There are 29,070 projects available.
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2003
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11,664.15
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/03/03 |
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Originating in the Dan Lao Range common with the Laotian border, Nam Wa River runs its course through various districts in Nan Province, converging with Nan River which is an ecological portion of the Gulf of Thailand/South China Sea. For ( ... )
tions, the river has been supplying water of good quality for agriculture and household as well as fishes for consumption.
According to a recent preliminary survey , land-based activities in target location have contributed
to the degradation of the river. De-vegetation and unregulated application of chemicals in agricultural practice are two major activities causing erosion
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Mali
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Biodiversity
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2003
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35,599.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: MLI/03/18 |
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Il s?agit de la préservation /protection des especes animales et végétales en voie de disparition. Ce projet entend s?attaquer aux causes de dégradation de l?environnement a partir d?une synergie entre les actions d?information. D?éducation et ( ... )
munication. Il permettra ainsi de mettre a contribution les médias et tous les autres acteurs pour qu?ensemble le combat contre la dégradation de l?environnement en général puisse etre gagné.
Compte tenu du rôle que les femmes jouent dans les activités de développement, elles seront par rapport a ce projet la plaque tournante. Une attention particuliere sera accordée a leur
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Sri lanka
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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17,538.81
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SRL/03/16 |
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Raise awareness and eduacte journalists on environmental issues in particular on GEF themes, to train 50 selected senior journalists and 100 provincial level journalists on the above; site visits for journalists; to conduct a quiz programme on ( ... )
nment using different media; conduct a photgraphic contest and a exhibition; publish two booklets using the lecture series for future
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Mali
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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1,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: MLI/03/06 |
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Subvention pour la préparation du projet |
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
International Waters
Land Degradation
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2003
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40,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/21 |
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To assist the GEF Small grants Programme in producing and implementing its national communication strategy, and to address one of its own areas of interest, the Human Forum for Women?s Rights will implement the ?Communication to Enhance Sustainable ( ... )
pment for Local Communities? project. The project will conduct a study to collect, analyze and document the experiences of NGOs and local communities in the field of sustainable development projects and draw lessons learned and best practices that can be replicated and disseminated among local communities. This will be coupled with participatory activities to attract feed back from the
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Mongolia
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International Waters
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2003
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11,258.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: MON/03/02 |
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Community based natural resources management is something new in Mongolia since the recent start of shifting the country from communism to a market economy. Currently rural communities are mostly poor people. According to official statistics, the ( ... )
y rate is around 36 % over the last ten year. Although there were some programmes implemented or being implemented on poverty, it does not go down. Although livestock were privatized for free, many communities have already lost them due to natural disasters like dzud and still remain poor. As they are poor, many of them destroy nature, being involved in illegal logging, poaching etc.
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Mongolia
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Biodiversity
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2003
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6,156.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: MON/03/06 |
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Valuable natural resources like rare and medicinal plants are rapidly being depleted over the last 15 years. There are even more threats to them to be destroyed for minor market benefits, mostly for the Chinese market.
The ( ... )
ive of the grant is introduce a sustainable harvesting practive for medicinal herbs and to establish a small workshop at Altanbulag sum centre to prepare traditional medicines for selling to local patients.
By the end of the project, there has been established a small workshop to process medicinal herbs to meet local needs. A wide variety of educational and awareness raising activities have
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Sri lanka
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Biodiversity
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2003
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12,724.62
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SRL/03/08 |
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Training of selected beneficiaries in food processing, cane crafting and hand made paper, improving micro credit facilities, forest conservation activities and school awareness programmes.
The main objective of the project is to replace natural ( ... )
orest with a monoculture of tea reduces biodiversity in the buffer zone. The clearing of steep and fragile slopes has led to topsoil exposure, heavy erosion, loss of soil fertility. Future agricultural productivity of the region is threatened.
Objectives, activities, groups involved:
Promote and facilitate ecologically sound economic activities and mobilize buffer zone communities
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Kenya
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International Waters
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2003
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50,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-KEN-02-08 |
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The Egerton University turns out 500,000 liters of waste water daily. This project will involve the university community, the local community in the surrounding areas to construct a vegetation based wetland to treat 100,000 liters of the waste water ( ... )
e Egerton University. This project will assist in cleaning river Njoro, which is the main river that flows into lake Nakuru, A ramsar site of international importance. Polutting Lake Nakuru has greatly affected the biodivesity in lake Nakuru. This project will serve as an example for the community to ask other industrial companies and factories around Lake Nakuru to also clean up their waste
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India
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Biodiversity
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2003
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21,275.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP2/03/ARP01 |
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The project area is the Apatani Plateau and Talle valley in Arunachal Pradesh in Northeastern India. Arunachal Pradesh is home to 27 ethnic/indigenous communities ("Scheduled Tribes") with distinctive cultures and rich traditions. Of these, the ( ... )
i are considered to be a very progressive community. Adjacent to the Apatani settlements is the Talle Valley, which is an extension of the Apatani Plateau. It is a densely forested area rich in plant and animal life with 274 species of birds and 560 plant species. There are also a few endangered species in area like the Clouded Leopard, Snow Leopard, Mountain Otter and Macaque. The project
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Sri lanka
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Biodiversity
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2003
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29,560.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SRL/03/20 |
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In-situ turtle nest protection, monitoring through patrolling, beach cleaning, training tour guides, arranging for site guide licenses, education programmes for school children and fishermen, printing of leaflet and poster on sea turtles and on ( ... )
m promotion, display of sign boards to protect turtles and income generation for community. The main activity of the project is to get the involvement of the turtle egg poachers and convert them into beach patrollers to protect the turtle eggs. This gives them employment and an opportunity to earn more income by bringing in tourists to watch the turtles while also being conservationists.
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India
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Biodiversity
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2003
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23,143.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP2/03/ARP02 |
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This project was undertaken to develop prototypes of cost effective CHFT at different elevations in the project area and to assess its impact on crop productivity and soil erosion. Nitrogen-fixing species were sown as for the hedgerow. Double ( ... )
ows were planted at a distance of 30-60 cms. Their height was maintained up to knee level. Alleys were planted with suitable short and long term crop species. Mulch of hedgerow was applied in alleys for natural decomposition and slow release of nutrients to the soil. The entire project involved farmers for large-scale replication of the technology.
Project description
The project first
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Mongolia
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Biodiversity
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2003
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5,980.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: MON/03/04 |
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During the past socialism, the country had many state owned tree nurseries in northern Mongolia, especially in Selenge region. In early 1990s, when Mongolia started shifting to a market economy, the forestry sector has completely failed and ( ... )
cally all tree nurseries had to have closed down, except a few. With issuance of Community Forestry Regulations by Ministry of Nature and Environment in 1998, many communities in Selenge region are now interested in tree nurseries.
The project aims to establish a pine tree nursery to be run by a local community in order to supply Sukhbaatar and Altanbulag sums in Selenge area
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India
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Biodiversity
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2003
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28,421.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP2/02/TN06 |
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The purpose of the project is to collect and document the indigenous technical knowledge related to medicinal plants, establish a medicinal plants park to serve as a model farm, create awareness among people about the conservation of medicinal ( ... )
, and augment production of seed materials of medicinal plants in the park for distribution to
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2003
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11,925.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/03/06 |
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The largest and most important river in Thailand , the Chao Phaya River has been for generation playing a life-supporting role for communities in central region of Thailand. Receiving water from its four primary tributaries in the northern region ( ... )
veral secondary ones in the central, the river runs its course , about 300 km., through a number of cultivated and residential areas before draining into the Gulf of Thailand/South China Sea. It is considered to be one of main rivers contributing to the natural courses of ecosystems of the gulf and the sea.
Reports from the Thai government and UNEP confirmed that water quality of the river has
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2003
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12,337.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/03/05 |
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The main occupation of target population, rice plantation by rain-fed, has been contributing to adding greenhouse gas to the world atmosphere and land degradation for several decades. Post-harvest field burning and denudation of soil have been too ( ... )
a practice causing global warming and loss of soil fertility. The dry season temperature range has been found to be from 35-40 degrees. Adding insult to the injury, Chemical fertilizer/pesticide have heavily been applied to maintain the desired yields.
The project will generate benefits to global environment by reversing land degradation through minimizing field burning and chemical
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Mongolia
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Biodiversity
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2003
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9,550.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: MON/03/09 |
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Glycyrrhiza, locally called sweet grass, is a valuable medicinal plant in Mongolia which is currently under a serious threat to extinct. There is about half the total amount of Glycyrrhiza?s resources of Mongolia in the southern sums of Bayanhongor ( ... )
ce. During the past socialist period, the Government had paid a considerable attention to conserve and cultivate this plant naturally. However, over the last 15 years this plant has been under serious destruction by outsiders and even by local communities themselves to make some money for their survival in the current severe economic transition period.
The project is to support targeted
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2003
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/03/03 |
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In an open semi-elevated area and widespread plains, Manshiyet Abu Hammour village/ Kerak governorate is situated in a fragile semi-arid area of the Mediterranean eco-system where modest rainfall, over-grazing and poor natural resource management ( ... )
ces prevail. Furthermore, the village youth suffer from un-employment that aggravates the poor economic situation of the population. To address this situation, Al Manshiyeh Women Cooperative will implement the ?Community Livelihood and Improved Land Resource Management in Manshiyet Abu Hammour? project. The project will assist local community members, mainly women, to implement several
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2003
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40,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/18 |
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The project iwll be implemented by the Ruwaim Charity Society in Ruwaim, Tafileh, where the Mediterranean arid to semi-arid eco-system prevails, and where consecutive draughty seasons have negatively affected water springs, leading to general ( ... )
oration of plant cover and drying up of several trees and home gardens. The project will involve the local community in several interventions that would contribute to addressing the problem. Those interventions would include collecting rainwater from rooftops and using domestic gray water for irrigation purposes, constructing stone terraces to conserve the soil and planting indigenous fruit
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2003
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45,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/03/04 |
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The project aims at assisting the local community of Bayuda, 15 Km to the north of Salt city, to implement small projects that would improve the living conditions of the community, contributing, at the same time, to the sound management and ( ... )
vation of their natural resources, mainly water and soil resources.
The village is characterized by its agricultural nature, with plains grown with field crops such as wheat and barley, and steep lands where olives, grapes and other fruit trees are grown. Open landscape with some well-preserved beautiful old oak trees are scattered around the village, which is surrounded by mountainous
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