This is the second phase of the Desert Margins Programme (DMP) project. The overall objective of the DMP is to arrest land degradation in Africa’s desert margins through demonstration and capacity building activities developed through unraveling the complex causative factors of desertification, both climatic (internal) and human-induced (external), and the formulation and piloting of appropriate holistic solutions. The wider objective (Goal) of the DMP GEF project is to conserve and restore biodiversity in the desert margins through sustainable utilization. Its specific objective (Purpose) is to develop and implement strategies for conservation, restoration and sustainable use of dryland biodiversity (to enhance ecosystem function and resilience). The GEF increment to this project will enable the programme to address issues of global environmental importance, in addition to the issues of national economic and environmental importance, and in particular the loss of biological diversity, reduced sequestration of carbon, and increased soil erosion and sedimentation, associated with land degradation in these arid and semi-arid ecotones.

Project Details

GEF Project ID
2344
Country
Regional
Implementing Agencies
United Nations Environment Programme
Approval FY
2005
Status
Completed
Region
Regional
Executing Agencies
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
GEF Period
GEF - 2
Project Type
PFD
Focal Areas
Funding Source
GEF Trust Fund

Financials

USD
Co-financing Total
12,250,182
GEF Project Grant
5,617,044
GEF Agency Fees
148,550

Timeline

Concept Approved
07 Dec 2001
Project Approved for Implementation
02 Mar 2005
Project Closed
21 Oct 2018