The overall objective of the proposed project will be to assist participating countries in improving their watershed and coastal zone management practices in support of sustainable development. The project will include the following components addressing areas of priority concern: coastal area management and biodiversity; tourism development; protection of water supplies; land based sources of pollution; climate change.

The PDF B will undertake the necessary preparatory work and lay the foundation for the successful implementation of the GEF project on Protection and management of Pakistani Wetlands. The project shall strengthen government and local capacity to protect, and manage the selected representative and globally significant wetland ecosystems, to ensure sustainable human development maximizing ecological and economic benefits for the present and future generations.

This project aims to improve, on a sustainable basis, the conservation status of African/Eurasian migratory waterbirds, by enhancing and coordinating the measures taken by GEF-eligible countries to conserve key critical wetland areas that these birds require to complete their annual cycle, including their stop-over sites during migration and their stay in their "wintering grounds".

The objective of the project is the safe and effective conservation of crop wild relatives and their increased availability for crop improvement in Armenia, Bolivia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan.

The overall project objective is to facilitate a low C02 path for development through establishing and demonstrating commercial viability of a package for widespread harnessing wind energy in remote areas.

The project will develop participatory management processes that protects a sample of Milne Bay coastal marine biodiversity in three designated zones that are representative of the ecosystems and social settings in the Milne Bay Province. The Province contains some of the most biologically diverse coral reefs, mangrove forests, and sea grass beds left in the world. These ecosystems remain some of the least impacted in the planet too.

This project removes key market, policy, technical and financial barriers to renewable energy.

The Polish Energy Efficient Motors Programme (PEMP) project aims to overcome barriers to increased market penetration of energy efficient motors and related efficiency improvements in electric motor systems.The project has four main activities to be supported under the GEF. The first major activity focuses on building capacity and raising awareness by providing information and services related to energy efficient electric motor systems.

The project will provide core strategic support to strengthen the system of national protected areas in Zambia. Interventions have been strategically designed, taking into account the afore-mentioned country context and strategies and identified barriers, to accelerate and fortify efforts in support of this objective. GEF funding through this project would support capacity building activities focused at the systemic and institutional levels, PA system reclassification, and demonstration of new management partnership models at two field demonstration sites.

The coastal marine and natural resources of south-east Asia's Straits of Malacca and Singapore are estimated to have a net economic value of over $5 billion, which make it one of the most valuable international sea lanes in the world. The Marine Electronic Highway (MEH) Demonstration Project is the first phase of a potential tow-phase MEH Development Program that is designed to help the littoral countries conserve sustainable use of resources. The Program's economic development goal is to improve the efficiency, safety and environmental sustainability of marine transport through the Straits.