Within the overall objective of the Stockholm Convention, which is to protect human health and the environment from POPs, the project will: (i) prepare the ground for implementation of the Convention in Jordan; (ii) assist Jordan in meeting its reporting and other obligations under the Convention; and (iii) strengthen Jordan’s national capacity to manage POPs and chemicals generally.

Protected areas remain the critical foundation of biodiversity conservation, and as such, they will continue to be supported as a major thrust of GEF-3. This project aims to strengthen the sustainability of protected area management through building capacity and disseminating best practices which is consistent with Strategic Pillar I: "Catalyzing Sustainability of Protected Areas" and Pillar IV: "Generation and Dissemination of Best Practices for Addressing Current and Emerging Biodiversity Issues".

Within the overall objective of the Stockholm Convention, which is to protect human health and the environment from POPs, the project will: i.Prepare the ground for implementation of the Convention in Sri Lanka; ii.Assist Sri Lanka in meeting its reporting and other obligations under the Convention; iii.Strengthen Country’s national capacity to manage POPs and chemicals generally.

This joint UNDP/WB/UNEP project is intended to build and enhance capacity among a wide range of stakeholders in participating countries to develop high quality GEF eligible projects. The project is composed of three interrelated components, which together form the backbone of a proactive yet responsive strategy for national and regional capacity building: a) the GEF Development Workshop; b) the GEF Tools and Resources Initiative, and c) the GEF Briefing program.

The up front costs of locating and drilling to geothermal power reservoirs are major barriers to the development of this form of renewable energy. Whereas partial risk guarantees against drilling non-productive wells have been a common feature of recent GEF projects (e.g. IFC, IDB, and WB), the project proposed here aims at reducing this risk through technical assistance. The project will transfer and adapt Joint Geophysical Imaging (JGI) methods for assessing geothermal reservoirs to Kenya with potential impacts for the African Rift Valley.

This project will contribute to the protection of globally significant biodiversity (a portion of the Succulent Karoo biome) in the Richtersveld, South Africa through the establishment of a strong system of community-based biodiversity conservation in partnership with other key stakeholders.

Within the overall objective of the Stockholm Convention, which is to protect human health and the environment from POPs, the project will: (i) prepare the ground for implementation of the Convention in Cambodia; (ii) assist Cambodia in meeting its reporting and other obligations under the Convention; and (iii) strengthen Cambodia’s national capacity to manage POPs and chemicals generally.

Within the overall objective of the Stockholm Convention on POPs, which is to protect human health and the environment from POPs, the project’s objectives are to: i) Allow South Africa to meet its reporting obligations under the Stockholm Convention on POPs; ii) Prepare the ground for implementation of the POPs Convention in South Africa; and iii) Strengthen national capacity to manage POPs and chemicals management capacity generally.