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What gives me hope: Julio Ingles Ferreira
Environmental challenges are a major cause of concern.
Can efforts to address them be a source of hope?
For Julio Ingles Ferreira of Angola, environmental education is a bright light of positive change.
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GEF Council approves project to bolster management and resilience of Angola's conservation areas
Improved management for 3.8 million hectares of terrestrial Protected Areas.
Climate-resilient management for 35,000 hectares of community lands.
At least 38,000 people to benefit directly, and approximately 250,000 indirectly.
Enhanced protection for 17 endangered wildlife species.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council has approved a $41.3 million seven-year project (2021-2028) to strengthen the resilience of Angola’s local communities and ecosystems to climate change and support the management of
Sustainable Forest Management Impact Program: Dryland Sustainable Landscapes
Under the 7th GEF replenishment, GEF-7, Impact Programs (IPs) on Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR); Sustainable Forest Management (SFM); and Sustainable Cities are being developed to address the drivers of environmental degradation, and to support transformational change in these key systems.
What to watch on World Wildlife Day 2020
Today is World Wildlife Day.
Around the world many GEF partners, from UN Environment Programme, and World Wildlife Fund to the World Bank are sharing stories, raising awareness, and encouraging action around the WWD 2020 theme of Sustaining all life on Earth.
How can we feed the world and keep the planet healthy? We start by making smallholder farming more sustainable
People are already consuming at a rate faster than the planet can replenish. Yet the world’s population is expected to grow from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050. This will considerably increase demand for energy, transport, buildings and food.
Protecting Benguela together
The Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) is a shared resource between Namibia, Angola, and South Africa. Thanks to the GEF-UNDP BCLME project, the three countries are taking steps forward to boost marine sustainability and protect the ecosystem together.