Preparation of Project Business Case for the UNDP China Country Office

What We Did: Managed the development, submission and approval of a business case to the Global Environment Facility for the US$ 57M UNDP-supported, GEF-financed project “Transformational Wildlife Conservation Management in China”, subsequently approved for implementation in October 2022.

‍Objective: This new initiave funded by the Global Environment Facility and led by the United Nations Development Programme and the Chinese National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) aims to demonstrate integrated landscape management approaches and innovative tools to conserve critical habitat of five iconic wildlife species: the giant panda, the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti), the Western black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor furvogaster), the Indochinese gray langur (Trachypithecus crepusculus), and the stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides). The universal appeal of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) may help protect thousands of other imperilled animals in China’s biologically rich Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces.

The objective of the project is to strengthen the conservation and management of China's key protected areas and biodiversity corridors, with a focus on endangered species such as the giant panda, black snub-nosed monkey, black crested gibbon and the South China tiger. The project aims to promote sustainable land use practices, reduce human-wildlife conflict, and support the establishment of new protected areas and ecological corridors. The project also seeks to enhance the capacity of local communities, government agencies, and other stakeholders to participate in wildlife conservation and management efforts.