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Taking Tropical Deforestation out of Commodity Supply Chains

Many globally traded agriculture products have become indispensable fixtures in the human food chain; making their way into a vast array of foods and goods consumed by billions of people around the world. They represent a significant part of the global commodities trade and have become dominant…
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Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: Policy options and challenges

Central Asia is one of the most important centres of origin for temperate fruit species, and enjoys very rich specific and intraspecific diversity of fruit trees. Apple, apricot, peach, pear, plum, grape, almond, pistachio, pomegranate, and fig are among the best known crops cultivated in the…
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GEF Investments on Payments for Ecosystem Services Schemes

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has engaged in pioneering development of mechanisms that reward good stewardship of natural resources, including the structuring of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes. For the GEF, the concept of PES includes a variety of arrangements through which…
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Mission to Minamata

How the GEF is helping reduce and eliminate mercury from the global environment.
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GEF-6 Biodiversity Strategy

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