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Detail of GEF Project #214
| GEF Project ID | 214 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 292 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | National Biodiversity Strategy, and Action Plan and Country Report to the COP |
| Country | Rwanda |
| Region | Africa |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Operational Program | EA |
| Approval Date | 1996-08-28 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 1996-10-28 |
| Project Status | IA Approved |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
| Description | The Biodiversity Enabling Activity for Rwanda will assist the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MINETO) in developing a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP). The BSAP will build on and reinforce other existing national strategies and plans, such as the National Environment Strategy. It will also provide a framework for parallel implementation of a GEF Short Term Response Measure (STRM) to control degradation in the Gishwati and Nyungwe forests. The project will allow Rwanda to meet its obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) by assisting the preparation of an Interim Report to the Conference of Parties (COP) of June 1997 and its first National Report to the COP. |
| Implementation Status | The BSAP is completed and on the CBD web site. The second National Report is well under way and will be completed in weeks. |
| GEF Project Grant | 170,640 USD |
| GEF Grant | 170,640 USD |
| Project Cost | 170,640 USD |
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