Washington DC, May 6, 2011 –On April 29, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) endorsed a $3.88 million grant to restore productive capacity of critical watersheds, enhance biodiversity conservation and protected area networks and reduce poverty of dependent communities in selected watersheds in the Philippines. It is being implemented by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and includes cofinancing of $103 million.
Nepal, May 2, 2011
On 11 April 2011, the five Tisza River Basin countries Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine entered a new stage in joint water management to ensure good water quality. In the course of a Ministerial Meeting held in Uzhgorod (Ukraine), a management plan was signed that commits the five countries to further cooperation in their efforts to protect the valuable environment of the basin.
GEF Small Grants Programme Supports Communities in Their Efforts to Preserve and Restore Forests
April 15, 2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) this week held a two-day strategy meeting at the Bank headquarters in Tunis to discuss new programming opportunities in Africa including programmatic approaches to the challenges of Lake Chad Basin.
Stepping up fast-start climate financing commitments – taking action on adaptation needs of the most vulnerable countries
On March 14 and 15, 2011 UNIDO took the initiative to organize a GEF Seminar at its Headquarters in Vienna, Austria aimed at equipping its technical, managerial, and field staff with the latest knowledge on the GEF-5 policies and procedures. This seminar was delivered jointly by Mr. Ibrahima Sow and Mr. Andrew Velthaus of the GEF Secretariat, and Mr. George Anestis and Ms. Ganna Onysko of UNIDO, who attended the annual GEF Familiarization Seminar organized by the Secretariat in Washington, DC in January, 2011.
(Bujumbura, Burundi) — Invasive species can cause significant damage to both biodiversity and productivity of natural and agricultural ecosystems. One well‐known example in the region is the invasion of water hyacinth and Nile perch in Lake Victoria in the 1990s, which caused hundreds of fish species to disappear, some to become extinct and the ecosystem to collapse.
April 7, 2011, Vientiane Capital Lao PDR
Strengthening Protected Area System of the Komi Republic to Conserve Virgin Forest Biodiversity in the Pechora River Headwaters Region
