The PDF will assess the technical, economic and environmental feasibility of promising wind energy technologies; conduct detailed review of barriers to the widespread adoption of wind energy and design a program to overcome them. (1995) A brief was submitted to the GEF for WP inclusion in September 2003 Brief Summary: The project aims at reducing Eritrea's energy related CO2 emissions by promoting both on-grid and off-grid wind energy systems as a substitute for fossil fuel based energy generation.

Promotes investments in small hydro power based on IPP/PPA frameworks and also promotes geothermal energy for municipal hot water supplies based on municipal government investment and operation. Project $12.85 m.; GEF $4.3 m.

This proposed programme will contribute to the protection and sustainable use of the biological diversity of the Nimba Mountains Biosphere Reserve, including the World Heritage Site (officially on the list of Sites in Danger since 1992).

This project will develop a full proposal for coastal conservation, management and sustainable use of coral resources and sustainable economic activities of the coastal communities in the region. 18 Aug 2006 This project aims to facilitate the ecologically sustainable development of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by mainstreaming conservation of biodiversity into governance systems and key productive sectors.

The project will experiment with a privatization scheme in park management through a Joint Venture (JV) between the Nature Conservancy (TNC) and a local tourism company (JPU) who will implement a collaborative management strategy based on a 25-year park management plan. The JV will obtain a tourism concession from government to authorize this private sector-NGO partnership to set and collect gate fees, establish and implement tourism carrying capacity limits, and to develop a tourism licensing system.

The project’s goal is to catalyse the sustainability of Iran’s system of wetland protected areas (WPAs), thereby enhancing its effectiveness as a tool for conserving globally significant biodiversity. The project’s objective is to systematically remove or substantially mitigate threats facing globally significant biodiversity and sustainability at two demonstration sites, while ensuring that the lessons learned through these demonstrations are absorbed within WPA management systems throughout Iran and most particularly at a set of target replication sites.

The objective of the project is to accelerate the sustainable development of selected renewable energy technology applications through investment and provision of technical assistance.

The project focusses on the conservation of key areas of mountain agro-biodiversity in Kazakhstan. The immediate project objective is that stakeholders conserve and sustainably use agro-biodiversity in two priority sites within Kazakhstan’s Tien Shan Mountains by developing and applying new methods and tools for conservation, including partnerships among conservation and land-use agencies, local governments, SPAs, local communities and the private sector.

The project is envisioned to remove all the main barriers to the implementation of selected energy efficiency measures. The project will undertake an overall assessment of heat and hot water supply and demand in the sector.

This grant was initially a World Bank-IFAD initiative whose total ownership was transferred to IFAD in 2005 when IFAD signed the Memorandum of Understanding giving IFAD's direct access to GEF funds. This grant is fully blended within the IFAD-funded loan entitled, “Sahelian Area Development Fund" (SADeF). The global objective of this grant is the restoration, conservation and sustainable management of the ecosystems and their biodiversity in the Inner Delta of the Niger River and its transition zones.