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02 February 2006
Wind-Solar Hybrid System Creates an Oasis in the Sahel
An article in Wind Energy International, published by the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA), tells the success story of how an SGP project in Mali
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10 February 2006
Renewable Energy Project
A project funded by the SGP in Sri Lanka is nicely portrayed in on the Practical Action website (www.practicalaction.org): Visit our Climate Change
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26 February 2006
Trinidad and Tobago Grantee Wins Prestigious Prize
The prestigious Zayed International Prize for the Environment was awarded to Mrs. Angela Cropper, co-founder and president of the Cropper Foundation,
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28 March 2007
Dervis and Grynspan Visit SGP Projects in Costa Rica
Kemal Dervis, UNDP Administrator, and Rebeca Grynspan, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, visited two GEF Small Grants Programme projects
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07 October 2008
Fighting poverty, protecting biodiversity: Community-based tourism in Nicaragua
Managua, Nicaragua: When I started my UNV volunteer intern assignment about eight months ago, I had some theoretical knowledge about the environment,
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30 November 2008
Uganda Ecotourism
November 2008 The article by WREN Media of United Kingdom highlights GEF Small Grants support to eco-tourism development of Mabira forest ecosystem
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26 February 2009
Peru: Biodiversity Conservation
From garbage to a beautiful garden: The "Asociación Ecológica Recuperar" (ECOREC), has transformed a dumpster to a beautiful garden and the project
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22 March 2009
GEF CEO Visit to SGP Côte d'Ivoire
The GEF CEO visited SGP Côte d'Ivoire for 2 days. 1) On her second day in Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Monique Barbut had a meeting with SGP-Team, NSC
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23 April 2009
Trinidad & Tobago Green Wave Initiative
GEF SGP Trinidad and Tobago is happy to report a very successful opening of their Green Wave Initiative. They are partnering with 3 local
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23 November 2009
Miracle in the Mangrove Forest
The story of two SGP supported projects in Guapinol, Honduras was featured in TierraAmerica. A copy of the article is below. Miracle in the Mangrove
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25 November 2009
Two SGP Communities in Ghana Featured in the Local News
This is a copy of the article that appeared in Ghana Business. News Date: 23rd November 2009 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has
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19 March 2010
The UN Resident Coordinator Visits two SGP Projects in Lesotho
For the 2010 UNDP Staff Retreat in Lesotho, which took place on 17 – 19 March at the Leribe Hotel, a decision was made that the first day be
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