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Biodiversity Integration at USAID

MARCH 3, 2016

HADAS KUSHNIR

USAID’S OFFICE OF FORESTRY & BIODIVERSITY

Presentation Outline

•Biodiversity programming at

USAID

•USAID’s approach to

biodiversity integration

•Key challenges and

achievements

Biodiversity Programming at USAID

Support 50

countries

worldwide

$5

$165.50

$205 $212.50

$250

$0

$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

$300

FY87 FY07 FY10 FY14 FY15

USAID Biodiversity Funding, in Millions of Dollars

USAID Biodiversity Policy

Vision: To conserve

biodiversity for

sustainable, resilient

development.

Goals: 1) conserve

biodiversity in priority

places, and 2) integrate

biodiversity as an

essential component of

human development.

What do we mean by integration?

Integration is about…

• Being strategic

• Identifying synergies

between sector

• Minimizing tradeoffs

• Thinking about

ecosystem services

Integration is not…

• Doing everything

everywhere

• Always linked to funding

type

• The same as

environmental

compliance

Integration Approaches

Use and contribute

to the evidence base Build

constituencies

Leverage key

USAID

processes

Use systems

concepts

Leadership Group

Climate Change

Economic Growth

DRG

Health

Food Security

Trade

Operationalizing Integration through

Integration Working Groups

• Case studies

• Joint Mission support

• Ecosystem-based adaptation

• Countering wildlife trafficking

• Biodiversity in trade agreements

• Wild fisheries

• Forests & nutrition

• Joint research

• Emerging pandemic threats

• Population, health, environment

• Reducing misuse of bed nets

• Political economy analysis

• Countering human trafficking

• Marine tenure

• Cost benefit analysis

• Growth diagnostic

Integrated Design

Improved Evidence

Engaged Constituencies

Biodiversity Results and Integrated

Development Gains Enhanced Im

pro

ved

Bio

div

ers

ity

Inte

gra

tion

BRIDGE Project

9

White House Directive on

Ecosystem Services

• Mainstream ecosystem

services into existing

environmental assessments

• Integrate ecosystem services

into other sector’s tools

• Conduct outreach to improve

understanding of importance of

ecosystem services across

USAID sectors

• Operational

• Technical

• Personal

Challenges

Achievements

• Wild fisheries and food

security

• Climate adaptation and

biodiversity

• Political economy analysis

partnership

• Ebola partnership

• Joint approaches for

countering human

trafficking in illegal

fisheries

Thank You!

Hadas Kushnir (hkushnir@usaid.gov)

• USAID Biodiversity Policy:

https://rmportal.net/library/content/usaid-biodiversity-

policy

• USAID Biodiversity and Development Handbook:

https://rmportal.net/groups/fab/gateway-

resources/biodiversity-and-development-handbook-1

• USAID Biodiversity and Development Research

Agenda: http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00KB5X.pdf

Additional Resources