Seeding the Future: In the Peruvian Highlands, Aymara Communities Are Working to Recover and Conserve Their Agrobiodiversity
The community of Culta is part of the Ácora district in the southeastern part of Peru, near the border with Bolivia, along the western shores of Lake Titicaca. It is located more than 3,800 metres above sea level, in the province of Puno. It is also the home of Pascuala Pari and her fellow members of the Sumaq Chuyma Association, who have embarked on a resilient path to address the effects of climate change in the district. Through organizing and generating innovative solutions, they have not only recovered and conserved their agrobiodive...
 
Greening the Mexican Desert: Local Communities Use Innovation and Tradition to Transform a Desert Landscape Into Forest
In the parched communities of the Mixteca region’s desert fringe, along the Western...
 
Action for the Ocean:Local Communities in Mauritius are Tackling Plastic Waste and Protecting Marine Life
As a kid, Christina Perrine used to go through plastic waste to find discarded bottles that she could reuse to make decorative plastic flowers. Her precocious environmental awareness foretold a story ...

Established in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, the GEF Small Grants Programme embodies the very essence of sustainable development by "thinking globally acting locally". By providing financial and technical support to projects that conserve and restore the environment while enhancing people's well-being and livelihoods, SGP demonstrates that community action can maintain the fine balance between human needs and environmental imperatives.

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Seeding the Future: In the Peruvian Highlands, Aym...
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Oases of Hope: How Micro-Nurseries Help Restore th...
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Greening the Mexican Desert: Local Communities Use...
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Action for the Ocean:Local Communities in Mauritiu...
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COMDEKS Phase 4 knowledge exchange: learning from ...
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Societies in harmony with nature: locally-led land...
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Tiny but Mighty: How Bees Are Making a Comeback an...
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Strengthening ocean conservation and sustainable d...
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A bio-cultural treasure: Revitalizing traditional ...
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Empowering Community Organizations for Environment...