The objective of the project is to promote sustainable cultivation of poison dart frogs for export, so local people can earn a better living from conserving the forest than by cutting it down. The project’s main outcomes are in three complementary areas: forest preservation, poverty alleviation, and frog conservation. The project also supports a few related beneficial outcomes.

The central thrust of this project will be to: (a) provide an informal mechanism where the CBD parties and major stakeholder groups can explore and debate in-depth central issues around CBD implementation; (b) to expand rhew CBD constituency to foster broader involvement and commitment of independent, public and business sector partners in actively supporting and assessing CBD implementation; (c) to catalyze new cooperative partnership and initiatives involving governments and stakeholder groups, and among different sectors, at global, regional, and national levels, in support of the implement

The objective of this Enabling Activities proposal is to strengthen national capacity and to enhance knowledge and understanding amongst decision-makers, managers, the industry, and the public at large on POPs to develop and formulate a National Implementation Plan (NIP). By achieving this objective the Central African Republic will meet the reporting obligations of the Stockholm Convention and will be enabled to manage the elimination of POPs.

The objective of this Enabling Activities proposal is to develop and formulate a National Implementation Plan (NIP) and thereby strengthen national capacity and enhance knowledge and understanding amongst decision makers, managers, the industry, and the public at large on POPs. By achieving this objective the Republic of Guatemala will be prepared and enabled to meet the obligations of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

Goal: To conserve globally significant biodiversity in the highly threatened Interior Atlantic Forest of Paraguay by supporting the effective protection and consolidation of the Mbaracayú Natural Reserve and promoting conservation, sustainable use, and land-use planning in the Upper Jejuí River Watershed.

The project will involve Lao PDR, Cambodia, Thailand (funded through non-GEF sources) and Vietnam, assisting them to conserve and sustainably use biological diversity in the lower Mekong wetlands.

Overall project goal: to conserve biodiversity of the Lolkisale area as a habitat for migratory wildlife species, to use sustainable the natural resources of its ecosystems, and to share equitably the benefits with local stakeholders, through a joint venture between the local community represented by the Lolkisale Village Council (LVC) and a private sector tourism development company, the Tarangire Conservation Company Ltd. (TCCL). Project's objectives: 1. Strengthened conservation of the biodiversity of Lolkisale area as a habitat for migratory wildlife species. 2.

The objective of this Enabling Activities proposal is to develop and formulate a National Implementation Plan (NIP) and thereby strengthen national capacity and enhance knowledge and understanding amongst decision makers, managers, the industry, and the public at large on POPs. By achieving this objective Egypt will be prepared and enabled to meet the obligations of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.