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Good Practice Brief: Strengthening Regional Cooperation to Mainstream Migratory Soaring Birds Safeguards
This GEF-financed project implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has achieved successful and transformational results in mainstreaming migratory soaring bird (MSB) safeguards into the five key sectors directly affecting MSBs along the Rift Valley/Red Sea flyway: hunting, energy, tourism, agriculture, and waste management. The project has generated numerous global environmental benefits through the establishment of governmental and private sector policies and practices across the five sectors.
UNEP and EIB join forces to reduce pollution in the marine and coastal environment
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) today launched the Global Environment Facility Mediterranean Pollution Hot Spots Technical Assistance initiative, which aims to reduce pollution in the Mediterranean marine and coastal environment.
Investing in the environment for Lebanon's future
Nancy Khoury is an assistant to Lebanon’s operational and political focal points to the Global Environment Facility, coordinating the work of a regional constituency also including Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Pakistan, and Yemen. In an interview, she reflected on her country’s efforts to ease pressure points on the environment and shared her hopes for her country and the planet.
What are the main environmental issues of concern to Lebanon?
Lebanon: A successful collaboration with a good track record
By Mohamad Al Mashnouk, Minister of Environment, Lebanon
This story goes back more than twenty years, specifically to 1995.
Lebanon ECW 2016
The 2016 GEF ECW for the Middle East and North Africa Constituency took place in Beirut, Lebanon from 20 to 23 September 2016.