The project will facilitate sustainable land management in the Upper Sabana Yegua through the creation of policies, practices, and incentives for financially and environmentally sound activities in harmony with the recommended land use and bio-climatic conditions of the ecosystem. The GEF actions will remove the present barriers and establish the framework and mechanisms for effective long-term management, financing, and technical development for RDT-Sabana Yegua.

The overall objective of the Clearing House Mechanism is to increase public awareness of biodiversity issues, which ultimately leads to effective and sound decision-makings of the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity at all levels.

The objective of this proposal is to test the effectiveness of a pilot initiative to implement a GEF Medium-Sized Grant Program in a decentralized manner and at an in-country level.

The main objective of this Regional Strategy for the Sustainable Development of the Sixaola River Bi-National Basin (RSDS) is to guarantee a sustainable social and economic development of the Sixaola Basin and to improve the livelihoods of its population. The intended objectives of this GEF operation, in combination with the other measures proposed in the RSDS: a) Conservation and sustainable management of biological diversity, as well as equal distribution of the benefits derived from the management of biodiversity resources.

The overall project objective is to develop a National Implementation Plan (NIP) for POPs issues with the assistance of international organisations so that Belarus effectively addresses the reduction and elimination of persistent organic pollutants consistent with the protection of human health and the environment from the effect thereof, and meet its obligations under the Stockholm Convention.

In adopting the suggested Work Programme “a number of Council Members welcomed GEF’s commitment to support a coordinated, phased approach to the implementation of the Action Plan for the Environment Initiative of NEPAD and stressed the importance of supporting African Countries and regional organizations to implement this important initiative”. (Paragraph 47 of the Co-chairs summary of the May 2004 Council meeting).

The objective of the project aims to develop a National Action Program of Adaptation (NAPA) to climatic change by identifying relative priorities and urgent and immediate needs for Madagascar.

1.Assessment of Capacity Building Needs. a)Evaluate the capacities and define the country specific priorities regarding the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. b)Identify and evaluate the institutional, human, and regulatory capacities that actually exist in the country, regarding access to benefits from the use of genetic resources. c)Identify the regulatory and institutional mechanisms that preserve and maintain traditional knowledge of the use of biodiversity resources for ethnic groups and local communities.

To meet this target, NAPA will seek to: -Identify concerted and integrated priority actions based on the urgent and immediate adaptation needs to negative climate change impacts; -Widely disseminate adaptation activities with partners, stakeholders and beneficiaries; -Strengthen adaptation capacities of communities affected in vulnerable areas; -Develop synergies between the various strategic frameworks in the area of adaptation to climate change; -Assist in the preparation of the second national communication.

The project intends to curb the degradation of the NAs and Chitral forest ecosystem, and reduce the CO2 emissions resulting from excessive use of timber and fuel wood for house construction and household energy use. This aim will be achieved through assistance of the local communities to install and adopt energy efficient housing and technological products in improving their built environmental and socio-economic conditions.