India formulated the National Action Programme (NAP) in 2001. The various components of NAP have been part of various Government of India programmes over the years. Over time a need has been felt to re-visit and revise the NAP to enable a comprehensive and coherent approach to desertification, land degradation & desertification (DLDD) issues at the national level. The constrains for an integrated implementation of NAP may be the lack of synergy and coordination mechanism between the different ministries, departments, scientific institutes and civil society organizations.

To promote the conservation of biodiversity through the expansion of the effective coverage of marine and coastal protected areas in Honduras

To reduce the risk of flooding and land degradation in targeted rural and urban areas

The GEF-5 strategy in the Land Degradation Focal Area (LDFA) has the following high level goal: To contribute to arresting and reversing current global trends in land degradation, specifically desertification and deforestation. More focus and positive incentives are needed to enhance the LDFA portfolio with ideas that meet emerging challenges and opportunities in rural production landscapes. This specific Enabling Activity (EA) is aligned with LDFA Objective 4, which is to Increase capacity to apply adaptive management tools in Sustainable Land Management (SLM).

To assist Serbia in the preparation of its Second National Communication (SNC) for the implementation of the obligations under the United Nation Framework Convention for Climate Change.

Resilience of island communities to climate change variability and risks is strengthened through participatory island-level planning, budgeting and execution and community-led investments

EA Objective: To update the national biodiversity strategy and action plan taking into account the threats that currently cause loss of biodiversity in Argentina, incorporating the global guidelines of the CBD Strategic Plan 2011-2020; and to strengthen its implementation mechanisms.

: To promote the conservation and long-term sustainable use of marine and coastal biodiversity (BD) of global importance through effectively and equitably managed marine-coastal protected areas (MPAs), which will contribute to improving the economic welfare of the Guatemalan population.

To promote the conservation and sustainable use of coastal and marine biodiversity in the Seychelles’ Outer Islands by integrating a National Subsystem of Coastal and Marine Protected Areas (CMPAs) into the broader land- and seascape while reducing the pressures on natural resources from competing land uses.

To reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from the iron and steel sector in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais, by (i) developing and demonstrating enhanced, clean conversion technologies for renewable, biomass-based charcoal production, and (ii) implementing an effective, supportive policy framework.