Client: U.S. Agency for International Development
Duration: 2015-2020
Region: Worldwide
Country: Regional
Solutions: Environment
Integrating biodiversity conservation in development initiatives such as adaptation to and mitigation of severe weather-related events, democracy and governance, inclusive economic growth, food security, health, and trade, can create significant benefits for beneficiaries. There is, however, a widely held perception that successful conservation initiatives often only have local impact and are typically limited in their impact. Scaling up these benefits requires new approaches to programming that recognize not only how development projects can drive sound conservation, but also how conservation initiatives can improve development impact.
The DAI team pursued three main objectives on the BRIDGE project. First, the project built and expanded on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s successful biodiversity integration efforts, as well identifying and addressing gaps in USAID staff’s ability to design and carry out programs that integrate biodiversity conservation into other sector initiatives. Second, BRIDGE designed and maintained knowledge management systems that enhanced access to sound, compelling, and useful data and evidence that support the drive for greater integration. Third, the project built a constituency of informed and committed staff “champions” who embraced and advanced biodiversity conservation in other sectors because they understood how these efforts reduce the risk of failure and enhance impact.
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