IV: Select donor funded biodiversity conservation-related projects, 2009 -2014 NDP Sector Name of Key Objectives and activities Year Donors Intervention Agency Forestry Farm Income Ministry Of Forestry Support including End Bilateral - 62.1 Enhancement and Water & Community Watershed 2012 AfDB Forest Environment Management and Tree Planting and Conservation Agricultural Enterprise Development Project Forestry Sawlog NFA/MWE Support to private sector tree End Multilateral 19.3 Production planting for timber 2012 European Scheme Commission Environment Mt. Elgon Region NEMA/Min of Conservation of the vulnerable Mt Ended Bilateral 9.2 Environment Environment Elgon Region 2011 DFID Conservation Environment Conservation of Ministry of Conserve and manage rich Ended Bilateral - 3.4 Biodiversity in the Environment biodiversity forests in the Albertine 2011 UNDP Albertine Rift Rift of Uganda, allowing sustainable Forests of Uganda development for all stakeholders. Environment Extending International To strengthen the Ugandan Bilateral - 1.0 protected areas Union for National Protected Area (PA) 2011 UNDP through Conservation network by expanding the coverage community based of Nature of the PA network to include the initiatives (IUCN) country’s biologically important (COBWEB) wetland ecosystems. The project will develop, and adapt suitable PA management paradigms in two representative wetland systems adjacent to two terrestrial protected area networks. Environment Enabling Ministry of The objective of the project is to 2014 Bilateral - 2.2 environment for Agriculture, provide land users and managers UNDP SLM to overcome Animal Industry with the enabling policy, land degradation and Fisheries institutional and capacity in the cattle (MAAIF) environment for effective adoption corridor of of SLM within the complexity of the Uganda cattle corridor production system, achieved through 3 major outcomes plus a project management component. Environment Territorial Mbale District This project will assist the Mbale Ended Bilateral 0.8 – Approach to Local region of Uganda, encompassing 2012 Climate change Government the three districts of Mbale, Welsh project (TACC) Manafwa and Bududa, to realize low Assembly carbon and climate change resilient Government development. Towards this objective, the project will assist the Mbale region to develop their Integrated Territorial Climate Plan (ITCP), to fully integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies into their regional development planning; Tourism Wildlife, Wildlife (1) Biodiversity Management; (2) Bilateral - 4.8 Landscapes and Conservation Environmental Education and 2010 WILD Development for Society Communication; (3) Property Rights Conservation and Resource Governance; and (4) (WILD) Improved Livelihoods.
IV: Select donor funded biodiversity conservation-related projects, 2009 -2014 NDP Sector Name of Intervention Agency Key Objectives and activities Year Donors Forestry Farm Income Enhancement and Forest Conservation Project Ministry Of Water & Environment Forestry Support including Community Watershed Management and Tree Planting and Agricultural Enterprise Development End 2012 Bilateral - AfDB 62.1 Forestry Sawlog Production Scheme NFA/MWE Support to private sector tree planting for timber End 2012 Multilateral European Commission 19.3 Environment Mt. Elgon Region Environment Conservation NEMA/Min of Environment Conservation of the vulnerable Mt Elgon Region Ended 2011 Bilateral DFID 9.2 Environment Conservation of Biodiversity in the Albertine Rift Forests of Uganda Ministry of Environment Conserve and manage rich biodiversity forests in the Albertine Rift of Uganda, allowing sustainable development for all stakeholders. Ended 2011 Bilateral - UNDP 3.4 Environment Extending protected areas through community based initiatives (COBWEB) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) To strengthen the Ugandan National Protected Area (PA) network by expanding the coverage of the PA network to include the country’s biologically important wetland ecosystems. The project will develop, and adapt suitable PA management paradigms in two representative wetland systems adjacent to two terrestrial protected area networks. 2011 Bilateral - UNDP 1.0 Environment Enabling environment for SLM to overcome land degradation in the cattle corridor of Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) The objective of the project is to provide land users and managers with the enabling policy, institutional and capacity environment for effective adoption of SLM within the complexity of the cattle corridor production system, achieved through 3 major outcomes plus a project management component. 2014 Bilateral - UNDP 2.2 Environment Territorial Approach to Climate change project (TACC) Mbale District Local Government This project will assist the Mbale region of Uganda, encompassing the three districts of Mbale, Manafwa and Bududa, to realize low carbon and climate change resilient development. Towards this objective, the project will assist the Mbale region to develop their Integrated Territorial Climate Plan (ITCP), to fully integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies into their regional development planning; Ended 2012 Bilateral – Welsh Assembly Government 0.8 Tourism Wildlife, Landscapes and Development for Conservation (WILD) Wildlife Conservation Society (1) Biodiversity Management; (2) Environmental Education and Communication; (3) Property Rights and Resource Governance; and (4) Improved Livelihoods. 2010 Bilateral - WILD 4.8
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