This Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) has been prepared for the submission of the UNDP project proposal “Transformational Wildlife Conservation Management in China” to the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The objective of the project is to safeguard key threatened and iconic wildlife in China through innovative management technologies, community participation and cross-sectoral engagement approaches. This will be accomplished through the following four interlinked components:

• Component 1: Mainstreaming wildlife conservation into integrated landscape planning through enhanced intersectoral coordination and supportive policy environment
• Component 2: Demonstrating integrated landscape management approaches and innovative tools in key endangered globally important wildlife habitats
• Component 3: Deploying frontier technologies and innovative knowledge management solutions for wildlife conservation and landscape planning
• Component 4: Coordination, safeguards management, and monitoring & evaluation