National Capacity Self-Assessment (NCSA) for Global Environment Management

Project Document for CEO Approval (Revised)
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.

Protection of the North West Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS) and related humid zones and ecosystems

Cover Letter from IAProject Brief (Revised)
The project for the Transboundary Aquifer System of the Northern Sahara (Algeria, Libya and Tunisia) has as its objective the protection of this critical resource, and in particular of the recharge areas and humid zones and ecosystems related to the aquifer. It includes two complementary components: (I) improving the knowledge of the aquifer and related ecosystems and (ii) implementing a consultation mechanism at the hydrogeologic basin level.

National Capacity Self-Assessment (NCSA) for Global Environmental Management

Endorsement Letter from GovernmentProject Document for CEO Approval
The NCSA exercise in Sao Tome and Principe has three main objectives: 1) Identify and confirm priority actions in the thematic areas of biodiversity, climate change, and desertification. 2) Assess capacity development needs common to the three thematic areas and specific to each of them. 3) Strengthen coordination and follow-up of national environmental management activities with global significance, including requests for external assistance and the awareness-raising of relevant target groups.

Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Gissar Mountains of Tajikistan

Endorsement Letter from GovernmentProject Document for CEO Approval (Revised)
From PDF A Document: The goals of this project are therefore to conserve the global biodiversity of the Gissar mountains by strengthening protected areas and increasing the security and sustainability of the livelihoods of the rural populations around them.

Community-Based Ecosystem Management Project

Endorsement Letter from GovernmentExecutive SummaryPDF-B Document (Revised)Project Appraisal Document (for CEO Endorsement)Project Document for WP
The main objective of the PIDR is to achieve the goals as defined in the rural development strategy: (i) sustainable growth of agricultural production; (ii) protection of biodiversity and sustainable ecosystem management; and (iii) reinforced human capacity in the rural sector.

Enabling Activities for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): National Implementation Plan for Palau

Project Brief (Revised)
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 ratification and implementation of the Convention in Palau; ii. Assist Palau in meeting its reporting and other obligations under the Convention; iii. Strengthen Palau’s national capacity to manage POPs and chemicals generally.

National Capacity Needs self-Assessment for Global Environmental Management

Cover Letter from IAProject Document for CEO Approval (Revised)
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.