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New biodiversity fund approves project preparation grants
The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) has approved project preparation grants and set aside nearly $40 million to support new proposed initiatives in Brazil, Gabon, and Mexico, providing a boost to international efforts to put nature on a path to recovery this decade.
Winners of Inclusive GEF Assembly Challenge Program announced in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – The Global Environment Facility has selected 23 civil society organizations as winners of its Inclusive GEF Assembly Challenge Program, a novel initiative reflecting a commitment to support and elevate community-driven climate and nature projects and the unique contributions of Indigenous Peoples, women, girls, and young people across the GEF partnership.
Good Practice Brief: Protecting Biodiversity by Respecting Rights
The Philippines, an archipelago of numerous islands and many ethnolinguistic groups, is a tapestry of cultural diversity and unique ecosystems. The country harbors 20 percent of known plant and animal species, making it critically important to global environmental benefits. Yet, between the 1930s and 1999, timber harvesting put this precious diversity at risk. The drop in forest cover from 70 percent to 18 percent destroyed many of the resources that Indigenous Peoples (IPs) rely upon.
Amid worry for the planet, GEF Assembly to propel bold collaboration for nature
The Global Environment Facility’s every-four-year gathering of 186 countries will take place in Vancouver at a time when the world is struggling to cope with record air and sea temperatures, deadly and destructive wildfires, and extreme flooding. At the top of the agenda? Setting a path to end nature loss and turn down the heat.
Attendees at international environmental meetings have grown accustomed to hearing warnings about the future – about risks to people and ecosystems if radical change does not occur.
Conselho do GEF destina US$ 1,4 bilhão para impulsionar ação ambiental
Em reunião no Brasil, o Conselho do Fundo Global para o Meio Ambiente (GEF) aprovou o desembolso de US$ 1,4 bilhão para acelerar os esforços para enfrentar as crises climática, da biodiversidade e da poluição.
O apoio do Conselho do GEF a este programa de trabalho recorde, que focaliza nas causas da degradação ambiental, acontece em meio a um ímpeto significativo para a diplomacia ambiental, após os recentes acordos inovadores sobre biodiversidade e áreas de alto mar, e também progresso em poluição pelos plásticos e outras questões.
GEF Council provides $1.4 billion boost for environmental action
Meeting in Brazil, the Global Environment Facility’s governing body approved the disbursement of $1.4 billion to accelerate efforts to tackle the climate, biodiversity, and pollution crises.
The GEF Council support for the record work program targeting the root causes of environmental damage came amid significant momentum for environmental diplomacy, following recent breakthrough deals on biodiversity, and the high seas, and progress on plastics and other issues.