[{"bbox": [82, 147, 1157, 833], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>organisation</td><td>women-led and men-led enterprises, risking the action targets only those who are more advanced</td><td></td><td></td><td>inform in fine-tuning project activities which will include training and capacity building.</td></tr><tr><td>Risks related to gender blind interventions of the Action</td><td>Risk 7: A gender-blind, neutral or negative context and problem analysis could reinforce existing gender inequalities and non-realisation of human rights in the sector, and hinder the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the Action</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td>Use gender-sensitive monitoring, use of sex-disaggregated data, and gender-sensitive indicators. Gender mainstreaming is applied in all phases of the support services.</td></tr><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Risk 8: Significant degradation of the macroeconomic/fiscal situation of the country leading to major shifts in terms of priorities and budget available for environmental preservation</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>Continued support to the Maldives' economy through business roundtables for example and other measures will support awareness and commitment of all stakeholders to environmental preservation is continuously built.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [93, 835, 253, 859], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [132, 880, 1148, 993], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Political changes can affect balance of commitment to biodiversity conservation and sound natural resource management versus unsustainable resource exploitation (land reclamation). Working with the newly capacitated island councils and atoll councils can bring this debate to the island and atoll level with greater ownership by local stakeholders (i.e., those whose resources are directly affected)."}, {"bbox": [132, 994, 1148, 1108], "category": "List-item", "text": "* EU experience supporting the Maldives' protected areas in Addu and Fuvahmulah Atolls and waste management (administered by the World Bank), has shown that protected area establishment is a sustainable and inclusive model which can include the private sector in protecting biodiversity while building a green economy, and can be replicated in other geographic areas."}, {"bbox": [132, 1109, 1148, 1193], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Waste management models developed at island level together with tourist resorts have shown successful outcomes that can be more widely adapted, and would form a foundation for creation of collaboration between islands and among atolls to make more efficient use of shared resources and infrastructure"}, {"bbox": [85, 1226, 396, 1256], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [97, 1273, 1157, 1330], "category": "Text", "text": "The overall objective of the Action is “To improve sustainable management of biodiversity in the Maldives to support conservation of natural resources and enhance climate resilience”."}, {"bbox": [97, 1364, 1157, 1534], "category": "Text", "text": "Increase of population and economic growth has intensified the demand on natural resources and over-exploitation of biodiversity. The underlying intervention logic for this Action is to increase blue economic opportunities through the development of the capacities of central and local authorities, civil society organisations, including women and youth associations, communities and the private sector in planning, budgeting and decision-making based on scientific data and research, to mobilise innovative commercial nature-based solutions to protect and manage natural resources enabling sustainable community development and effective waste management."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 24"}]