There are 29,070 projects available.
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2006
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148,400.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BRA/SPR/01 |
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Studies and activities to help Cerrado small enterprises, supported by SGP, to reach appropriate certification processes and markets and to overcome marketing bottlenecks. Promotion of Caatinga-Cerrado initiative and Cerrado Marketing Center ( ... )
al do Cerrado), participation of Cerrado enterprises in fairs and marketing events, and participation on debates about fare trade, solidary economy and certification.
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Bolivia
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Biodiversity
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2006
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24,876.29
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOL/OP3/1/05/18 |
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Con el proyecto se pretende mejorar la calidad de vida de los productores de semillas de K´auchi, utilizando los recursos naturales de la zona, de manera sostenible y racional en el cantón Chuquiña. Las familias de estas cuadro comunidades, ( ... )
ican a la cosecha de la semilla de K´auchi, las mismas que son comercilizadas con los tallos, hojas y otras impurezas, entonces al no realizar una adecuada selección se disminuye el valor de este producto.
Por otra parte es necesario realizar una repoblación de la especie dado que los k´auchales de estas comunidades son de muchos años y por lo tanto esta disminuyendo la producción
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Mozambique
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Biodiversity
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2006
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11,985.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: MOZ/SGP/OP3/Y1/CORE/2006/4 |
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The mangrove forests in Sofala provide important habitats for a variety of plant and animal species. The mangroves are currently being harvested for firewood by a great number of people who often come from the nearby Beira city. This exploitation ( ... )
to be reduced so that the livelihoods of the nearby communities can be protected. The project aims to support sustainable use and management of the mangroves, through educational programmes, while conserving the biodiversity through tree planting and forest recovery. Partnerships will be developed to enhance the capacity for the NGO to continue working on the project in the
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Philippines
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Chemicals
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2006
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48,517.27
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Phase 3
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Project Number: PHI/127/06 |
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The project intends to sustain and develop further the community monitoring and public awareness activities in the issues of POPs and other pesticides covering more areas in Daval del Sur, especially the watershed areas, and involving other sectoral ( ... )
particularly women and youth.
The project activities are expected to increase the awareness of farmers and other sectors regarding the risk of pesticides use, particularly POPs pesticides. Through this project, community groups who join in the monitoring and research will gain experiences in participatory action research increasing their capacity to assess and study their conditions
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Nepal
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Biodiversity
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2006
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: NEP/OP3/1/06/09 |
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Alpine zones, the area between the upper tree line and permanent snowline, are distributed globally and are among the most bio-diverse habitats per unit area. They are also important, as the highland is water catchment area for lowlands. Amidst the ( ... )
zone, Khumbu region of Nepal is unique as the very majestic "Mount Everest" (8,848m)- the highest mountain in the world lies in this region. However, the alpine landscapes in Khumbu area have been degraded over the past 20-30 years as a result of contemporary, unsustainable uses that include burning, overgrazing, increasing numbers of pack stock, and the accelerated harvesting of slow-growing
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Mongolia
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International Waters
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2006
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5,981.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: MON/06/12 |
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The Boroo River ecosystem conservation is one of the Mongolian Environmental problems. This project will support local community's initiative to develop community based Boroo River ecosystem management and to establish a small willow plantation in ( ... )
to rehabilitate willows along Boroo
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Mongolia
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Biodiversity
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2006
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5,553.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: MON/06/08 |
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Restore the abandoned resort and rehabilitate the forest of Hytruun Montain in Bat-Ulziit soum of Uvurkhangai province. |
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India
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Biodiversity
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2006
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36,520.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/02/06/SKM03 |
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KCC will be implementing the project in partnership with seven local Ecotourism committees and build capacities and strengths of these community based organizations on local biodiversity conservation, promoting eco tourism, managing and marketing of ( ... )
ome stays and treks. The Village information Centre that was set up during the first project implemented by KCC will be upgraded to an Eco-tourism Resource Centre. This will serve as a source for training material, awareness generation regarding the Code of Conduct and marketing.
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Pakistan
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Chemicals
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2006
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: PAK/OP3/05/12 |
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Human Development Foundation (HDF) Pakistan came into existence in June 1999. It is a subsidiary of Human Development Foundation of North America (HDFNA) that was established and registered in 1997 at Chicago, Illinois, USA as a non-profit ( ... )
zation. A group of Pakistani Americans, mostly physicians, living in the United States, initially started work in Pakistan in 1989, in maternal and Child Healthcare, through APPNA SEHAT (Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America). The group felt that only healthcare was not enough and thus created HDFNA, which implements its programs in Mass Literacy, Enhanced Quality of Education,
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Pakistan
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Chemicals
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2006
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49,504.13
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Phase 3
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Project Number: PAK/OP3/06/27 |
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2. Justification for Support - Linkages with GEF Themes and
Operational Programmes
The project has direct relevance with GEF/SGP Operational Program on Sustainable Land Management (OP #15). The principle reasons for development of this project ( ... )
ensive land degradation due to un-sustainable farming practices, indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides & fertilizers in District Badin, which has adversely damaged the land ecosystem and biodiversity of the area.
There are various pests such as stem borers, plan hoppers, leaf rollers, defoliators, rodents and weeds that damage the paddy farms in the project area. Currently, they are being
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Bhutan
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Land Degradation
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2006
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18,750.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BHU/OP3/Y2/06/02 |
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The Lingmuteychu Lhum Zinchong Tshokpa (Lingmuteychu Watershed Management Committee) is a non-profit local organization set up for sustainable management of watershed, improvement of water productivity, forest cover and enhancement of self-reliance ( ... )
ural resource.
Different varieties of rice are grown in Lingmuteychu watershed. Of the varieties grown in the area, some are very unique and area specific to this place such as Eurab, Machum, Maap Phogom (brown rice), Tan Tshering and Ngabja (white rice). These varieties are not common in other areas, and with the problem of irrigation water scarcity farmers prefer to cultivate improved
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Nepal
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Biodiversity
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2006
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45,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: NEP/OP3/2/06/01 |
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The rugged mountain slopes of Hamsapur VDC in Kaski, West Nepal, represent two of the major forest ecosystems consisting of lower subtropical Sal forest and temperate Schima-Castanopsis forest. The streams such as the Paste, Katle and Kurlung ( ... )
g through these mountains forming river valley and its own niche of freshwater ecosystem, is also the home for some threatened aquatic animal like Asala (...) fish. The interspersion of these ecosystems provides ample opportunity for various medicinal plants and agrodiversity to grow, shelter for wild lives, watershed for famous Rupa Lake . The project will also serve two community forests with
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Barbados
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Biodiversity
Climate Change Mitigation
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2006
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20,165.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BAR/OP3/06/06/03 |
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This project creates a partnership between the grantee, one of the largest but less well known Secondary Schools in Barbados and a small Sole Proprietorship. The student members of the Environmental Club will collect used vegetable oil from their ( ... )
and communities, take the used vegetable oil to school where the Club will record the amount brought by each student. The Sole Proprietorship will then collect the oil, sell the PEP bottles in which the oil came, produce biodiesel and glycerine and pay the Environmental Club a sum for the PEP bottles, and for each litre of biodiesel and glycerine sold.
The very simple market study completed
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Tanzania
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Biodiversity
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2006
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5,336.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: TAN/COMPACT/GEF/06/03 |
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The project is schools focused whereby pupils are trained and participate in environmental conservation from their youthful stage, this will lead to a environmental conscious society in the future hence conserving the environment.The project ( ... )
es tree planting and fuel efficient stoves construction to the schools in the project coverage area, this technology may easily be adopted by families learning from the school performance of the stoves such as reduction in wood fuel use, hygiene and time serving
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Pakistan
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Land Degradation
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2006
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49,537.19
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Phase 3
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Project Number: PAK/OP3/06/23 |
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Project objectives:
The key objective of the project is to create awareness and build the capacities of the local communities for the Sustainable Land Management [SLM] in Baghbana Union Council of Khuzdar District Balochistan ( ... )
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· Organizing the Local Communities and Creating Awareness among them about the Threats of Land and Groundwater Resource Degradation and the Benefits of Sustainable Land Management [SLM] Practices
· Developing the Skills of the Local Communities for the Sustainable Land Management [SLM] Practices
· Introducing Appropriate and Indigenous Technologies and Practices for Preventing Land
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Cambodia
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Biodiversity
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2006
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27,040.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: KHM/06/07 |
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The project is about conserving the only existing flooded forest in the village. To avoid further clearing it is important to get a good financial benefit accrued from the forest which the villagers can use to substitute for the lost sources of ( ... )
hood. In this case bee keeping, mushroom growing, earthworm raising and pod culture, are identified as possible alternatives to clearing the forest.
Objectives:
(i) Two conservation lakes were established at Roleap Sen Lake and Chhoeng Domrie Lake in order to increase fish productivity, biodiversity and protect the flooded forest around those two lakes.
(ii) Kok Sdao and Teuk Hot
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Rwanda
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Biodiversity
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2006
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49,970.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: RWA/OP3/2/06/10 |
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The project objective is to support a local community initiative to protect a natural forest of cultural importance and its biodiversity by setting a green belt of indegenous bamboo trees around the forest and promote a bamboo processing technology ( ... )
better community
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Mongolia
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Biodiversity
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2006
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8,953.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: MON/06/04 |
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Intends to support breding of endangered fish species by conserving a fish pond in Khushaat soum of Selenge province. The project proponent also intends to plant some fruit trees in order to enhance their livelihood options. |
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Tanzania
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International Waters
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2006
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22,214.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: TAN/SGP/OP3/Y2/IW/06/10 |
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Sea Sense, is a Tanzanian NGO is committed to protecting the coastal and marine environment for its management and poverty reduction. This Sea Sense project aims at solving the following main problems at Mafia, Mkuranga, Bagamoyo, Temeke and ( ... )
i districts. Its main objective is to protect the endangered marine species and their habitats in Tanzania. To make sure that the marine species and their habitats are conserved, owned and managed by local communities and districts authorities enabled for the betterment of local livelihoods and global
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Samoa
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Chemicals
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2006
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18,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: CKI/OP3/Yr1/06/02 |
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Reduce and eliminte chemical applications in agriculture in order to decline the runoff of agricultural chemicals into the lagoon of Titikaveka. Second objective is to teach farmers natural composting techniques and go to a organic farming. |
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