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News | 09/17/12
The "Awareness campaign and capacity building for community participation in conservation and sustainable use of the Kikuyu Escarpment Forests" project is a successful example of participatory forest management. -
News | 09/05/12
The GEF funded Pacific Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Project was launched in 12 countries in 2009. The benefits of the work are now starting to be felt in the region. -
News | 09/04/12
Building on traditional practices, this GEF SGP project has supported the continuation and revitalization of indigenous community management systems for natural resource utilization on Socotra Island. -
News | 08/24/12
The Ministry of Environment and Forest of Bangladesh receives the award for spearheading the LDCF project: "Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change through Coastal Afforestation in Bangladesh". -
News | 08/16/12
The two days retreat's main goal was to update each Secretariat on the changes and re-commit Secretariats work to achieve co-benefits for sound management of chemicals. -
News | 08/13/12
Dr. Naoko Ishii introduces the latest issues of the GEF's newsletter, The Greenline. Read the full article. -
News | 08/09/12
The conference brings together various stakeholders involved in the protection of coral reefs. -
News | 08/08/12
The project aims to increase the use of concentrating solar heat technology systems to meet India’s rising industrial energy and heating needs. -
News | 08/06/12
The project supports the country's effort to create a national policy to control the introduction and spread of Invasive alien species. -
News | 08/01/12
Delegates from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique are participating. -
News | 07/31/12
GEF's Naoko Ishii interviewed by Mark Szotek for Mongabay.com -
News | 07/23/12
GEF Secretariat staff members met on July 20 with a delegation from the Government of Guatemala to discuss potential and ongoing environmental programs in Guatemala across the GEF focal areas. -
News | 07/23/12
Given the magnitude of the environmental challenges we are facing, incremental change will not be enough, maintains the new head of the GEF in this interview. -
News | 07/21/12
The project seeks to promote the adoption of biodiversity friendly agro-ecological practices in areas prioritized for the expansion of oil palm cultivation. -
News | 07/18/12
GEF SGP celebrated this milestone, its 20th anniversary, by actively supporting and participating in key civil society events at Rio+20. -
News | 07/16/12
Hugh Paxton describes the rich floral biodiversity of South Africa's Cape Floristic Region, and how GEF is supporting its conservation. -
News | 07/12/12
This project sought to eliminate the use of DDT in the project area in order to rehabilitate the environment and improve the quality of life of the local communities. -
News | 07/02/12
GEF and GEF SGP fund the Conservation of the Mutulanganga Important Bird Area project and the promotion of sustainable community managed eco-tourism and craft initiatives in Zambia. -
News | 06/27/12
Today marks the official start of the 4th Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury. The session was opened by Minster Fernando Lugris, Chair of the INC, and was followed by a choir of children from 57 schools from Montevideo. -
News | 06/26/12
GEF Side Event at Mercury INC4 in Uruguay, took place on June 26