Conservation of Globally Significant Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes through Conservation Farming

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The objective of the project is to identify and evaluate the ecological costs and benefits of different farming practices/management strategies; to devleop and compare ecological economic models for farming strategies; and to evaluate the role of conservation farming as part of national and regional strategies to conserve biological diversity.

Concentrating Solar Power for Africa (CSP-Africa)

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This project will evaluate the possibility of introducing solar thermal electric (STE) technologies as electricity generation options into Southern Africa. The possibility of decreasing the region's dependence on fossil fuels (predominantly coal) by employing a more environmentally preferred option will be quantified.The project objectives are to; (i) evaluate solar thermal electric tech.

Community Conservation and Compatible Enterprise Development on Pohnpei

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This project is designed to assist the Government of the FSM in meeting its obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity through protecting Pohnpei's globally significant terrestrial and marine biodiversity. It will also develop and implement an innovative model for community-based biodiversity conservation based on Pohnpei's Watershed Management Strategy: Building a Sustainable Future: 1996-2000.

Africa Community Outreach Programme for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources

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The project will assist Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe (all parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity) to conserve biological resources of global significance through a public education and awareness program using local and traditional means of communication to promote incentives for local community participation in implementing the objectives of the Convention.

Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystem Conservation in the Caucasus

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Protection of biodiversity in the arid and semi-arid zone in Eastern Georgia is the objective of this project. The project is designed to ensure local land users participation in the design of alternative land uses, and their integration in its implementation. The project will complement and enhance proposed protection activities in the target area and coordinate these with neighboring countries sharing sections of the ecosystem.