[{"bbox": [86, 153, 605, 186], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 219, 509, 251], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 279, 1147, 361], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to support a development model (at national as well as pilot subnational and community level) that reconciles forestry, biodiversity and climate change with environmentally and socially sustainable, inclusive and gender-responsive green growth, just transition and decent jobs."}, {"bbox": [97, 373, 1097, 403], "category": "Text", "text": "The integrated and mutually reinforcing Specific(s) Objective(s) (Outcomes) of this action are to pursue:"}, {"bbox": [97, 410, 1140, 438], "category": "Text", "text": "**SO1: Effective implementation of evidence-based FCCB policies, governance and institutional frameworks,**"}, {"bbox": [97, 445, 927, 473], "category": "Text", "text": "**SO2: Increased knowledge and awareness on FCCB issues among PNG's population,**"}, {"bbox": [97, 480, 1147, 531], "category": "Text", "text": "**SO3: Increased inclusive and gender responsive green public and private sector investments and deforestation-free livelihoods.**"}, {"bbox": [97, 556, 1151, 875], "category": "Text", "text": "All specific objectives of the action offer substantial scope for the enhanced use of digital tools, while building on existing tools such as the PNG Climate Change and Forest Monitoring Web Portal. The action contributes to the 2030 Agenda, notably: Goal 13 - Climate Action, Goal 15 - Life on land, Goal 1 - No poverty, Goal 2 - Food security, improved nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Goal 5 - Gender equality. Goal 7 - Sustainable energy, Goal 8 - Decent work and economic growth, Goal 12 - Responsible consumption and production, Goal 17 - Partnerships for the goals). It will also contribute to target 6.6 \"protect and restore water related ecosystems. as well as other multilateral commitments to the global energy transition, PNG's National REDD+ Strategy 2017-2027 as well as PNG's Enhanced NDC to the Paris Agreement. The action will be implemented at national as well as pilot subnational and community levels, including in Bougainville, the Managalas Conservation Area and other community level areas to be identified through the implementer's own grant mechanism. Women and youth will be included throughout the action. Across all SOs, a conflict sensitive approach will be adopted, and peaceful conflict resolution mechanisms will be strengthened."}, {"bbox": [97, 907, 1056, 964], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives (Outcomes) are:"}, {"bbox": [97, 966, 615, 994], "category": "Text", "text": "contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1)"}, {"bbox": [97, 1002, 1140, 1055], "category": "Text", "text": "1.1: Public availability of relevant digitalized data and information (on deforestation and forest degradation, forest cover, biodiversity, carbon stock,) for FCCB sectors increased."}, {"bbox": [97, 1063, 1100, 1117], "category": "Text", "text": "1.2: FCCB stakeholders' participation and coordination mechanisms established and strengthened in line with established rules and guidelines"}, {"bbox": [97, 1125, 1125, 1206], "category": "Text", "text": "1.3: Effective governance and institutional gender-responsive frameworks for respect of human rights, including labour rights, environment, forestry, land and climate change designed, adopted and enforced, including a whole of government approach to FCCB."}, {"bbox": [97, 1214, 1128, 1267], "category": "Text", "text": "1.4: A transparent and functioning, widely accepted carbon trading mechanism (that includes a fair cost and benefit sharing mechanism) in place and used by a growing number of private sector actors for carbon offsetting."}, {"bbox": [97, 1275, 1131, 1355], "category": "Text", "text": "1.5: FCCB policy instruments (including international conventions, EU-agreements, fiscal incentives for sustainable forest management and logging, taxation regime to reduce log exports and incentivise domestic wood processing, eg through cooperatives) adopted and implemented."}, {"bbox": [97, 1362, 1123, 1415], "category": "Text", "text": "1.6: Support delivery of a Just Transition to protect labour rights, address social issues, and deliver decent work alongside FCCB policy instruments, while shifting to more sustainable production."}, {"bbox": [97, 1423, 1007, 1451], "category": "Text", "text": "1.7: PNG's Enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions to UNFCC progressively implemented."}, {"bbox": [97, 1458, 1070, 1486], "category": "Text", "text": "1.8: Forest including mangroves effectively protected, land degradation halted and degraded land restored."}, {"bbox": [97, 1505, 615, 1533], "category": "Text", "text": "contributing to Outcome 2 (or Specific Objective 2)"}, {"bbox": [97, 1541, 1147, 1594], "category": "Text", "text": "2.1: Knowledge and awareness on FCCB issues among PNG's population increased, by using multiple tools and toolkits such as EU's \"An Advocacy Toolkit for Nature\"."}, {"bbox": [86, 1657, 203, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 11 of 32"}]