Oiko creates a biodiversity monitoring plan for the Yaguas National Park in Peru

Oiko creates a biodiversity monitoring plan for the Yaguas National Park in Peru

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Biodiversity Monitoring design for Nature Crediting at the Yaguas National Park in Peru

This project is aimed to develop a biodiversity monitoring plan for the Yaguas National Park in Peru, focusing on carbon storage, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity conservation, to meet nature crediting standards.

The plan attracted investments by validating biodiversity credits, preserving ecosystems, and benefiting local communities.

Data were systematically collected using advanced technologies such as camera traps and satellite imagery, integrating traditional knowledge to foster community participation. Biodiversity credits were generated from measurable conservation outcomes, verified, and sold internationally, creating new funding streams. A monitoring plan was also implemented to establish baseline data, allowing experts to track biodiversity changes over time, harmonizing environmental and socio-economic goals, enhancing conservation efforts, and promoting community well-being.

Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:

  • Review of existing biodiversity/Nature crediting frameworks and standards
  • Review of existing biodiversity and biophysical monitoring
  • Analysis of most applicable crediting standards
  • Development of a Biodiversity Monitoring Plan based on the most applicable crediting standards
  • Develop a report of what needs to be monitored
  • Finalize a Biodiversity monitoring plan

Yaguas National Park area showing the human activity buffer zone and the main settlements

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COUNTRY

PERU

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2024 · Ongoing

DONOR · PARTNER

Conservation International (CI)

Brown Woolly Monkey · Lagothrix lagotricha

Motelo turtle · Chelonoidis denticulata

Local indigenous Yagua inhabitant

Feasibility study for the establishment of the Local Information System for Adaptation (LISA) in Benin

Feasibility study for the establishment of the Local Information System for Adaptation (LISA) in Benin

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Feasibility study for the establishment of the Local Information System for Adaptation (LISA) in Benin

With this feasibility study LoCAL aims to evaluate the practicality, impact, and sustainability of establishing a Local Information System for Adaptation (LISA) in Benin.

LISA is a platform that will enable shared access to climate information so that local governments are better informed of risks and vulnerabilities when making planning and budgeting decisions. The LISA will serve as a source of data visualization and access and should be used as an ‘aggregator’ of existing information on climate risk and vulnerability.

LISA is meant to enable stakeholders to understand the depth/range of climate risks and vulnerability at the local (commune) level, as well as to effectively understand its underlying causes so that socio-economic development and climate adaptation efforts can be strengthened, enabling risk-informed decision-making within local governments’ development plans and annual action plans.

The objectives of the assignment are:

  • Conduct contextual analysis and stakeholder engagement to clearly define LISA’s objectives and scope, leveraging insights from successful initiatives and Benin’s unique context.
  • Propose a preliminary design for LISA, focusing on integration with key platforms or alternative solutions based on stakeholder and data assessments.
  • Identify major risks and develop targeted mitigation strategies to ensure LISA’s successful implementation.
  • Create a simplified roadmap outlining essential steps and milestones for LISA’s phased rollout

 

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COUNTRY

BENIN

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2024 · Ongoing

DONOR · PARTNER

UNCDF · LoCAL

Common local transportation

A coal seller at the Godomey market

Building Grenada’s Strategic Framework to Enhance the Country’s Capacity to Transition to Low Emission Development

Building Grenada’s Strategic Framework to Enhance the Country’s Capacity to Transition to Low Emission Development

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Building Grenada’s Strategic Framework to Enhance the Country’s Capacity to Transition to Low Emission Development

The aim of the project is to catalyze a significant change in approach do that Grenada can transition towards a development path with lower emissions. This transition involves creating a plan called the Low Emission Development Strategy and Action (LEDSA) Plan. By making this shift, Grenada aims to decrease its greenhouse gas emissions and fulfill its commitments outlined in its NDCs and Energy Policy. The assignment focuses on Grenada’s efforts to develop and strengthen its strategic frameworks. These frameworks aim to tackle policy gaps, enhance sectoral expertise, and create supportive environments for Green Climate Fund (GCF) programming, particularly in low-emission investments.

This endeavor will primarily result in the creation of the Low Emission Development Strategy and Action (LEDSA) as a crucial national document. The LEDSA will serve es a guide for Grenada’s transition towards low-emission development.

This task directly contributes to two outputs of the GRD-RS-007 project:

  • Identifying business opportunities and stimulating interest and innovative investments in various sectors such as Power, Transport, Agriculture, Hotel and Commercial, Manufacturing, and Household. The private sector’s role is emphasized to determine how their investments can be effectively integrated nationally to bolster financing and support Grenada’s Low Emission Development (LED) GOALS.
  • Develop a Resource Mobilization Strategy for Grenada’s Low Emission Development Strategy and Action (LEDSA). This strategy will provide a clear direction of accessing climate financing from a range of sources including national, regional, and international entities, as well as through bilateral and multilateral partnerships. These funds will be instrumental in financing the implementation of low-mitigation options and investment opportunities outlined in the LEDSA.

Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:

  • Stakeholder consultations and engagement
    Pre and post effectiveness surveys
    Formulation of a Sectoral Business Opportunities Report
    Resource Mobilization Strategy
    Capacity Building and Workshop

 

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COUNTRY

GRENADA

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2024 · Ongoing

DONOR · PARTNER

Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)

Volcanic Crater

Old St. George’s Port

New St. George’s Port

Africa and Asia · Economic and Public Financial Management expertise to climate adaptation projects

Africa and Asia · Economic and Public Financial Management expertise to climate adaptation projects

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Economic and Public Financial Management expertise to climate adaptation projects in Africa and Asia

The projects under this framework contract aims to develop innovative solutions for national governments and local communities to adapt to the predicted effects of climate change in an environmentally sound manner by investing in the protection and restoration of ecosystems that are vulnerable to climate change and vital for increasing human resilience to climate change impacts.

Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:

  • Economic appraisal of adaptation strategies, therefore supporting the relevant Ministries of Finance in contributing to the countries’ climate policy, through a climate finance and green economy approach, including a baseline assessment of climate-relevant processes and alignment with national policies and NDCs.
  •  Continuous engagement with local stakeholders, through the approach of embeddedness, with government officials and identified key stakeholders, to enable a co-designing process of the country’s financing strategies and the CPEIR. This results in the development of adaptation financing strategy for the assigned country and a Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) focused on adaptation.
  • Gender mainstreaming approach, which considers the local gender cultural context, the relationship between gender, climate change, climate finance, NDCs and practical ways to engage women and men equally.
  • Capacity building and knowledge transfer to guarantee the continuity of the project and enhance the implementation of the Climate Change Policy Roadmap.

 

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COUNTRY

VARIOUS ASIA AND AFRICA

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2024 · Ongoing

DONOR · PARTNER

UNEP

Oiko provided services for the sustainable management of natural resources and economic development through local community engagement.

Oiko provided services for the sustainable management of natural resources and economic development through local community engagement.

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Consultancy services to support sustainable management of natural resources and economic development through local community engagement

The aim of this project was the provision of consultancy services to support sustainable management of natural resources and economic development through local community engagement.

The WB assignment is part of the package “EU4Environment Program¨, the EU-funded program aims to preserve the natural capital of EU´s Easter Partnership (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine), as well as increasing the people´s environmental well-being.

Forest coverage areas in Georgia

Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:

  • Baseline mapping for community engagement on forests and other NRM
  • Profor methodoly surveying of 32 communities in 4 countries
  • GIS and RS
  • Workshops and Capacity Building
  • Developing practical knowledge on community engagement in NRM
  • Disseminating lessons learnt from community engagement opportunities in NRM in the EaP countries

 

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COUNTRY

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2024 · Ongoing

DONOR · PARTNER

EU · The World Bank

Design of tailor-made climate products and services to advance the mainstreaming of science-based evidence of climate change risks into adaptation planning

Design of tailor-made climate products and services to advance the mainstreaming of science-based evidence of climate change risks into adaptation planning

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Technical Support for the development and roll out of tailor-made climate products and services to advance the mainstreaming of science-based evidence of climate change risks into adaptation planning at the local level in LoCAL member countries

The goal of this framework contract was to establish technical partnerships to support the LoCAL countries to develop and roll out tailor-made climate products and services to advance the mainstreaming of sciencebased evidence of climate change risks into adaptation planning at the subnational level.

The actual services provided by your staff within the assignment were:

• To undertake country-wide or localized Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessments, identifying and mapping climate risk, exposure, and vulnerability hotspots.
• Design, pilot and roll out of Local Information Systems for Adaptation (LISA) to enhance assessment of and response to climate change impacts.
• Undertake cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and/or impact evaluations of adaptation projects or portfolios of projects.

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COUNTRY

LoCAL MEMBER COUNTRIES

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2023 · Ongoing

DONOR · PARTNER

UNCDF

Oiko identified and developed a sector-specific curriculum for UAS mapping & Geospatial analysis training courses in Grenada and Guyana

Oiko identified and developed a sector-specific curriculum for UAS mapping & Geospatial analysis training courses in Grenada and Guyana

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Identification and Development of a sector-specific curriculum for participatory Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) mapping & Geospatial analysis training courses, and development of policy and operations manuals in Grenada and Guyana

Strengthen the knowledge and skills of the technical staff of the Ministries of Agriculture in Grenada and Guyana by providing training, policy and operation manuals, and guidelines related to the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), spatial analyses, and participatory data collection techniques to support agricultural and disaster risk management applications.

Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment: 

Identification and Development of a sector-specific curriculum for participatory UAS mapping and geospatial analysis training courses, focusing on:

  • Agriculture DRM and Insurance applications regarding Cocoa & Nutmeg in Grenada
  • Precision Rice Farming and Agriculture DRM in Guyana

Development of:

  • One UAS Policy and Commercial Operations Manual & One UAS Agriculture Insurance Mapping and Monitoring Strategy User Guide document in Grenada
  • One UAS Policy and Operations Manual in Guyana

Development and facilitation of a three-module training course in Grenada and Guyana, focusing on:

  • UAS Operations
  • Mapping and Monitoring Flight Surveys
  • Participatory Mapping and Analysis

(With an emphasis on Agriculture and Insurance Applications in Grenada)

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COUNTRY

GRENADA · GUYANA

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2023 · 2024

DONOR · PARTNER

FAO

Participating team from the training module in Guyana

Participating team from the training module in Guyana

Participating team from the training module in Guyana

GIS Data gathered by the UAS in the Laura Lands, St. Davids area from Grenada

Protection of biodiversity and natural ecosystems (Emerald Network) in Azerbaijan · EU4Environment Programme

Protection of biodiversity and natural ecosystems (Emerald Network) in Azerbaijan · EU4Environment Programme

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Protection of biodiversity and natural ecosystems (Emerald Network) in Azerbaijan · EU4Environment Programme

Consultancy services to support the protection of biodiversity and natural ecosystems (Emerald Network) in Azerbaijan.

Helping the country preserve their natural capital and increase people’s environmental well-being by supporting environmental-related action, unlocking opportunities for green growth, and setting mechanisms to better manage environmental risk impacts.

The project is aimed at promoting sustainable natural resources management, economic development and participation at local community level.

Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:

  • Development of a Roadmap for the further establishment of the Emerald Network
  • Development of methodological guidelines for the preparation of the Emerald Network Management Plans (ENMP)
  • Development of Management Plans for the selection of 3 Emerald Network sites.
  • Building national capacity for the further application of the Guidelines for the preparation of the ENMPs enhancing strategic financing to the forest and natural resource management sectors.

Map of Azerbaijan showing the Emerald Sites and the offical Government Protected Areas

 

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COUNTRY

AZERBAIJAN

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2023 · 2024

DONOR · PARTNER

The World Bank · EUROPEAN UNION

Caucasian leopard · Panthera pardus tulliana

Caspian tit · Poecile hyrcanus

Talish pheasant · Phasianus colchicus talyshensis

Iris Caucasica

Oiko developed a Technical Guidance for the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) and Technology Action Plan for the implementation of Ivory Coast´s NDC

Oiko developed a Technical Guidance for the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) and Technology Action Plan for the implementation of Ivory Coast´s NDC

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Oiko developed a Technical Guidance for the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) and Technology Action Plan for the implementation of Ivory Coast´s NDC

Update of a comprehensive Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) and Technology Action Plan (TAP) to enable Côte d’Ivoire to implement its climate targets using the most appropriate technologies, in this case developing an Integrated Climate Technology Innovation System (ICTIS) and creating an enabling environment for the prioritized technologies that will address the country’s needs in climate change Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) UNEP adaptation and mitigation.

This includes identifying technical capacity-building needs for the deployment of technologies and software creation/adaptation and implementing the TAP in close cooperation with all stakeholders.

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COUNTRY

IVORY COAST

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2022 · 2025

DONOR · PARTNER

CTCN · UNEP

Designing nature-based solutions with an ethnic and gender-equity approach in the Celaque rural mountain communities

Designing nature-based solutions with an ethnic and gender-equity approach in the Celaque rural mountain communities

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Oiko designed nature-based solutions (NbS) with an ethnic and gender-equity approach, to increase the resilience of rural mountain communities in protected natural areas affected by extreme weather events in Honduras

The objective of this Technical Assistance was to strengthen the resilience of rural mountain communities to the impact of climate change located in the Montaña de Celaque National Park in Honduras.

Achieving this objective required risk assessments, co-design of an Adaptation Plan built around Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), and capacity building in the communities, national institutions, and local government.

 

 

As a result, the final outcome was the design and implementation of a model of co-governance for an ecosystem-based adaptation plan, which entails the possibility of replication and upscaling in other similar areas. The project enabled local communities to take ownership of activities that will help them to manage natural resources and strengthen their human capacity, with the aim of improving their quality of life and generating rural sustainable development in their communities.

Moreover, the development of Naturebased Solutions aimed at sustaining resilient ecosystem services and reducing risks to natural disasters will promote agro-environmental models and facilitate the reincorporation of indigenous communities’ traditional practices such as ancestral socio-ecological measures to improve livelihoods and strengthen resilience to extreme weather events.

 

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COUNTRY

HONDURAS

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2022 · 2023

DONOR · PARTNER

UNEP/CTCN

Locals from Chimis Montaña

 Capacity building monitoring in the 3 selected communities

The izote plant is used to control landslides and to feed the local population

Local crops located on high slopes with constant risk of land slides