The Strategic Action Programme to Address Pollution from Land-Based Activities in the Mediterranean Region (SAP MED) provides a broad framework and timetable for the implementation of mechanisms and measures that will lead to the protection of the marine environment, including its biological resources and diversity, from the effects of harmful land-based activities.

The purpose of this project is to prepare a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and a Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the Tumen River Economic Development Area. The implementation of the SAP will assist in the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding among the Tumen River Area Development Programme member states by integrating and applying sound land and water resource management strategies.

The objective of this project is to assist the Azerbaijan Republic in the rapid phase-out of ODS consistent with the international efforts in this direction. The project will assist the Azerbaijan Republic in meeting its phase-out obligations under the Montreal Protocol within a realistic time frame and ensure availability of technical assistance to expedite the implementation of the country programme.

This project will generate public awareness, increase levels of understanding of global environmental issues and mobilize support in Latin American countries for the objectives of the GEF operational programmes. The result will facilitate broad-based support for these objectives by relating them to the individual concerns of citizens, in order to foster a greater commitment to voluntary action that would be needed to guarantee the sustainability of GEF-funded measures within those programs. This will create an enabling environment for national decision making and action on GEF focal areas.

The objective of this project is to examine current tools and approaches that are utilized to recognize, evaluate and mitigate against invasive species in order to determine best practices and to disseminate this information. This project takes a comprehensive approach to the invasive species problem, i.e., a scientifically-based global strategy and action plan. However, the specific aspects of the project for which GEF funding is requested relate only to a portion of the global strategy for dealing with invasives, i.e. that of defining and disseminating the best practices.

The project seeks to conserve critical biodiversity in El Salvador through the maintenance and enhancement of habitats within shade-coffee plantations. Specific outcomes sought include: (a) increase the extent of coffee plantations under biodiversity-friendly shade regimes to serve as habitats for globally significant biodiversity; (b) initiate the establishment of biological corridors composed of shade coffee plantations; and (c) promote the development of a "biodiversity-friendly" coffee production system in El Salvador, along with its certification and marketing abroad.

This project will assist the national Government to meet its obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Formulate strategies and actions necessary for the protection and sustainable use of the Dominican Republic's biodiversity, as well as prepare a plan for their implementation. The primary product will be a BSAP. In addition, the Dominican Republic's first national report will be prepared.

This project will assist the national Government to meet its obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity.

This project will assist the national Government to meet its obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity.