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Registration Card - SECU0011

    Project Name: Mainstreaming Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Production Practices of Small Producers to Protect
    Date Complaint Filed:  Wednesday, November 14, 2018
    Date Complaint Registered:  Wednesday, November 28, 2018
    Project Description: 
    Strengthening the management framework for sustainable use of biodiversity to increase the protection of high conservation-value forests in Argentina
    Requestor(s): Ms. Silvia C. Zaninovich, Doctor of Biology, Becaria de CONICET Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura-UNNE
    Synopsis of Complaint:
    The complainant alleges that UNDP is supporting activity connected to the destruction of native forests, wetlands and an AICA (IBA - Important Bird Area) in the province of Corrientes, ARGENTINA. The complainant further alleges that the "the government continues to destroy without having made the environmental impact studies and corresponding evaluations and without taking into account the opinion of the scientists.", and implies that UNDP's activity is in violation of the Social and Environmental Standards as it relates to this alleged destruction.
    News and Updates:
    • 21 December 2018
    • Note: Due to capacity constraints SECU will not be able to complete the Eligibility Determination by the prescribed deadline. SECU is still gathering information from relevant sources and will post the Eligibility Determination as soon as possible. SECU apologizes for this delay.
    • Nota: Debido a limitaciones de capacidad, SECU no podrá completar la Determinación de Elegibilidad en el plazo prescrito. SECU aún está recopilando información de fuentes relevantes y publicará la Determinación de Elegibilidad lo antes posible. SECU se disculpa por este retraso.
    Project Details
    Atlas/Project #
    92877
    Project Risk Category
    Unknown
    Implementing Partner
    • Government Entity – Ministry - Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable de la Nación
    Financial Information
    • GEF - $4,620,000
    • Provincia de Misiones - $400,000
    • Provincia de Salta - $400,000
    • SAyDS - $19,337,400
    • PNUD - $500.,000
    • Provincia de Jujuy - $550,000
    Argentina