[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1170, 261], "category": "Text", "text": "provincial, municipal, and local levels, including local communities and indigenous people, in the preservation of beneficiary Conservation Landscapes; and (3) Improve the conservation, management, and use of biodiversity, wildlife and ecosystem goods and services in the beneficiary Conservation Landscapes, ensuring the inclusion of the local communities, particularly women, children, youth, and vulnerable populations."}, {"bbox": [96, 265, 1170, 504], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action focuses on enhancing governance and law enforcement, including direct support to the National Institute of Biodiversity and Conservation (Instituto Nacional da Biodiversidade e Conservação - INBC) and its protected areas management partners, to ensure the protection of biodiversity and the integrity of conservation areas. By implementing effective management practices, involving local communities in conservation efforts and providing them with diversified economic opportunities, the Action contributes to restoring biodiversity while improving the quality of life for residents through sustainable and equitable livelihood opportunities. These initiatives, combined with enhanced Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and higher education which respect biodiversity, will not only attract international visitors but also positively preserve ecosystems and impact climate change mitigation and adaptation, fostering a resilient and economically diversified nation."}, {"bbox": [96, 509, 1170, 564], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will contribute to Priority Area 1 (Sustainable Economic Diversification) and Priority Ares 3 (Human Development) of the 2021-2027 European Union (EU) Multi-annual Indicative Programme (MIP) for Angola."}, {"bbox": [96, 569, 1170, 756], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action is part of the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Africa as part of the EU-Africa Global Gateway Investment Package⁵ under the green investment section. At the European policy level, the Action is aligned with the European Green Deal⁶, the NaturAfrica flagship initiative⁷, included in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030⁸ (which sets an ambitious agenda to bend the curve of biodiversity loss by addressing all key drivers and to protect, restore and promote the sustainable use of ecosystems). The integrated landscape approach promoted here is fully aligned on NaturAfrica's three pillars: conservation, green economy and participative governance of natural resources."}, {"bbox": [96, 761, 1170, 816], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action is part of the TEI Diversification of Economy and Public Financial Management in Angola. It will also align with opportunities identified by the Larger than Elephants strategic inputs and Lobito Corridor developments⁹."}, {"bbox": [96, 820, 1170, 927], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action is aligned with the EU Gender Action Plan III 2021-2025¹⁰ and its key thematic areas of engagement as well as with the EU policy to tackle inequalities in developing countries¹¹, in particular by increasing the participation of women and girls, youth, ethnic minorities and persons with disabilities in decision-making processes on environment and climate change issues and in the green economy."}, {"bbox": [96, 932, 1170, 1038], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will contribute to the Agenda 2030 Goals, notably: Life on Land (SDG 15), No poverty (SDG 1), Quality Education (SDG 4), Gender equality (SDG 5), Decent work and economic growth (SDG 8), Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10), Sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11), Responsible consumption and production (SDG12), Climate action (SDG 13)."}, {"bbox": [84, 1059, 501, 1090], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.3 Zone benefitting from the Action"}, {"bbox": [96, 1112, 916, 1140], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action shall be carried out in Angola which is included in the list of ODA recipients."}, {"bbox": [84, 1173, 322, 1207], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [84, 1239, 230, 1267], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [96, 1291, 1170, 1398], "category": "Text", "text": "Angola, once one of Africa's wealthiest countries in terms of biodiversity, owes this richness to factors like its vast size, inter-tropical location, and varied altitudes and ecoregions. The country's climatic diversity, combined with ecological variability and diverse soils, creates a range of bioclimatic zones from dense tropical forests to deserts. However, natural hazards such as floods, erosion, droughts, and epidemics, exacerbated by climate change, threaten"}, {"bbox": [84, 1449, 741, 1472], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ EU-Africa: Global Gateway Investment Package - European Commission (europa.eu)"}, {"bbox": [84, 1472, 369, 1493], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁶ A European Green Deal (europa.eu)"}, {"bbox": [84, 1493, 1143, 1536], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁷ DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS - NaturAfrica: a new structure to support biodiversity and development in Africa (europa.eu)"}, {"bbox": [84, 1536, 1143, 1559], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁸ Communication COM/2020/380: EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - Bringing nature back into our lives | Knowledge for policy (europa.eu)"}, {"bbox": [84, 1559, 920, 1581], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ Larger than Elephants, including the Cagandala-Luando landscape (SAF 19) partly inside the Lobito corridor"}, {"bbox": [84, 1581, 620, 1603], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ Gender Action Plan III – a priority of EU external action (europa.eu)"}, {"bbox": [84, 1603, 1143, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹¹ Commission Staff Working Document on Implementation of the new European Consensus on Development – Addressing inequality in partner countries SWD(2019) 280 final of 14.6.2019."}, {"bbox": [1037, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 26"}]