1. Cost of the KBA process for the Polynesia-Micronesia Hotspot

2. ©Hope ©CSIRO/ANU Polynesia-Micronesia 536 globally threatened species 244 Eligible Species 162 KBAs 67 priority species 60 priority KBAs 14 IBAs for Fiji, 22 AZE sites Conservation Outcomes Pacific Islands

3. Costs Factors associated with the KBA Process Polynesia-Micronesia  Period (1): Mar 2003 – Dec 2003 (9 months)  Period (2): Jun 2004 – Dec 2004 (6 months)  Countries & Territories: 20  Profile Coordinator (consultant – 11 months)  GIS lab and office in Samoa  Regional Task Force (10) 2 Task Force and Expert Roundtables (Samoa)  Sub-hotspot regions (4) 4 coordinators 4 sub-regional roundtables (90) 4 sub-regional ecosystem profiles

4. Issues related to costs assessment of the KBA Delineation Process Difficult to identify costs specifically for KBA process but can give costs for Ecosystem Profile preparation process Funding came from CEPF, with a small contribution from the Melanesia CBC (approx USD$50,000) Costs used are budgeted costs. Actual costs were very similar to budget Costs reflect time and methodology agreed with CEPF, not necessarily best practice CABS staff time and travel costs were not reflected in the KBA program’s budget (Estimate: USD$75,000)

5. POLYNESIA-MICRONESIA ECOSYSTEM PROFILE Budget for February 2003 to December 2004 Budget LineUnitQuantity Unit Price (in US$) Budgeted Amount (in US$) REMUNERATION 142,000 CI Leadership Team: Technical Director – CBC Melanesiamonth2.55,00012,500 Vice President -Asia- Pacific- Melanesiamonth0.79,0006,300 Coordinator- Asia- Pacificmonth0.53,0001,500 Threatened Species Specialist – CBC Melanesiamonth1.53,0004,500 Office manager- Apiamonth0.51,000500 Core team: Profile coordinator (Consultant)month115,00055,000 PA Database specialistmonth1.52,5003,750 Sub regional coordinators (consultants)person316,00048,000 GIS Assistantdays30702,100 TRAVEL AND CONFERENCE 61031761,900 MISCELLANEOUSCommunication, office supplies, reports32,800 Communicationmonth173005,100 Office suppliesmonth171001700 Translation English/Frenchlump sum33,0009,000 Procurement of data and mapslump sum 3,500 Production of reportsreport75003,500 Task Force Contributors expensesperson2050010,000 TOTAL 236,700 INDIRECT COSTS 23,670 @ 10%lump sum123,670 GRAND TOTAL 260,370

6. Costs assessment of the KBA process Costs summary based on CEPF project process

7. Strengths & Weaknesses of KBA process Focussed, technically competent and organised coordinator Subregional consultation workshop approach In line with NBSAP Collating regional data into single system which never done before Good workshop participant composition The outcome definition was a one-off driven by need for an ecosystem profile Islands good surrogate for poor site data 1.Consultant, so “metadata” lost upon his departure, and no-one to operate GIS 2.Inconsistent results from subregions (short prep time) 3.Duplication 4.Huge task, beyond 1 person in short time, getting info can require lot of searching 5.Would have benefited from professional facilitator 6.Outcome definition is an ongoing process, needs strategic resourcing over long term 7.Good site definition key to good “Outcomes” analysis Impact on Costs of KBA process

8. Costs assessment of the KBA process Costs summary based on Best Practices process

9. In conclusion… Fa’afetai, Vinaka, Merci