USAID Biodiversity Conservation USAID Biodiversity Conservation Attribution RequirementsAttribution Requirements

SANREM Technical Committee SANREM Technical Committee MeetingMeeting

Blacksburg, VirginiaBlacksburg, VirginiaApril 18 - 20, 2006April 18 - 20, 2006

Evolution of the Biodiversity Evolution of the Biodiversity EarmarkEarmark

1.1. Congressional requirementCongressional requirement

2.2. Upward trend in overall earmark ($160 Upward trend in overall earmark ($160 million in FY ’06)million in FY ’06)

3.3. Increasing scrutiny of activitiesIncreasing scrutiny of activities

4.4. SANREM represents the majority of the SANREM represents the majority of the Office of Agriculture’s biodiversity Office of Agriculture’s biodiversity requirement – target $730,000 / yearrequirement – target $730,000 / year

USAID Biodiversity Attribution USAID Biodiversity Attribution RequirementsRequirements

Activities must:Activities must:

1.1. Have an explicit biodiversity objectiveHave an explicit biodiversity objective

2.2. Address an identified threat to Address an identified threat to biodiversitybiodiversity

3.3. Impact a biologically significant area Impact a biologically significant area

4.4. Monitor biodiversity impactMonitor biodiversity impact

Explicit biodiversity objectiveExplicit biodiversity objective

- Can be primary or secondary Can be primary or secondary objectiveobjective

- It is not sufficient to have a positive It is not sufficient to have a positive biodiversity impact as positive biodiversity impact as positive externality of an activityexternality of an activity

Impact biologically Impact biologically significant areasignificant area

1.1. Usually focuses on activities Usually focuses on activities proximate to biologically explicit areas proximate to biologically explicit areas

2.2. However non-site based activities are However non-site based activities are possiblepossible

3.3. Draw on assessments from Partners Draw on assessments from Partners “biologically significant areas”“biologically significant areas”

Monitoring BiodiversityMonitoring Biodiversity

- Reveals connections between activity Reveals connections between activity and threatand threat

- Activities can tie into ongoing Activities can tie into ongoing monitoring of partner groupsmonitoring of partner groups

Address biodiversity threatsAddress biodiversity threats

1.1. Threat must be explicitThreat must be explicit

2.2. Common agricultural threats Common agricultural threats – expansion of agricultural frontier into expansion of agricultural frontier into

protected areasprotected areas

– fragmentation of natural habitatfragmentation of natural habitat

– Contamination of aquatic ecosystems by Contamination of aquatic ecosystems by agricultural wastes, processing, agricultural wastes, processing,

ResourcesResources- USAID Biodiversity Code USAID Biodiversity Code http://http://

www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/biodiverwww.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/biodiversity/code.htmlsity/code.html

- Biodiversity and Tropical Forestry assessments Biodiversity and Tropical Forestry assessments (118-119 report required by Congress of all (118-119 report required by Congress of all USAID Missions) USAID Missions) http://http://dec.usaid.govdec.usaid.gov//

- Biodiversity Threats assessments and Biodiversity Threats assessments and baselines conducted by Partnersbaselines conducted by Partners

- USAID Biodiversity Guide USAID Biodiversity Guide http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADE258.pdfhttp://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADE258.pdf

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