January 31, 2011, Washington DC - The GEF Secretariat and the CBD Secretariat held a retreat on Thursday January 27, 2001 to discuss themes of mutual interest, post-Nagoya.
The agenda included follow up to decisions emanating from COP-10 including GEF support to reporting requirements of Parties, the revision of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, and opportunities for enhanced collaboration between the two Secretariats.
Washington DC, January 28, 2010:
Ararat Valley, Armenia
January 18, 2010
GEF grants $8.2 million for the Zero-Emission New Town of Boughezoul in Algeria
Brazil, Peru and China
December 17, 2010
Masood Lohar, the National Coordinator of the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) implemented by UNDP in Pakistan received the "Benazir Bhutto Human Rights Award" from the President of Pakistan Mr. Asif Zardari.
Mr. Lohar is portraited on the left while while presenting the Benazir Housing Project at the 2009 South-South Expo for which he won the 2009 South-South Expo Award).
PRESS RELEASE
GEF Approves $20 Million for Wastewater Management in the CaribbeanPart of a $271 Million Effort in Six Caribbean Countries
L-R: Marcia Levaggi, Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat; Alejandra Mujica, Uruguay National Agency of Research and Innovation; Hopeton Peterson, Planning Institute of Jamaica; Farrukh Iqbal Khan, Adaptation Fund Board; and Assize Toure, Centre du Suivi Ecologique.
Onsite learning experience shares how the Mayan community adapts to climate-related risks
