1. Geospatial Impact Evaluation and Valuation of Land Degradation Projects
Juha Uitto1,Geeta Batra1, Anupam Anand1, Dan Runfola2, Ariel BenYishay2 and Jyothy Nagol3
1Independent Evaluation office, Global Environment Facility
2College of William and Mary
3 Global Land Cover Facility, University of Maryland

2. Objectives Impact of GEF Land degradation interventions?
Factors associated with the environmental outcomes?
Value for Money in terms of Carbon sequestered?
Objectives

3. GEF Land Degradation Focal Area

4. GEF Land Degradation Projects
Use the data from the precise locations
GEF Land Degradation Projects

5. Indicators Forest Cover(Tier 1) Carbon Sequestration(Tier 2b)
Vegetation Productivity(Tier 2a)
Forest Fragmentation(Tier 3a)
Tier 1: Trends in land use/cover Tier 2a: Trends in land productivity Tier 2b: Trends in soil organic carbon stocks Tier 3a: Trends in biodiversity and ecosystem services Tier 3b: Trends in social and economic conditions
Indicators

6. Methodology 6. Valuation of Carbon sequestration 1. Geocoding
2. Geospatial data
5. Causal trees analysis
3. Data integration
4. Matching analysis
Methodology

12. Findings about location
In the full report:
Para 21 : About locations
26-27
One sentence: para
Positive increase in NDVI
25 km of protected area
Low density
Variable characteristics
Some without forest cover

13. Causal tree
NDVI

14. Findings: NDVI Less effective near urban areas Time required
Multifocal
Initial conditions
Environmental and social characteristics
24. In 2011, an effort was undertaken to link the GEF Land Degradation Focal Area Strategy and the UNCCD 10-year (2008–18) strategy to streamline investments in sustainable land management.2 This effort was conducted in accordance with paragraph 24 of the UNCCD Strategic Plan and Framework adopted by the Conference of the Parties (COP; Decision 3/COP.8), under which the “COP may invite the GEF to take into account this strategic plan and to align its operations accordingly in order to facilitate effective implementation of the Convention.”
Full report: Para 26-27
Include the causal tree
Geeta to give 1-2 more slides from the report
Findings: NDVI

15. Causal tree
Forest cover

16. Findings: Forest cover
4.5 years after
Population density
More effective near urban areas
24. In 2011, an effort was undertaken to link the GEF Land Degradation Focal Area Strategy and the UNCCD 10-year (2008–18) strategy to streamline investments in sustainable land management.2 This effort was conducted in accordance with paragraph 24 of the UNCCD Strategic Plan and Framework adopted by the Conference of the Parties (COP; Decision 3/COP.8), under which the “COP may invite the GEF to take into account this strategic plan and to align its operations accordingly in order to facilitate effective implementation of the Convention.”
Full report: Para 26-27
Include the causal tree
Geeta to give 1-2 more slides from the report
Findings: Forest cover

17. GEF land degradation project valuations
Figure 10: Estimated valuations of each GEF LD project location. Projects can be viewed in more detail, and monetary valuation assumptions can be modified, at
GEF land degradation
project valuations

18. 108,800
tons of carbon sequestered per project location
$7,500,000
contributed by sequestration alone
43.52
tons of carbon sequestered
per hectare
24. In 2011, an effort was undertaken to link the GEF Land Degradation Focal Area Strategy and the UNCCD 10-year (2008–18) strategy to streamline investments in sustainable land management.2 This effort was conducted in accordance with paragraph 24 of the UNCCD Strategic Plan and Framework adopted by the Conference of the Parties (COP; Decision 3/COP.8), under which the “COP may invite the GEF to take into account this strategic plan and to align its operations accordingly in order to facilitate effective implementation of the Convention.”
Findings

19. Suggestions Need to mainstream proposed by
Use a learning-based approach as an initial screening tool for project planning
Collect the exact geographic information of GEF land degradation activities on an ongoing basis
Need to mainstream proposed by
the UNCCD’s Land Degradation Neutrality Framework.
24. In 2011, an effort was undertaken to link the GEF Land Degradation Focal Area Strategy and the UNCCD 10-year (2008–18) strategy to streamline investments in sustainable land management.2 This effort was conducted in accordance with paragraph 24 of the UNCCD Strategic Plan and Framework adopted by the Conference of the Parties (COP; Decision 3/COP.8), under which the “COP may invite the GEF to take into account this strategic plan and to align its operations accordingly in order to facilitate effective implementation of the Convention.”
Suggestions

20. 24. In 2011, an effort was undertaken to link the GEF Land Degradation Focal Area Strategy and the UNCCD 10-year (2008–18) strategy to streamline investments in sustainable land management.2 This effort was conducted in accordance with paragraph 24 of the UNCCD Strategic Plan and Framework adopted by the Conference of the Parties (COP; Decision 3/COP.8), under which the “COP may invite the GEF to take into account this strategic plan and to align its operations accordingly in order to facilitate effective implementation of the Convention.”
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