The overall objectives of the project are to: (a) conserve the arid land adapted animal and plant biodiversity of the transboundary range and grazing lands common to Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe by improving community-based resource management; and (b) improve the quality of rural livelihoods through diversified and sustainable natural resource use and biodiversity protection.

The project aims to conserve , manage and utilize the globally important vast and diverse but fragile biological diversity found within Namibia for improved rural and sustainable economic development, through participatory, integrated and innovative management approaches. This will be achieved through enhancing the capacity of Namibia's National Conservancy Program to support the establishment and operation of self sustaning conservancies and other legally recognized entities.

During the last decade Mexico and Central American countries have gradually discontinued DDT sprayings for vector control. Malaria, however, still poses a serious risk for the population of these countries. This proposal aims to prevent reintroduction of DDT for malaria control by promoting new integrated vector control techniques and implementing a coordinated regional program to improve national capacities.

The objective of the project is to create sustainable capacity and ownership in Bangladesh to meet its obligations under the Stockholm Convention, including preparation of a POPs National Implementation Plan, and broader issues of chemicals safety and management as articulated in Chapter 19 of Agenda 21. The National Implementation Plan describes how Bangladesh will meet its obligations under the Convention to phase-out POPs sources and remediate POPs contaminated sites. The project will enable Bangladesh to ratify the Stockholm Convention and become a Party to the same.

The objective of the project is to create sustainable capacity and ownership in Iran to meet its obligations under the Stockholm Convention, including preparation of a POPs National Implementation Plan. The National Implementation Plan describes how Iran will meet its obligations under the Convention to phase-out POPs sources and remediate POPs contaminated sites. The project will enable Iran to ratify the Stockholm Convention and become a Party to the same.

The goal of the Development of a Strategic Market Intervention Approach for Grid-Connected Solar Energy Technologies (EMPower) project is to bring about dramatic reductions in the cost of electricity generated from Solar Electric Technologies (SETs), specifically photovoltatics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP), by aggregating sufficient demand.

The project would assist the Government of Moldova and Biotica, an NGO, to improve wetland protection and management in the Lower Dniester Ecosystem. The area has been identified as a national priority and the project will assist in expanding the area under strict protection from 500 ha to 5000 ha under the category of National Park.

The development objective of this project is that the conservation status of globally important sites for biodiversity in the Caribbean is enhanced through strengthened local and national partnerships and increasingly aware national and international networks of public and private sector stakeholders and decision-makers. The project is aimed at enhancing cooperation, communication and consensus among biodiversity conservation stakeholders through the coordination of a strengthened network of NGO, government agency and regional institution partnerships.