Accelerating local action and innovation with Microsoft's Project 15
Digital technologies can make a significant contribution to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and to achieve an environmentally, socially and economically sound society. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with the Small Grants Programme (SGP), has a long history of supporting local action to address the challenges of achieving sustainable development. With Indigenous Peoples and local communities playing a key role in efforts to achieve the SDGs, local actions built on traditional knowl...
An ancestral answer to climate change: forest restoration with native plant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fumbwa (Gnetum africanum) is a wild vine with thick papery leaves found in the tropical forests of Africa. “It is one of the staple foods in Kongo Central, but it is also one of the forest products ...
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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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