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02 February 2014
Revitalizing Ramsar Wetlands in the Naghadeh plain near Lake Urmia
Lake Urmia, one of the world's largest hypersaline lakes, has been suffering from shrinkage for decades but when its satellite wetlands in the south
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06 January 2014
GEF SGP Projects receive Awards and Recognition
During 2013, SGP grantees received more than 50 awards, prizes or other forms of recognition for their outstanding efforts in conserving and
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31 December 2013
Moroccan NGO High Atlas Foundation awarded 2013 SEED Prize
The High Atlas Foundation (HAF), partner of the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) Morocco, is one of the 34 winners of the 2013 SEED Awards, which
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24 December 2013
Ban Ki-moon Visits Women-led Biodiversity Project in Peru
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who was in Peru to open the 15th session of the UNIDO General Conference in Lima, took the opportunity to visit one of
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16 December 2013
SGP Turkey shares Responsible Fishery Experience at MEDPAN
Ms. Gökmen Argun, National Coordinator of SGP Turkey, was invited to share Turkey's experience on promoting sustainable, recreational fishing
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04 November 2013
From Saint Lucia to England’s University Lecture Room – Championing the GEF SGP Approach
In October 2013, Snaliah Maha, one of the youth leaders of a GEF Small Grants Programme funded climate change project in Saint Lucia, organized a
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09 December 2013
Ghanaian bamboo bikes celebrated at COP19 in Warsaw
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres championed low carbon lifestyles by taking a spin on Ghanaian
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27 November 2013
The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) shares experiences and results of its climate change work at the COP 19 at the UNFCCC in Warsaw, Poland
September 16th, 2013 GEF SGP Programme Advisor on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) and Land Degradation Charles Nyandiga, joined the panel of
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18 October 2013
UNDP Ukraine Resident Coordinator visits SGP projects
In July 2013, Ms. Alessandra Tisot, UN Resident Representative/UNDP Resident Coordinator in the Ukraine, visited local communities in the Khmelnytsk
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11 November 2013
Government scales up GEF SGP project to rehabilitate severely degraded land in Ethiopia
Following the positive impact of a GEF Small Grants Programme supported project in Hawassa, Ethiopia, the government of Southern Nations
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24 October 2013
Innovations from GEF SGP showcased at UNCCD in Namibia
Location: Windhoek, Namibia   The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) shared innovative practices from its Land Degradation project portfolio
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03 October 2013
SGP's work in SIDS featured at the SIDS Inter-Regional Preparatory Meeting in Barbados
The Inter-Regional Preparatory Meeting (IPM) for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) took place From August
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