The medium-sized project will create and/or strengthen the required renewable energy based inputs for small enterprise development, including the small enterprise development necessary to deliver renewable energy-based services for industrial, communal and domestic purposes in the Quiche region.

The project is aimed to reduce the long-term growth of GHG emissions through removing barriers to commercial utilization of renewable energy systems to subsitute for the use of diesel generators in Palawan.

The project is a first of its kind proposal that seeks biodiversity conservation at a globally unique site located in one of the most remote corner of the globe that had remained closed to outsiders until the early nineties. The site has been recently added to the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) -- a multiple use Protected Area, managed by an NGO (King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation - KMTNC). A key element of ACAP has been active participation by the indigenous people and decision making in ACAP is mostly taken by indigenous community and major user group.

Immediate Objectives: (i) Demonstration of Electric and Hybrid Electric Bus technology in historic sites and protectorates; (ii) Sustainable manufacturing, operational, and maintenance infrastructure to support growing market. Development Objective: Increased utilization of electric and hybrid electric buses to replace diesel buses in historic sites, protectorates, and newly designed cities in Egypt.

The project would assist the Government of FYR Macedonia in reducing green-house gas emissions by substituting hydropower for fossil fuels, especially lignite, in power generation. Specifically, the proposed GEF grant would cover the agreed incremental costs of three mini-hydro plants to be installed on the water supply systems of the towns of Kavadarci, Struga and Derbar by independent power producers.

In the face of accelerated land degradation in the drylands, the unique bio-diversity of this biome and the livelihood of dryland residents are increasingly threatened, human migration and specific loss are a non-documented phenomenon. This increases the likelihood of migration, deepening poverty, and further species habitat loss.

The FSM is a Pacific island national comprised of over 600 small islands and atolls. Separate terrestrial ecological zones exist in the FSM, the ecologically prominent zones being swamp forest, water marshes, primary upland forests and crest forests which comprise of dwarfed vegetation. This project will allow the FSM to formulate strategies and actions to protect and sustainably use its marine and terrestrial biodiversity. The outputs of this project will be a BSAP and a national report to the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Providing support to the Government of Nicaragua in the formulation of a National Biodiversity Strategy and ACtion Plan (BSAP) in order to ensure the most effective use of the country's natural resources.

A series of biodiversity conservation measures: GEF training workshop, Togodo Reserve 1 conservation; Grand Kloto Classified Forests conservation; Bush fire management; village forestry; indigenous trees and seed collection; endangered plant protection; natural forest development (restoration and reforestation?); Keran National Park protection; Togodo reserve public relations; teak plantations.

The objective of the proposed project is to reduce the wasteful flaring of natural gas associated with the development of the Sedigi oil field by using the natural gas as a fuel for electricity generation and other stationary uses most likely in the form of compressed natural gas (CNG) and as a substitute for traditional fuel and fossil fuels.