List of ongoing biodiversity projects funded by

the
German Federal Ministry for the Environment,
Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear
Safety

IMPLEMENTING
TITLE COUNTRY PROJECT TERM FUNDING VOLUME
AGENCY

EUROPE, CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA

Conservation of Biodiversity in the Northern Regions of Russia to Russian Federation 2017 - 2024 8.400.929,00 € WWF Germany
achieve CBD Goals through Extension and Strengthening of a
Protected Areas Network adapted to Climate Change.
Ecosystem-based land use and preservation of biodiversity through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan 2018 - 2020 2.500.000,00 € GIZ
forest conservation and afforestation in the lower section of the
Amu Darya
Ecosystem based Adaptation in high mountain regions of Central Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, 2015 - 2019 4.000.000,00 € GIZ
Asia Tajikistan
Restoring Peatlands in Russia - for fire prevention and climate Russian Federation 2011 - 2018 6.500.000,00 € KfW Development Bank
change mitigation
AFRICA

Supporting IPBES capacity building in West Africa Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana 2017 - 2022 2.493.294,72 € Universität Bonn

PA categories V and VI as landscape mechanisms for enhancing Congo, Ghana, Tanzania, 2017 - 2020 4.288.983,00 € IUCN Switzerland
biodiversity in agricultural land, ecological connectivity and Uganda
REDD+ implementation
Capacity Development for Enhanced Marine Management in West Angola, Benin, Cameroon, 2016 - 2019 3.498.305,00 € GRID-Arendal
Africa (CD MaMaWA) Cape Verde, Congo,
Congo DR, Cote d'Ivoire,
Gabon, Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Liberia, Mauritania,
Namibia, Nigeria, Sao
Tome and Principe,
Senegal, Sierra Leone,
South Africa, Togo
Conservation of Biodiversity and Natural Resources and Climate Rwanda 2016 - 2021 2.147.358,00 € Universität Koblenz-
Protection by Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry at Cyamudongo Landau
Forest (Rwanda)
From full sun to shaded cocoa agroforestry systems: Rehabilitation Ghana 2016 - 2018 1.393.476,00 € SNV Netherlands
of smallholder cocoa farms and forest ecosystems for enhanced
conservation and sustainable use of forestry resources in the High
Forest zone of Ghana
Climate resilient site network in the African -Eurasian flyway Ethiopia, Mali 2015 - 2019 3.189.730,00 € Wetlands International
(WI) - Netherlands
Piloting multiple-benefit investment "packages" through Rwanda 2015 - 2018 3.811.990,40 € IUCN Switzerland
forest/landscape restoration and REDD+ in Rwanda
Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Benguela Current Large Angola, Namibia, South 2014 - 2020 8.900.000,00 € GIZ
Marine Ecosystem Africa
Mobilising resources for the effective implementation of Namibia’s Namibia 2013 - 2018 2.500.000,00 € GIZ
updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Mono Delta Benin, Togo 2013 - 2019 7.500.000,00 € GIZ

Development of a carbon storage map and carbon payment modell Congo DR 2012 - 2018 6.050.000,00 € KfW Development Bank
regions for the DR Congo forest belt

ASIA AND PACIFIC

Conserving priority habitats in the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Indonesia 2017 - 2023 8.211.275,22 € KfW Development Bank
Park, Sumatra
Facilitating the private sector engagement and dialogue for the Philippines 2017 - 2019 563.999,00 € Earth Security Group
financing of ecosystem-based adaptation in support of the Climate
Change Action Plan of the Philippines
Mekong WET: Building Resilience of Wetlands in the Lower Cambodia, Laos, 2017 - 2020 2.530.000,00 € IUCN Thailand
Mekong Region, through a Ramsar Regional Initiative Thailand, Viet Nam
Ecosystem-based adaptation at scale through Building with Nature Indonesia 2015 - 2020 3.043.648,00 € Wetlands International
- Towards resilient coasts in Indonesia (WI) - Netherlands
Scaling Up Mangrove EBA in the Mekong Delta Viet Nam 2016 - 2020 1.492.384,00 € SNV Netherlands

Green growth in the Heart of Borneo: Integrating conservation, Indonesia, Malaysia 2016 - 2020 4.219.390,00 € WWF Germany
economic development and well-being of communities across a
transboundary landscape
Rehabilitation of degraded lands with native tree species Indonesia 2016 - 2019 990.818,00 € Fairventures Worldwide
(Paraserianthes falcataria) in Kalimantan, Indonesia FVW gGmbH - Germany
REDD - Forest Conservation in Pacific Island countries II Fiji, Papua New Guinea, 2015 - 2018 3.500.000,00 € GIZ
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Low-emissions oil palm development in Berau District, East Indonesia 2015 - 2019 4.378.559,53 € TNC Indonesia
Kalimantan
Natural Solutions to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region: Fiji, Solomon Islands, 2014 - 2019 4.945.625,00 € Secretariat of the Pacific
Implementing Ecosystem-based Adaptation Vanuatu Regional Environment
Programme (SPREP) -
Samoa
Building the Resilience of Communities and their Ecosystems to the Marshall Islands, 2015 - 2018 3.921.560,67 € TNC Federated States of
Impacts of Climate Change in Micronesia and Melanesia Micronesia, Palau, Papua Micronesia
New Guinea
Forest and climate protection in Panay Philippines 2014 - 2018 3.992.790,00 € GIZ

REDD+ Himalaya: Capacity building for using REDD+ to conserve Bhutan, India, Myanmar, 2013 - 2019 4.225.000,00 € GIZ
natural biodiverse carbon sinks in the Himalayas Nepal
Mainstreaming of ecosystem based adaptation into the national Viet Nam 2014 - 2018 4.000.000,00 € GIZ
climate change adaptation strategy and into land use and
development of Viet Nam
Nature conservation concessions to protect tropical rainforest in Indonesia 2012 - 2019 8.100.000,00 € KfW Development Bank
Indonesia
Managing marine and coastal biodiversity in Pacific island states Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon 2013 - 2018 8.100.000,00 € GIZ
and atolls Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
Support to the Implementation of the Regional Plan of Action of Indonesia, Malaysia, 2012 - 2018 7.000.000,00 € GIZ
the Coral Triangle Initative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Philippines
Security in the Sulu Sulawesi Seascape Countries
Biodiversity and climate protection in the Leuser Ecosystem in Indonesia 2013 - 2020 8.500.000,00 € KfW Development Bank
Sumatra
Advancing Understanding of Natural Forest Carbon Stock Laos, Viet Nam 2011 - 2018 2.575.272,74 € SNV Viet Nam
Enhancement as part of REDD+

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

Climate protection in the Mexican urban policy (CiClim) Mexico 2017 - 2021 4.500.000,00 € GIZ

Mangrove forestry landscape restoration; an opportunity of social Mexico 2017 - 2020 450.706,00 € "Pronatura Sur, A.C. -
development in the Alvarado Lagoon System Ramsar Site, Mexico"
Veracruz, Mexico
Unlocking economic opportunities to scale Forest and Landscape Brazil 2017 - 2020 3.344.732,00 € World Resources
Restoration in Brazil Institute (WRI)
Resilient Islands by Design: Integrating Ecosystem- and Dominican Republic, 2017 - 2021 5.000.000,00 € ,The Nature
Community-based Approaches to Enhance Climate Change Grenada, Jamaica Conservancy (TNC) -
Adaptation in the Caribbean Europe
Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change in cooperation Mexico 2017 - 2021 4.000.000,00 € GIZ
with the private sector in Mexico
Adapted management of ecosystems to prevent coastal erosion in a Colombia 2018 - 2023 8.007.932,30 € KfW Development Bank
changing climate
Development of sustainable forestry models & links to private Costa Rica, El Salvador, 2017 - 2019 1.725.146,00 € CATIE - Costa Rica
finance for secondary forest in Central America Guatemala, Honduras
Regional Forest Landscape Restoration in Central America and the Belize, Costa Rica, 2017 - 2021 6.000.000,00 € GIZ
Dominican Republic (REDD-Landscape / CCAD) Dominican Republic,
Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Panama, El
Salvador
Enabling conditions to reduce deforestation in the Colombian Colombia 2017 - 2021 3.099.959,00 € TNC Colombia
Amazon (Caqueta) through sustainable ranching under a
landscape approach.
Scaling up the conservation of biodiversity through climate smart Mexico 2016 - 2020 2.965.000,00 € CATIE Costa Rica
agro-silvopastoral practices in landscapes dominated by cattle-
raising systems in the tropical regions of Mexico
Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Mexican Agricultural Sector Mexico 2016 - 2020 5.000.000,00 € GIZ
Climate Change Adaptation in the Caribbean: The EbA-Facility Antigua and Barbuda, 2017 - 2022 27.225.000,00 € KfW Development Bank
Cuba, Dominica,
Dominican Republic,
Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica,
Montserrat, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
Taking Land Use Change out of Commodity Production in Colombia, Paraguay 2016 - 2019 3.676.114,00 € WWF Germany
Savannahs and Grasslands through Policy Engagement, Land Use
Planning and Best Management Practices
Dialogue and Information Platform for the Colombian Amazon Colombia 2016 - 2019 763.153,00 € Climate Focus B.V. -
Netherlands
Integrated coastal zone management and marine biodiversity Brazil 2015 - 2020 6.000.000,00 € GIZ

Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in the Magdalena Colombia 2015 - 2018 2.000.000,25 € TNC Europe
River Basin
Supporting Initiative 20 by 20: A country-led effort to bring 20 Chile, Colombia, Costa 2015 - 2018 3.634.068,00 € World Resources
million hectares of degraded land in Latin America and the Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Institute (WRI)
Caribbean into restoration by 2020 Peru
Development of business models for cooperation with the private Guatemala 2015 - 2020 4.000.000,00 € OroVerde - Die
sector as a tool for socially acceptable restoration of near-natural Tropenwaldstiftung
forests
Transforming Evidence into Change: a Holistic Approach to Costa Rica, El Salvador, 2014 - 2018 5.685.799,93 € IUCN Germany
Governance for EbA - GO4EbA Guatemala, Honduras,
Mexico, Panama
Sustainable development options and land-use based alternatives t: Colombia, Peru 2014 - 2018 4.874.961,14 € International Center for
enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation capacities in the Tropical Agriculture
Colombian and Peruvian Amazon, while enhancing ecosystem (CIAT)
services and local livelihoods
Compensatory Payments for the Protection of Indigenous Peru 2014 - 2018 4.987.000,00 € GIZ
Community Forests within the context of Peru´s Tropical Forest
Programme (CBC II)
Implementation of the National Bio-Corridor Programme (PNCB) Costa Rica 2014 - 2020 5.978.801,74 € GIZ
in the context of the National Biodiversity strategy of Costa Rica
Protected areas and other area-based conservation measures at the Brazil, Colombia, 2016 - 2020 4.700.000,00 € GIZ
level of local governments Ecuador, Peru
Development of a monitoring system for biodiversity and climate Belize, Guatemala, Mexico 2016 - 2021 5.000.000,00 € GIZ
change in the Selva Maya region
Integrated Climate Change Management in Communal Reserves in Peru 2013 - 2018 6.000.000,00 € UNDP Peru
the Amazon Rainforest
Unlocking Forest Finance - Mobilisation of private sector capital to Brazil, Peru 2013 - 2018 4.110.677,51 € Global Canopy
reduce deforestation through Public/Private Partnerships for Programme (GCP)
forests and rural livelihoods.
Biosphere Reserve Yasuni - protected area management Ecuador 2014 - 2018 5.500.000,00 € KfW Development Bank

Valuation of Mexico's Protected Areas Climate and Ecosystem Mexico 2013 - 2018 5.070.000,00 € GIZ
Services: a Tool for Innovative Climate Change and Biodiversity
Financing
Biodiversity and climate protection in the Mata Atlântica (TC Brazil 2013 - 2018 6.435.000,00 € GIZ
module)
Protection of carbon pools and sinks in wetlands and protected Panama 2013 - 2018 2.468.324,65 € UNDP
areas in Panama
Program for the protection of the biodiversity and for the Ecuador 2014 - 2018 5.500.000,00 € KfW Development Bank
adaptation to and the mitigation of climate change - Support of the
national forest monitoring
Ecosystem based Adaptation strategies to climate change in Colombia, Ecuador 2014 - 2018 3.000.000,00 € GIZ
Colombia and Ecuador
Forest protection and the management of natural resources in Peru 2012 - 2018 2.000.000,00 € Zoologische Gesellschaft
Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru Frankfurt von 1858 e.V
(ZGF)
Protecting and sustainably using marine and coastal biodiversity in Mexico 2012 - 2018 9.430.000,00 € GIZ
the Gulf of California, Mexico
Protecting biodiversity by integrating ecosystem services into Brazil 2012 - 2019 6.500.000,00 € GIZ
public programmes and business - TEEB
Consolidating the Brazilian National System of Conservation Units Brazil 2013 - 2020 10.000.000,00 € KfW Development Bank
(SNUC) - LifeWeb
Consolidating the Brazilian National System of Conservation Units Brazil 2013 - 2018 4.880.000,00 € GIZ
(SNUC) - LifeWeb
Prevention, control and monitoring of fires in the Brazilian Cerrado Brazil 2011 - 2018 5.996.171,92 € GIZ

Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Smallholder Subsistence and Costa Rica, Guatemala, 2012 - 2018
Coffee Farming Communities in Central America Honduras
2.999.970,00 € Conservation
International - Europe,
Conservation
International Foundation
- USA

SUPRAREGIONAL PROJECTS

Global Solutions – The Road from Paris Global 2017 - 2022 8.399.840,14 € Deutsche Welle (DW)
Climate-SDGs Integration Project: Supporting the implementation Guatemala, India 2018 767.271,00 € TMG Research gGmbH
of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda through ecosystem-
based adaptation
Scaling Up Mountain Ecosystem-based Adaptation: building Bhutan, Colombia, 2017 - 2020 2.999.718,00 € The Mountain Institute
evidence, replicating success, and informing policy Tunisia, Kenia, Nepal, (TMI) - USA
Peru, Uganda Headquarters
Scaling-up Biodiversity Communication for Achieving Aichi Target Global 2018 - 2020 2.699.960,00 € WWF Germany
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STRONG High Seas – Strengthening Regional Ocean Governance Global 2017 - 2022 3.771.445,96 € Institute for Advanced
for the High Seas Sustainability Studies
(IASS)
Biodiversitätsfinanzierungsinitiative (BIOFIN II) Global 2018 - 2022 20.000.000,00 € United Nations
Development
Programme (UNDP)
Farming for Biodiversity Global 2016 - 2019 2.129.560,00 € Rare

Promoting Ecosystem based Adaptation through Friends of EbA Global 2016 - 2019 418.400,00 € IUCN USA
(FEBA)
Ecosystems, Risk and Climate Adaptation Global 2016 - 2018 591.000,00 € TNC, TNC Europe

Support to indigenous peoples’ and community conserved areas Global 2013 - 2019 12.000.000,00 € UNDP
and territories (ICCAs) through the GEF Small Grants Programme
(SGP) as a contribution to the achievement of Targets 11, 14 and 18
of the CBD Aichi 2020 framework
Biodiversity conservation and utilisation of ecosystem services in Burundi, Congo DR, 2015 - 2020 6.000.000,00 € GIZ
wetlands of transboundary significance in the Nile Basin Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Rwanda, South Sudan,
Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
The Bonn Challenge Barometer of Progress Brazil, El Salvador, 2016 - 2021 2.584.945,00 € IUCN Switzerland
Mexico, Rwanda, United
States
Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services in Agrarian Landscapes India, Kenya, Tajikistan 2016 - 2020 4.000.000,00 € GIZ

Promoting Community Conservation Resilience Chile, Colombia, Congo 2015 - 2019 2.158.960,08 € Global Forest Coalition -
DR, Ethiopia, Georgia, Paraguay
India, Iran, Kenya,
Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia,
Nepal, Panama, Paraguay,
Russian Federation,
Samoa, Solomon Islands,
 South Africa, Tajikistan,
Tanzania, Uganda
INTERACT-Bio Integrated regional action for Biodiversity: Brazil, India, Tanzania 2016 - 2020 5.999.705,00 € ICLEI - Local
Supporting National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Governments for
(NBSAP) implementation through the mainstreaming of Sustainability e.V.
biodiversity objectives across City-Regions.
TEEB Implementation: Supporting Biodiversity and Climate Colombia, Kenya, 2017 - 2019 3.999.924,00 € UNEP
friendly Land Management in Agricultural Landscapes Tanzania, Thailand
Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI) Costa Rica, Honduras, 2016 - 2021 5.190.577,00 € Seascape Consultants
Seychelles, Sri Lanka Ltd - United Kingdom
Implementing Strategies for Regional Transitions to Low-Emissions Colombia, Indonesia, 2016 - 2020 4.859.950,00 € Earth Innovation
Rural Development in Indonesia, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, and Kenya, Mexico, Peru Institute - USA
Kenya
Protected Area Solutions for Biodiversity and Climate Change: Colombia, Kenya, Peru, 2015 - 2019 3.368.657,00 € IUCN Switzerland
achieving quality elements of Aichi Target 11 to support Viet Nam
implementation of the CBD Strategic Plan 2011 to 2020 and the
Programme of Work on Protected Areas.
Mainstreaming EbA - Strengthening ecosystem based adaptation in Brazil, Colombia, 2015 - 2018 3.900.000,00 € GIZ
decision making processes Grenada, India, Indonesia,
Mali, Mexico, Peru,
Philippines, South Africa,
Thailand, Viet Nam
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, 2015 - 2019 1.815.760,35 € International Institute for
evidence and informing policy Chile, China, Costa Rica, Environment and
El Salvador, Kenya, Mali, Development (IIED)
Nepal, Peru, South Africa,
Uganda
Utilising landscape scale forest ecosystem rehabilitation as a cost El Salvador, India, Kenya, 2015 - 2018 2.986.625,60 € IUCN Switzerland
effective bridge for the integrated deployment of national land- Mexico, Peru, Uganda,
based mitigation and adaptation strategies Viet Nam
Operationalising National Safeguard Requirements for Results- Ghana, Peru, Viet Nam 2015 - 2018 1.966.384,00 € SNV Viet Nam
based Payments from REDD+
Development of business models to address drivers of Global 2014 - 2018 2.272.361,15 € UNIQUE forestry and
deforestation land use GmbH
Integrated Planning to Implement the CBD Strategic Plan and Colombia, Tanzania, Viet 2014 - 2018 3.094.111,95 € IUCN Germany,
Increase Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change Nam, Zambia Vietnam National
University - Ho Chi
Minh City (VNU-HCM)
Blue Solutions - Implementing the CBD Strategic Plan in the field of Bangladesh, Costa Rica, 2013 - 2018 6.300.000,00 € GIZ
marine and coastal biodiversity India, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Mauritania,
 Mexico, Philippines, Viet
Nam
Inspire, support, and mobilize forest and landscape restoration Brazil, El Salvador, 2013 - 2018 3.498.323,00 € WRI
Honduras, Indonesia,
Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru,
Rwanda
Supporting developing country capacity to address science-policy Cuba, Georgia, Malaysia, 2016 - 2020 4.500.000,00 € UNDP
questions through IPBES via the UNDP managed Biodiversity and Mexico, South Africa,
Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) and the UNEP-WCMC Tanzania
hosted Sub-Global Assessment Network (SGA Network)
Biodiversity Finance Initiative – BIOFIN Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, 2012 - 2018 7.300.000,00 € UNDP Slovakia
Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba,
Ecuador, Fiji, Georgia,
Guatemala, India,
Indonesia, Kazakhstan,
Malaysia, Mexico,
Mongolia, Mozambique,
Peru, Philippines,
Rwanda, Seychelles, South
Africa, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, Uganda, Viet
Nam, Zambia
ValuES: Methods for integrating ecosystem services into policy, Brazil, Colombia, Costa 2013 - 2019 6.500.000,00 € GIZ
planning and practice Rica, Cote d'Ivoire,
Ecuador, India,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Mexico, Namibia,
Philippines, Viet Nam
Central Asian Desert Initiative (CADI) - Conservation and adaptive China, Iran, Kazakhstan, 2016 - 2019 3.280.963,00 € Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-
use of winter cold deserts in Central Asia Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Universität Greifswald
RESTORE+: Addressing Landscape Restoration and Sustainability Brazil, Indonesia 2017 - 2022 7.000.000,00 € International Institute for
Safeguards on Degraded Land using Integrated Decision Support Applied Systems
Tools Analysis (IIASA)
Private Business action for Biodiversity Brazil, India, Mexico 2016 - 2020 3.150.000,00 € GIZ

From Climate Research to Action under Multilevel Governance: Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, 2014 - 2018 4.591.268,00 € Center for International
Building Knowledge and Capacity at Landscape Scale Viet Nam Forestry Research
(CIFOR)
Conservation of pollinator diversity for enhanced climate change Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, 2017 - 2022 6.583.079,00 € International Center for
resilience Morocco, Palestinian, Agricultural Research in
Tunisia, Turkey the Dry Areas
Total funding volume of ongoing projects 517.651.694,95 €

List of abbreviations
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH

IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies

IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
IIED International Institute for Environment and Development
IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature
NABU Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V.
SNVStichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers – Netherlands Development Organization
TNC The Nature Conservancy
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature
ZGF Frankfurt Zoological Society

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Date
February 2018