The overall objective of this project is to reduce the vulnerability of the Gishwati ecosystems and its associated Nile-Congo crest watersheds, and the people that derive their livelihoods from it, to increased floods and droughts due to climate change.

To help coastal communities adapt to impacts of climate change through institution strengthening, knowledge management, and demonstrated implementation of the National Decree of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management approach at national and local levels.

Build Lesotho’s capacity for monitoring and predicting climate change impacts, delivering early warning for extreme events and local and national planning for adaptation to climate change.

Removal of barriers to sustainable utilization of available biomass resources in the country and application of biomass energy technologies that can support economic and social development in the country’s rural sector, in order to reduce GHG emissions.

This add-on results from the break-up of Serbia & Montenegro and the need to increase the originally allocated budget to allow for distinct national processes. The add-on will allow Montenegro to complete the first POPs enabling activities to: i. Develop a comprehensive country-driven National Implementation Plan (NIP) for reduction and elimination of POPs in compliance with the provisions of the Stockholm Convention; ii. Prepare the ground for implementation of the Convention in Montenegro; iii.

This add-on results from the break-up of Serbia & Montenegro and the need to increase the originally allocated budget to allow for distinct national processes. The add-on will allow Serbia to complete the first POPs enabling activities to: i. Develop a comprehensive country-driven National Implementation Plan (NIP) for reduction and elimination of POPs in compliance with the provisions of the Stockholm Convention; ii. Prepare the ground for implementation of the Convention in the Republic of Serbia; iii.

To ensure that climate change risks are integrated into resilient island planning in the Maldives and that national, atoll and island authorities and communities are able to prioritize and implement climate change adaptation measures.

The goal of the proposed Full-size Project (FSP) is to achieve the long-term conservation and sustainable use of Brazil’s Baia de Ilha Grande Ecosystem (BIG) and its associated terrestrial and marine biodiversity of global importance.

To secure the financial sustainability of Romania’s Carpathian network of PAs, as a model for replication to the entire Carpathian Network of Protected Areas (CNPA)

: To make the National Biosafety Framework fully operational for the benefit of the people and environment of Bhutan consistent with the provisions of the Cartagena Protocol and the Constitution of the Kingdom.