-native species.



1.1. Signed agreements with seaport and airport authorities.

1.2. Project documents / external eval.

1.3. Project documents / external eval. / auto-evaluation of SICGAL.

1.4.Project doc. / ext. evaluation/INGALA resolutions.



  • Baseline operations related to the Total Control of IS, developed by the GNP and the CDRS, are fully functioning and achieve their goals.

  • Government and non-government institutions collaborate effectively in addressing management needs.

  • Transportation policies between the continent and the Galapagos are not changed in a manner that would reduce the efficacy of control activities.

  • Agricultural policies on the continent do not change in ways that would favour increased importation of goods to Galapagos.

Output 2: Adaptive management mechanisms established to develop and up-date a scientifically sound, well-programmed and cost-effective bio-invasion control programme.

2.1 A comprehensive I.S control research programme developed by the end of year 1.

2.2 An I.S control research unit created in the CDRS set-up by the end of the second year.

2.3. By year 5, operational costs of the CDRS research unit are transferred to other funding sources.

2.4. A collection and database of aggressive invasives is created during the first year of the project and continually updated.

2.5. By year 4, a prioritisation methodology is designed & being applied. By the end of year 6, an agreed and fully financed plan of action for Total Control of IS is being executed.

2.6. By year 6, new methodologies developed & tested for vertebrate, invertebrate & plant invasive control & eradication.

2.7 International advisory group meeting held annually to provide advice on control methods and input to M&E.


2.1. Plan document

2.2 Tripartite evaluation

2.3. CDRS annual work plan / tripartite evals.

2.4. Data base

2.5. Methodology docs. / total control plan / external eval.

2.6. Publications, results of testing

2.7. Advisory group minutes





Output 3:

A series of eradication and control pilot projects implemented to eliminate critical invasive species populations and to strengthen the technical & operational capacity of parties* with IS control responsibilities

(* SLG art. 55)


3.1 Goats completely eliminated from northern Isabela Island by year 6 of the project.

3.2 A continual decline in goats removed per unit effort in southern Isabela throughout the course of the project.

3.3. By the end of year 4, control and eradication methodologies involving other species and other ecological circumstances have been validated.

3.4. By year 6, various experiments have been analysed and results have been published.

3.5. By the end of year 6, a plan to replicate control and eradication activities undertaken during the project has been developed and approved, with dedicated funding sources identified.


3.1 Biological monitoring

/ external eval.

3.2. Hunt database

3.3. Advisory group minutes / external evaluation.

3.4. Publications

3.5.Total control plan with replication plan /INGALA resolution/GNPS & CDF work plans






Output 4:

An expanded and efficiently operating financial mechanism is operationalized permitting the permanent funding of IS control activities in the Galapagos



4.1 By end year 1 an intensive fund-raising campaign is underway for capitalising the fund

4.2. By year 2 a sub-account to hold the assets of the fund is y established within the DSF and has well-defined procedures and bylaws consistent with international norms

4.3. US$10 M raised by year 4 of the project for the Fund, triggering US$ 5 M in GEF seed capital.



4.1. Campaign plan

4.2. Bylaws and regulations of the expanded DSF & consensus-building meetings minutes

4.3 Capitalization plan, Bank & fund accounting records





Output 5:.

A community awareness and participation programme for bio-invasion control is developed.



5.1. A public forum established by end of year 1 with participation and management procedures defined and disseminated.

5.2. Participation in the forum continues to grow and meetings resolve the conflicts arising from control, eradication and quarantine measures.

5.3. The number, and geographic and sectoral scope, of private reports on the presence of I.S grows progressively throughout the project.

5.4 At project closure, 85% of the Galapagos community is aware of the problem of I.S and control procedures and responsibilities.

5.5. 80% of the air and marine cargo transport companies conform with procedures established in the SICGAL.

5.6. At least 50% of tourist ship passenger cabins are ‘ecologically certified’ by project completion.



5.1.Procedures documents & forum minutes.

5.2. Forum minutes

5.3. Monitoring data and early warning system.

5.4. Periodic surveys

5.5 Inspection reports and surveys.

5.6. GNP Green certificate registry





Output 6:

A bio-invasion overlay developed for regional planning with a set of guidelines and instruments that ensure that sector developments are consistent with invasive species control needs



6.1 Policy development guidelines for key sectors completed by the end of year 2.

6.2 By year 4, regional and local sector policies have incorporated guidelines designed to prevent the establishment and propagation of IS

6.3. By year 2, a tourism sector plan exists which incorporates total control elements.

6.4. In areas newly opened for tourism activities, no new introductions are detected.

6.5 By year 4, an agricultural management policy developed that enhances the control of I.S introduction and dispersal; & resources have been earmarked for its implementation.

6.6. Successful co-ordination of different investment initiatives in Galapagos by the end of year 1.



6.1. INGALA policy documents

6.2. IS Impact Procedures and INGALA Manuals

6.3. Evaluation of Tourism Plan document

6.4. Biological Monitoring reports

6.5 Strategy documents / project profile and INGALA operational plans

6.6. Project follow-up matrix / minutes of interagency and inter-institutional meetings









Activities – Output 1


  • Implement a monitoring system to detect new IS in the most probable areas of introduction, that complements the more general biological monitoring system established through the GEF medium project (Output 2)

  • Establish an emergency rapid response team, in co-ordination with activity 5.2 (weed busters).

  • Develop and update procedure manuals for the quarantine and inspection system, which take into account the movement of goods from the continent, between islands and within islands.

  • Build necessary infrastructure to implement the Galapagos quarantine and inspection system – SICGAL (control points, detection, fumigation centres and others).

  • Acquire communications and computer systems equipment necessary for the successful implementation of SICGAL.

  • Develop and implement a training program for SICGAL inspectors and technicians.

  • Hold planning and co-ordination workshops and seminars for institutions participating in SICGAL.

  • Develop an optimal internal transportation system for cargo (including ship registries).

  • Assess the feasibility of instituting a user fees framework for quarantine services, to recover costs associated with SICGAL

  • Implement the new fee schedules for SICGAL, so internalising the cost of management services in trade.
Activities - Output 2

  • Design the first phase of a permanent research programme that aims to quantify and prevent negative IS effects on endemic and native species through the creation of predictive models of invasion and prescriptive models for the selection of control or eradication methodologies.

  • Implement the first phase of the permanent invasive species research programme described in activity 2.1.

  • Create a collection and database of existing and potential invasive species (including pathogens, plants and invertebrates) in order to improve the monitoring system by enabling identification in a field context and thus provide information on levels and risks to feed into the planning system.

  • Carry out basic research in sensitive habitat restoration and threatened species recuperation.

  • Develop control and eradication methodologies for species that currently lack effective control and eradication methodologies.

  • Establish a scientists’ exchange programme to support the development of new control and eradication methods.

  • Develop a total control plan and detailed accompanying plans for its implementation.

  • Develop a priority setting methodology as part of the total control plan.

  • Establish an international technical advisory group for the IS total control system.

Activities - Output 331

  • Eradicate goats from northern Isabela Island as a demonstration project for the eradication of mega-populations. 100,000 goats will be eradicated over 5 years in 3 stages: a rapid knock down phase with high precision aerial hunting, ground hunting and evaluation. Goat control activities will be undertaken in southern Isabela to prevent re-introduction to the north and to lead to full eradication in south.

  • Undertake a series of demonstration projects for species-specific eradication of small-scale populations selected to represent a range of challenges associated with eradication needs in the Galapagos

  • Undertake a series of control and mitigation demonstration projects selected to represent the range of challenges associated with control and habitat restoration needs in the Galapagos.

  • Prepare and publish a series of “how-to” guides, including analysis of best methods and recommendations for the eradication and control of species with the objective of facilitating replication in other Galapagos islands and in other parts of the world.

  • Determine the full cost of control and eradication activities for the entire range of invasive species across the archipelago based on the results of the demonstration projects and evaluation of the cost effectiveness of the methods for which ecological and technical viability has been proven

  • Develop a strategy for replication of the demonstration projects as a component of the I.S plan to be developed in Output 2.

Activities - Output 4 32

  • Restructure the Darwin Scientific Foundation to serve as a Trustee for the Financial Mechanism for sustained invasive species control action;

  • Hold consultations with main stakeholders (Donors, NGOs, Gov. etc) to fine-tune the new structure and obtain broad-based support for the fund

  • Design and implement a 3-year intensive fund-raising campaign as the first stage in capitalising the fund.

  • Create and support the operations of an Operations unit to manage and co-ordinate the in-country activities of the Fund.

  • Perform independent evaluation of the structure of the revised fund to ensure compliance with international best practices and norms.

  • Negotiate tri-partite donor agreement between UNDP, the GoE and the DSF governing the management and administration of GEF contributions to the endowment

  • Dedicate US$ 5 million in seed capital (GEF) on a US$ 1: 2 match.

  • Consolidate lessons learnt and prepare for a long-term and sustained low level fund raising for more gradual capitalisation of expanded fund

ACTIVITIES - OUTPUT 5

  • Establish a discussion forum to help limit potential conflicts between interest groups. This will also provide inputs to activities under Output 6.

  • Establish community-monitoring systems designed to promote community reporting of new invasives or increases in existing populations.

  • Develop and implement public outreach and communications strategies and campaigns for total IS control, that complement exiting biodiversity conservation outreach programmes and include information on socio-economic effects of IS for the resident population based on case-studies.

  • Strengthen the capacity of GNPS and CDF to produce didactic material and implement sustained campaigns in the medium term to maintain the behaviour changes in the community attained through the project.
  • Undertake periodic socio-economic surveys to monitor attitudes and practices and provide data to fine-tune the awareness campaigns.

Activities - Output 6


  • Through local, participatory-planning mechanisms, develop and formalise policy guidelines for infrastructure, agriculture, transport, settlement planning, waste management and tourism sectors, that incorporate total control of I.S principles and enhance control activities.

  • Establish an assessment process for approval of development projects in Galapagos that is based on the policy guidelines developed above and that determines their potential impact in relation to invasive species and ensures the incorporation of specific mitigation measures to prevent the introduction and propagation of non-native species.

  • Evaluate different scenarios for expanding the tourism sector in relation to the impact on invasive species and develop a sector plan incorporating IS management.

  • Evaluate the technical, economic and social viability of the current agricultural sector and develop a new management strategy that controls I.S, and prompts self-sufficiency in agricultural products and the survival of endemic species.

  • Implement priority actions of this new agricultural management strategy and mobilise additional resources for its implementation if required.

  • Design a system of incentives and disincentives to promote best practices among residents and tourists, incorporating results from case studies.

  • Develop a code of ethics for tour operators and a complement of incentives for its adoption.

  • Develop and implement a green certification process for tour operators

  • Design and apply policies and instruments that lead to reduced population growth in the archipelago

  • Establish an operational unit to co-ordinate conservation projects in the Galapagos, particularly those related to IS control
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