biodiversity issues. Low levels of awareness, knowledge, and capacity management into to manage biodiversity in the Delta the O&G sector will hinder any baseline movement in the Niger Delta by Government towards a more is strengthened. biodiversity friendly O&G sector in the Niger Delta. Government and NGO investment in the management of biodiversity in the Niger Delta in has been very modest. The baseline for this component is estimated at: $1 million over 5 years Outcome 2: In the baseline scenario, O&G The Alternative enabled by the companies will continue to be GEF for this component is Government, the amenable to the concept of estimated at: O&G industry biodiversity mainstreaming, but will and local approach the issue in disparate, ad $15.909 million over 5 years communities inefficient ways that fail to hoc, build and pilot incorporate global best practice on new biodiversity mainstreaming. action planning O&G corporate investment in the tools for the management of biodiversity in the proactive Niger Delta cannot be properly assessed, but there are indications biodiversity that it is modest. management in The baseline for this component is the Niger Delta. estimated at: $10 million over 5 years Outcome 3: In the baseline situation, funding for The Alternative enabled by the biodiversity conservation in the Delta GEF for this component is Stakeholders will continue to be inadequate at a estimated at: support long-term level of between US$ 1 million – biodiversity US$5 million/year. In the absence of $27.674 million over 5 years management in catalytic, incremental GEF funding, the Niger Delta global biodiversity benefits will be by capitalizing diminished and lost due in part to 50+ and accessing the years of oil and gas development with Niger Delta little to no attention paid to the Biodiversity Trust conservation of biological diversity. The baseline for this component is as a collaborative estimated at: engagement mechanism for $25 million over 5 years local communities, O&G companies and Government at its core. Others: Project N/A N/A Management Unit, Program Implementation Technical Support Team,
biodiversity management into the O&G sector in the Niger Delta is strengthened. issues. Low levels of awareness, knowledge, and capacity to manage biodiversity in the Delta will hinder any baseline movement by Government towards a more biodiversity friendly O&G sector in the Niger Delta. Government and NGO investment in the management of biodiversity in the Niger Delta in has been very modest. The baseline for this component is estimated at: $1 million over 5 years Outcome 2: Government, the O&G industry and local communities build and pilot new biodiversity action planning tools for the proactive biodiversity management in the Niger Delta. In the baseline scenario, O&G companies will continue to be amenable to the concept of biodiversity mainstreaming, but will approach the issue in disparate, ad hoc, inefficient ways that fail to incorporate global best practice on mainstreaming. O&G corporate investment in the management of biodiversity in the Niger Delta cannot be properly assessed, but there are indications that it is modest. The baseline for this component is estimated at: $10 million over 5 years The Alternative enabled by the GEF for this component is estimated at: $15.909 million over 5 years Outcome 3: Stakeholders support long-term biodiversity management in the Niger Delta by capitalizing and accessing the Niger Delta Biodiversity Trust as a collaborative engagement mechanism for local communities, O&G companies and Government at its core. In the baseline situation, funding for biodiversity conservation in the Delta will continue to be inadequate at a level of between US$ 1 million – US$5 million/year. In the absence of catalytic, incremental GEF funding, global biodiversity benefits will be diminished and lost due in part to 50+ years of oil and gas development with little to no attention paid to the conservation of biological diversity. The baseline for this component is estimated at: $25 million over 5 years The Alternative enabled by the GEF for this component is estimated at: $27.674 million over 5 years Others: Project Management Unit, Program Implementation Technical Support Team, N/A N/A