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Our commitment to preserving habitats is from various sectors, leading to conservation

vital, as healthy landscapes are crucial for commitments in the form of forest concessions
reducing conflicts between humans and wildlife. from the private sector. In Panama, collaborations
Combating illegal trade and strengthening with cattle ranches adjacent to jaguar habitats
regulation of wildlife trade are also essential to have led to sustainable management plans and
minimize health risks and protect both human anti-predation measures, reducing livestock
and wildlife populations. By addressing these attacks and retaliatory killings while aiding
issues, we can create a harmonious coexistence efficient livestock production.
that benefits all.
The GWP’s efforts have not only protected critical
The Global Wildlife Program (GWP), operating habitats but also improved community livelihoods
in 38 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin and fostered sustainable development. Small
America and the Caribbean, exemplifies this grants to over 140 cooperatives and community-
proactive approach with its focus on preventing based organizations so far are helping people
wildlife crime, preserving wildlife and habitats, living near wildlife to coexist peacefully and
and fostering wildlife-based economies. This reap economic benefits from their proximity to
not only ensures the health of ecosystems but nature. They are part of the 377,000 beneficiaries
also strengthens the economic foundations that the GWP has impacted so far that rely on
benefit communities worldwide, especially the locally available resources for their needs and
economically vulnerable who often depend the livelihoods.
most on nature for their livelihoods.
GWP projects have enhanced the capabilities of

Foreword
The GWP is expanding its influence on wildlife local and national institutions, leading to more
conservation for development. With the addition robust and effective conservation strategies.
of new projects under GEF-8, its reach will As some of the GWP’s earliest projects end,
span over 87 million hectares, with 16 million we are witnessing tangible outcomes of these
hectares already under enhanced management investments. The GWP knowledge platform
Valerie Hickey for biodiversity and more than 500,000 hectares is capturing this information to foster peer-to-
Global Director under restoration. The program is also nearing peer learning and expertise within the growing
Environment, Natural Resources 100 sites with strengthened anti-poaching GWP community. This knowledge platform is
and Blue Economy measures, with 20 already recording reductions a backbone for program success through its
The World Bank in poaching. The GWP saw a surge in law responsiveness to capacity-building needs,
enforcement over the past year, now exceeding facilitating collaboration between projects and
130 joint law enforcement operations, adopting disseminating best practices to accelerate wildlife
more than 20 new or strengthened strategies and conservation and sustainable development goals.
A biodiverse planet is essential to a healthy, sustainable laws, and improving the capacity of nearly 60,000
We wish to acknowledge the extraordinary
future. The growing global awareness of the critical role government officials in wildlife crime prevention.
dedication of the hundreds of project team
In Tanzania, the introduction of a new national
played by wildlife has led to encouraging results, especially anti-poaching strategy, the strengthening of the members, partners, and supporters who have
in safeguarding charismatic megafauna. In 2014, an elephant National Taskforce on Antipoaching, and the played a pivotal role in the GWP’s success.
was poached every 20 minutes, but today poaching is on increased use of intelligence-led operations have Your unwavering commitment to conservation
is the cornerstone of our progress. Through
a downward trajectory across much of Africa. Global tiger contributed to an 85% decline in poaching at
project sites. your efforts, we are broadening the scope of
populations have rebounded to 5,000 from a historic low of sustainable development to acknowledge the
3,200 in 2010, with an additional $1 billion committed to their The GWP’s cross-sectoral work and community extensive benefits to people and planet that
engagement have amplified impact and come from conserving wildlife and their habitats.
protection in the next decade. These achievements reflect the durability. For example, Indonesia hosted Together, we are forging a path toward a
positive impact of our collective efforts. workshops that brought together stakeholders sustainable and biodiverse future.

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Boxes, Figures, and Tables Abbreviations

Boxes: ADB Asian Development Bank
Box 1.1. Introducing a New GWP Logo 9 CEO chief executive officer
Box 3.1. Capturing and Sharing Lessons across the GWP Network 36 CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Box 3.2. GWP Annual Conference 37 CI Conservation International
Box 3.3. The GWP E-Library Collection 38 CIWT Indonesia GEF-6 Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade Project
CMS Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
Maps:
CONSERVE Indonesia GEF-7 Catalyzing Optimum Management of Natural Heritage for
Map 1.1. Geographic Distribution of GWP Projects 12
Sustainability of Ecosystem, Resources and Viability of Endangered Wildlife Species Project
CO2e carbon dioxide equivalent
Figures:
GEF Global Environment Facility
Figure 1.1. Evolution of Technical Components across Three Phases 11
Figure 2.1. Cumulative GWP Project Results through End of FY23 17 GEF-6 Global Environment Facility sixth replenishment

Figure 3.1. Top GWP Knowledge Needs, 2018–23 (GEF-6 and GEF-7) 30 GEF-7 Global Environment Facility seventh replenishment
Figure 3.2. Priority GWP Technical and Knowledge Needs of GEF-8 Projects Globally, 2023 31 GEF-8 Global Environment Facility eighth replenishment
Figure 3.3.A Global Top GWP Technical and Knowledge Priorities (GEF-6 and GEF-7), 2023 32 GHG greenhouse gas
Figure 3.3.B, C, D Top GWP Technical and Knowledge Priorities by Region 32-33 GWP Global Wildlife Program
Figure 3.4. Global Perceptions of Increased Human-Wildlife Conflict 35
IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature
Figure 3.5. Participant Responses on GWP Support to Help Project Teams Plan for and
Ensure Sustainability 40 MTR mid-term review

Figure 4.1. GWP Project Portfolio, by Phase of the Project Cycle, as of June 30, 2023 56 MoU memorandum of understanding
Figure 4.2. Total GEF Grant vs. Disbursement by GEF Phase, as of June 30, 2023 57 NGO nongovernmental organization
Figure 4.3. GWP GEF-6 Contributions to GEF Core Indicators, as of June 30, 2023 59 OECM other effective area-based conservation measure
Figure 4.4. GWP Project Implementation Report Ratings, FY19 to FY23 60 PIR project implementation report
Figure 4.5. Mid-Term Review and Terminal Evaluation Ratings for Progress Toward Project
SECURE India GEF-6 Securing Livelihoods, Conservation, Sustainable Use and Restoration of
Development Objective, as of June 30, 2023 62
High Range Himalayan Ecosystems Project
Figure 4.6. Overall Risk Rating in Project Implementation Reviews, By Percentage of Projects,
as of June 30, 2023 65 SMART Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool
TE terminal evaluation
Feature Spreads: UNDP United Nations Development Programme
Feature 3.1. Commonalities and Proposed Exchange Activities between Project Twins 42 UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
Feature 3.2. Outcomes from Levers of Change Session, 2023 GWP Annual Conference 46
WCS Wildlife Conservation Society
Feature 3.3. Gender in the GWP – Women as Agents of Change 49
WWF World Wildlife Fund
Feature 4.1. Spotlight on Recently Completed Projects 66

Tables: All dollar amounts are US dollars unless otherwise indicated.

Table 4.1. Ratings Toward Project Development Objectives, as of June 30, 2023 61
Table 4.2. GWP Countries Listed as Fragile and Conflict-Affected Projects, as of June 30, 2023 64

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 ELEPHANT, KENYA

SECTION 1:

GWP Overview
The Global Wildlife Program (GWP), first launched as the “Global
Partnership on Wildlife Conservation and Crime Prevention for
Sustainable Development,” is funded by the Global Environment Facility
(GEF) and led by the World Bank. It is one of the most significant global
partnerships on wildlife conservation, with 38 participating countries
across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The GWP
facilitates collaboration on wildlife and landscape conservation and drives
programmatic learning across participating countries and regions.

Since its inception in June 2015, the program systems that drive wildlife loss by enhancing
has grown in size and scope, evolving efforts to mitigate unsustainable wildlife
through three phases of funding. In the GEF’s trade, reduce the risk of zoonotic disease
sixth replenishment (GEF-6), the program spillover, and strengthen enabling conditions
focused on combating wildlife poaching, for the coexistence of humans and wildlife.
trafficking, and demand for illegal wildlife The new GWP logo reflects the evolution of
products. In GEF-7, the GWP broadened its the program (box 1.1).
scope to include the promotion of wildlife-
based economies, linking the creation of The GWP phases are structured around
financial opportunities for communities to technical components reflecting these
the conservation of surrounding natural topics, with a cross-cutting component for
resources, wildlife, and their habitats. With programmatic knowledge exchange and
GEF-8, the GWP will focus on transforming learning (figure 1.1).

Box 1.1. Introducing a New GWP Logo

The GWP has redesigned its logo twice to reflect its
evolution and growth. To capture the GWP’s expansion
in GEF-8 to focus on people and development, the
program added a new quadrant—illustrating two
people side by side—to the logo’s elephant, big
cat, and pangolin. The new icon’s blue background
acknowledges the inclusion of marine wildlife in the
new phase while complementing the existing color
palette of red, orange, and green.

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 Figure 1.1. Evolution of GWP Components Across Three GEF Phases
This third phase of the GWP, GEF-8, will invest GWP countries implement national projects to
an additional $135 million and generate $892 protect biodiversity and support development.
million in cofinancing, bringing the program Consideration of the local context is crucial. At
total to $359 million1 in GEF financing and over the same time, countries across the world are GWP APPROACHES
$2.2 billion in cofinancing. GEF-8 will add 15 dealing with similar threats to wildlife, many of GWP TECHNICAL COMPONENTS INTEGRATING GEF-6,
new national projects and increase the total which cross borders, and can achieve more as a GEF-7, AND GEF-8
number of countries under the GWP from 31 global network than as stand-alone projects. GEF-6 GEF-7 GEF-8 COMPONENTS
to 38 (map 1.1). Together, these countries are
taking decisive action to conserve terrestrial, The World Bank serves as the lead agency
to help facilitate the exchange of knowledge Conserve wildlife and
freshwater, and marine wildlife and habitats by Coexistence of habitats (including
through the GWP global knowledge platform, Conserve Wildlife
tackling the drivers of species loss and ensuring People and Wildlife protected areas) and ensure
encourage the sharing of lessons, and promote Reduce Poaching and Enhance
that countries and communities benefit from across Connected their protection from
transnational cooperation. Government Habitat Resilience
these natural assets. Habitats poaching and other threats.
ministries, GEF Agencies, and local partners
Collectively, the GWP projects aim to achieve including nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
the following conservation impacts through on- act as executing entities that steer the progress Mitigate human-wildlife
the-ground activities in participating countries: and ensure the successful delivery of GWP conflict and promote
projects in each country. Promote human-wildlife coexistence.
• Improve the management of 87 million Wildlife-Based Wildlife
hectares of land globally by creating Seven GEF Agencies support governments in and Resilent for Prosperity
new protected areas, improving the developing and implementing projects under Economies Develop resilient wildlife-
management effectiveness of existing the GWP: the Asian Development Bank (ADB), based economies and local
Conservation International (CI), the International livelihoods that recognize the
protected areas, improving the
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the value of wildlife.
management of landscapes, and restoring
degraded ecosystems. United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP), the United Nations Environment Combat illegal wildlife
Programme (UNEP), the World Bank, and the Combat Wildlife trade and strengthen
• Reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) Reduce Trafficking
World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US). Close partners Trafficking legal frameworks and law
emissions by 109 million tons of carbon
include the Convention on International Trade Illegal, enforcement responses.
dioxide equivalent (CO2e).
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Unsustainable,
Flora (CITES) Secretariat, the Convention on and High Zoonotic
• Positively affect local communities and Address unsustainable and
the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Risk Wildlife Use
stakeholders, with 2.6 million expected zoonotic risk wildlife trade.
Animals (CMS) Secretariat, TRAFFIC, WildAid, and Trade
beneficiaries, 49.2 percent of whom are
and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Reduce Demand
women, across 38 countries. Reduce demand for illegal,
Reduce Demand and Disrupt
The GWP global knowledge platform connects Markets unsustainable, and zoonotic
1 GEF approved a total of $365 million across all three phases. The $359 and supports participating countries to risk wildlife products, disrupt
million figure reflects the funding amounts returned to the GEF following
collaborate across borders, learn and scale up markets, and change behaviors
the cancellations of two projects since CEO Endorsement.
best practices, and build capacity to achieve their across supply chains.
wildlife, habitat conservation, and development
objectives.
PHILIPPINES GWP COORDINATION COMPONENTS
Throughout a wide range of activities, the
Improve coordination among
GWP supports the implementation of National key GWP stakeholders and
Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Coordination support global knowledge
contributes to the achievement of multiple Knowledge, Policy and Knowledge exchange and dialogue on
Coordination and
targets within the Kunming-Montreal Global Dialogue, and Exchange for illegal wildlife trade and
Enhance Learning
Biodiversity Framework, including those Coordination Transformational wildlife’s contribution to
addressing threats to wildlife, promoting the Impact sustainable development.
conservation of habitats and landscapes, and
ensuring the sustainable use and benefit-sharing
of biodiversity.
Note: GEF-6, GEF-7, GEF-8 = Global Environment Facility (GEF) sixth, seventh, and eighth replenishments, respectively.
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 Map 1.1. Geographic Distribution of GWP Projects

38 countries across Africa, Asia,

and Latin America in the GWP network

Pakistan
Nepal
Afghanistan Bhutan
Viet Nam
Mexico Chad

Mali India
Belize Thailand
Philippines
Panama Guinea
Ethiopia Cambodia
Colombia Cameroon Malaysia
Uganda
Ecuador Gabon Kenya
Congo, Rep. Tanzania Indonesia
Congo, Dem. Rep Zambia
Angola Malawi
GEF-6 and -7 Countries Botswana Mozambique
GEF-8 Countries Madagascar
Paraguay Namibia
Both Eswatini
South Africa Zimbabwe

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 TIGER, MALAYSIA

SECTION 2:

GWP Results and Impact

This section provides an overview of project accomplishments across
the GWP through to June 2023.
The GWP is making important impact in conserving wildlife and
habitats while promoting benefits for local development. Countries are
empowering agencies and stakeholders to conserve and sustainably
manage natural resources—developing stronger laws and strategies,
supporting communities to enhance coexistence with and benefit
from wildlife, and promoting awareness of the value and benefits of
conservation, among other measures. Figure 2.1 highlights selected
cumulative results across the GWP technical themes.

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 Figure 2.1. Cumulative GWP Project Results through the end of FY23

REDUCE POACHING PROMOTE WILDLIFE-BASED & RESILIENT ECONOMIES

10 141 346

PROMOTE NATURE-BASED ECONOMY

20 92 18 13 6
PROTECT WILDLIFE

Countries implementing Small cooperatives and Community-based natural

nature-based tourism community-based organizations resource management groups
Project sites Project sites with Wildlife and Projects (in 12 Countries implementing initiatives receiving small grants created or supported
recording a decline strengthened biodiversity surveys countries) with integrated measures to
in poaching of key antipoaching and assessments community rangers protect human, animal,
species measures completed and wildlife monitoring and ecosystem health
$1.8 MILLION 5 41
in small grants awarded to Collaborative management Community agreements on
CONSERVE HABITATS

34 31 56 12
diversify livelihood options partnerships for protected sustainable use of resources
areas supported formalized

Protected areas Protected or conserved Integrated landscape Community

16 11 5
reporting improved area management plans management plans conservation areas

ADDRESS HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT

management developed or revised developed and 54 and 1 Ramsar site
effectiveness and 27 being prepared being prepared established
Human-wildlife conflict Countries using interventions such as Human-wildlife conflict incident
strategies and management barriers and deterrents to prevent or reporting and registry systems,
plans prepared mitigate human-wildlife conflict apps, or databases developed

REDUCE TRAFFICKING

16 5 14 58,793 2,316 6 4
Community members trained Human-wildlife conflict Countries that carried out research
New or revised New or revised Trade seaports with Law enforcement, criminal in human-wildlife conflict response teams created to improve human-wildlife conflict
wildlife-related legal strategies drafted to assessed or strengthened justice, and wildlife prevention or mitigation understanding
or regulatory enhance national abilities counter-wildlife management staff trained
instruments supported to fight wildlife crime trafficking capabilities in wildlife crime prevention

REDUCE DEMAND

24 6 133 10 2 3 18
Demand-reduction campaigns Consumer research studies completed Projects completing awareness, outreach,
Interagency Countries with Joint law enforcement Countries equipped with
completed to reduce purchase and to inform demand-reduction campaigns and education campaigns on illegal wildlife
coordination improved operations and 4 investigations specialized technologies
consumption of illegal wildlife products for wildlife species and products trade and wildlife conservation
mechanisms established transboundary conducted (subnational, and tools (databases,
and 10 strengthened collaboration national, or transnational) apps, forensic labs)

Source: Original figure based on aggregate results as of the end of June 2023.
Note: Results are based on cumulative data from the start of GWP until the end of June 2023. Data were collated
from several sources, including the annual project implementation reports submitted by projects to the Global
Environment Facility Secretariat, mid-term reviews, and terminal evaluations completed by June 2023.
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ELEPHANTS, INDONESIA

provided specialized training (on managing •

radio tracking, GPS, and other instruments)
to national and local technicians operating
the camera trap network. Improved
monitoring capacity will contribute to
better management of these jaguar •
conservation units.

• In Bhutan, monthly SMART patrolling and

long-range patrolling were completed •
in the Bumdeling and Sakteng Wildlife
Sanctuaries to reduce wildlife loss through
snares. In addition, the project prepared
© GWP Indonesia CIWT
conservation action plans with supporting
habitat enrichment plans and initiated © GWP Namibia
the conservation of species of interest •
for nature-based ecotourism, including
P R OJ E C T I M PAC T S Ludlow's Bhutan Glory butterfly, the red Conserve Habitats
panda, the black-necked crane, and the
Reduce Poaching, Protect Wildlife, and Conserve Habitats golden langur. Wildlife habitat conservation efforts established
and enhanced the management of protected
• To protect the critically endangered and conserved areas, with 34 sites reporting
GWP projects are reducing wildlife poaching in 2023, giving Tanzania the third-largest Gourma elephant, the project in Mali improved management effectiveness. GWP
and protecting wildlife from local threats elephant population in Africa. carried out a baseline population projects also continued to support the
through expanded monitoring of wildlife assessment. A team of 96 community establishment and better management of
populations, stronger site-based law • In Indonesia, five of six flagship species eco-guards—trained and mobilized in the wildlife corridors as well as improved land-
enforcement and surveillance, and increased met the targeted 40 percent reduction field with the technical and methodological use planning. Fifty-six integrated landscape
engagement of communities. Cumulatively, 92 in poaching since the project began, support of the WILD Foundation—counted management plans are now finalized, with a
project sites strengthened their antipoaching including Sumatran elephants, tigers, 316 elephants in the biosphere reserve. further 54 at various stages of development.
measures, with 20 sites already recording a and rhinoceros in Leuser as well as black- Highlights include:
decline in poaching of key species, from the crested macaques and anoa in North • The Wild Cats Project in India began
desert-adapted elephants of Mali to Sumatran Sulawesi. The poaching levels of the collecting on-the-ground primary data to • Panama progressed with the development
tigers and rhinoceros in Indonesia’s forested remaining species, the babirusa, are yet to assess small cat distribution, prey base, of integrated landscape and geospatial
Leuser landscape. Highlights to protect wildlife be determined. habitats, and threats, including landscape- plans to promote jaguar connectivity in the
over the reporting period include the following: specific climate change vulnerability. The Chagres National Park–Darien National
• Zimbabwe also reported a decline in findings will inform the development of Park complex. The infrastructure sector
Reduce Poaching and Protect Wildlife poaching, with only one elephant killed species conservation plans in the three intends to fund the plans via environmental
this year in the Zambezi Valley compared tiger reserves covered by the project. offsetting. The project evaluated forest
with six last year. The project increased the carbon stocks on 2,876,915 hectares
• In Tanzania, the project strengthened
the antipoaching capacities of the newly capacity and coverage of patrol efforts by • Mozambique surveyed the ranger labor of land to set a baseline for emission
adopting wildlife monitoring technologies situation in its central and northern targets and facilitate this type of
established multiagency Task Coordination
such as GPS collars, camera traps, and conservation areas. The process will allow private investment. Additionally, plans
Groups, created under the new National
conservation drones and by developing for harmonizing and paying social security will integrate geographic information
Anti-Poaching and Illegal Wildlife Trade
a Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool compensation to rangers, with engagement system (GIS) and flow data to indicate
Strategy. Across the 10 ecosystems, patrols
(SMART) strategy and implementation plan. of the National Institute of Social Security; jaguar habitat status—hence prioritizing
completed 11,039 person-days compared
the Ministry of Labour, Employment and restoration investments and designing
with 9,600 the previous year, leading to
• To track jaguar movement across wildlife Social Security; and the Ministry of Public specific measures to incorporate
an 85 percent decline in poaching since
the start of the project. Interventions have corridors, Belize expanded its camera Works. Survey data will also inform the biodiversity conservation into the United
trap network coverage by 12,000 restructuring of the surveillance force Nations’ reducing emissions from
contributed to an increase in the elephant
hectares within the Sibun River Watershed according to capabilities and guide new deforestation and forest degradation in
population from 43,330 in 2014 to 60,000
Landscape. Partners Panthera and WCS recruitment and training needs. developing countries (REDD+) strategy.

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• Botswana finalized integrated land-use • In Ethiopia, the government approved the

management plans for the districts of Babile Elephant Sanctuary Management
Kgalagadi and Ghanzi in collaboration Plan, increasing to five the total number
with the surrounding communities. Once of protected area management plans
the relevant authorities approve, the developed under this project. The
plans will allow for the establishment and management plans and other capacity-
gazetting of 599,000 hectares of wildlife building efforts have supported improved
management areas to prevent livestock management effectiveness scores in all
encroachment into wildlife migratory five protected areas. Additionally, the
corridors. The plans will also provide legal project began exploring how to continue
recognition of land uses within the Kalahari implementing the plan after the project
ecosystem to reduce land-use conflict and closes with relevant partners and key
improve ecosystem integrity. stakeholders.

• The Indonesia CONSERVE2 project • In Cambodia, the minister of environment © GWP India Wild Cats
supported the enhanced management of endorsed management plans for the
282,563 hectares of land through other Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary and Phnom
effective area-based conservation measures Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in June and
(OECMs) and the formal delineation August 2022, respectively. To ensure the
P R OJ E C T I M PAC T S
and decree of wildlife corridors in the effective monitoring of protected areas,
Ulu Masen (Aceh) and Seblat (Bengkulu)
landscapes in Sumatra. The project
the Ministry of Environment established
a SMART Working Group consisting
Promote Wildlife-Based Economies
facilitated multistakeholder workshops in of representatives of the ministry’s
both locations, attended by stakeholders Department of Inspection and Law The GWP continues to focus on promoting • One of the project sites in Ethiopia,
from government agencies, NGOs, local Enforcement as well as relevant NGOs and sustainable nature-based economies and Chebera Churchura National Park, was
communities, and private sector entities, international organizations. reducing human-wildlife conflict. Cumulatively, selected for tourism development under
including three private sector concessions 141 small cooperatives and community-based a national-level initiative. The initiative
and industrial plantations. The workshops • The project in Zimbabwe developed organizations have received small grants for will build four ecolodges and strengthen
allowed key companies to redefine their management plans for seven protected economic and livelihood opportunities. To date, park access to support tourism. The
role in conservation outcomes, leading to areas in the Mid-Zambezi region. GWP projects have prepared 16 human-wildlife development aims to stimulate diversified
several commitments. The project expects Additionally, with the project’s assistance, conflict strategies and management plans and livelihoods and disincentivize engagement
to secure more consistent financing for three community wildlife conservancies trained 2,316 community members in human- in illegal wildlife trade.
OECMs in the future and better integrate in Mbire were established and officially wildlife conflict prevention. Highlights include
conservation outcomes into business plans registered with the Deeds Office. the following: • Bhutan is in the final stages of
for companies operating in the landscapes The project is arranging for the new developing a long-term tourism plan
by using a collaborative approach. conservancies and local authorities to visit that will incorporate ecotourism.
Namibia to learn from the experiences of Promote Nature-Based Economies Several supporting tourism guidelines
similar conservancies. have also been developed or revised,
2 CONSERVE stands for Catalyzing Optimum Management of Natural Heritage for Sustainability of Ecosystem, Resources and Viability of Endangered • The India Wild Cats project prepared including guidelines for tourism product
Wildlife Species.
a strategy document to operationalize development, guidelines on the operation
the National Green Business Platform and monitoring of commercial rafting,
and secure private sector support for procedures for registering village
HIPPOS, ZIMBABWE community-based conservation. Over 25 homestays, and a checklist for the green
business groups and industries contributed certification of accommodations.
to the strategy through regional and
national meetings that identified key • The South Africa wildlife-based economy
investment portfolios in the three project convened its third national
landscapes, established broad terms of biodiversity stewardship conference in May
operations for the platform, and formed an 2023 to discuss progress and outcomes
institutional governing architecture. for conservation and local livelihoods from

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stewardship. Further, the project engaged • In Malawi, the project established

communities in developing biodiversity and registered five smallholder-owned
economy nodes for community stewardship commercial farming enterprises as
in Greater iSimangaliso, Greater Kruger, cooperatives on more than 9,000 hectares
and Greater Addo-Amathole. In the of land, benefiting 7,258 landowners,
Greater iSimangaliso node, a leadership including 3,707 women. The enterprises
and capacity-building workshop brought aim to increase agricultural productivity
together 35 Amakhosi and iiNdunas and commercialization for targeted
traditional leadership members to discuss households in the Shire Valley while
opportunities for traditional communities. improving the sustainable management of
Additionally, the South African National its natural resources.
Parks (SANParks) management committee
developed and approved a stewardship • In Cambodia, the project formed three
work plan and community inclusion bamboo groups in Phnom Toab Cheang,
guidelines for Gidjana and Bevhula in the Anlong Svay, and Chambal to promote
Greater Kruger node. non-timber forest product value chains.
The bamboo groups and community © Antonio de la Torre / Fundacion Yaguara Panama
• In India, the SECURE Himalaya project
3
protected area management committees
supported various livelihood and income- agreed on business ideas for the bamboo
generating opportunities, covering 2,266 value chains and are now developing
households and increasing community community business plans and sustainable real-life conflict by the Belize Forest received technical assistance and training
incomes. Green value-chain initiatives, such planting and harvesting plans. The bamboo Department put the team’s skills to the through various field meetings and field
as sheep and yak wool-based handloom groups will work in partnership with a test: They captured a pregnant female visits.
and handicrafts, reported that incomes private company managing the bamboo jaguar, transported it to the Belize Zoo for
increased by an average of 25 percent. processing facilities. treatment, and eventually resettled the • In India, SECURE Himalaya trained
In contrast, the average household animal in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve. community members to use equipment
income increased by up to 50 percent for and technology to mitigate human-wildlife
ecotourism initiatives. Address Human-Wildlife Conflict • The Indonesia CONSERVE project reduced conflict, resulting in a 50 percent decrease
human-wildlife conflict in the Ulu Masen in cases at project intervention sites. To
• and Seblat landscapes by 20 percent date, 30 predator-proof corral pens have
• Namibia convened a national human- on average across incidences with both been constructed along with the installation
NAMIBIA wildlife conflict conference to profile elephants and tigers. Solid coordination of fox lights and the early-warning Animal
this important issue affecting wildlife among stakeholders supported the Intrusion Detection and Repellent Systems
conservation and development. In hot-spot establishment of a human-wildlife conflict (ANIDERS).
landscapes, the project constructed three task force and conservation response
predator-proof kraals at Shilongo Shuukule units intended to work closely with local • Botswana developed a human-wildlife
Village and another four at Anabeb communities to promote human-wildlife conflict management strategy for the
Conservancy to provide a safe refuge for coexistence. The project established Ghanzi and Kgalagadi districts, where
livestock at night. The project also built early warning systems by collaring wild reported human-wildlife conflict incidences
two early-warning towers to track satellite- elephants, installing camera traps, and remain high. BirdLife Botswana will support
collared animals across two villages within constructing over 20,000 meters of barrier the implementation of the strategy to
the northwest hot-spot landscape to inform wall to prevent human-elephant conflict. target human-wildlife conflict hot-spot
communities of predators' movements. settlements.
• To reduce jaguar attacks on livestock and
• Belize established a specialized jaguar the retaliatory killing of wildlife in Panama, • In Zimbabwe, the cabinet approved the
capture team to reduce the incidence the project implemented sustainable Parks and Wildlife (Amendment) Bill in
of jaguar and cattle conflict. Team management plans and other antipredation June 2023. The amended Act provides for
members underwent specialized training measures in nine cattle ranches covering the creation of a Human-Wildlife Conflict
in field trapping techniques, GPS wildlife 281 acres bordering jaguar habitats in Agua Relief Fund, which will offer financial relief
tracking, and remote drug delivery. A Buena-Chucunaque and Buenos Aires. to community members affected by human-
3 SECURE Himalaya stands for Securing Livelihoods, Conservation,
Community stakeholders from all nine farms wildlife conflict.
Sustainable Use and Restoration of High Range Himalayan Ecosystems.
© GWP
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 TANZANIA

In Gorongosa National Park, one specialist • Thailand enhanced its international

team completed 15 operations that cooperation after strengthening national
resulted in 30 arrests of suspected wildlife law enforcement collaboration through the
traffickers, as well as the seizure of live Thai Wildlife Enforcement Network (Thai-
pangolins, pangolin scales, ivory, and lion WEN). Members of Thai-WEN participated
teeth, claws and skin. in an exchange visit to Singapore to discuss
wildlife forensics, Singapore’s national
• The illegal wildlife trade project in South cooperation on law enforcement, and joint
Africa launched its electronic permitting operations with INTERPOL. Additionally,
system for CITES-listed species. The bilateral meetings with agencies of the
e-permitting system prevents fraud and Lao People’s Democratic Republic and
© Damas Masologo / GWP Tanzania corruption in CITES permits for cross- Malaysia led to drafting an MoU focused
border trade. Thanks to digital processing, on technical cooperation against illegal
the Border Management Authority is wildlife trade and an exchange visit of Thai
certain that documentation is authentic and lawyers to Lao PDR to develop consistent
P R OJ E C T I M PAC T S error-free. laws and regulations.

Reduce Trafficking and Combat Wildlife Crime • In May 2023, the government of Tanzania • In Kenya, the project supported the
endorsed a new National Anti-Poaching training of almost 70 rangers in the Tsavo
GWP projects are reducing wildlife trafficking and trained 50,000 officers from the police Strategy 2023–2033 after validation by and Maasai Mara ecosystems in crime-
by strengthening capacity and enhancing force, customs, security, defense forces, stakeholders. The project is developing scene first response, enhancing frontline
collaboration. Cumulatively, countries have and prosecuting authorities, with 20,000 a draft fundraising strategy to support its capacity in investigations, gathering
revised 16 wildlife-related legal and regulatory more graduates in training. implementation. of evidence, and legal aspects of case
instruments and enhanced crime-fighting submission.
abilities by training 58,793 law enforcement, • The Indonesia CIWT4 project established • Thailand strengthened frontline
criminal justice, and wildlife management staff. a formal interagency task force for enforcement capacity at 43 border wildlife
Six countries have demonstrated improved handling alleged money laundering checkpoints by installing the Network- INDONESIA
transboundary collaboration and 133 joint law related to environmental and forestry Centric Anti-Poaching System and
enforcement operations have been completed crimes—the task force involving the enhancing the chain-of-custody process
across agencies and boundaries to date. Ministry of Environment and Forestry for handling and managing crime scene
Highlights include the following: and the Indonesian Financial Transaction evidence. In addition, operational task
Report and Analysis Centre. The project forces (for wild hawk and tiger) monitored
• In Cambodia, CI supported preparation also facilitated two formal interagency wildlife cybercrime on over 20 Facebook
of a draft framework to complete collaboration agreements, developing groups, resulting in the submission
the protected area Law Enforcement standard operating procedures on of selected cases to the Department
Strategy and Action Plan for stakeholder protocols for handling alleged money of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant
consultation. The operationalization of this laundering cases and exchanging data Conservation for investigation.
enforcement strategy will contribute to related to wildlife crime as well as a
effectively managing protected areas in the memorandum of understanding (MoU)
country. on technical expert support for customs ANGOLA
checks.
• Ethiopia continued to report strong law
enforcement effectiveness, with 97 percent • In Mozambique, increased use of
(19 of 20) of the wildlife crime cases intelligence to target patrolling and
presented in national courts resulting in operations is supporting improved law
convictions and appropriate sentences. enforcement effectiveness. In Niassa
Better law enforcement operations, Special Reserve, intelligence-based
cooperation, and improved capacity have operations have led to an increase both
underpinned this success. The project has in the number of arrests and subsequent
worked across the criminal justice chain prosecutions for wildlife-related offences.

4 CIWT stands for Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade.

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 ECUADOR
P R OJ E C T I M PAC T S

Project Impacts — Reduce Demand and Disrupt Markets

Awareness, outreach, and educational • The UNDP-GEF-USAID Maritime
campaigns for the conservation of wildlife and Trafficking Project (part of the GEF-6
prevention of illegal wildlife trade have been global coordination project) reported on
used across 18 projects. The impacts of these its “Join Our Team! Defend Our Wildlife”
campaigns contribute to behavioral change, campaign, delivered with WildAid,
helping to reduce purchase and consumption of that aimed to enhance awareness and
illegal wildlife products and reduce involvement encourage the active participation of port
in trafficking chains. Highlights include the workers in combating wildlife crime. The
following: campaign reached an estimated 9,000 to
11,000 port workers in Kenya, Tanzania,
• Thailand, in partnership with the UNDP and Uganda, leading to a reported 97
Youth Accelerator Lab, strengthened percent increase in knowledge and
cross-border collaboration on combating awareness of illegal wildlife trade, with port
illegal wildlife trade between Thailand and workers saying they are now more likely
Lao PDR through the “Wildlife Heroes” to report wildlife crime. Messaging took
campaign—a competition for youth to many forms, from 33,000 printed posters,
develop innovative solutions to demand stickers, and leaflets to 770 runs of a radio
reduction and disruption of trafficking advertisement and four campaign videos
routes between the two countries. produced in English and Swahili generating
Winners have the opportunity to apply 15 million impressions. Partners produced
their solutions at government wildlife a case study, “Combating Wildlife Crime
checkpoints. through Awareness-Raising,” that provided
step-by-step instructions on planning,
designing, and implementing similar
campaigns.

THAILAND

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 SEA TURTLES

SECTION 3:

GWP Knowledge
Exchange and Learning
To facilitate project learning and exchange, the GWP global coordination
project develops and implements a knowledge management platform
that features an expanding set of resources and tools. The platform refers
to all the activities, events, products, and reports that are available both
in person and online—from e-libraries and guidance notes on technical
topics to knowledge exchanges and mentoring. The knowledge platform
is a critical component of the GWP, enabling project teams to share
experiences and learn from each other and conservation and development
partners to amplify their impact.

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 Figure 3.1. Evolving GWP Knowledge Needs from 2018-2023 (GEF-6 and GEF-7)

2018 2019 2020/2021 2022 2023 third in 2023. Multistakeholder coordination, were “highly important.” As for Latin America
including with the private sector, was a new and the Caribbean, the application of social
1 Community engagement, 1 1 1 Community 1
human-wildlife conflict,
Wildlife crime and
trafficking
Community engagement engagement in NRM
Human-wildlife conflict
and coexistence
survey category that ranked second. Behavioral and behavioral change approaches to wildlife
and CBNRM and co-management
change was also one of the top knowledge conservation and management was ranked
needs of 2023, underscoring the importance of highest, above human-wildlife conflict,
2 Protected area
Data, intelligence, and
2 2 Anti-poaching and 2 Multistakeholder behavioral change as an amplifier to many of integrated landscape management, and nature-
management and Human-wildlife conflict site-based law coordination (incl.
information gathering
transboundary conservation enforcement private sector) the other thematic priorities, including human- based tourism development.
wildlife conflict and community engagement.
3 Innovation
2 3 3 3 This year, the survey was also distributed to
Community engagement Integrated landscape Human-wildlife conflict
technologies to reduce management and coexistence Community engagement Figure 3.3. shows the top knowledge needs of the GWP GEF-8 cohort to anticipate the needs
illegal wildlife trade and livelihoods
GEF-6 and GEF-7 projects, with 2023 survey of incoming projects (figure 3.2. represents
4 4 4 responses broken down by region. In Africa, GEF-8 knowledge needs). Results show
Wildlife law enforcement Integrated landscape
Livelihoods and
wildlife-based tourism
Human-wildlife conflict Wildlife-based economies capacity and coordination management and wildlife species conservation was “highly that many of the same themes place at the
connectivity
important” to the largest share of respondents, top—with community engagement, human-
followed by human-wildlife conflict, integrated wildlife conflict, corridors and connectivity, and
Protected area 5
Legislation, judiciary, management monitoring Law enforcement Wildlife species conservation Wildlife species conservation landscape management, and multistakeholder conservation technology ranked by projects as
and prosecution and financing
coordination. In Asia, all respondents said the top four topics that are “highly important”
that wildlife law enforcement capacity and for technical support and knowledge exchange.
5 3 5 6 4
International donor Wildlife-based economies
Protected area
Conservation technology
Law enforcement coordination and community engagement
coordination management capacity and coordination

6 6 7 5
Law enforcement and Policy, laws, and Nature-based tourism
Policy and legislation Rangers’ capacity and
anti-corruption political will for wildlife development
workforce development
techniques conservation

Figure 3.2. Priority GWP Technical and Knowledge Needs of GEF-8 Projects Globally, 2023
7 7 8 6
Behavior change and Conservation of habitats Collaborative
Demand reduction management partnerships Behavior change
demand reduction and endangered species
for protected areas Topics that the GEF-8 projects would like the GWP coordination project to prioritize for technical support and
knowledge exchange during implementation (global)
8 4 8 9 7
PA/OECM planning, Conservation financing
Integrated landscape Judiciary, enforcement, mechanisms (incl.
Covid-19 recovery financing, and establishment Highly Important Somewhat Important Not Important Unsure
management and prosecution private sector)

Community engagement in natural resource management and co-management 77% 23%

Human-wildlife conflict and coexistence 73% 23% 4%

Source: Global Wildlife Program (GWP) knowledge needs surveys of project countries. Corridors and connectivity 64% 36%

Note: Multiple items with the same ranking indicate knowledge needs of equal priority for support under the GWP knowledge platform. Conservation technology 64% 36%

One survey was done for the years 2020 and 2021 combined. CBNRM = community-based natural resource management; NRM =natural Wildlife species conservation 63% 30% 7%
resource management; OECM = other effective area-based conservation measure; PA = protected area. Application of behavior change approaches to wildlife conservation and 60% 40%
management
59% 37% 4%
Wildlife-ecosystem-human health links
59% 41%
Integrated landscape management, governance and sector planning

Technical and
59% 37% 4%
The GWP’s highest-ranking knowledge needs Protected and conserved area planning, financing, and establishment
58% 38% 4%

over time, presented in figure 3.1, show the Wildlife-based economic opportunities (excluding nature-based tourism)

Knowledge Needs progression of gaps and opportunities cited by Community benefit sharing from wildlife-based economies
56%

52%
37%

40%
7%

8%
Wildlife law enforcement capacity and coordination
project countries. 50% 42% 8%
Every year, the GWP global coordination Rangers capacity and workforce development 50% 38% 12%
project distributes a knowledge needs survey In 2023, human-wildlife conflict—consistently Demand reduction of illegal, unsustainable or high zoonotic risk wildlife products 44% 44% 12%
to understand the technical and knowledge among the top three priorities for the past Collaborative managment partnerships for protected areas 44% 52% 4%
priorities of projects as they evolve. Needs can five years—came out on top, with 91 percent Nature-based tourism development and recovery 36% 56% 8%
change from year to year as projects move from of respondents categorizing it as “highly Restoring habitat and ecosystems 36% 60% 4%

concept and design to implementation and are important” for technical support via the Criminal justice and prosecution framework and capacity 32% 48% 16% 4%

required to adapt to changing circumstances. GWP global coordination project. Similarly, Wildlife crime-related policy, strategies and legal frameworks 24% 64% 12%

The GWP coordination project tailors its community engagement was consistently Anti-corruption, financial crimes and anti-money laundering 21% 50% 21% 8%

activities based on the results of the knowledge among the top three priorities and ranked 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

needs survey and other feedback from projects. 50%

Source: GWP 2023 technical and knowledge needs survey of project countries.

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 Figure 3.3. Top GWP Technical and Knowledge Priorities (GEF-6 and GEF-7), 2023

A. Global Highly Important Somewhat Important Not Important Unsure C. Projects in Asia Highly Important Somewhat Important Not Important Unsure

91% 9% 100%

90% 10% 100%

88% 12% 83% 17%

88% 12% 83% 17%

88% 12% 83% 17%

86% 14% 83% 17%

81% 19% 83% 17%

80% 20% 83% 17%

79% 21% 83% 17%

78% 22% 67% 33%

78% 23% 67% 33%

77% 23% 67% 33%

75% 23% 3% 67% 33%

73% 28% 67% 33%

70% 25% 5% 50% 50%

68% 28% 5% 50% 50%

66% 34% 50% 50%

66% 34% 50% 50%

63% 35% 3% 50% 50%

61% 32% 2% 5% 33% 67%

60% 36% 2% 2% 33% 67%

56% 38% 5% 100%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

B. Projects in Africa D. Projects in Latin America and Caribbean

96% 4% 100%

93% 7% 90% 10%

92% 8% 90% 10%

92% 8% 90% 10%

89% 11% 89% 11%

89% 11% 89% 11%

88% 12% 80% 20%

88% 12% 80% 20%

84% 16% 78% 22%

81% 19% 78% 11% 11%

79% 21% 70% 30%

77% 23% 70% 30%

76% 24% 70% 30%

76% 24% 67% 22% 11%

76% 24% 67% 33%

76% 24% 67% 33%

73% 19% 4% 4% 60% 30% 10%

68% 28% 4% 60% 40%

68% 28% 4% 56% 44%

68% 24% 8% 50% 50%

62% 31% 4% 4% 40% 60%

54% 38% 8% 33% 67%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Application of social and behavior change approaches to wildlife conservation and Source: GWP 2023 technical and knowledge needs survey of project countries.
management
Nature-based tourism development
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wildlife conservation and management
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Figure 3.4. Global Perceptions if Human-Wildlife Conflict is Increasing, from the
GWP Global Survey

Income Strongly Agree + Agree Unsure Strongly Disagree + Disagree

Human-wildlife conflict is currently a major Human-wildlife conflict is increasing or

and serious concern in our country becoming more prominent in our country
Overall Overall
64% 20% 16% 73% 14% 13%
Low Income Low Income
86% 7% 7% 86% 7% 7%
Lower-Middle Income Lower-Middle Income
63% 26% 11% 74% 10% 16%
Upper-Middle Income Upper-Middle Income
78% 11% 11% 78% 17% 5%
High Income High Income
36% 32% 32% 58% 21% 21%

GWP delegation at the International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence, Oxford, UK
Region
Human-wildlife conflict is currently a major Human-wildlife conflict is increasing or
Lessons and Insights From settlements increase. For example, in Namibia,
human-wildlife conflict has increased from
and serious concern in our country becoming more prominent in our country

Across the GWP

Overall Overall
project baseline levels because of increasing 64% 20% 16% 73% 14% 13%
competition over resources such as water due Africa Africa
As GWP implementation continues, the sharing
to drought, and as the decreased prey base for 73% 10% 17% 79% 4% 17%
of challenges, experiences, and lessons learned
wildlife has led to loss of livestock. The project
contributes to the GWP’s growing knowledge Asia & Pacific Asia & Pacific
is planning a range of human-wildlife conflict
base. Some insights from the GWP knowledge 66% 27% 7% 66% 27% 7%
mitigation measures in response, which will
platform in 2023 are listed below. Europe Europe
build off the extensive human-wildlife conflict
consultative sessions held with communities in 46% 27% 27% 67% 20% 13%
1. As countries see the impact of their the three project landscapes. Latin America & Caribbean Latin America & Caribbean
conservation efforts and wildlife 64% 27% 9% 73% 18% 9%
The GWP’s Human-Wildlife Conflict Global
populations increase, human-wildlife Perception Survey, completed by 70
conflict emerges as a pressing governments, revealed that this increasing Source: Global Wildlife Program, World BankSurvey respondents were asked to what extent they agree with the
statements, “Human-wildlife conflict is currently a major and serious concern in our country” and “Human-wildlife conflict is
challenge is not unique to GWP countries.
priority. When asked about the nature of human-wildlife
increasing or becoming more prominent in our country”, and were given the option of “Strongly Agree”, “Agree”, “Unsure”,
“Disagree”, and “Strongly Disagree”.

This year, human-wildlife conflict emerged as conflict, almost two-thirds of responding

the top knowledge need of GWP participating governments noted that it was a “major” and
countries. It was also the most frequent entry “serious” concern in their country. Responses on Conflict and Coexistence, held March 30 to Canada, India, Mozambique, and Namibia. The
point for GEF-8, indicating strong government the increasing nature of human-wildlife conflict April 1, 2023, in Oxford, UK, and led by the conference also allowed the GWP delegation to
interest in addressing this growing threat were more conclusive, with 73 percent of IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Human- discuss important knowledge needs, identifying
to wildlife conservation and development. countries agreeing that human-wildlife conflict Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist national policies, insurance and compensation,
Although managing human-wildlife conflict has “is increasing,” particularly among low-income Group. The GWP delegation included and interaction with media as areas of common
always been a technical theme of the GWP, it and African countries (figure 3.5). Key drivers representatives from 19 countries and ensured interest.
has never before had this prominence. Many of this conflict—such as changes in habitat a strong government presence at the first
global conference solely focused on human- In response, the GWP coordination team
GWP countries have successfully achieved fragmentation, shifting wildlife and human
wildlife conflict, sharing insights across regions provided additional support to projects on
poaching reduction targets, but progress in populations, and natural disasters—occur
and taxonomic groups. The GWP convened media and its impact on perceptions of human-
reducing human-wildlife conflict incidences globally and underpin these perceptions.
a session on the role of national policies wildlife conflict, which remains an ongoing
is less clear. Many projects report challenges topic of exchange. Sharing knowledge and
The GWP was an organizing partner for the first in managing human-wildlife conflict, with
as the interfaces between wildlife and human experiences as countries aim to achieve human-
International Conference on Human-Wildlife experiences shared from the governments of

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 © GWP Coordination Project

wildlife coexistence will be a priority for the GWP knowledge platform. While the knowledge
knowledge platform in coming years, including agenda is informed by the results of knowledge
through a May 2024 technical workshop for needs surveys and challenges noted in project
Africa on human-elephant conflict (with the implementation reports (PIRs), targeted activities
Elephant Protection Initiative) and technical are also developed in direct response to project
support on development of national strategies requests. For example, the first GWP guidance
for human-wildlife conflict. note on law enforcement coordination stemmed
from common challenges noted by those project
2. As the GWP knowledge platform teams working to establish new coordination
mechanisms in their countries, and the GWP’s
evolves, there is a greater shift focus on media and human-wildlife conflict
toward peer-to-peer learning and responds to a request from the GWP delegation
recognition of the vast expertise at the Oxford Conference on Human-Wildlife
Conflict to learn more on this topic. The
within the GWP community. platform has also increasingly emphasized the
With the GWP now under way since 2015, the identification and documentation of lessons
global knowledge platform is well established, across the GWP (box 3.1). Box 3.2. GWP Annual Conference
with a wide range of topics and formats for This past year saw the emergence of direct The GWP annual conference is the flagship event for program knowledge exchange, bringing together GWP countries
sharing knowledge and experiences as well as project-to-project exchanges. The 2023 annual from Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean every year to share results and lessons on combating wildlife
evolution over time to increasingly hand the crime, managing human-wildlife conflict, and building wildlife-based economies as well as to explore opportunities to
conference (box 3.2) dedicated one session to strengthen collaboration and knowledge exchange. The November 2023 conference in Thailand was attended by 140
agenda to project teams. Reflecting the active “twinning” discussions to promote project-to- participants and 29 GWP countries.
engagement in the knowledge platform, project project exchange and learning around common
teams increasingly identify the topics they want themes. Inspired by twinning arrangements in The GWP coordination team solicited inputs from project teams and partners to plan an interactive agenda in Bangkok
to discuss and the specific experts that they and a two-day field trip to Khao Yai National Park (a World Heritage Site) and adjacent Thap Lan National Park. Several
GEF platforms such as the International Waters new sessions were planned for the first time, including a “twinning” session and a “levers of change” discussion (see
want to hear more from. This demand-driven Learning Exchange and Resource Network features) as well as a conservation partner roundtable. These elements, along with built-in opportunities for networking,
approach has emerged as a critical part of the (IW:Learn), this session matched GEF-6 and were popular with participants, who rated the conference a 4.8 out of 5 stars.

Box 3.1. Capturing and Sharing Lessons Across the GWP Network GEF-7 projects as “twins” or “triplets.” Each efforts to manage human-wildlife conflict and
set of projects discussed common challenges poaching at the local level. The three countries
In 2023, the GWP released new guidance notes featuring lessons and recommendations, including from GWP projects, on
in their countries and strategies to address set up a WhatsApp group to continue sharing
the following technical topics:
them and then identified an exchange activity good practices and lessons, especially around
that the teams could do together to continue establishing and strengthening antipoaching
learning beyond the conference (see feature on brigades.
“Project Twins”). For example, GWP projects in
Ethiopia, Thailand, and Zimbabwe have focused GWP countries are proactively making
on strengthening wildlife law enforcement and connections to learn from each other and
criminal justice systems. After a rich discussion asking the coordination team to help facilitate
on building law enforcement and forensic these exchanges. For example, Bhutan is
collaboration across regions, the projects planning a study tour to Uganda to learn from
suggested organizing a training exchange on its experiences on nature-based tourism and
DNA profiling at the Wildlife Forensic Unit particularly insights on governance and the
(WIFOS) laboratory in Thailand. Such a training strong collaboration between the Uganda
would also reflect wildlife trafficking routes Wildlife Authority and the country’s Department
between Africa and Asia, with many products of Tourism Development. Chad is similarly
transiting through Thailand en route to their discussing a knowledge visit to South Africa to
market destinations. In comparison, Chad, learn from its good practices in strengthening
Lesson learning at the GWP national Madagascar, and Mali share commonalities legal frameworks to combat wildlife crime,
Lessons learned in conservation Lessons learned in planning and including processing of cases through the
project-level: Reflections and of developing antipoaching strategies and
technology: Data collection, processing, implementing corridors and connectivity judicial process.
recommendations from an action-learning
and management conservation (also available in Spanish)
pilot exercise on lesson-learning (UNDP)

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 Box 3.3. Capturing and Sharing Lessons Across the GWP Network
The GWP website has a growing list of e-libraries. These collections bring together resources for some of the
GWP’s most relevant topics and can be sorted by theme, region, language, or keyword (depending on the
e-library) to support project work. The collection currently includes the following: approaches as challenges to moving policy Achieving behavior change will be an important
forward. The issue of funding came up several lever of change for GWP success. Behavioral
times across levers, including under “capacity change and social science approaches have
and skills.” In Tanzania, for example, financial strong potential to support reduction of threats
constraints are a barrier to strengthening such as illegal wildlife trade, overexploitation,
capacity to combat illegal wildlife trade. So far, consumption or trade of high-zoonotic-
adopting a multiagency coordinated approach risk products, human-wildlife conflict, and
on wildlife law enforcement has been critical for unsustainable tourism. Behavioral change is one
progress. of seven priority cross-cutting themes in the
GEF-8 Strategic Positioning Framework, and all
Under the partnerships lever, participants proposals to join the GWP in GEF-8 were asked
identified the importance of multisectoral to address the selection criteria of “potential to
partnerships and the increased engagement integrate and promote behavioral change and
of the private sector to support wildlife-based social change approaches to address drivers of
economies. Mali noted the importance of wildlife loss.”
partnerships to strengthen the management
of protected areas. Such collaborative To build awareness and capacity on this topic,
management partnerships are of interest the GWP, via TRAFFIC, provides technical
to many GWP countries. Building off the support on behavior change. An ongoing series
guidance provided in its Collaborative of knowledge exchanges has engaged teams
Management Partnership Toolkit, the GWP in virtual sessions on “Using Behavior Change
organized a February 2023 study tour to Approaches and Strategies to Support Wildlife
Rwanda on collaborative management Conservation for Development” and “Social
partnerships. Ten African countries joined Research for Conservation Insight and Impact
In their feedback on the knowledge platform, of the GWP. Although GWP projects often seek to share their experiences on collaborative Evaluation.” TRAFFIC also developed a GWP
GWP teams asked for more opportunities to similar outcomes in terms of secured wildlife management partnerships and learn from the behavior change e-library to share a range
be connected to other projects working on populations, healthy and functioning habitats, Akagera Management Company, a special of authoritative and accessible resources on
similar issues and requested more informal and meaningful benefits for local communities purpose vehicle formed between the Rwanda behavior change with the wildlife management
social media groups to strengthen connections. to enhance their support for conservation, Development Board and African Parks to community (for more on GWP e-libraries,
Recognizing the opportunities for peer-to- they follow different pathways or “levers” to manage Akagera National Park. see box 3.3). The GWP is preparing further
peer learning, the GWP will add support for get there, ranging from strengthening national knowledge exchanges and guidance notes to
twinning exchanges to the knowledge platform policy and legal frameworks and establishing In the discussion on innovation and change, continue to build awareness and capacities to
agenda, with the first request for proposals to new sector-spanning partnerships to promoting Panama raised the inclusion of women as use social and behavior change approaches and
be launched in 2024. GEF-8 project preparation innovation and adopting social and behavioral decision-makers as a key focus. The project share good practices from the GWP community
teams are also being asked to identify the change approaches in wildlife conservation. has made progress by inviting more women and other partners. TRAFFIC is also offering
potential for twinning exchanges—including to to meetings and trainings, with the aim dedicated support on the topic to GEF-8 project
learn from earlier GWP projects—and set aside Reflecting this variety—and the potential for the of changing the mindset around women’s preparation teams.
appropriate budgets to support these. GWP community to exchange good practices leadership. This is just one of many efforts
and challenges across different pathways—the under way across the GWP that recognize
RHINO, INDIA
3. GWP projects are exploring 2023 annual conference included a session the importance of gender mainstreaming and
on “Transforming Knowledge to Action.” engaging women as “agents of change” (see
multiple pathways to achieve The session invited participants to share their feature, “Gender in the GWP”). In support of
transformative impacts for wildlife experiences and plans against five levers of these efforts, the GWP has a gender adviser
change: policy and law, capacity and skills, data facilitating the exchange of insights and lessons.
and development—and are using GWP and information, partnerships and finance, and Activities included a March 2023 gender training
knowledge to help them get there. innovation and change (see feature on “Levers workshop on ways to implement a gender-
of Change”). inclusive approach in wildlife conservation for
The GEF-8 replenishment identifies specific
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean
“levers of change” as being critical for achieving For example, like many other countries in the and a November 2023 virtual knowledge
the desired transformations in socio-economic- policy and law group, Mexico identified human- exchange, “Women as Catalysts for Change in
ecological systems, and these levers will be a wildlife conflict policy as an area for attention, Conservation,” with insights provided by GWP
key feature for programming in the GEF-8 phase citing lack of resources and multidisciplinary teams in Botswana and Thailand.

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 TANZANIA

4. As GEF-6 projects close and the new budget, partnerships, capacity, stakeholder buy-
in, and ongoing regular interactions as factors to
GEF-8 phase begins, sustainability consider.
emerges as an area of attention and
When conference attendees were asked
opportunity for both national projects how the GWP coordination project could
and the overall program. support project teams to plan for and ensure
sustainability, the provision of guidance on
The GEF-8 phase provides the opportunity for developing sustainability plans and sharing
new projects to learn from the experiences of of case studies and lessons on sustainability
the countries that have participated in the GWP were the most popular suggestions (figure 3.5).
before them. Over the next 12–18 months, Regional coordination calls also highlighted the
the bulk of the GEF-6 projects are expected to interest in sustainability strategies. At the Asia
conclude implementation. As projects close, call, for example, the Indonesia CIWT project
they are gradually transitioned out of knowledge presented its sustainability plan and sought
management activities, which target the projects experiences and guidance from across the GWP
under implementation. network.
How to continue to leverage the experiences The development of a GWP “alumni network”
of closing projects was discussed at the World has also been suggested, with interest from
Bank progress review for the coordination project teams. Such a network would leverage
project, noting the challenge of maintaining the strong peer-to-peer connections established
engagement in the knowledge platform as across the GWP and encourage people to
projects end and their dedicated project continue these personal relationships. The
teams move on. The GWP annual conference GWP coordination team will follow up on the
in Bangkok continued this discussion with a development of an alumni network for countries © Damas Masologo / GWP Tanzania
session on sustainability chaired by the GEF with closed projects and explore how the
Independent Evaluation Office. Participants experiences and lessons of the “GWP alumni”
discussed essential factors for the GWP’s long- can continue to be shared and used to support BHUTAN
term success and identified political will and wildlife conservation.

Figure 3.5. Participant Responses on Support the GWP Can Provide to Help Project
Teams Plan for and Ensure Sustainability

Guidance on developing sustainability plans

Case studies/lessons from other projects

Maintain my existing GWP connections as alumni

Review my sustainability plan

Continue to engage in targeted GWP events

Have mentors from closed GWP projects

Source: GWP 2023 survey of annual conference participants.

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 Chad, Madagascar, and Mali
COMMONALITIES PROPOSED EXCHANGE ACTIVITY
Chad, Madagascar, and Mali are all working The three countries set up a WhatsApp group
on natural resource management, income- to continue sharing best practices, especially
generating activities for communities, and around antipoaching brigades. This way, Chad
setting up or strengthening antipoaching units. and Mali, which both have experience in this
They also found that all projects involved domain, can easily continue sharing lessons
antipoaching strategies and human-wildlife learned with Madagascar, which is in the process
conflict activities at the local level. of initiating its own brigade.

F E AT U R E 3 . 1 .
Ecuador, Namibia, and Panama

Project Twins at the COMMONALITIES

Ecuador, Namibia, and Panama all have
communities living in close proximity to wildlife,
PROPOSED EXCHANGE ACTIVITY
This group would like to set up a virtual
gathering for more time to discuss other

Annual Conference
which is causing the loss of livestock and high initiatives, such as changing community
levels of human-wildlife conflict. Although all attitudes toward wildlife and introducing offsets
three are actively working with communities and insurance schemes to compensate for

Twinning Session
to mitigate the issue, they are all employing losses from human-wildlife conflict. This would
different means. Ecuador is using alternative lead to an in-person visit centered around site
protein projects, Namibia is focusing on wildlife- visits led by community leaders to see these
based tourism for improving livelihoods, and ideas in action.
Panama is installing electric fences.

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 Belize and Kenya
COMMONALITIES
Both Belize and Kenya are promoting
alternative livelihoods through wildlife-
based economies and working with a
wide range of stakeholders. Ecotourism
and honey production are present in both
projects, while Kenya is also promoting
beadwork and Belize soap production.
They are also both developing databases to
improve knowledge and enforcement.

PROPOSED EXCHANGE ACTIVITY Bhutan and South Africa Wildlife-Based Economy

Given they are both working on sustainable
alternative livelihoods, they propose COMMONALITIES PROPOSED EXCHANGE ACTIVITY
a site visit to Belize to see how jaguar Both countries are working to mainstream To continue the knowledge sharing, the two
conservation is practiced in partnership with biodiversity economies, with Bhutan focusing projects would like to organize an exchange visit
communities and the progress on alternative on tourism and South Africa on a more diverse focused on tourism, antipoaching, and human-
livelihood and income generation. range of sustainable use options around wildlife conflict.
protected areas.

Indonesia CIWT and

Tanzania
COMMONALITIES
Indonesia CIWT and Tanzania have similar
project objectives and components,
including the strengthening of national
legal and regulatory frameworks to
combat poaching and illegal wildlife
trade. Both projects are engaging local
communities and building enforcement
capacity at the local level. India Wild Cats and Malaysia
PROPOSED EXCHANGE ACTIVITY COMMONALITIES PROPOSED EXCHANGE ACTIVITY
As Indonesia has developed a command- India Wild Cats and Malaysia are both The two projects proposed hosting a capacity
and-control center for mobile wildlife focused on combating illegal wildlife trade building visit to showcase and learn from
identification and cyber patrol, and through community participation in patrolling. Malaysia’s special protected areas response
Tanzania is in the process of setting up Additionally, both countries are using innovative team (SPARTA), which was formed in 2017 as a
a similar center, they proposed a site financial instruments, such as applying the forest counter-poaching unit.
visit to Tanzania to share Indonesia’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN)
experiences. methodology and exploring the use of tiger
bonds to scale up conservation.

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 Botswana and Pakistan
COMMONALITIES
Botswana and Pakistan face challenges
when it comes to land management and
planning, resulting in increased human-
wildlife conflict. Both countries are using
integrated landscape management and
mitigation strategies and interventions to
overcome conflict.
Ethiopia, Thailand, and Zimbabwe PROPOSED EXCHANGE ACTIVITY

COMMONALITIES PROPOSED EXCHANGE ACTIVITY They would like to continue sharing

experiences and lessons on how integrated
Ethiopia, Thailand, and Zimbabwe are The countries would like to organize a training
landscape management is being taken up
all tackling illegal wildlife trade and have exchange on DNA profiling and wildlife
by stakeholders and how ecotourism is
established strong units for prosecuting wildlife forensics, potentially in Thailand as the wildlife
supporting the reduction of human-wildlife
crime. There was agreement on the importance forensics laboratory was strengthened under
conflict.
of involving communities in antipoaching their GWP project. As wildlife trafficking chains
activities and ensuring they have access to often span regions, this collaboration on wildlife
diversified livelihoods to sustain project impacts. forensics could strengthen traceability and
enforcement across regions.

India SECURE Himalaya and Mozambique

COMMONALITIES in India. Both countries are training communities
Indonesia CONSERVE and Zambia
India and Mozambique are facing an increase to design and lead small-grants projects for COMMONALITIES PROPOSED EXCHANGE ACTIVITY
in elephant populations and human-wildlife livelihood development.
Indonesia CONSERVE and Zambia are both The projects would like to arrange a study visit
conflict. Additionally, they are both using PROPOSED EXCHANGE ACTIVITY dealing with human-wildlife conflict challenges, to exchange knowledge and approaches for
gazetted community conserved areas to particularly with elephants. Similarly, they are human-elephant conflict management.
protect elephants and support livelihood The teams proposed exposure visits to both
countries for officials and community members using a multisector landscape approach that
options for local communities. These areas are engages all relevant stakeholders in mitigation
managed by natural resource committees in to understand diverse ways of generating
income through small-enterprise-based of conflicts.
Mozambique and landscape-level committees
livelihood development.

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 PANAMA

F E AT U R E 3 . 2 .
Partnerships and Finance

Levers of Change Session Whom do you want to partner with and

why?
Projects want to establish multisectoral
capacity for engaging both technical and
financial mechanisms.

Where have you made progress?

partnerships and strengthen collaboration
Participants at the 2023 GWP annual conference discussed how five across government agencies; engage the Progress has been made in law enforcement
“levers of change” can transform knowledge into action to strengthen private sector; strengthen partnerships for coordination, on convening of dialogues for
multisector coordination and private sector
wildlife conservation. protected area management; and work with civil
engagement, and on engaging partners in GEF
society organizations, the United Nations, and
© Cesar Aleman / iStock project development and implementation.
multilateral development banks as they build
Who is critical to success?
Policy and Law
these partnerships.

What is holding you back? Projects cited financial institutions, multilateral

Countries often lack clear frameworks or policies development banks, and technical assistance
from NGOs and experts.
What policy do you want to develop or What is holding you back? to support partnerships, and they raise limited
revise? Answers ranged from a lack of finance to
Many projects noted the need to revise or political will, inadequate community support,
develop human-wildlife conflict strategies and
policy.
and low capacity within legal systems.
Innovation and Change
Where have you made progress?
Participants also noted the importance of
strengthening policies and laws on community- Overall, projects have improved stakeholder
based natural resources management, access engagement and developed new partnerships. What needs to change? How can Where have you made progress?
and benefit sharing arrangements, and wildlife innovation help? Projects have begun using new technologies,
Who is critical to success?
crime penalty frameworks. Responses varied from the inclusion of more such as solar fencing, and focusing on equity
Governments and development partners will be women to better communication and adoption efforts.
key to success, and law enforcement agencies of emerging technology.
and other institutions will be critical for policy Who is critical to success?
and legal implementation. What is holding you back? Knowledge sharing across the GWP platform
Responses highlighted both resistance to has helped projects. So has maintaining
change through cultural sensitivities and limited constant communication between government

Capacity and Skills funding. institutions, NGOs, and communities.

Whose capacity do you need to build

and why?
Where have you made progress?
Community consultations have helped identify
Data and Information
Countries noted a need to build community supported activities, underpinned by social
capacity and strengthen government capacity and environmental safeguards. Capacity
in a range of areas, from law enforcement to development has also been underpinned by What data or information do you need? Where have you made progress?
ecotourism development. multisectoral approaches. Various trainings and Why? Projects have made progress with political
workshops are under way. Projects expressed a need for data on species support, understanding user needs, proposal
What is holding you back? populations, illegal trade, seizures, human- development, and collaboration.
Most cited were issues of community buy-in Who is critical to success? wildlife conflict incidences and impacts, and
owing to communities’ limited meaningful Local-level partners such as governments and livelihoods improvements. Who is critical to success?
economic opportunities and livelihoods, NGOs are instrumental for capacity building GEF funding has helped projects collect data
language and cultural differences, and lack and skills training. The GWP’s peer-to-peer What is holding you back? and information. National organizations are
of awareness. Financial constraints are also and knowledge exchange initiatives have also Most cited barriers included lack of capacity needed to collect information and provide
prominent. inspired projects. and skills, shifting government priorities, lack of guidance.
resources, and funding, as well as trust and the
mindset of the community.

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 THAILAND

F E AT U R E 3 . 3 .

Gender in the GWP – Women

as Agents of Change
Integrating a gender lens across wildlife management and conservation
efforts is vital because men and women view, manage, and interact
with nature differently. GWP projects are working to close gender gaps,
from helping women benefit from conservation and livelihood efforts to
supporting them to become decision-makers and agents of change. The
GWP knowledge platform shares these experiences and lessons through a
range of activities. © DNP, Thailand, Wildlife Check Point in Nongkhai

BRINGING WOMEN IN AS AGENTS OF CHANGE: FROM BENEFICIARIES TO CATALYSTS

Mali Botswana Thailand India

Mali is strengthening women’s Botswana recognizes women as Thailand is integrating gender India is integrating more women into
livelihoods and empowerment by powerful agents of change and mainstreaming with efforts against wildlife the leadership of its local institutions,
funding income-generating activities equips them with entrepreneurial crime by organizing the "Wildlife Heroes" which is creating a positive impact on
and natural resource management skills. As recalled by the Botswana cross-border innovation challenge. The conservation issues. For instance, under
training, benefiting 57 percent of project manager in the GWP latter saw a female winner initiating a the GWP India SECURE Himalaya project,
women. Tailored income-generating “Women as Catalysts for Change crowdfunding campaign for wildlife a Biodiversity Management Committee
activities such as establishing a in Conservation” event, 60 percent rehabilitation and spearheading a public (BMC), constituted of women only, has
livestock feed bank and planting of the households get most of awareness event involving over 100 proven particularly active and ambitious
trees have aimed to empower women their income from women’s labor, participants. See the UNDP blog for more by declaring Yaya Tso a Biodiversity
financially and socially, enhancing making them strategic decision- information. Heritage Site. On the United Nations’
their independence and status. makers and “influencers” within their International Day for Biological Diversity
communities. The GWP virtual knowledge exchange 2023, this BMC also conducted a mass
One of the immediate effects of "Women as Catalysts for Change in cleanup drive in and around the hot
this has been to empower women, Consequently, the Botswana project Conservation,” put the spotlight on the sulfur spring, declaring the area a "litter-
facilitate their access to land, and trained 62 people (including 27 added value of women voices and actions free zone."
enhance their involvement in land and women) in community-based in wildlife conservation. During that event,
natural resource management. entrepreneurship development in the GWP Thailand project team shared Such leading roles further train women to
two districts, allowing the project to additional insights from their project on induce change, even beyond the project
empower women through natural how women's specific motivations, distinct duration.
resource management. skills, and innovative ideas are particularly
beneficial to wildlife conservation efforts The initiative and results from the
and should be fostered. India SECURE Himalaya project were
highlighted during the GWP virtual
Knowledge Exchange on Community
Conservation Groups.

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 INDONESIA MALAWI PANAMA

© Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, Indonesia © Walison Fixon © Ricardo Moreno, Yaguara Panamá

BRINGING WOMEN IN AS AGENTS OF CHANGE: FROM BENEFICIARIES TO CATALYSTS

Indonesia Mozambique Malawi South Africa Panama

The Indonesia GEF-6 Combating Mozambique develops mechanisms In Malawi, although The South Africa Illegal Panama works with
Illegal Wildlife Trade Project (CIWT) for women empowerment. In women traditionally Wildlife Trade project women cattle ranchers
engages and trains women living in local Gorongosa National Park, 11 Women’s struggle to access land sees women as strategic to mitigate human-
communities around national parks to Development Committees (WDCs) were rights, the GWP Malawi assets for the country’s jaguar conflict on
become forest rangers and conservation created, comprising 209 members in project has allowed ranger workforce. ranches. These women
champions. By training these women to Catemo and Nhabawa in Chreingoma 31,779 farmers to secure It consequently farmers are pioneers in
promote conservation education in their district. These WDCs trained women in land tenure, of whom appointed 28 women as taking on new farming
communities and support alternative leadership skills that secured their active (51 percent) are women. environmental monitors practices and mobilizing
livelihoods, these efforts contribute to involvement in the decision-making Five smallholder-owned as part of SANParks’ their communities to
enhancing the longer-term impact of processes of the project. commercial farm community-based get onboard.
counter-IWT activities. enterprises registered Environmental Monitor
Such structures, beyond empowering as cooperatives, with program. Their mission The GWP gender
The GWP organized a virtual knowledge women individually, allow GWP projects 51 percent of member covers environmental training workshop in
exchange for projects on “Tools and to integrate a gender lens by allowing landowners being education, security (both Panama for projects in
Techniques for Measuring and Reporting those women leaders to share and act women. With women armed and unarmed), Belize, Ecuador, and
on Gender.” It discussed intentional upon their specific view on conservation often holding different and research support. Panama addressed
ways to bring more women into project and development matters. views from men on tools and strategies
activities, including by identifying women natural resources, for enhancing
“champions” in communities. This UNDP initiatives allowing gender integration in
blog highlights the assets of female women access to conservation, including
community rangers in combating wildlife leadership roles in engaging communities
crime in Indonesia. farming activities will hesitant about women's
not only benefit those participation. The
individual women workshop shared
but also influence insights from Panama's
their management of Gender Advisory Board
natural resources and and interactions with
conservation. female cattle ranchers
in jaguar conservation.

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 GORILLA, GABON

SECTION 4:

GWP Implementation
Progress
Using results from project implementation reports (PIRs), mid-term
reviews (MTRs), and terminal evaluations (TEs), the following section
updates the status of implementation progress across the GWP
portfolio. It reports on financial status, performance progress, and risk
ratings to understand how projects are progressing.

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 Figure 4.1. GWP Project Portfolio, by Phase of the Project Cycle, as of June 30, 2023 SERVAL, KENYA

Closed Projects
GEF CEO
Congo, Rep. • Gabon
Endorsed the Philippines • Viet Nam
in FY23 Global coordination project

26
Angolaa • Malaysia (GEF-6, WBG component)

1 South Africa HWC

3 5
2.7%

Project
Preparation 8.1%
Phase 13.5%
Pakistan
70.3%
Active Projects
Belize • Bhutan • Botswana • Cambodia
2
5.4%
Chad • Congo, Dem. Rep. • Ecuador • Ethiopia
Global coordination (GEF-7) • India SECURE
India Wild Cats • Indonesia CIWT Suspended
Indonesia CONSERVE • Kenya • Madagascar
Malawi • Mali • Mozambique • Namibia • Panama
Implementation
South Africa IWT • South Africa WBE • Tanzania Afghanistanb
Thailand • Zambia • Zimbabwe Cameroon

Source: GWP global coordination project analysis. a. Angola was CEO-reendorsed following a revision on executing
arrangements on request of the government of Angola.
Note: Indonesia CIWT = Indonesia GEF-6 Combating Illegal Wildlife
Trade Project; IWT = illegal wildlife trade; WBE = wildlife-based b. Afghanistan remained suspended for this entire reporting period,
economy. with the UNDP eventually canceling the project in September 2023. © Gregoire Dubois / Flickr

Implementation Status Cameroon remained suspended. Gabon and

Viet Nam completed their projects over this
Figure 4.2. Total GEF Grant vs. Disbursement by GEF Phase, as of June 30, 2023

As of June 30, 2023, the GWP portfolio reporting period, bringing the total number of
comprised 37 projects from 31 countries, as closed projects to five.
shown in figure 4.1. Out of these, 20 projects
were from the GEF-6 and 17 from the GEF-
Financial Status $7,818,006 8%
7 phase of GWP. Two GEF-7 projects, one in
Malaysia and the other in South Africa (human- GEF-7
wildlife conflict), successfully secured GEF
Across GEF-6 and GEF-7 the GEF has provided
nearly $225 million in financing to 37 GWP
$95,688,018
chief executive officer (CEO) endorsement in projects. As of the end of June 2023, $103
the fiscal year ending June 2023 (FY23). Only
one project in Pakistan remained in the project
million of the financing has been disbursed. As $95,552,798 74%
preparation stage. In Angola, the government
figure 4.2 shows, most of the funding, which GEF-6
requested a revision to the project’s executing
amounts to 74 percent of the total GEF-6
funding, was used by GEF-6 projects, totaling
$129,150,529
arrangements, which required restructuring. $96 million. On the other hand, projects funded
Following the required revisions, the GEF CEO by GEF-7, most of which were still in the early $ MILLION 50 100 150
re-endorsed this project, and implementation stages of implementation, used only 8 percent
is expected to start in the next fiscal year. As Disbursement as of June 30, 2023 (US$) GEF Grant
of the total GEF-7 funding, which amounted to
of June 30, 2023, projects in Afghanistan5 and almost $8 million.
5 The UNDP subsequently canceled the Afghanistan project in September 2023. Source: GWP global coordination project analysis.

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 Figure 4.3. GWP GEF-6 Contributions to GEF Core Indicators, as of June 30, 2023

GWP Performance Progress The GEF-6 GWP projects reported significant

progress in their efforts as of the end of June
GEF Core Indicators Cumulative Progress

Progress on Achieving Global 2023. Ten countries reported a combined FY21 FY22 FY23 GWP Target GEF-6a Percentage
Achieved
Percentage of
Projects Reporting
Terrestrial
Environmental Benefits total of nearly 16 million hectares of protected
or conserved areas under more effective protected
2.6 5.1 15.6 28.7
management, equivalent to 54 percent of the areas created or MILLION HECTARES
54% 71%
Through June 2023, the GWP made substantial under improved
target. This means that more wildlife habitats 4 7 10 b
14
progress toward most GEF-6 Core Indicator management
and critical ecosystems across 34 sites are now
estimated targets,6 including terrestrial PROJECTS REPORTED RESULTS
being better managed and protected from
protected areas created or under improved
habitat loss and degradation.
management, areas of land restored, and direct Percentage Percentage of
FY21 FY22 FY23 GWP Target GEF-6a Achieved Projects Reporting
beneficiaries. To date, only GEF-6 projects Moreover, GWP projects have successfully Area of land and
have reached the stage of implementation started restoring 548,185 hectares of land, ecosystems
6,422 57,265 548,185 496,200 +
where they can report their GEF Core Indicator which surpassed the GEF-6 GWP target of under restoration HECTARES
110% 100%
results. No GEF-7 projects have reported these 496,200 hectares. Seven countries have
results yet, as they remain in their early stages commenced land restoration using a variety of 3 5 7 c
7
of implementation. Twelve out of 20 GWP methods, including agroforestry, reforestation, PROJECTS REPORTED RESULTS
GEF-6 projects (60 percent) have reported and regeneration of degraded lands through
their first results during MTRs, while 5 projects soil and water conservation and area closures. Percentage Percentage of
(or 25 percent) reported their final results FY21 FY22 FY23 GWP Target GEF-6a
Furthermore, projects have improved land Area of landscape Achieved Projects Reporting
through TEs. Three projects from this cohort management practices outside of protected under improved 1.3 1.5 1.6 6.0
(or 15 percent) are yet to report results via their areas, covering 1.6 million hectares with better practices MILLION HECTARES
MTR or TE. Figure 4.3 shows the cumulative and more sustainable land management (excluding 27% 55%
progress made toward the GEF Core indicators practices. This represents 27 percent of the protected areas) 3 4 6 d
11
over the last three years for which data are target and is a step forward in mitigating the
PROJECTS REPORTED RESULTS
available. negative impact of human activities on the
environment, with benefits for people and
FY21 FY22 FY23 GWP Target GEF-6a Percentage Percentage of
wildlife. Achieved Projects Reporting
6 Core Indicator targets for GWP GEF-6 projects are still estimated, as not all projects have submitted their MTRs and converted to using the GEF Core Greenhouse 0.05 24.5 24.5 16.5
Indicator results architecture.
gas emissions
MILLION METRIC TONS CO2-e
mitigated 148% 57%
1 3 4 e
7 +
LION, BOTSWANA PROJECTS REPORTED RESULTS

Percentage Percentage of
FY21 FY22 FY23 GWP Target GEF-6a Achieved Projects Reporting
Direct 214,251 225,095 377,523 733,946
beneficiaries
NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES
51% 84%
8 12 16
f
19
PROJECTS REPORTED RESULTS

Source: GWP global coordination project analysis.

Note:
a. The GEF-6 targets are still estimates, as not all GEF-6 projects have transitioned to reporting via GEF Core Indicators. No GEF-7 targets or
results are displayed, as no projects from the GEF-7 phase submitted their mid-term reviews or Core Indicator spreadsheets as of June 2023.
b. Of the ten projects reporting, 3 (30%) reported their final results while 7 (70%) reported their mid-term results
c. Of the seven projects reporting, two (29%) reported their final results, while five (71%) reported their mid-term results.
d. Of the six projects reporting, one (17%) reported its final result, and five (83%) reported their mid-term results.
e. Of the four projects reporting, two (50%) reported their final results, while two (50%) reported their mid-term results.
f. Of the 19 projects reporting, 6 (32%) reported their final results, while 13 (68%) reported their mid-term results.

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 Figure 4.4. GWP Project Implementation Report Ratings, FY19 to FY23 Table 4.1. Ratings Toward Project Development Objectives, as of June 30, 2023

Rating Change
FY23 4%
(N=26)
27% 46% 15% 8% Rating (FY23) % Country Projects from FY22*

FY22
(N=22)
41% 36% 14% 9%
Highly satisfactory
or targets achieved 4% Panama

FY21
(N=20)
20% 50% 25% 5%
Satisfactory or on
track to target 27% Ethiopia
India SECURE Himalaya
Indonesia CIWT
South Africa IWT
FY20 24% 53% 24%
(N=17) Tanzania
Thailand
FY19 36% 45% 18% Zimbabwe
(N=11)

46%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Moderately Belize
satisfactory Bhutan
Highly Satisfactory Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory or minor shortfalls
Botswana
Source: GWP global coordination project analysis.
Cambodia
Chad
Indonesia CONSERVE
Kenya
By restoring and better managing these lands,
as well as through a combination of other
Project Implementation Malawi
measures, GWP projects are also helping Report Ratings Mali
to mitigate the impact of climate change
while conserving biodiversity. Four projects Twenty-six GWP projects—15 GEF-6 and 11 Mozambique
have successfully mitigated or avoided GHG GEF-7 projects—submitted PIRs for the fiscal South Africa WBE
emissions. They have reported reducing or year ending June 2023. Each project rated its
avoiding emissions of 24.5 million metric tons progress toward the identified development Zambia
of CO2e), which exceeds the target of 16.5 objective based on the reported achievement of
Congo, Dem. Rep.
15%
million metric tons of CO2e set for GEF-6 GWP project targets. Moderately
GHG emission reduction. Few GEF-6 projects unsatisfactory India Wild Cats
are formally reporting data on GHG emissions On par with last reporting year, 77 percent or shortfalls
reductions to the GEF, and this target likely of the projects rated in the "satisfactory" Madagascar
underestimates GWP contributions through range. For the first time in the past five years,
one project in Panama received a "highly Namibia
habitat management efforts.
satisfactory" rating. Twenty-seven percent, or
Finally, GWP projects have directly affected seven projects, received a "satisfactory" rating, Unsatisfactory
8%
Afghanistan
people's lives, with 377,523 people benefiting and 46 percent were "moderately satisfactory." or unlikely to
from the various interventions implemented Fifteen percent of projects rated "moderately Cameroon
achieve targets
by the 17 projects contributing data. These unsatisfactory," and two projects remain
beneficiaries include local communities, "unsatisfactory" (figure 4.4).
Indigenous peoples, and other stakeholders
who rely on locally available natural resources to Although the percentage distribution of ratings Source: GWP global coordination project analysis.

fulfill their needs and for their livelihoods. across categories was similar to last year’s Note: rating improved since last FY; rating worsened; no change in the rating; no rating available for previous FY (the
first year that the PIR was submitted). Indonesia CIWT = Indonesia GEF-6 Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade Project; IWT = illegal
wildlife trade; WBE = wildlife-based economy.

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 Figure 4.5. Mid-Term Review and Terminal Evaluation Ratings for Progress Toward CAMBODIA
Project Development Objective, as of June 30, 2023

Mid-Term Review Rating

Highly
Satisfactory 0
India SECURE
Satisfactory 6 Ethiopia Himalaya Kenya Malawi Mozambique Zimbabwe

Moderately Afghanistan Cambodia Congo, Rep. Indonesia Zambia

Satisfactory 5 CIWT
Moderately
Unsatisfactory 4 Botswana Gabon Mali Thailand

Unsatisfactory 0
Highly
Unsatisfactory 0

Terminal Evaluation Rating

Highly © The Cambodia Sustainable Landscape and Ecotourism project team
Satisfactory 0
GEF-6 global
Satisfactory 2 coordination project Gabon

Moderately
Satisfactory 3 Congo, Rep. Philippines Viet Nam Mid-Term Review and Terminal significant improvement after receiving a
"moderately unsatisfactory" rating at its MTR in
Moderately
Evaluation Ratings 2020, which resulted in the World Bank giving it
Unsatisfactory 0 a "satisfactory" rating at the terminal evaluation
As of June 30, 2023, 16 projects had completed completed in FY23.
Unsatisfactory 0 Note: Viet Nam submitted a mid-term review in FY21
their MTRs, five of which took place in the
reporting year. The projects in India (SECURE Between June 2022 and June 2023, three
but did not provide a rating. CIWT = Indonesia GEF-6
Highly Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade Project. Himalaya), Kenya, and Mozambique received additional projects successfully completed their
Unsatisfactory 0
an MTR rating of "satisfactory" toward TEs, bringing the total number of completed
their development objectives. At the same TEs to five. Two (40 percent) of these projects
time, Cambodia was rated as "moderately received a satisfactory rating, with Gabon being
satisfactory," and Mali was deemed "moderately added to the GEF-6 GWP coordination project
distribution, the projects' composition within as “moderately satisfactory” and four as implemented by the World Bank in this category.
each category differed, as shown in table “moderately unsatisfactory” (MU) due to early unsatisfactory" (figure 4.5).
The Republic of Congo’s and Viet Nam's projects
4.1. Over the reporting period, six projects implementation delays and challenges. The During FY23, the GWP project in Mali received obtained a moderately satisfactory TE rating
(23 percent) improved their progress toward implementation of two components of the a "moderately unsatisfactory" rating due to in FY23. The total percentage this category,
development objectives, while the rating of two India Wild Cats project was delayed due to the significant security concerns, political instability, including the TE rating of the Philippines from
projects (7 percent) declined. Of all the projects transfer between GEF Agencies from WWF- and staffing issues. In response, UNDP, as the FY22, is 60 percent.
that submitted their PIRs for FY23, just under US to UNDP, resulting in a rating of MU. In GEF Agency, introduced measures to mitigate
half (42 percent, or 11 projects) saw no change Madagascar, UNEP noted that challenges in risks and improve project performance. Similar
in their rating, with most continuing to perform
satisfactorily or moderately satisfactorily.
appointing project staff delayed the start. The
Democratic Republic of Congo project faced
adaptive management measures were also Risk Management
implemented for projects in Botswana and
Two projects under suspension kept their delays due to political instability, limited field Thailand after they received "moderately Over the reporting year, six projects (23 percent)
unsatisfactory rating, as was the case in FY22. staff, and the introduction of a new UNDP unsatisfactory" ratings at their MTRs in FY21. reported either a high or substantial level of risk.
program management system. Namibia's UNDP anticipates that these measures will Risk ratings show a slight improvement from last
In FY23, a cohort of GEF-7 projects began project was delayed due to limited project
implementation, with seven (27 percent) enhance performance and lead to better ratings year, when 33 percent of projects fell into the top
management capacity and pending baseline at terminal evaluations, scheduled for fiscal two risk categories, with three rated as "high"
submitting their first PIR. These projects and safeguards analyses.
reported mixed ratings, with three rated years 2024 and 2025. Gabon's project showed and four as "substantial.” Recurrent reasons for

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 Table 4.2. GWP Countries Listed as Fragile and Conflict-Affected Projects, as of June SNOW LEOPARD, INDIA
30, 2023

Category Countries
Afghanistan
Conflict-Affected
Cameroon
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Ethiopia
Mali
Mozambique

Institutional and Chad

Social Fragility Congo, Rep.
Zimbabwe

Source: Original data from the World Bank’s FY23 list of fragile and conflict-affected situations.

elevated risk ratings among projects included Zimbabwe, listed under "institutional and
COVID-19 interruptions, institutional challenges social fragility," experienced currency instability
and capacity, and climate change's impact on because of soaring inflation and rapidly © Jigmet Dadul / Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust
conservation objectives (figure 4.6). depreciating local currency. The fiscal challenges
affected the project because many service
Additionally, the percentage of projects that providers increased their charges for goods and Figure 4.6. Overall Risk Rating in Project Implementation Reviews, By Percentage of
rated their overall risk as "low" rose from 38 services to offset costs.
percent last year to 54 percent this reporting Projects, as of June 30, 2023
year. In these cases, projects cited increased Countries listed under "conflict" often face
stability within countries and further recovery security threats, as a threshold number of
from COVID-19 disruptions as reasons for the conflict-related deaths relative to the population
change in situation. determines the classification. For example,
Mozambique faced challenges because of
High 2 PROJECTS 8%
According to the World Bank's 2023 list of conflict in Cabo Delgado Province, with

15%
fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS),
nine GWP countries were categorized as FCS
occasional expansion to areas of the Niassa
Special Reserve, affecting security and access
Substantial 4 PROJECTS
(table 4.2). This year, the World Bank modified to the park. In Mali, the project implementation
how it categorizes countries by dividing them context continued to generate progress despite
into either having "conflict" or "institutional
and social fragility" without assigning an
being strongly affected by the effects of the
country’s security and political crisis. Political
Moderate 6 PROJECTS 23%
intensity level. Under this new rating system, instability continued to negatively affect
six GWP project countries are designated
as experiencing "conflict" and three as
the project in Afghanistan, which remained
suspended for this entire reporting period, with
Low 14 PROJECTS 54%
experiencing "institutional and social fragility." the UNDP eventually canceling the project in
Many countries that made the list reported September 2023.
direct impacts on project delivery. For example,
Source: GWP global coordination project analysis, using the 2023 project implementation review data [n=26].

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 F E AT U R E 4 . 1 . GABON

Spotlight on Recently Viet Nam TERMINAL EVALUATION RATINGS:

Completed Projects
The Strengthening Partnerships to Protect OUTCOME: Moderately satisfactory
Endangered Wildlife in Viet Nam project made WORLD BANK PERFORMANCE: Satisfactory
© Gregoire Dubois / Flickr notable contributions to the ongoing efforts to
conserve and protect the country’s wildlife. The QUALITY OF M&E: Substantial
project focused on strengthening the legal and
regulatory framework, and the implementation PROJECT OVERVIEW:
Gabon TERMINAL EVALUATION RATINGS: capacity for protecting threatened wildlife. Key GRANT AMOUNT: EXECUTING ENTITY:
achievements include: US$3.0 million Ministry of Natural
The Wildlife and Human-Elephant Conflicts OUTCOME: Satisfactory Resources and
GEF PHASE: GEF-6
Management (GeFaCHE) project in Gabon Environment
WORLD BANK PERFORMANCE: Satisfactory • Legal and Regulatory Framework KEY DATES: 2017-2022
has achieved significant success in reducing
QUALITY OF M&E: Substantial Strengthening: The project has submitted GEF AGENCY:
elephant poaching, mitigating human-elephant World Bank
legal and regulatory amendments for
conflicts, strengthening institutions, and
PROJECT OVERVIEW: government approval to enhance existing
improving livelihoods. Highlights include:
laws and regulations, fill gaps, and facilitate conservation and enforcement officials to
GRANT AMOUNT: EXECUTING ENTITY: implementation. Technical support was support widespread deployment of the
• Reduction in Elephant Poaching: The US$9.1 million National Agency of
National Parks and
provided to enhance policies, including SMART tool for monitoring and reporting
project successfully reduced elephant GEF PHASE: GEF-6
Directorate General for measures to conserve wild and migratory on poaching and illegal activities in 44
poaching in four national parks by KEY DATES: 2016-2022 Fauna and Protected birds, the National Biodiversity Strategy protected areas. Of these, 35 are using the
strengthening patrols, improving Areas
GEF AGENCY: and Action Plan 2030, amendments to tool, while the remaining 9 protected areas
surveillance, and implementing more World Bank the Law on Biodiversity, regulations for plan to deploy it when financial resources
effective anti-poaching measures. Although
managing wildlife conservation facilities, become available.
the number of illegally killed elephants
and integrating threatened species
fluctuated from year to year, the project Committee members and 403 rangers, protection in tourism activities. The project • Promoting Knowledge Sharing and
reported zero incidents of illegal elephant judges, magistrates, customs and police also strengthened the National Biodiversity Awareness Raising: To help reduce the
killings in 2022, the final year of the officers in wildlife crime prevention and Crime Prevention Strategy by integrating demand for and consumption of wildlife
project implementation. A total of 58 joint management. A significant achievement wildlife crime issues and clarifying roles products, the project promoted knowledge
patrols were carried out with Congolese was the establishment of a wildlife genetic among relevant authorities. sharing and awareness raising. It supported
rangers in the Mayumba and Conkouati analysis laboratory through collaboration Viet Nam's national Endangered Wildlife
transboundary parks. and resource pooling among various • Institutional Strengthening: During Partnership Forum, facilitating its
donors. This laboratory, the first of its kind thirteen training events, 546 field staff, expansion. The awareness-raising program
• Mitigation of Human-Elephant Conflicts: in Central Africa, is crucial in combating enforcement, and conservation officers on the consumption of threatened wildlife
The project led to a decrease in the number elephant poaching and illegal wildlife enhanced their skills in enforcing products targeted central and local
of reported incidents of human-elephant trade. It has become a regional center of wildlife protection laws. Additionally, government staff and reached 80 percent
conflicts from 247 to 79 through various excellence for genetic assessment of ivory the project supported the development of the intended audience. In addition,
activities. These included increasing the samples, supporting Cameroon and Nigeria of an information-sharing platform to awareness campaigns through print and
capacity of local management committees, in analyzing seized ivory. protect endangered species, alongside broadcast media, as well as special public
conducting 46 annual awareness campaigns,
implementing a conservation program events, were conducted to educate
and implementing specific mitigation • Poverty Reduction and Shared dedicated to endangered species. The the general public on topics related to
measures. Moreover, the project partnered Prosperity: The project significantly project also facilitated inter-agency endangered species and biodiversity
with 18 private sector concessionaires to impacted the livelihoods in areas where coordination and the development of four conservation.
develop and execute wildlife management electric fencing was installed, resulting collaboration plans /MOUs to strengthen
plans in elephant corridors. It also improved in a decrease or elimination of elephant strategic partnerships for wildlife
connectivity between national parks through intrusions. For farmer-beneficiaries in those VIET NAM
conservation.
the creation of four elephant corridor specific areas, this led to an increase of
management plans. around $134 in monthly household income, • Strengthening Capacities for Protection
which equates to a 40% rise in their of Threatened Wildlife: Targeting the
• Institutional Strengthening: The project monthly earnings. In total, the GeFaCHE areas of high concern for poaching, the
contributed to institutional strengthening project reached 5,285 direct beneficiaries, project carried out training for the
by training Local Management Consultative including 2,505 women.

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 GORILLA, THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The Republic of Congo TERMINAL EVALUATION RATINGS:

OUTCOME: Moderately satisfactory
The Strengthening the Management of
Wildlife and Improving Livelihoods in northern WORLD BANK PERFORMANCE:
Republic of Congo7 project has enhanced Moderately satisfactory
biodiversity protection and management QUALITY OF M&E: Substantial
in two national parks. The project has also
implemented measures to combat wildlife
PROJECT OVERVIEW:
crime, supported climate change mitigation,
and promoted income-generating activities for GRANT AMOUNT: EXECUTING ENTITY:
local communities and Indigenous Peoples. Key US$6.5 million Ministry of Forest
Economy
achievements of the project include: GEF PHASE: GEF-6
KEY DATES: 2017-2022
GEF AGENCY:
World Bank

• Improved protected area management: • Climate change mitigation: The project

Partnering with WWF and WCS, the project generated global carbon sequestration
significantly improved the management benefits through improved forest
effectiveness of the Nouabalé-Ndoki management, interventions to combat
National Park and the newly established land degradation, and sustainable land
Ntokou-Pikounda National Park, covering management practices such as agroforestry
427,000 hectares. The project’s investments on 950 hectares of degraded land.
led to an enhanced biodiversity protection According to the Ex-Ante Carbon-Balance
in these forest ecosystems and contributed Tool analysis, the project is expected to
to an increased population of Western reduce emissions by about 23.8 million
lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants, tCO2e over 20 years. The World Bank
and hippos in the national parks. estimated that the present value of the
carbon benefits from the project over
• Strengthened anti-poaching capacities: 2017–2036 ranges from US$695 million to
The project enhanced the park authorities' US$1.4 billion, depending on the pricing
capacity to combat poaching by scenario used.
constructing or renovating ranger facilities
and watchtowers, providing essential • Poverty reduction and shared
equipment and training in wildlife law prosperity: Successful capacity-building
enforcement. Additionally, the project and income-generating activities were
deployed a specialized sniffer dog team for provided for local communities and
detecting illegal wildlife products. These Indigenous Peoples in remote rural areas
efforts led to 939 seizures of poached near forest concessions and national
animals or animal parts from elephants and parks, reaching 3,690 direct beneficiaries.
other protected species. Some activities, such as agroforestry, were
particularly beneficial for the farmers. There
was a strong interest in cocoa cultivation
in areas where cultivating staple crops
was impossible due to repeated wildlife
damage.

7 This project was part of the World Bank’s Forest and Economic
Diversification project, implemented by the Ministry of Forest Economy.

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Appendices
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 APPENDIX A
GRANT GEF
COUNTRY PROJECT NAME EXECUTING ENTITIES
List of GWP Projects with Executing Entities AMOUNT AGENCY

National Agency of National

Wildlife and Human-Elephant Conflict Parks, General Directorate of $9.1 World
Gabon
Management Wildlife and the Protection of million Bank
Nature
Table A.1 List of GEF-6 and GEF-7 Projects with Executing Entities and Grant Amounts
Global World
$7.0
GRANT GEF Coordination Global Coordination Project GEF-6 Bank,
COUNTRY PROJECT NAME EXECUTING ENTITIES million
AMOUNT AGENCY GEF-6 UNDP

Strengthen Management and Climate Global

$9.2 World
Change Resilience in Angola’s Angola Ministry of the $14.8 Coordination Global Coordination Project GEF-7
Angola CI million Bank
Conservation Areas for Sustainable Environment million GEF-7
Development
Securing Livelihoods, Conservation,
Ministry of Environment, Forest $11.5
Enhancing Jaguar Corridors and Ministry of Sustainable India Sustainable Use and Restoration of High UNDP
$1.2 and Climate Change million
Belize Strongholds Through Improved Development and Climate UNDP Range Himalayan Ecosystems (SECURE)
million
Management and Threat Reduction Change, Forest Department
Strengthening Conservation and
Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation $4.9 Resilience of Globally Significant Wild Cat Ministry of Environment, Forest $4.5 UNDP,
Bhutan Tourism Council of Bhutan UNDP India
into the Tourism Sector in Bhutan million Landscapes Through a Focus on Small Cat and Climate Change million WWF
and Leopard Conservation (Wild Cats)
Managing the Human-Wildlife Interface Ministry of Environment,
to Sustain the Flow of Agro-Ecosystem Natural Resources Conservation Ministry of Environment and
$6.0
Botswana Services and Prevent Illegal Wildlife and Tourism; Department of UNDP Combating Illegal and Unsustainable Trade Forestry, Directorate General $7.0
million Indonesia UNDP
Trafficking in the Kgalagadi and Ghanzi Environmental Affairs; Kgalagadi in Endangered Species in Indonesia (CIWT) of Law Enforcement on million
Drylands and Ghanzi Councils Environment and Forestry

Cambodia Sustainable Landscape and Ministry of Environment, Ministry $4.4 World Catalyzing Optimum Management of Ministry of Environment and
Cambodia
Ecotourism Project of Rural Development million Bank Natural Heritage for Sustainability of Forestry, Directorate General $6.3
Indonesia UNDP
Ecosystem, Resources and Viability of of Natural Resources and million
Chad Local Development and Adaptation Ministry of Environment, Water $4.5 World Endangered Wildlife Species (CONSERVE) Ecosystem Conservation
Chad
Project (ALBIÄ) and Fisheries million Bank
Combating Poaching and Illegal Wildlife
$3.8
Ministry of Environment and Kenya Trafficking in Kenya through an Integrated Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife UNDP
million
Congo, Dem. Kabobo-Luama Protected Area Landscape Sustainable Development, WCS, $3.7 Approach
UNDP
Rep. Management Congolese Institute for the million
Conservation of Nature (ICCN) Sustainable Management of Conservation
Ministry of Environment and $5.8
Madagascar Areas and Improved Livelihoods to UNEP
Sustainable Development million
Strengthening the Management of Wildlife Combat Wildlife Trafficking in Madagascar
$6.5 World
Congo, Rep. and Improving Livelihoods in Northern Ministry of Forest Economy
million Bank
Republic of Congo Ministry of Natural Resources,
Energy, and Mining; Ministry of
Lower Shire Valley Landscape Project, part of $5.6 World
Integrating Landscape Considerations in Malawi Agriculture, Irrigation, and Water
$1.8 the Shire Valley Transformation Program I million Bank
Ecuador Wildlife Conservation, with Emphasis on WCS - Ecuador UNDP Development; African Parks
million Network
Jaguars

Environment, Forest and Climate Building Institutional and Local Capacities

Ministry of Energy and Natural $7.1
Enhanced Management and Enforcement Change Commission; Ethiopian $7.3 Malaysia to Reduce Wildlife Crime and Enhance UNDP
Ethiopia UNDP Resources million
of Ethiopia’s Protected Area Estate Wildlife Conservation Authority; million Protection of Iconic Wildlife in Malaysia
Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute

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 GRANT GEF GRANT GEF
COUNTRY PROJECT NAME EXECUTING ENTITIES COUNTRY PROJECT NAME EXECUTING ENTITIES
AMOUNT AGENCY AMOUNT AGENCY

Community-Based Natural Resource Department of National Parks,

Ministry of the Environment, Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade, focusing
Management that Resolves Conflict, Wildlife and Plant Conservation; $4.0
Sanitation, and Sustainable $4.1 Thailand on Ivory, Rhino Horn, Tiger and Pangolins UNDP
Mali Improves Livelihoods, and Restores UNDP Royal Thai Police; IUCN; million
Development; Mali Elephant million in Thailand
Ecosystems throughout the Elephant TRAFFIC; TRACE
Project
Range
Strengthening Partnerships to Protect Ministry of Natural Resources $3.0 World
Viet Nam
Strengthening the Conservation Endangered Wildlife in Viet Nam and Environment million Bank
of Globally Threatened Species in
National Agency for
Mozambique through Improving $15.8
Mozambique Conservation Areas, Gorongosa UNDP Ministry of Agriculture;
Biodiversity Enforcement and Expanding million
Restoration Project, WCS Zambia Integrated Forest Landscape Department of National $8.1 World
Community Conservancies Around Zambia
Project Parks and Wildlife, Forestry million Bank
Protected Areas
Department

Integrated Approach to Proactive

Strengthening Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Management of Human-Wildlife Conflict Ministry of Environment, Forestry $6.2
Nambia UNDP Management and Climate- Smart Ministry of Environment, Climate, $10.0
and Wildlife Crime in Hotspot Landscapes and Tourism million Zimbabwe UNDP
Landscapes in the Mid to Lower Zambezi Tourism and Hospitality Industry million
in Namibia
Region of Zimbabwe

Conservation of Wildcats and Prey Species

Through Public-Private Partnerships and Ministry of Environment, Yaguará $1.8
Panama UNEP
Human-Jaguar Conflict Management in Panamá Foundation million
Panama

Biodiversity Management ELEPHANTS, UGANDA

Combating Environmental Organized Bureau, Department of $1.8
Philippines ADB
Crime in the Philippines Environment and Natural million
Resources (BMB-DENR)

Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflict Through

Department of Forestry, Fisheries $3.4
South Africa an Evidence-Based and Integrated UNEP
and the Environment million
Approach in Southern Africa

Strengthening Institutions, Information

Management and Monitoring to Reduce Department of Forestry, Fisheries $4.9
South Africa UNEP
the Rate of Illegal Wildlife Trade in South and the Environment million
Africa

Department of Forestry, Fisheries

and the Environment; South
Catalyzing Financing and Capacity for the African National Biodiversity UNEP,
$13.4
South Africa Biodiversity Economy around Protected Institute; National Prosecuting World
million
Areas (Wildlife-Based Economy) Authority; South African National Bank
Parks; iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Authority

Combating Poaching and Illegal Wildlife

Ministry of Natural Resources $5.4
Tanzania Trade in Tanzania through an Integrated UNDP
and Tourism, Wildlife Division million
Approach

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Table A.2 List of GEF-8 Projects with Executing Entities and Grant Amounts, Based on
the Approved Concept Notes

GRANT GEF
COUNTRY PROJECT NAME EXECUTING ENTITIES
AMOUNT AGENCY

Ministry of Environment and

$8.4
Colombia The Jaguar Corridor Sustainable Development; WWF UNDP
million
Colombia; Panthera Colombia

Ministry of Tourism and $5.2

Eswatini Establishment of Big 5 Nature Reserve UNDP
Environmental Affairs million

Promoting Integrated Conservation of Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation

$11.9
Ethiopia Wildlife and Landscapes for Sustainable Authority; Ethiopian Biodiversity UNDP
million
Development of Ethiopia Institute

© Salvador Solorio / iStock

$14.7 World
Global Global Coordination Project
million Bank

Protection of Wildlife in the Folonigbè

Ministry of Environment and $8.6 GRANT GEF
Guinea Reserve through Participatory and UNDP COUNTRY PROJECT NAME EXECUTING ENTITIES
Sustainable Development million AMOUNT AGENCY
Integrated Management

Ministry of Forests and

Ministry of Environment and
Law Enforcement for Managing the Human Tiger Interface in Environment, Department of $4.5
Forestry; Ministry of Finance; Nepal WWF-US
Sustainable Viable Ecosystems and $14.4 Nepal National Parks and Wildlife million
Indonesia Ministry of Agriculture, National UNDP
Biodiversity Resilience through Multi million Conservation
Research and Innovation
Sectors Engagement (LEVERAGE)
Agency
Conserving the Paraguayan Chaco for the Ministry of Environment and $2.5
Paraguay CI
Benefit of Jaguars and for People Sustainable Development; WCS million
Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife,
and Heritage (State Department
of Wildlife); Wildlife Research Investing in Wildlife Conservation through Department of Environment and
$7.1
and Training Institute; Kenya Philippines Enforcement, Livelihoods and Tourism Natural Resources-Biodiversity ADB
million
Wildlife Service; Kenya Wildlife (WildINVEST) Management Bureau
Advancing Human-Wildlife Conflict
Conservancies Association; $9.6
Kenya Management Effectiveness in Kenya CI
The Nature Conservancy; million
through an Integrated Approach Department of National Parks,
International Fund For Recovering Tiger Population and
Wildlife and Plant Conservation, $4.4
Animal Welfare; UNEP; State Thailand Landscape through the Sustainable Land IUCN
Ministry of Natural Resources million
Department of Information and Use and Ecosystem Restoration
and Environment
Communication Technology;
WWF Kenya
Kidepo Landscape Integrated Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and
$3.5
Uganda Conservation and Development Project Antiquities, Uganda Wildlife UNEP
Department of National Parks million
Central Region Protected Areas and $7.1 World (KLICDP) Authority
Malawi and Wildlife; Department of
Landscapes Project million Bank
Forestry
Securing the Species, Habitat, Health, and Ministry of Green Economy and $6.0
Zambia WWF-US
Livelihoods of the Lower Kafue Ecosystem Environment million
Secretariat of Environment
From Conflict to Coexistence,
and Natural Resources $11.9
Mexico Safeguarding Wildlife Corridors in Mexico WWF-US
through Nacional Financiera’s million
for Sustainable Development
Sustainability Fund
Source: GWP global coordination project.
Note: ADB = Asian Development Bank; CI = Conservation International; GEF-6, GEF-7 = Global Environment Facility (GEF) sixth and
Transforming Wildlife Conservation and seventh replenishment, respectively; IUCN = International Union for Conservation of Nature; TRACE = TRACE Wildlife Forensics Network;
Ministry of Land and $15.1
Mozambique Livelihoods at the Landscape Scale in UNDP UNDP = United Nations Development Programme; UNEP = United Nations Environment Programme; WCS = Wildlife Conservation
Environment million Society; WWF = World Wildlife Fund.
Mozambique (TRANSFORM)

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 APPENDIX B

GWP Webinars and Events

Table B.1. Webinars Hosted by the GWP in 2023 Table B.2. Events and Workshops Hosted, Cohosted, or Sponsored by the GWP in 2023

EVENT TITLE AND LINK EVENT TITLE AND

SPEAKERS DATE SPEAKERS DATE
TO RECORDING LINK TO EVENT PAGE

Preventing Diseases in › Kalpy Julien Coulibaly, Pasteur › Clementine Uwamahoro, AMC

› Franck Berthe, World Bank › Kathleen Fitzgerald, World Bank
Wildlife Management: Institute of Côte d'Ivoire
› Catherine Machalaba, EcoHealth › Drew Bantlin, AMC
Sharing Guidance and › François Diaz, WOAH, founded as April › GWP government representatives
Alliance › Luke Davey, AMC
Insights to Support OIE › Ariella Kageruka, Rwanda
› Dao Nguyen, IUCN Rwanda Collaborative › Chloe Flatt, AMC
Practice › Jackson Katampi, Zambia Development Board February
Management Partnership
› Eugene Mutangana, Rwanda › Ian Munyankindi, AMC 20–25
Study Tour
Development Board › JP Karanganire, AMC
› Kunzang Choden, Bhutan For › Monica Alvarez, International › Ladis Ndahiriwe, Akagera
Supporting Rangers Life Fund Secretariat › Fiston Ishimwe, AMC
Ranger Federation Management Company (AMC)
Through the 3Cs— › Cristina Sganga, human rights › Wendy Li, World Bank
› Rohit Singh, WWF July
Conditions, Conduct and expert
Capacity › Chris Galliers, International Ranger
› Theresa Sowry, Southern African Federation › Stephanie O'Donnell, World Bank › Dan Morris, Google AI for Nature
Wildlife College
and Society
› Franziska Steinbruch, Mozambique
› Sarah Maston, Microsoft & Project
Countering Corruption › Alastair Nelson, Conservation Knowledge Exchange on › Chipangura Chirara, Zimbabwe 15
› Micol Martini, WWF International March 1
in Wildlife Trade and Synergies November Conservation Technology › Ricardo Moreno, Panama
› Daniela Sota Valdivia, UNODC › Piotr Naskrecki, Gorongosa
Conservation › Alexandra Habershon, World Bank › Achmad Pribadi, Indonesia National Park, Mozambique, and
Museum of Comparative Zoology,
› Yanira Pop, Belize Harvard University

Note: IUCN = International Union for Conservation of Nature; UNODC = United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; WOAH = World › Joni Seager, World Bank › Yanira Pop, Belize
Organization for Animal Health (originally Office International des Epizooties [OIE]); WWF = World Wildlife Fund.
› Natalia Young, Panama › Heron Moreno, Belize
Gender Training › Elba Cortes, Panama › Renata Cao, Mexico March
Workshop for Latin
› Ricardo Moreno, Panama › Members of the Panama Project 21–24
America
› Alexis Kovach, Ecuador Gender Advisory Group
› Mireya Villacís, Ecuador › Christel Moller, World Bank
TIGER, NEPAL

› Richard Fryer, Namibia

› Celmira da Silva, Mozambique
› Steve Michel, Canada
› Koustubh Sharma, Global Snow
International Conference Leopard and Ecosystem Protection › Lisa Farroway, World Bank March 30–
on Human-Wildlife Program › Hasita Bhammar, World Bank April 1
Conflict › Greta F. Iori, Elephant Protection › Alexandra Zimmermann, World
Initiative Foundation Bank and IUCN SSC Human-
› Rakesh Jagenia, India Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence
Specialist Group

Using Behavior Change

Approaches and › Gayle Burgess, TRAFFIC › Philipe Bujold, Rare
Strategies to Support June 20
Wildlife Conservation for › Rhys Lim, World Bank › Lisa Farroway, World Bank
Development

Knowledge Exchange › Dianna Pizarro, World Bank › Natalia Young, Panama

on Community › Elisante Ombeni, Tanzania › Hercília Chipanga Martins, August 3
Conservation Groups › Stanzin Namdol, India Mozambique

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EVENT TITLE AND

SPEAKERS DATE
LINK TO EVENT PAGE

Workshop on Media
September
and Its Impact on
› Virat A. Singh, World Bank 21–October
Human-Wildlife Conflict
4
Perceptions

› Joni Seager, World Bank

Women as Catalysts for › Phansiri Winichagoon, Thailand
› Mbiganyi Frederick Dipotso, November 9
Change in Conservation › Peeranun Panyavaranant, Thailand
Botswana

Social Research for › Gayle Burgess, TRAFFIC November

Conservation Insight and › Arjun Kamdar, WWF
› Sacha Riley-Smith, TRAFFIC 10
Impact Evaluation

› GWP government focal points › Somphot Duangchantrasiri, DNP

› GWP project management units › Somying Thunhikorn, DNP
› GEF agency and partners staff › Arun Kaewsamakkhi
› GWP coordination team, World › Peeranuch Dulkul Kappelle, DNP
Bank
› Kriengsak Chaturasuksakul, DNP
› Yanira Pop, Belize
› Prawatsart Chanthep, DNP
› Jenny Paola, Colombia
› Somphon Pakpien, DNP
› Paul Aulestia, Ecuador
› Khalid Pasha, International Union
› Kumara Wakjira, Ethiopia for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
› Krishna Kumar, India › Peter Cutter, RECOFTC
› Shadrack Ngene, Kenya › (Center for People and Forests)
› Syarifah Khadiejah Binti Syed › Colin Holmes, United States
Mohd Kamil, Malaysia Agency for International
› Jorge Fernando, Mozambique Development
› Kannyinga, Namibia › Jonathan Hunter, Wildlife
Conservation Society November
GWP Annual Conference › Lorilie Salvador, Philippines
› Scott Roberton, Wildlife 27–
2023 › Chayanan Pakdeejit, Thailand Conservation Society December 1
› Apollinaris Apollonius, Namibia › Sarah Olson, Wildlife Conservation
› Kanita Ouitavon, Thailand Society
› Adriana Moreira, GEF › Pornkamol Jornburom, Wildlife
Conservation Society
› Hannah Fairbank, GEF
› Boonyakorn Chimsanchart, Wildlife
› Anupam Anand, GEF IEO Conservation Society
› Sallie Yang, UNEP › Nutthakarn Boonpha, Wildlife
› Georgina Lloyd, UNEP Conservation Society
› Maelle Vandierendonck, UNEP › Stephanie O’Donnell, World Bank
› Akiko Yamamoto, UNDP › Nuthatai Chotechuang, WildAid
› Jenna Dawson-Faber, UNODC › Sandra Petrone Mendoza, WWF
› Yoko Watanabe, ADB › Rob Parry-Jones, WWF
› Penpicha Akepittayatanti, AMATA › Stephen Carmody, Wildlife Justice
Foundation Commission
› Prasert Sornsathapornkul, DNP › Grant Miller, Zoological Society of
London
› Daraporn Chairat, DNP

Note: ADB = Asian Development Bank; DNP = Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation; GEF = Global
Environmental Facility; IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist Group; UNDP = United Nations Development Programme;
UNEP = United Nations Environment Programme; UNODC = United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; WWF = World Wildlife Fund

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GWP Team GEF-6 and GEF-7 National Projects

Angola: Charity Nalyanya, Robert McNeil, Ruud Jansen, Laureen Cheruiyot, Paula Francisco Coelho,
GWP Global Coordination Abias Huongo
World Bank – GWP Coordination Team: Lisa Farroway, Wendy Li, Monica Zavagli, Hasita Bhammar, Belize: Yanira Pop, Kenrick Williams, Juan Calles, Diane Wade Moore, Ismirla Andrade, Ismirla
Inela Weeks, Christel Moller, Héloïse Lebon, Sharee Lawler, Manali Baruah, Liam Mullins, Shane Andrade, E. Wilber Sabido, John Pinelo, Judith Middleton, Victoria Chi, Leon Castillo, Miguel Tsub,
Ferdinandus, Sithie Naz Mowlana Jasmin Andrades, German Lopez, Irene Quintero, Heron Moreno Sr., Heron Moreno Jr., Christina
Garcia, Elizabeth Dorgay, Kimberly Westby, Boris Arevalo, Wilber Martinez, Celso Poot, Emma
GWP Technical Advisers: Joni Seager, Stephanie O'Connell, Kathleen Fitzgerald, Annika Keeley, Sanchez, Marcella Kelly, Amanda Acosta, Zoey Walker, Roberto Rivero, Ramon Pacheco
Diego Juffe Bignoli, Salvatore Amato, Virat A. Singh, Alexandra Zimmermann
Bhutan: Dorji Dhradhul, Tashi Tenzin, Dhendrup Tshering, Solene Le Doze, Lhendup Tharchen,
World Bank – Thematic and Management Support: Christian Peter, Marilyne Goncalves, Nigel Jigme Dorji, Jamyang Gyeltshen, Sita Devi Gautam
Marc Bartlett, Laura Ivers, Hannah McDonald-Moniz, Diana Manevskaya, Sunny Kaplan, Inna Peoria,
Vanessa Satur, Renata Zincone, Agnes Gaga, Raul Gallego Abellan, Abdurrahman Karwa, Simon Botswana: Mbiganyi Frederick Dipotso, Onesimus Muhwezi, Bame Mannathoko, Kagoetsile
Robertson, Angela Armstrong, Olga Stradysheva Motlokwa, Chimbi Bratonozic, Kabelo Senyatso, Retshephile Johny, Julius Rakose, Nsununguli Maja,
Tabona Nyakane, Johnson Lebotse, Tirelo Shabane, Kgosietsile Tau
UNDP Combating Maritime Wildlife Trafficking Team: Harun Guclusoy, Mikhail Paltsyn, Tamara
Tschentscher, Deniz Baskan, Petra Valastinova, Mandy Cadman Cambodia: Khin Mengkheang, Khieu Borin, Salimata D. Follea, Elisabeth Steinmayr, Erica Cristine
Honeck, Phearanich Hing
GEF Secretariat: Adriana Moreira, Hannah Fairbank
Chad: Tahir Brahim Adouma, Aurelie Rossignol, Taibou Maiga, Soumaila Oumar Gadji, Olivier Seid
GWP Program Steering Committee: Lisa Farroway, Arunkumar Abraham, Katharine Thoday, Wouter Kimto, Victoire Bebkika Boukinebe, Mahamat Seidou Seidou Ahmat, Erik Winter Reed
Schalken, Charity Nalyanya, Free De Koning, Prapti Bhandary, Yaisa Bejarano, Anne Mugo, Ana
Nieto, Joshua Schneck, Doley Tshering, Midori Paxton, Onesimus Muhwezi, Melissa De Kock, Jane Congo, Dem. Rep.: Kamathe Katsongo, Ben Balongelwa, Bonnie Rusk, Goetz Schroth, Bernard
Nimpamya, Thais Narciso, Renae Stenhouse, Astrid Breuer, Adriana Moreira, Hannah Fairbank, Cheteu, Willy Bassa, Jean Paul Kibambe, Albert Walanga, Papy Shamvu, Deo Kujirakwinja,
Haruko Okusu, Edward van Asch, Clara Nobbe, Laura Cerasi, Crawford Allan, T. P. Singh, Sandy Christopher Holmes, Faye O’Brien
Andelman, Alexa Montefiore, Jennifer Koepcke, Angela Kirkman, John Baker, Gayle Burgess, Maelle
Vandierendonck, Marc Attallah, Tashi Dorji Ecuador: Angela Reed Clavijo, Esteban Jacome, Paúl Aulestia, Mireya Villacis, Lisett Herrera, Irene
Schuldt, Sebastian Valdivieso, Melanie Aleman, Galo Zapata, Mayra Romero, Alexandra Fischer

Ethiopia: Arega Mekonnen, Kumara Wakjira, Kaavya Varma, Wubua Mekonnen, Fanuel Kebede,
LEMURS, MADAGASCAR Demeke Datiko, Neway Betemariam, Behailu Mekonnen, Andualem Moti, Lomitu Bane

India SECURE Himalaya: Tashi Dorji, Ruchi Pant, Krishna Kumar, Parth Joshi, Jishu Chakraborty,
Siddarth Nair

India Wild Cats: Rajesh Gopal, Bivash Ranjan, R. Raghu Prasad, Sunil Sharma, Tashi Dorji, Renae
Stenhouse, Ruchi Pant, Dipankar Ghose, Arundhati Mohanty

Indonesia CIWT: Achmad Pribadi, Iwan Kurniawan, Sustyo Iriyono, Kaavya Varma, Muhammad Yayat,
Wiene Andriana, Hidayat Abdillah, Rissa Budiarti, Doni Erlangga

Indonesia CONSERVE: Wahdi Azmi, Indra Exploitasia, Fifin Nopiansyah, Badiah Achmad Said,
Kaavya Varma, Iwan Kurniawan, Muhammad Yayat Afianto

Kenya: Netty Jemutai, Shadrack Ngene, Onesimus Muhwezi, Evelyn Koech, Washington Ayiemba,
Mathew Sinteria, Peter Lokitela, Boniface Chebii, John Mumo, Abubakar Aden

Madagascar: Rado Andrianirina Rakotomanana, Daniel Pouakouyou, Hery A. Rakotondravony,

Seheno Ramanantsoa, Rajaonarisoa Livaharimanitra, Rinah Razafindrabe, Mamitiana Andriamanjato,
Andry Fidiniaina Moïse Rasamoelina, Tolotra Ratsimandresy, Aina Radaniela Andrianoro, Hajaniaina
Rasoloarison, Kennedy Nzeru, Tsiry Raharinjatovo

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Malawi: William Mgoola, Nicholas Stephen Zmijewski, Brighton Kumchedwa, Daulos Mauambeta,
Mary Chilimampunga, Titus Zulu, Maurice Makuwila, Mphatso Kalemba, Wisely Kawaye

Malaysia: Khairul Naim Bin Adham, Aizalyasni Binti Anuar, Beatrice Aren Ajeng Laing, Mohd Rashid
Bin Sarmin, Solene Le Doze, Pek Chuan Gan, Nawaraj Chhetri, Ange (Seok Ling Tan), Ka Han Le,
Clara Yan Yi Wei

Mali: N’dje Hamey, Modibo Konate, Charles Tamou, Oumar Tamboura, Fatoumata Doucoure,
Djakaridja Coulibaly

Mozambique: Lolita Hilario Fondo, Jorge Fernando, Kaavya Varma, Eunice Mucache, Goetz Schorth,
Cidália Mahumane, Emir Amade, Mike Marchington, Hilario Patricio, Richard Musarara

Namibia: Raili Hasheela-Haipinge, Burton Julius, Bennett Kahuure, Jose Kaumba, Onesimus
Muhwezi, Uazamo Kaura, Christian Shingoro, Martha Ndove, Cameron Kandjii, Isaskar Uahoo,
Helena Shiweda, Siegfried Tjitjo, Martha Kasongo, Elton Emvula, Victory Hamushila, David Shihepo

Pakistan: Fauzia Bilqis Malik, Syed Asif Hyder Shah, Iftikhar ul Hasan Shah Gilani, Anshuman Saikia,
Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, Saeed Abbas

Panama: Ricardo Moreno, José Victoria, Eric Nuñez, Cándida Somarriba, Natalia Young, Arturo
Puertes, Guillermo McPhearson, Elba Cortés, Robert Erath

South Africa IWT: Mercedes Marele, Charles Bopape, Jane Nimpamya, Simon Malate, Sipho
Mabunda, Carol Poole, Matthew Child, Olga Kumalo, Mpho Tjiane, Molefe Lebethe, Marisa
Coetzee, Moscow Marumo, Nita Viljoen, Linda Hlengwa, Lindie Botha

South Africa HWC: Jane Nimpamya, Sydney Nkosi, Dan Paleczny, Julian Blanc, Doreen Lynn
Robinson, Roland Vorwerk, Agripa Ngorima, Steven Johnson, Luthando Dziba, Sonja Meintjes, Pieter
Olivier, Marubini Ntshauba, Simon Malete, Frances Craigie, Wayne Erlank, Mercedes Marele, Charles
Bopape, Sipho Mabunda

South Africa WBE: Wayne Erlank, Lucia Motloung, Sarah Moyer, Jane Nimpamya, Simon Malete,
Frances Craigie, Wendy Tripe

Tanzania: Theotimos Rwegasira, Fortunata Msoffe, Onesimus Muhwezi, Gertrude Lyatuu, Elisante
Ombeni, Damas Masologo, Martha Delphinus, Sikujua Juma, Tulalumba Bangu, Sawiche Wamuza,
Alessandra Rossi, Mussa Dighesh, Renatus Kusamba, Deusdedith Fidelis, Abraham E. Mulokozi,
Eliupendo Laltaika, Lazaro Msowero

Thailand: Klairoong Poonpon, Prasert Sornsathapornkul, Solene Le Doze, Khan Ram-Indra, Sukanya
Thongthumrong, Tippawan Sethapun

Zambia: Noel Muchimba, Silvia Mauri, Victoria Musonda, Francis Samalumo, Lewis Daka, Erastus
Kancheya, Sinyala Nyirongo, Edward Chilufya, Godfrey Phiri, Mushokabanji Likulanga, Leo Lwizi,
Arthur Asumani

Zimbabwe: Chipangura Chirara, Edward Samuriwo, Onesimus Muhwezi, Jeremiah Mushosho,

Emelie Isaksen, Yvonne Chingarande, Sekai Mativenga

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