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Local Action on Sustainable Land Management
This GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) publication presents an updated overview of the SGP community-based approach and portfolio in the area of sustainable land management, as part of UNDP's overall related portfolio. Special attention is given to gender and youth, with a spotlight on the innovative partnership with SOS Sahel International, focusing on the Sahel region.
Land gets a needed four-year financial boost from the Global Environment Facility
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) welcomes the pledge of $5.25 billion announced for the eighth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF-8).
Countries pledge record support to the Global Environment Facility
Twenty-nine countries have jointly pledged more than $5 billion for the Global Environment Facility, providing a major boost to international efforts to protect biodiversity and curb threats from climate change, plastics, and toxic chemicals through collaborative action this decade.
New GEF-funded project to protect forests, boost agriculture, and support livelihoods in Liberia
The Global Environment Facility Council has approved a $74.3 million project to boost conservation and restoration of globally important forests in northwest Liberia that face heightened deforestation threats. The project will also improve livelihoods of local communities facing high poverty rates.
Momentum builds for larger and broader GEF support
The Global Environment Facility’s member countries are approaching broad consensus about expanding the size and scope of its support over the next four years.
Meeting virtually, representatives of the multilateral fund’s donor governments found significant common ground on proposed policies and programming priorities for the GEF-8 funding period, which covers the period from July 2022 to June 2026.
Good Practice Brief: Enhancing Engagement of Private Sector and Local Communities on Peatland Management
Indonesia has approximately 25 million hectares of peatlands, which provide unique ecosystem services and a source of livelihood to rural populations. Peatlands in Indonesia store an estimated 46 gigatons of carbon equivalent to approximately 8-14 percent of all global soil carbon. Despite the local and global importance of these ecosystems, they face a growing number of threats, including logging; agricultural conversion by smallholder farmers and large private sector plantations; fires; and drainage of peatlands.
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