Assessing the Effects of Terrestrial Protected Areas on Human Well-Being: A STAP Advisory Document
The creation of protected areas (PAs) has been a central strategy of biodiversity conservation for more than a century. Increasingly, in the last few decades of the 20th century a new requirement was added – that the cre¬ation and maintenance of PAs should strive to alleviate poverty, and should in no case exacerbate it. The Durban Accord agreed at the Vth International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Parks Congress in 2003 was a milestone in the process of mainstreaming PAs in development agendas.
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Payment for Ecosystem Services
This publication summarizes the investments of the GEF since its inception in projects involving Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES).
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Impact of Marine Debris on Biodiversity: Current Status and Potential Solutions
Large quantities of debris can now be found in the most remote places of the ocean, and persist almost indefinitely in the environment. This represents a significant cause for concern, although much of this growing threat to biodiversity and human health is easily preventable with solutions readily available.
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Marine Spatial Planning in the Context of the Convention on Biological Diversity: A Study Carried out in Response to CBD COP 10 Decision X/29
Marine spatial planning represents an important step to improving collaboration amongst multiple users of the marine environment towards a shared vision and outcomes. Understanding successes and challenges in marine spatial planning and scaling up these experiences to large marine areas and trans-boundary regions are therefore essential to effective achievement of the Aichi targets on marine and coastal biodiversity.
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Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)
A summary of the GEF investments on ABS and the opportunities in support of the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.
Financing the Achievement of the Aichi Targets
This publication summarizes accomplishments of the GEF in biodiversity focal area.
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Addo Elephant National Park
The focus of this document is on the Addo Elephant National Park (AENP), discussing the planning and the implementation of a socio-economic model with great conservation outcomes.
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Partnership for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
The document is an illustration of the support program carried by South Africa's Cape Action for People and the Environment Program in the Cape Floristic Region.
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State of Biodiversity Markets
Offset and Compensation Programs Worldwide: 2010 Report and 2011 Update
2010 Report, 2011 Update
Defying Extinction - Partnerships to safeguard global biodiversity
Through stories of the GEF’s efforts to preserve diversity across the globe this book illustrates how far we have come, the successes we have enjoyed – and highlights what will be required of us in the future.
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