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Mainstreaming biodiversity in AFD strategies Frédérique Willard [email protected] 3 March 2016

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Mainstreaming biodiversity in AFD strategies

Frédérique Willard [email protected]

3 March 2016

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AFD is the Development Bank of France

AFD = implementing arm of the French Official Development Aid policy

AFD has worked for more than 70 years to alleviate poverty and foster sustainable development in the developing world (operations in more than 90 countries)

8,3 Billion Euros committed in 2015

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Diverse sectors of Intervention (2014)

Development projects by sectors :

Learning from AFD’s Past Work

For more than 20 years: support to sustainable management of tropical rainforest (particularly in the Congo Basin) and fisheries (West Africa, Madagascar)

From 2003 onwards: expand and improve management of protected areas (Madagascar, Mozambique, Morocco, Kenya, Central Africa) => « Dedicated projects »

Biodiversity progressively recognized as a cross-cutting issue to other sectors : energy, transportation, agriculture, water management and sanitation, etc. (as for climate) => led to the development of AFD Biodiversity cross-sectoral intervention framework 2013-2016

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Logical Framework of AFD Biodiversity Cross-sectoral Intervention Framework

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1st Objective : Biodiversity Commitments (2000 – 2014)

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AFD Commitments : 160 M€ annually by 2015

In 2014: 144,1 M€ / In 2015 : 250 M€

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2nd objective: Mainstreaming Biodiversity into development policies and practices

Strengthen integration of biodiversity in projects and programs supported by AFD: Exclusion list and biodiversity Systematic Mainstreaming of biodiversity issues in the drawing up of

strategic documents Ex-ante analysis of projects financed by AFD Group according to

environment and social management risks instruments Systematic Independent Opinion provided by the Second Opinion

department on six aspects of Sustainable Development (economic development, poverty alleviation, gender equality, biodiversity and resource management and climate change).

Implementation, by project owners, of the best options to “avoid, reduce and offset” the residual impacts of projects and as possible ensure net gain of biodiversity

Sensitize AFD project managers (100 managers trained in 5 years)

Facilitate private investments that improve biodiversity components

Sustainable Development Second Opinion

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Main Challenges to Mainstreaming

Stand alone biodiversity conservation projects are difficult to sell as a loan

Projects which adopt an ecosystem approach to natural resources management (water, forest) are more in line with loan financial tool.

AFD ESG processes are fairly rigorous : some infrastructure projects are financed by non traditional donors.

Complementarities with Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) / Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) – (WCS report : more wildlife in forest concessions than in protected areas in North Congo!)

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Thank you

www.afd.fr

Biodiversity Conservation: a key element for sustainable development

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