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30 March 2022
GEF CEO visits Small Grants Programme organic farming projects in Indonesia
Indonesia, March 24, 2022 – Last week, the CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, visited
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23 March 2022
GEF Small Grants Programme supports US$250,000 for recovery efforts in Tonga
In response to the volcanic eruption and tsunami that devastated the Kingdom of Tonga in January, the Small Grants Programme (SGP) – a corporate
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28 February 2022
The Queen, the Crown and Conservation
Their vision: a world where humans and wildlife co-exist peacefully. Their mission: to support biodiversity conservation and foster sustainable
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31 January 2022
Like water for tigers: Protecting tigers in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan by increasing local food security
As we enter the Year of the Tiger, characterized by universal respect and reverence for its namesake creature’s unique passion and fearlessness,
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24 January 2022
Working to make a generational difference
Alba Verónica Vicenta Yacabalquiej Salanic is a youth, gender equality, and community governance advocate from Xecam, a village in Guatemala’s
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04 December 2021
IUCN World Conservation Congress
During the IUCN World Conservation Congress held in Marseille (3-10 Sept 2021), two ICCA GSI side events were organized at the ‘Vital Sites for a
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04 December 2021
Tajikistan: Supporting rural mountain communities to recover from COVID-19 economic impacts
In Tajikistan, mountains cover approximately 93 percent of the country’s land, with more than 60 percent of the population living in mountainous
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03 December 2021
Guatemala: Transforming young unemployed women into tourist guides
In 2020, the SGP commenced an ICCA-GSI ecotourism project to train youth from indigenous and local communities living along the Sipacate-Naranjo
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03 December 2021
Madagascar: Reinforcing indigenous conservation systems in government-managed Tapia forests
In central Madagascar, the Amoron’i Mania region is home to the largest area of Tapia forests. These endemic species are the last surviving primary
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03 December 2021
Iran: Using Indigenous culture-based solutions to conserve the country’s important wetlands (ab-bandaans)
Iran’s ab-bandaans or wetlands are one of the most important ecosystems in the country in terms of biodiversity, indigenous culture, and various
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03 December 2021
Democratic Republic of Congo: local NGO Mbou-Mon-Tour wins Ashden Award 2021 at COP 26 for fostering community-led conservation and income-generating nature-based solutions
The NGO Mbou-Mon-Tour has won the Ashden Award 2021, held on the sidelines of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in
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03 December 2021
Creating and strengthening national indigenous networks to cope with COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges
Indigenous Peoples and local communities are environmental stewards of the richest places of biodiversity and culture in the world.  Studies
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