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Detail of GEF Project #776
| GEF Project ID | 776 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 972 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems |
| Country | Egypt |
| Region | Africa |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Operational Program | 1 |
| PDF-B Approval Date | 1998-12-18 |
| Approval Date | 2000-05-01 |
| CEO Endorsement Date | 2001-08-14 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2002-02-14 |
| Project Completion Date | 2010-09-30 |
| Project Status | Project Completion |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) |
| Description | The objective of the project is to conserve globally significant medicinal plant species and associated habitats in St Katherine’s Protectorate as follows: (1) foreclose the use of critically endangered medicinal plant species in hotspots; (2) introduce small-scale community-based cultivation, processing and medicinal plant marketing to relieve pressure from wild sources in orchards and gardens; (3) introduce best practices for wild medicinal plant collection and sustainable collection levels throughout the protectorate; (4) promote alternative energy sources in demonstration areas; (5) disperse grazing pressure throughout the Protectorate; (6) protect community intellectual property rights in Egypt; (7) and replicate project successes in Egypt. |
| Implementation Status | -The project has successfully arranged for a national workshop on medicinal plants in January 2004. The objective of the workshop was to introduce the project to the members of the civil society related to the project including academia, medicinal plants |
| PDF B Amount | 170,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 4,117,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 4,287,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 4,766,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 9,053,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 365,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 4,117,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 4,766,000 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Endo.) | 9,053,000 USD |
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