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Biodiversity Indicators for National Use
The project will directly address the development of indicators of biological diversity in four of the operational programme areas of the GEF biodiversity focal area: coastal, marine and freshwater ecosystems; forests; mountains; and agrobiodiversity. Case studies in each country will concentrate on one or two ecosystem types, chosen because that country has both nationally and globally important samples of that ecosystem type.
Renewable Energy Resources Project
The project will assist the government with developing a policy framework and financing vehicles for renewable energy, including policy development, resource assessment, a national RE fund, regional energy centers, training for policy development, TA for entrepreneurs, TA for local planning and permitting, and small hydro, wind, and biomass demonstration projects. Initial financing design suggests three possible mechanisms for GEF support: contingent grants for pre-feasibility studies, equity investments for RE projects as part of a national RE fund, and performance grants.
Add-on: Biodiversity Enabling Activities: Assessment of Capacity Building Needs for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use
Add-on funding will support the government of Poland obtain national consensus on mechanisms needed to build capacity to manage and conserve biodiversity; expand on its initial participation in the CHM; and prepare a second national report to the CBD.
Initial Assistance to the Slovak Republic to meet its obligations under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants POPs
The objective of the project is to create sustainable capacity in and ownership by the Slovak Republic to meet its obligations under the Stockholm Convention, including initial preparation of a POPs Implementation Plan, as well as broader issues of chemicals safety and management as articulated in Chapter 19 of Agenda 21. The Implementation Plan will describe how the Slovak Republic will meet its obligations under the Convention to phase-out POPs sources and remediate POPs-contaminated sites in the Slovak Republic
Improving Management of NGO and Privately Owned Nature Reserves and High Biodiversity Islands in Seychelles
The goal of the project is to improve management of NGO and privately owned biodiversity-rich islands by installing a shared program framework and infrastructure for enhanced and sustainable conservation, financing and use of biodiversity. The project would build long-term capacity for sustainable conservation and use of island biodiversity through program and capacity-building, infrastructure acquisition and installation, co-management, and education and advocacy.
Energy Reform and Access Project
The project will (a) accelerate, in a commercially viable manner, the use of electricity for economic growth and improved quality of life in underserved areas; and (b) strengthen Mozambican capacity to expand the energy sector for both domestic and export markets. Phase I has three components: (i) Grid electrification and power sector reforms; (ii) Renewable energy promotion; and, (iii) Institutional strengthening and capacity building.
Caribbean Planning for Adaptation to Global Climate Change (CARICOM)
The project will support Caribbean countries in preparing to cope with adverse effects of climate change, and particularly sea level rise.
Reducing Pesticide Run-off to the Caribbean Sea
The main objective of the project is to protect the Caribbean marine environment by reducing the use of, and reliance on, pesticides in agricultural activities. The project will assist Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama to implement management practices and measures to control the use of pesticides in the agricultural sector.
Removal of Barriers to the Introduction of Cleaner Artisanal Gold Mining and Extraction Technologies
Environmental impacts resulting from the application of mercury in the processing of gold within the artisanal mining sector and their effects on International Waterbodies require concerted and coordinated global responses.
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