This project aims to protect ecosystems important to fisheries and biodiversity through improving knowledge and monitoring of Yemen's Red Sea resources and their use. The project also incorporates a regional component which is implemented by UNEP. This component will provide capacity building for PERSGA (Regional Environment Programme for the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden), based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Project Details

GEF Project ID
394
Country
Yemen
Implementing Agencies
United Nations Development Programme
Approval FY
1992
Status
Completed
Region
Europe and Central Asia
Executing Agencies
Ministry of Fishwealth MSRC
GEF Period
Pilot Phase
Project Type
Full-size Project
Focal Areas
Funding Source
GEF Trust Fund

Financials

USD
Co-financing Total
0
GEF Project Grant
2,800,000
GEF Agency Fees
0

Timeline

Concept Approved
01 May 1992
Project Approved for Implementation
01 May 1992
Project Closed
09 Apr 2012