3. Biodiversity Programming at USAID
Support 50
countries
worldwide
$5
$165.50
$205 $212.50
$250
$0
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
$300
FY87 FY07 FY10 FY14 FY15
USAID Biodiversity Funding,
in Millions of Dollars
4. USAID Biodiversity Policy
Vision: To conserve
biodiversity for
sustainable, resilient
development.
Goals: 1) conserve
biodiversity in priority
places, and 2) integrate
biodiversity as an
essential component of
human development.
5. What do we mean by integration?
Integration is about…
• Being strategic
• Identifying synergies
between sector
• Minimizing tradeoffs
• Thinking about
ecosystem services
Integration is not…
• Doing everything
everywhere
• Always linked to funding
type
• The same as
environmental
compliance
6. Integration Approaches
Use and contribute
to the evidence base
Build
constituencies
Leverage key
USAID
processes
Use systems
concepts
7. Leadership
Group
Climate
Change
Economic
Growth
DRG
Health
Food
Security
Trade
Operationalizing Integration through
Integration Working Groups
• Case studies
• Joint Mission support
• Ecosystem-based adaptation
• Countering wildlife trafficking
• Biodiversity in trade agreements
• Wild fisheries
• Forests & nutrition
• Joint research
• Emerging pandemic threats
• Population, health, environment
• Reducing misuse of bed nets
• Political economy analysis
• Countering human trafficking
• Marine tenure
• Cost benefit analysis
• Growth diagnostic
9. 9
White House Directive on
Ecosystem Services
• Mainstream ecosystem
services into existing
environmental assessments
• Integrate ecosystem services
into other sector’s tools
• Conduct outreach to improve
understanding of importance of
ecosystem services across
USAID sectors
13. • USAID Biodiversity Policy:
https://rmportal.net/library/content/usaid-biodiversity-
policy
• USAID Biodiversity and Development Handbook:
https://rmportal.net/groups/fab/gateway-
resources/biodiversity-and-development-handbook-1
• USAID Biodiversity and Development Research
Agenda: http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00KB5X.pdf
Additional Resources