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Detail of GEF Project #95
| GEF Project ID | 95 |
| IBRD PO ID | 35828 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Region | Asia and the Pacific |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Operational Program | 3 |
| PDF-B Approval Date | 1997-05-01 |
| Approval Date | 1997-05-01 |
| CEO Endorsement Date | 1997-11-05 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 1997-12-18 |
| Project Completion Date | 2004-06-30 |
| Project Status | Project Closure |
| Executing Agency | Ministry of Indigenous Medicine |
| Description | Project will design and implement a medicinal plants conservation program. For five botanical reserves where medicinal plants are collected from the wild, it will support baseline research, monitoring, conservation planning, community organizing, enrichment plantings, research on traditional medicinal plant knowledge, sustainable economic activities relating to medicinal plants or taking pressures off wild resources, improved marketing of such plants, and education. Ex-situ cultivation and conservation of medicinal plants will be supported, too, through research on and promotion of ex-situ cultivation, and through enhancing ex-situ collections. Lastly, legal and policy reforms in support of medicinal plant conservation, a national information network, and training and awareness campaigns will be financed. |
| Implementation Status | The project concluded on June 30, 2004 and ICR was completed by December 16, 2004. ICR and OED ratings for the project were satisfactory and marginally satisfactory respectively. |
| PDF B Amount | 345,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 4,570,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 4,915,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 20,400,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 25,315,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 4,570,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 500,000 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Endo.) | 5,415,000 USD |
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