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MEx30x30 project launches with $18.5 million for Mexico biodiversity conservation
The launch of a new $18.5 million investment from the Global Environment Facility, the MEx30x30: Conserving Mexican Biodiversity Through Communities and Their Protected Areas project, will advance biodiversity conservation across Mexico.
GEF announces new investment in Central America's blue economy
At the Our Ocean conference in Oslo, the head of the Global Environment Facility announced a $6.8 million contribution from the GEF Trust Fund to help seven countries across Central America jointly assess opportunities and challenges from the blue economy along their Pacific coasts.
GEF Council approves first work program of new funding cycle and measures to improve efficiency, accountability and transparency
The 55th Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council meeting wrapped up today following the approval of its first work program under its new, four-year investment cycle, known as GEF-7, and a series of decisions that will firm up its implementation policies and procedures.
Mesoamerican countries meet to discuss national and regional priorities for GEF-7
Looking forward to the seventh replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund (GEF-7), a series of meetings are being held around the world to both share information, and get feedback from the countries themselves. This week, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela gathered in Playa del Carmen, Mexico to participate in a constituency meeting and an Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW).
Los países mesoamericanos se reúnen para discutir prioridades nacionales y regionales con miras al FMAM-7
Con miras a la séptima reposición del Fondo Fiduciario del FMAM (FMAM-7), el FMAM está realizando una serie de reuniones en todo el mundo para compartir información y obtener los puntos de vista de los propios países. Esta semana, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá y Venezuela se reunieron en Playa del Carmen, México para participar en una reunión de circunscripción y en un taller de circunscripción ampliada (ECW, por sus siglas en inglés).
Silvicultura en Yucatán: Incorporación de las cuestiones de biodiversidad y promoción del desarrollo
En Quintana Roo, en la península de Yucatán, la comunidad de Noh-Bec posee más de 24 000 hectáreas de tierra, la mayor parte de las cuales está forestada; se trata de una combinación de tierras utilizadas para la silvicultura sostenible de bajo impacto, la conservación y la agricultura tradicional.
Forestry in Yucatan: Mainstreaming biodiversity and promoting development
In Quintana Roo on the Yucatan Peninsula, the community of Noh-Bec owns over 24,000 hectares of land, much of it forested – a mix of land used for low-impact sustainable forestry, conservation, and traditional agriculture.
Mexico: A crucial mechanism
On the 25th anniversary of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), Mexico celebrates the role of this crucial mechanism in supporting national sustainable development and growth.
As the world’s largest public funder of environmental projects, the GEF is a cornerstone of environmental strategies around the world. It provides funding for projects that would otherwise receive no support, yet are essential to promote sustainable green growth through clean-energy infrastructure, biodiversity conservation, and thoughtful management of land and marine resources.
Investing in Africa’s Cities
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) CEO, Naoko Ishii, wrapped up a visit to Africa, focused on dealing with the challenges of rapid urbanization in Johannesburg, where she joined Executive Mayor, Parks Tau for the announcement of a new multi-million investment in the City’s spatial redesign program, ‘Corridors of Freedom’.
Every Little Grant's Big Impact on the Environment
Tens of thousands of community groups across the world are enriching and empowering their communities as they work to protect the planet.
On the peripheries of the Yum Balam reserve in Mexico, a group of women sell natural, homemade soaps and toiletries.