The project objective is to obtain national consensus on the specific mechanisms needed for ongoing capacity building related to the conservation and use of biodiversity in line with the NBSAP, an internal biodiversity training framework analysis, and to coordinate with the National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment for Global Environmental Management (NCSA) currently being implemented in collaboration with UNDP

To improve the energy efficiency in the brick production and thereby the GHG emission intensity of the industry and the overall emissions as compared to a business as usual scenario in India, through the adoption of new and improved technologies for production and use of resource efficient bricks in the country.

Bulgaria is one the 12 pilot countries participating in the pilot project "Development of National Implementation Plans for the Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)". The project was part of the work program approved by the May 2001 Council meeting. That same meeting also approved the Guidelines for POPs enabling activities. This proposal is for an add-on that would allow Bulgaria to complete the work needed to finalise its NIP. This add-on requested by Bulgaria was envisaged at time of WP approval and CEO endorsement.

This MSP addresses the sustainable conservation and management of one specific sub-set of the Protected Area system of Kenya: the coastal forests. Following Strategic Priority BD 1 guidance the project focuses on institutional support and capacity development for the stakeholders involved in the Coastal Forest Eco-Region, one of the world’s most threatened biodiversity global hotspots.

Objective1: To promote further development of the national CHM through improvement of biodiversity information exchange under the priority thematic programs and cross-cutting issues; Objective 2: To identify priority thematic databases (information systems), to be compiled by integration of the already existing thematic datasets on the basis of common standards and formats, and to establish their linkage to the Web in order to facilitate fast public access to the information.

The six goals of the NBSAP define the country’s priorities in the area of biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of biological resources. The approved NBSAP Goals and Objectives are the following: Goal 1: Ensure the conservation of a full range of Zambia’s natural ecosystems through a network of protected areas of viable size.

To support the implementation of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity by enabling DPR Korea to update the information in the NBSAP in the areas of assessment of capacity building needs and national priorities, to develop a workable National CHM and undertake a Second National Report to the COP.

The overall goal of the project is enhanced capacity within country institutions to learn from previous experiences of other projects and develop and implement coral reef projects which deliver key outcomes effectively and efficiently.

To formulate a comprehensive, binational, ecosystem-based action programme(SAP) based on the principles of integrated water resources management, for the sustainable management and use of the Rio Bravo throughout its basin, and to create the necessary enabling social-economic and policy mechanisms for implementing the agreed action programme and engendering the neccesary reforms.

The goal of this project is to mainstream biodiversity conservation in the tourism industry in Belize and Ecuador, two of the world’s most biodiverse countries, in order to secure local, national and global environmental benefits.