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Les membres du Conseil du FEM approuvent pour plus d'un demi-milliard de dollars de projets – soit le deuxième programme de travail le plus important de l'histoire du FE
November 11, 2011Nov.9 - Le Conseil du FEM a approuvé ce jour un programme de travail d'une ampleur sans précédent dans le cadre du cinquième cycle de refinancement du FEM. -
GEF Setting in Motion the Protection of the Ocean Commons
November 10, 2011Nov.10 - Today the GEF Council has approved a broad scale, innovative approach to address the depletion of the High Seas. Fisheries are on the decline worldwide, despite being one of the most important global food security issues of this century. -
GEF council members approve more than half a billion dollars worth of projects – the second largest GEF work program in its history
November 9, 2011Nov.9 - Today the GEF Council approved an unprecedented large work program within the fifth replenishment cycle of the GEF. -
Plenty Done. Plenty to Do. The International Waters Conference Comes to an End
October 28, 2011Oct. 28 - There’s plenty to be proud of and plenty left to do. That was the message sent from the GEF's project managers, partners, and leaders on the final day of the 6th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference. -
Lessons Learned: GEF Project Managers Celebrate Results and Mull Challenges
October 19, 2011Oct. 20 - One of the main objective of the conference is to get people talking about their experiences, challenges and results and share them with their colleagues from different regions of the world. -
6th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference
October 17, 2011Oct.16 - "Complicated water issues demand comprehensive efforts: technical work alone will not get the job done", senior officials say at the kick off of the international waters conference. -
GEF CEO Appointed as Goodwill Ambassador of the Aichi Biodiversity Target Task Force
September 21, 2011Sept. 20 - A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed with 25 of the largest international agencies, organizations and environmental conventions for implementation and achievement of the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets. -
Opening of the Regional Workshop of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Africa
September 19, 2011Sept.19 - The five days event provides training and guidance on the vision and strategy of the programme, results based management framework, and the GEF’s visibility policy for the next four years. -
World Bank kicks off social media climate campaign with photo/video competition for African youth
September 15, 2011The World Bank, in collaboration with more than 30 global partners, is launching the Connect4Climate initiative -- a campaign, a competition, and a community that cares about climate change. -
Los genes de la naturaleza: una riqueza compartida
August 31, 2011Aug. 31 - Fortalecer las capacidades de los paises que han firmado el Protocolo de Nagoya para desarrollar y aplicar los requerimientos del CDB relacionados con el Acceso y Distribución de Beneficios y los conocimientos tradicionales asociados. -
GEF Small Grants Programme launch its fifth phase in Asia
August 17, 2011Aug.17 - The 6 day regional workshop for National Coordinators (N) of country programs will launch the implementation of the GEF SGP Fifth Operational Phase in the Asia and provide training and guidance on the vision and strategy of GEF. -
GEF launches process to strengthen partnership with Indigenous Peoples
August 11, 2011Aug. 9 - On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the GEF started the discussion of its future policy that will strengthen the partnership with the indigenous peoples to conserve the global environment and improve their livelihood. -
GEF CEO endorsed the project for Moldova to pursue environmental fiscal reform
August 8, 2011Aug. 8 - With funding from GEF and UNDP, Moldova is about to begin a project to strengthen and develop sustainable financial mechanisms to improve targets under the three Rio Conventions. -
Eastern Caribbean Countries to Protect 100,000 Hectares of Fragile Marine Ecosystems
August 4, 2011Aug.4 - The GEF gives US$8.75 million grant to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable management of fragile marine ecosystems, which is part of a larger regional effort aiming at legally protect 20 percent of near shore areas by 2020. -
Drylands must not be ‘deserts’ of investment, top UNCCD official urges
June 17, 2011Drylands must not be ‘deserts’ of investment, top UNCCD official urges Bonn, 17/06/2011. “Yesterday, the ‘First Africa Drylands Week’ ended with a simple, yet new, message: the drylands are areas with great potential for the development and sustainable growth of its populations and nations. We must translate this into reality in economic terms with regard to the costs of inaction in relation to the costs and benefits of action in order to convince treasuries that the drylands should no longer be ‘deserts’ of investment,” Mr. Luc Gnacadja, the UN’s top advisor on land degradation, desertification and drought, said this morning. -
International institutions call for increased investments for the arid zone forests
June 17, 2011Dakar, 17 June 2011 – Over twenty-seven international, regional and sub-regional institutions and over 100 participants from around the world gathered in Dakar today for the observance of the World Day to Combat Desertification. Among the participants were members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), a mechanism comprising 14 global institutions and organizations dealing with forestry matters, which called for more, and urgent, investments to stem the growing degradation of natural resources, especially the forests in Africa’s drylands. -
Germany, Australia pledge more adaptation resources for the poor and vulnerable
June 10, 2011June 10 - The new pledges total $122.1 million which represent the largest individual pledges in the history of the LDCF/SCCF and is an important step forward in financing the most urgent and immediate adaptation needs. -
New initiative will protect watersheds that supply water to 50 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean
June 9, 2011The Nature Conservancy, FEMSA Foundation, the Inter-American Development Bank and the GEF launch $27 million dollar partnership to create Water Funds that will protect critical watersheds. -
Promoting Energy Efficiency in Residential and Public Sector in Nigeria
June 6, 2011June 6 - The overall objective of the project is to improve the energy efficiency of a series of end-use equipment used in residential and public buildings. -
GEF establishes the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund
June 3, 2011June 3 - The GEF will operate a new landmark fund to help developing countries to ratify and implement a key international agreement to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity.