The toolkit includes a range of case studies to highlight the diversity of approaches that communities already use to manage their own areas, and to show how these lessons can be applied to form a “global learning network” of ICCAs.
This publication reviews the experiences and results achieved by the GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) over the last two decades (1992 – 2012). It presents the history and evolution of SGP and its structure, governance, and multi-faceted approach, developed through adaptive management processes. It provides an account of its principal features – such as the diverse partnerships which are its mainstay – and the results and benefits it has achieved.