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 Republic of Haiti; (ii) assist Republic of Haiti in meeting its reporting and other obligations under the Convention; and (iii) strengthen Republic of Haiti’s national capacity to manage POPs and chemicals generally.

The objective of the National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment (NCSA) is to identify country level priorities and needs for capacity building to address global environmental issues, in particular biological diversity, climate change, and land degradation, and the synergies between them, with the aim of catalyzing domestic and/or externally assisted action to meet those needs in a coordinated and planned manner.

Supported by a multi-donor group, COREMAP will establish a coral reef management system in priority areas in 5 eastern Indonesian provinces. Strengthen coral reef management through improving management capacity and inter-agency coordination; capacity-building to prepare and implement strategies, plans and policies targetting coral reef rehabilitation and management; establishing coral reef management and information networks; increasing public awareness and participation in coral reef management.

Project will support mgt. and conservation of priority protected areas by strengthening the Uganda Wildlife Authority, making direct investments in rehabilitation of infrastructure and improving the mgt. of biologically critical protected areas, and building capacity for developing locally based tourism and other activities compatible with conservation that provide economic returns, such as sustainable collection of forest products in buffer zones. Project will emphasize planning, promotion and regulation of environmentally sustainable tourism by strengthening govt.

The project (which GEF would help co-finance) is being prepared as an WB/GEFR Strategic Partnership Adaptable Program Loan (APL) to be implemented over a ten year period through an anticipated 3 tranches. It will consist of the investment components described below and will also include significant capacity building and technical assistance.

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 Syria; (ii) assist Syria in meeting its reporting and other obligations under the Convention; and (iii) strengthen Syria’s national capacity to manage POPs and chemicals generally.

The principal objective of the NCSA process is to identify and assess critical capacity constraints and to develop a prioritised overview of capacity needs in the area of global environmental management. In addition to the overall objective of developing a comprehensive, nationally-driven assessment of capacity development needs, the NCSA process will also assist the Government of the Maldives in attaining a number of secondary objectives.

The overall goal of the project is to conserve internationally significant biodiversity found in Bolikhamxay Province.