This MSP aims to increase capacity for management of wetlands in both government and non-governmental agencies in southern Africa through generation of new knowledge on wetland functioning and development of sustainable land management options for wetlands. For wetland ecosystems in southern Africa, which are increasingly being used for agriculture, this principal objective offers great potential for benefits in terms of environmental protection, integrated land and water management and sustainable development.

The overall goal of the proposed project is to mitigate climate change, prevent land degradation, ensure biodiversity conservation, and prevent radioactive pollution by rehabilitating and securing long-term conservation and sustainable use of degraded peatlands in Belarus.

The main objective of the add-on request is to assist the Government of Rwanda in the consultation process associated with the preparation of its Second National Report to be presented to the CBD Secretariat, in accordance with COP decision V/19.

The goal is for Kiribati to be able to contribute to international efforts to protect the global environment from further degradation of resources in the thematic areas that are the focus of the three international conventions. The primary objective of the Kiribati NCSA project is to carry out self-assessment of the current capacity constraints to be able to address global and local environmental issues.

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.