There are 29,070 projects available.
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Area Of Work
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Sri lanka
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Biodiversity
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2003
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6,057.73
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SRL/03/27 |
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Conservation of bufferzone with awareness raising of communities, prevention of forest fires, soil conservation, planting hedgerows and digging trenches, home garden development, planting of jute as a fire prevention method and for income generation ( ... )
ies, training on jute processing. The community lives on the hill slope causing erosion through agricultural and other activities. The objective is to train the community on sustainable use of land, arresting of soil erosion and give an income through developing home gardens.
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Sri lanka
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Land Degradation
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2003
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9,511.36
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SRL/03/32 |
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Protection of river bank in 8 spots, planting trees on the river banks, community training and awareness raising, exposure tours for students, plant nurseries, monitoring and follow up activities. Strengthening of 3 CBOs, minimising of illegal ( ... )
ning, cultural activities and dissemination of information through banners and posters. The identified work is a felt need of the community as the erosion is eating into their lands and threatening the collapse of some housing along the bank. The community has built their houses on the reservation of the stream and they are eager to safegurad their properties by cooperating in this work.
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Sri lanka
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Biodiversity
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2003
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6,672.87
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SRL/03/17 |
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Protect the watersheds of 3 reservoirs by planting trees and controlling soil erosion through the use of contour ridges, and planting; plant trees along the canals feeding the reservoirs; promote nature farming among communities, composting; hoem ( ... )
development; income generation for low income
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India
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Biodiversity
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2003
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25,263.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP2/02/OR12 |
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The project aimed to attempt at the conservation of eco system and NTFP potential of Khaprakhol Block through involvement of local communities, government line department and PRI functionaries. It also initiated effort in the direction of ( ... )
nable forest based livelihoods of the local communities, which in turn contributed to the conservation of rich forest wealth in the region.
The project facilitated the development of NTFP & Medicinal plants based community level enterprises in order to secure sustainable livelihoods as well as conservation of eco system for forest dependent marginalized sections especially women. Ex-situ
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Sri lanka
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Biodiversity
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2003
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9,114.98
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SRL/03/02 |
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Develop facilities of exicting farm as a resource centre, establish CBO's, training of farmers on SRI method of farming, promote cultication of local paddy varieties through the SRI method, greenhouse for seed paddy propagation, promote ( ... )
nmental friendly pesticides, composting and biogas as demonstration. Collection of traditional seed varieties is an on-going activity of the NGO which will be addressed within this project too.
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Sri lanka
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Biodiversity
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2003
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5,654.54
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SRL/03/33 |
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Printing and distribution of promotional material on butterflies such as a Year calendar and other outreach material.
The original project to the NGO was to compile and publish educational material on Butterflies, establish butterfly study ( ... )
in schools and an inforamtion centre in Matale district, Hold six educational camps in six ecosystems for students in selected schools in Matale district. Matale district is home to the Knuckles Strict Nature Reserve - a mountainous reserve with rich biodiversity and cloud forests. It is recorded over 60 species of butterflies are found in this district and some of them are under threat of
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Sri lanka
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Biodiversity
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2003
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11,100.74
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SRL/03/28 |
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Compile and publish educational materials on Butterflies, establish butterfly study groups in schools and an inforamtion centre in Matale district, Hold six educational camps in six ecosystems for students in selected schools in Matale district. ( ... )
district is home to the Knuckles Strict Nature Reserve - a mountainous reserve with rich biodiversity and cloud forests. It is recorded over 60 species of butterflies are found in this district and some of them are under threat of extinction.
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Sri lanka
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Biodiversity
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2003
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8,160.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SRL/03/01 |
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Conservation of biodiversity through the promotion of environmentally friendly lifestyles in 3 selected eco-systems.
Main activities are - awareness raising of villagers and school children on the importance of sustainably conserving micro ( ... )
heds, home garden development (50) and growing & use of medicinal herbs and bufferzone protection with a natural fence of agave.
500 students of 2 schools and 265 families of 6 villages were the targeted beneficiaries of this project.
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Philippines
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Biodiversity
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2003
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46,112.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: PHI/01/01 |
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The project intends to enhance Agta capacity to identify, have recognized, assess biodiversity resources and sustainable manage their ancestral domains in Aurora Province. Moreover, this project recognizes the community's primary role as ( ... )
tories of resource management regimes evolved by the people who lived in such a close proximity to, and with such sensitivity to, the health of local ecosystems that threats and damage to the latter have translated into an alarming dip in population that has put them, together with other endangered species, well on the road to
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Poland
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Biodiversity
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2003
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30,423.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: POL/03/04 |
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Protection of surficial waters against pollutants from farms situated near Hancza Lake |
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Poland
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Biodiversity
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2003
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49,198.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: POL/03/22 |
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Eco-development for the Kurpie region by restocking and reintroduction of local kinds of decorative plants and herbs at farmers gardens |
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Poland
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Biodiversity
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2003
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12,728.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: POL/03/19 |
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Military testing grounds, despite destruction caused by military exercises,a very valuable areas of great potential biodiversity value - access was a long time not possible for normal activities, so parts of military testing grounds proved to be ( ... )
aluable.Changes in Poland since 1989 and final leave of Russian Army in September 1992brought back to Poland area nearly big as a tyotal surface of national parks.Some were taken by Polish army, some were transferred to Regional Forest Inspectorates.
Project is preparing standard protection programmes for valuable parts of testing grounds, securing effective protection of habitats and
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Poland
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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: POL/03/07p |
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Project is aimed in enabling working contacts between Polish and Lithuanian potential partners from NGOs, National parks to discuss and work on new lithuanian-polish initiatives and projects on biodiversity protection.First meeting organized by ( ... )
a Hanczy" in November 2001 (see: POL/01/11p) proved that such a cooperation needs permanent frequent occasions (meetings, workshops etc) supported by e-mail communication is very necessary. GEF/SGP facilitates such a exchange with prospects for further activities/projects to be prepared for GEF and other donors funding.
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Poland
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Biodiversity
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2003
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1,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: POL/03/06p |
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Gatherind data for full project preparation; meetings with people of Malechewo, Borki and other thematic villages to jointly discuss planned project activities and small scale investment enriching planned walking paths, bike roads, horse riding ( ... )
linking all thematic villages in one
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Sri lanka
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Land Degradation
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2003
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12,083.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SRL/03/39 |
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Establishing community groups, awareness raising, participatory demarcation of reserve, plant nurseries, planting in watershed, home garden development and training on fuel efficient stoves, their installation and use. This project will concentrate ( ... )
g with tea estate communities who are living in estate housing. Their home garden area is limited but the community is keen on developing useful home gardens with fuel efficient stoves. This is also a community which is overlooked in general development activities.
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Poland
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2003
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9,515.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: POL/03/17 |
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Long-term energy policy of EU and Poland is pointing in bio-fuel contribution from various agricultural crops where rape-seed oil is one of the most important as a part of strategic solution vis-a-vis threat of depletion of conventional fuels, but ( ... )
he main aim of pollution reduction.It is also a part of a long-term agricultural policy where in Poland many hectars of cultivated land should be devoted to afforstration schemes or other, non-agricultural activities.
Project of small scale agro-refinery has three main objectives: 1. Construction of small agro-refinery producing bio-fuel based on rape-seed-oil cultivated locally and feasible
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Egypt
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2003
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19,458.87
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Phase 2
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Project Number: EGY-02-63 |
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The purpose of the project was the following :
- Making the villages self-sufficient in clean energy ( biogas ) and organic fertilizers which are the major input materials for environment and economic development;
- Improving health and sanitary ( ... )
ons in these areas.
Project's activities are : 1. To disseminate biogas technology in some villages of Sahel Seliem. 2. To produce clean energy. 3. To produce good fertilizers. 4. To reduce the harmful emissions of greenhouse gases which cause the increase of global warm phenomenon? 5. To motivate the association to produce clean energy. 6. To protect the health of mothers and children from
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Papua new guinea
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Biodiversity
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2003
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15,789.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: PNG/03/43 |
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The Western Schraders Range is located along the Bismark Highlands/ Ramu Basin. "From PNG's highest summit to one of its richest lowland alluvial forests. The Ramu supports extensive areas of lowland rainforest (including swamp forests), some of ( ... )
is developed on ultrabasic parent rock. The only known locality of Lauterbachia (Monimiaceae)" (J.F. Swartzendruber 1993.Papua New Guinea Needs Assessment Synopsis Report). The primary objective of this survey is to measure the plant biodiversity and determine the vegetation types along an altutudinal gradient within the proposed conservation
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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50,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN-GEF-00-002 |
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The project aims at introducing alternative means of income, apart from fishing to the communities living near Lake Victoria. Using biomass gasification this project intends to generate electricity for Asembo Bay township, a small town on the shores ( ... )
Victoria. The electricity will be used for micro-enterprises like fish preservation, welding, posho milling and
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Sri lanka
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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21,487.25
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Phase 2
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Project Number: CWI/SRL/03/01 |
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Rationale:water in many of the wells in the Kalpitiya Peninsula was unfit for drinking and that the residents of would not be able to obtain drinking water eventhough the supply mechanisms were in place.
Objectives: To remedy the problem of nitrate ( ... )
rite pollution in 25 drinking water wells in Nawakkaduwa in the Kalpitiya Peninsula.
To cahnge the present land management practices to organic agriculture including the use of diverse tree crops in the landscape design of 25 home gardens.
To restore some of teh lost mangrove vegetation in that area previously used for prawn farming and now abandoned.
activities: social mobilization of
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