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Action for a Sustainable Amazonia
The project's principal objective is to promote the formulation and application of policies that incorporate biodiversity conservation values and principles into sectoral development planning and reform. This will be achieved through the identification and provision of alternative production practices for agro-forestry and and extractive sectors, valuation of biological goods and services for assessing planning and investment priorities, consensus building activities with decision-makers and civil society for policy and regulatory review.
Regional Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in the Amazon
Development of regionally-compatible geographic information system and enhancement of national institutions' capabilities in eight nations to manage protected areas, rehabilitate degraded lands, institute suitable zoning plans, share information and assist Amazon Cooperation Treaty to develop regional strategies. Project also involves efforts with indigenous peoples to identify specific traditional knowledge and encourage adoption of these practices by local communities region-wide.
Institutional Support for the Protection of East African Biodiversity
This regional project (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) supports existing government and non-governmental organziations that are concerned with the conservation and management of natural resources to enhance their capacity to deal with biodiversity conservation. This project combines institutional support (education, in-service training and awareness-enhancing activities) with on-the-ground conservation activity that is intended to put training into practice.
Developing the Danube River Basin Pollution Reduction Programme
The immediate goal for this project is to prepare for funding pollution prevention and reduction activities to both restore the Danube River Basin and to protect the Black Sea environment. The main output will be prioritised pollution projects for co-financing by national and international sources, set within a strategic policy framework for the Danube and Black Sea Basin.
Developing the Implementation of the Black Sea Strategic Action Plan
The long-term objective of the project is to foster sustainable institutional and financial arrangements for effective environmental management and protection of the Black Sea, in accordance with the Black Sea Strategic Action Plan (BSSAP). The project will provide for the development of the National Black Sea Strategic Action Plans and it will support institution-building at the national and regional level for the development and implementation of such plans.
Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme(SAP) for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
With PDF "B" funding, the three GEF Implementing Agencies have together assisted the countries of the Red Sea and PERSGA (Regional Organisation for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden) in the drafting of a Strategic Action Programme (SAP). The SAP, under the present full project, aims to develop and implement a regional framework for protection of the environmental and sustainable development of coastal and marine resources. This project is jointly implemented with the World Bank and UNEP. Associated projects amount to $271 million.
Pacific Islands Climate Change Assistance Project (PICCAP)
This programme of enabling activities derived from the GEF training-cum-scoping workshop held in Nadi, Fiji, will enable Pacific Island countries to meet their reporting obligations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, leading to their First National Communication as required under Article 12.
Climate Change Training Phase II - Training Programme to Support the Implementation of the UNFCCC
The project has three principal objectives. First, enhance the capacity of each of the participating countries to implement the Convention by facilitating the establishment of a national institution and process for the development of a strategy to implement the Convention. Second, enhance the capacity of four regional partner institutions to play the major role in carrying out the first objective. Third, create an informal training network to allow the sharing of training resources developed by other programmes and institutions.
Global Alternatives to Slash and Burn Agriculture Phase II
The long term goal of this project is to reduce global warming, conserve biodiversity, and alleviate poverty in the tropical forest margins by promoting the development of alternatives to slash and burn agriculture that are ecologically sound, economically viable, and culturally acceptable.
Energy Efficiency Improvements and Greenhouse Gas Reductions
The two co-ordinated projects will address the removal of barriers to enhance energy efficiency in the regional context of Egypt and Palestinian Authority. By creating an appropriate institutional setting and adequate capacity in the region to engage in energy conservation activities, alternatives to the existing tendency to meeting the ever increasing demand for power by expansion of generating facilities, will emerge. As such, the project will address both supply and demand side energy efficiency from an economy-wide perspective.
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