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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

German Strategic Cooperation with SIDS on Biodiversity and Forestry

Federal Republic of Germany
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Description
Description
Over the last years Germany has significantly stepped up its commitment for biodiversity and has more than doubled finical support for developing countries in this regard. In 2013 Germany has provided over 500 Mi for the protection of forests and other ecosystems worldwide. German development cooperation thereby supports all three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity in order to protect biodiversity and at the same time foster sustainable development. Since 2008, the German International Climate Initiative (IKI) has also been financing climate and biodiversity projects in developing and newly industrialising countries, including SIDS. Since 2008 the IKI has supported more than 35 projects with a volume of approx. 120 Mil. Euro in SIDS or with direct participation of SIDS. The IKI is promoting climate resilient and low carbon development and the protection and sustainable use of biodiversity in the Pacific, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. SIDS have a unique environment and wildlife that is affected by climate change and current developments.In this regard one major focus in the cooperation with SIDS is on Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches for Islands. In the light of current and future climatic change EbA measures conserve important ecosystems, restore them, or help to manage them sustainably. In this way, the resilience of ecosystems can be increased and the vulnerability of Islands and their environment be gradually reduced.One major goal of the IKI cooperation with SIDS is the development of a sustainable environment for the local population as well as the conservation of its biodiversity. SIDS have complex and sensitive ecosystems that need to be protected, the use of natural resources and ecosystem services need to be sustainably managed. One measure are economic assessments of marine and coastal ecosystems in order to give decision makers additional aspects for the identification of new protected areas and their inclusion in development planning processes.
Implementation of the Project/Activity

The implementation methodologies depend on the project type and include capacity building, policy advice, implementation of pilot projects, research cooperation, study/concept development, technology transfer, financing and others.

Capacity

Capacity Building and Technology Transfer are integral parts of several cooperation projects. The detailed arrangements depend on the specific project concept.

Governed

Coordination is guaranteed by the respective regional organizations, in particular in the Pacific by SPC and in the Caribbean by CARICOM. German cooperation support for SIDS in the field of biodiversity is subject to regular negotiations and agreements between partners.

Partners
In Particular: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Secretariat of the Pacific Commission (SPC), CCCCC, Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI), The Nature Conservancy, Global Environment Facility (GEF), Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT), CfRN-Coalition for Rainforest Nations, Worldwatch Institute, IUCN Oceania Regional Office, United Nations Environment Programme, Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), Rare, Center for Clean Air Policy, Transparency International, GenderCC - Women for Climate Justice, Potsdam Institute for climate impact research (PIK) e.V., Climate Analytics, UNEP; Pacific Islands Forum; Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
Partner Countries: Ongoing or planned cooperation inter alia with Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Timor-Leste , Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

Goal 14

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Goal 14

14.1

By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution

14.1.1

(a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density

14.2

By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans

14.2.1

Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas

14.3

Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels

14.3.1
Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations

14.4

By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics

14.4.1
Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels

14.5

By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information

14.5.1
Coverage of protected areas in relation to marine areas

14.6

By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation

14.6.1

Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

14.7

By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism

14.7.1

Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries

14.a

Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries

14.a.1
Proportion of total research budget allocated to research in the field of marine technology

14.b

Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets

14.b.1

Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries

14.c

Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"

14.c.1

Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources

1. E.g. Project Scaling up innovative, community-based protection of coastal biodiversity in the Pacific.: The integrity, resilience and productivity of high-value coastal and near-shore marine biodiversity is sustained or recovering at 27 high-priority sites in the Philippines, Indonesia and Micronesia, through a combination of human community capacity building and behaviour change, MPA/No-Take-Zone protection and rights-based fisheries management.
2. Marine and coastal biodiversity management in the Pacific island states and atolls. The project improves management of the marine and coastal biodiversity of mountainous volcanic islands (Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu) and low-lying island atolls ( Tonga, Tuvalu). To achieve this, it undertakes economic assessments of marine and coastal ecosystems (TEEB) in the five partner countries and across the region (TEEB for oceans), and feeds the results into national development planning. In addition, the project partners are gearing marine protected area systems to the requirements of preserving ecosystems and are enlarging them. Economic approaches such as payments for ecosystem services are an illustrative example of how protected areas can be effectively managed. The project results will be shared across the Pacific through regional organisations. The conservation of marine and coastal biodiversity has a positive impact on climate change adaptation, carbon sequestration and the livelihoods of the population.
3. German development cooperation supports the Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI). The Caribbean is a global biodiversity hot spot, which is seriously threatened by rising ocean temperatures or increasingly frequent extreme weather events. In order to consolidate and expand protected areas and to provide resources for their management, eight Caribbean States launched the CCI in 2008 and created the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF). The CBF will ensure sustainable financing for protected areas. The German cooperation has contributed 20 million EUR to the endowment capital of the CBF. The interest returns will be paid into National Protected Areas Trust Funds (NPATF) in the eight CCI member States, provided that the beneficiary States contribute the same amount to their NPATF within three years. Thus, the cooperation contributes to the objective of the CCI countries to conserve at least 20 per cent of their near-shore and coastal environments in marine protected areas.
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Timeline
01 January 1970 (date of completion)
Entity
International Climate Initiative
SDGs
14
Region
  1. Africa
  2. Europe
  3. North America
  4. Asia and Pacific
Geographical coverage
Philippines, Indonesia, Micronesia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga, Tuvalu
Countries
Fiji
Fiji
Indonesia
Indonesia
Philippines
Philippines
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tonga
Tuvalu
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Contact Information

1. Programme Office of the International Climate Initiative; 2. Dr. Paul Bornkamm, 1. International Climate Initiative; 2. Policy Advisor for the Caribbean at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

1. programmbuero@programmbuero-klima.de; 2. paul.bornkamm@bmz.bund.de