There are 27,190 projects available.
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Pakistan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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37,523.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: PAK/SGP/OP5/Y1/STAR/2013/32 |
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The proposed project aims to achieve improved health status, increased protection of forest and enhanced environmental condition. Following are immediate/short-term objectives:
I. To train 100 women from each of the 20 villages/settlements of UC ( ... )
n, District Pishin on construction of ?Energy Efficient Smokeless Stoves?;
II. To provide material and technical guidance to 800 households/families for construction of ?Energy Efficient Smokeless Stoves?
The proposed project is comprised on mainly three components (i) capacity building; (ii) technical guidance; (iii) material support. Following is brief description of key proposed
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Ukraine
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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49,425.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: UKR/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/13/21 |
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The project is aimed to combat climate change, reduce GHG emissions and demonstrate the use of energy efficient technologies for water heating in public buildings in Lugansk region. The main practical achievement of the project will be an ( ... )
lation of two energy-efficient water heating pumps in municipal Rehabilitation Complex for Youth in Lugansk to reduce GHG emissions. Raising public awareness, capacity building and improving the environmental literacy and ecological education of local community are the important parts of the project.
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Sierra Leone
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Biodiversity
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2013
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29,300.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: SLE/SGP/OP5/ CORE/BD/13/06/026 |
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The project seeks to reforest 160 ha of degraded mangrove sites within the Bumpe, Kargboro and Ribbi Creeks in Yawri Bay, conduct training for community practitioners and pilot a solar cooling technology for fishing communities to reduce the demand ( ... )
ngroves within the Yawri Bay Marine Protected Area (MPA).
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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17,022.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/CC/13/01 |
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The project, ?Energy recovery and utilization from piggery waste using biogas technology? was approved and funded by the GEF/SGP to the tune of US $ 31,125.00 (BWP 234,734.80 equivalence), and initial funds were disbursed on the 31st May, 2012. ( ... )
project has this far done a baseline study in areas within the South East Agricultural region and determined locations of high concentration of intensive animal agricultural operations, with a specific focus on piggery. Piggery wastargeted because pig farmers in the South East Agricultural region hadreported a waste management problem to the Piggery section of the Ministry of Agriculture. This
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Seychelles
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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150,000.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: SEY/SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/CC/12/06 |
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This strategic project proposal being submitted by S4S Seeks to help more communities establish CBOs to enable them to participate more actively and effectively in sustainable development, ( ... )
a particular focus on a challenging national issue -? sustainable waste management. The project will bring together partners from CBOs, the private sector and government to showcase more sustainable ways of managing waste in Seychelles.
Strategically, for Seychelles
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Seychelles
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Biodiversity
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2013
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45,200.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: SEY/SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/BD/12/13 |
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The Plaisance Community Outreach Group is a Community Based Organization (CBO) in the Plaisance district formed in 2011 to lead environmental and social development activities in the community. Recognising the importance of biodiversity for the ( ... )
of the Seychelles, they have decided to embark on a mission to conserve one of the district?s beautiful natural asset, the forest and nature trail of Rosebelle in upper La Misere. The resources, interests and wildlife species in Rosebelle are of vital importance for present and future generations. Having over 50% of land under some sort of protective status in Seychelles, the PCOG aims to
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India
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2013
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39,535.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/ 2013/10/TN01 |
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The goal of the project is to enhance the marine fishery resources and improve the socio-economic conditions of the fisher folk. It is emphasized that there is a decline in the stocks of fishery resources in the inshore waters due to over fishing ( ... )
vironmental degradation. Coastal traditional fishermen are suffering due to decline in the fish production and are struggling very hard to come above the poverty line. This activity envisages increasing the bottom hard surface of the inshore area to facilitate the settlement of benthic fauna and flora leading to the increase in the total biological production of the artificial reef area. This
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Gambia
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Biodiversity
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2013
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25,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: GMB/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/BD/13/20 |
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The broad objective of this project is for the enhancement in the production and revival of some indigenous trees for biodiversity conservation with eco-tourism development within the Abuko nature reserve in order to restore the biodiversity (fauna ( ... )
ora) for conservation and environmental protection.
Abuko nature reserve is one of the first designated wildlife reserves in The Gambia in 1916. This project is expected to produce 20 different indigenous tree species targeting 30,000 plants to be planted in the degraded sixty nine (69) ha area within the Abuko nature reserve .This project also aims to make a follow-up on the planting of
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Dominica
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CapDev
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2013
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30,000.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: DMA/SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/CD/13/09 |
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PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED RESULTS
The purpose of this capacity development project is to support the GEF SGP in its global effort to ?enhance and strengthen capacity of communities and civil society to address environmental ( ... )
nges.?
This project is proposed to be implemented in collaboration with GEF SGP.
The GEF Small Grants Programme has identified weaknesses in the NGOs, CBOs and CSOs implementing community-based environmental projects. This stems from challenges with proposal writing in general and in particular, lack of experience with environmental projects and the infrequent adoption of participatory
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Malawi
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Biodiversity
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2013
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30,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP5/Y3/CORE/BD/2013/04 |
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Located just a stone throw away in between Vwaza Marsh Wild Reserve and Nyika National Park in Rumphi district with a densely resource poor population relying on forest and natural based resources for their livelihoods from the two protected areas. ( ... )
lture has been hampered by poor soil fertility and socio-economic factors resulting into increased dependency on forest based resources. The impact of these factors has been recurring food insecurity for more households. When their capacity is overstretched they resort to irrepressible coping mechanisms such as wanton cutting down of trees for agricultural expansion, charcoal production, firewood
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Malawi
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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29,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP5/Y3/CORE/CC/2013/03 |
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Over 80% of farmers in Phambala area, Ntcheu district of central Malawi depend on agriculture to feed themselves and earn an income to buy other necessities. The area has suffered frequent drought and soil erosion. Farming small plots of often ( ... )
ile land and dependent on just one crop, has made 90% of families to suffer food shortages for 6 months a year. Persistent high temperatures dry out the soil causing crops to wilt and lead to an increase in
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2013
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50,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/LD/13/015 |
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The project aims at providing a central point for all project implementers, locals, government officials in offering education, demonstration and library facilities and archiving facilities to diverse projects in Laikipia West using modern ( ... )
logies. The project is forcued on enhancing the participation of the wider section of community members of the community in the various SGP-funded projects in Laikipia West. It will seek to provide convening opportunities around diverse project activities, offering direct engagement between various implementing teams with the wider community.
The objectives include:
To provide a space for
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Malawi
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2013
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40,000.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/LD/12/17 |
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Non- conservational farming practices and short-term gains of charcoal from fuel wood have caused massive deforestation of forest reservess among communities of Traditional Authorities Simphasi and Mduwa in Mchinji district.High levels of ( ... )
station have resulted into land degradation thereby causing soil infertility and consequently poor crop yield.
There is also low community involvement in the sustainable use of land and forests,adoption of low carbon technologies and income from Natural Resource Based Enterprises.
Objectives:
1. To improve sustainability of protected areas,customary and community conservation areas through
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Malawi
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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20,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP5/Y3/CORE/CC/2013/06 |
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Mulanje lies within Shire river basin. Thuchila river which is one of the main tributaries for shire river originates from the north-western par of Mulanje. The place is under serious threat due to heavy reliance on biomass energy coupled with ( ... )
cient conservation. Mostly people cut down trees for firewood and burning charcoal. In appropriate agricultural practices more especially overgrazing, cultivating in river beds along Thuchila River leads to land degradation and siltation.
Limited livelihood opportunities due to persistent hunger forces people to resort to unsustainable charcoal and fuel-wood
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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28,700.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/07/04/019 |
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Project problem statement
As a result of poor environmental management resulting from excessive wood cutting, uncontrolled bush burning, sand winning and unsustainable agricultural practices along the White Volta basin, every year the communities ( ... )
within the basin suffer from flooding and excessive temperatures. The situation is made worse by spillage of Bagri Damp from the neighboring Burkina Faso and over dependence on the natural vegetation leading to food insecurity in the Mamprugu Moaduri District. Food insecurity is chronic and recurrent in the constituency, and particularly affects the rural subsistence economy especially where the
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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43,300.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/07/24/029 |
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The overall goal of the project is to improve the living conditions of rural off-grid communities through the use of renewable energy for solar well pumping for domestic and agricultural purposes and solar lights for rural clinics in two different ( ... )
communities and additionally, establish two hectares plantation in each of the communities in the Afram Plains district of Ghana.
climate adaptation and mitigation capacities through the promotion of solar energy technologies for water pumping both for domestic and agricultural purposes and electricity services in rural public facilities (eg clinics) and homes of two communities in the Afram
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Sierra Leone
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CapDev
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2013
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25,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: SLE/SGP/OP5/STAR/CD/13/10/035 |
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This project will enhance food and environmental security through the use of climate-smart post-harvest technologies as scaling up strategy for the GEF SGP funded Community Forest Conservation Project MDA is currently implementing in the same ( ... )
ity. This scaling up project will strengthen the ecological foundation of food security through achievement of sustainable food systems and also enhance the sustainability of the Community Forest Conservation Project. Implementation of these activities is necessary in order to sustain the huge success being achieved by MDA in its forest conservation project using livelihood activities which are
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2013
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29,237.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/BD/13/24 |
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The overall objective of the proposed project is to enhance the protection, conservation and sustainable use of morula tree for poverty alleviation through to upgrading of the existing morula sweets production venture to meet the market demands to ( ... )
ze benefits. The intention of the project will be achieved through enhancing the capacity of Dibapalwa Nageng Trust (DNT) members in collecting, processing, value adding and marketing of morula fruit products. The project will:-
1.Contribute to development and diversification strategies to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem resilience;
2.Create local, regional and international markets for
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Bhutan
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Biodiversity
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2013
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26,200.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: BHU/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/BD/2013/13 |
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Dagala is the remotest gewog in Thimphu dzongkhag (District). Owing to its alpine ecosystems and transhumant pastoralists, the area serves as a rich reservoir of Bhutanese highland bio-cultural diversity. The natural environment houses some ( ... )
rdinary alpine biodiversity including the Blue Poppy and many medicinal plants and wild flowers. Mammals prevalent in the area include Himalayan Black Bear, Wolf, Common Leopard, and Tiger and it is also home to to rich avifauna including the Monal Pheasant. Moreover, the area has numerous beautiful high altitude mountain lakes ranging from smaller ones to fairly big ones. It is a popular
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Kenya
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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93,678.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/CC/13/02 |
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KENFAP will partner with several other organizations to pioneer and pilot an accreditation process in which agricultural producers and processors will undergo training on sustainable Land Management practices and use of water efficient technologies ( ... )
ir production and processing.
KENFAP will engage agricultural producers to develop an accreditation system that recognizes sustainable land management practices and use of water efficient technologies in the production and processing. The project will engage farming communities in the area to initiate and adapt agricultural practice changes and innovation to mitigate and cushion from the effects
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