Argentine scientists have developed a potentially potent weapon against COVID-19, derived from a special kind of antibodies in the bloodstream of domesticated llamas. The finding was made while working on a Global Environment Facility-supported research project designed to help protect the llama's wild and threatened cousin, the guanaco. 

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Good Practice Brief: Finding Solutions for Electronic Waste with the Private Sector and Multi-Stakeholders Engagement

Collaborating with a mix of national and international experts from the private sector, the private sector-led Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) on electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) in Nigeria and Government of Nigeria established levy system to collect fee for collection and recycling from EEE producers and importers to cover the cost of PRO in Nigeria’s operation, collection, recycling and environmentally-sound disposal of e-waste based on Nigeria’s local context as well as international best practices and lessons brought from other existing EPR systems across the globe.

Publication Author: GEF Secretariat
Pages: 8
Date of Publication: Wednesday, June 2, 2021
ISBN:
978-1-948690-82-9

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Good Practice Brief: Strengthening Climate Resilience through People Centered Approaches

Farmers Field School (FFS) approach, which supports participatory planning and decision making, encourages field-based learning and application of scientific concepts, and is driven by local knowledge, enabled the project to develop more than 50 best practices of agriculture and pastoral adaptation to climate change in different agroecological contexts in Senegal.

Publication Author: GEF Secretariat
Pages: 8
Date of Publication: Wednesday, June 2, 2021
ISBN:
978-1-948690-81-2

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