There are 27,190 projects available.
|
|
|
Project Title |
Country |
Area Of Work
|
Start
Date |
Amount
(US$) |
Operational Phase |
|
|
Ghana
|
Land Degradation
|
2006
|
23,000.00
|
OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
|
|
Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/101 |
|
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AREA:
The project areas are Kongo, Pelungo and Damol-Tendongo of the Nabdam Traditional Council; The Three Communities are located in the central belt of the Nabdam Traditional areas, which lies ten miles West from the ( ... )
l Capital Bolgatanga off Bawku trunk Road. The District Capital is Tongo and is about 14 miles south of the middle belt road linking from Tamale to Bolgatanga Secondary School (Wonkogo T Junction) that lead to the Talensi/ Nabdam District Capital Tongo.
The upland soils in the Kongo, Pelungo and Damol Tendongo is degrading rapidly due to the gold mining prospecting which has created large
|
|
|
Pakistan
|
Biodiversity
|
2006
|
49,586.77
|
Phase 3
|
|
Project Number: PAK/OP3/06/21 |
|
Koochi Nomads Development Project (KNDP)
1. Profile of Implementing Organization:
1.1 ZAREEF KHAN FOUNDATION (ZKF) was established by Dr. Muhammad Zareef Khan (1902 - 1995). He studied medicine in the King Edward's Medical College Lahore from ( ... )
. He also received his diploma in Public Health from the Royal Institute of Tropical Medicine in Karnal, India in 1933.
1.2 ZKF was registered with the government in 1988 under the Societies Act of 1860 as a non-profit NGO aiming to work in such multi-sectoral projects, which have a direct socio economic impact on the society. At present, its main projects are Dr. Zareef Memorial School,
|
|
|
Pakistan
|
Biodiversity
|
2006
|
50,000.00
|
Phase 3
|
|
Project Number: PAK/OP3/06/20 |
|
1. Profile of Implementing Organization
KISP (KALASH INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL PROGRAM):
KISP is a Non Government Organization working for the cultural preservation and development of the perishing tribe of Kalash. It has a leader from the same ( ... )
nous community. It has been working since 1999 and started its full fledged activities in June 2005 when the president graced this fortunate organization with his consent to work for the Kalasha community. It was allocated a grant from the president?s fund and work commenced right away as KISP managed to bring some visible development in all its components of its mandate.
· Cultural
|
|
|
Malaysia
|
Biodiversity
|
2006
|
2,000.00
|
OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
|
|
Project Number: MAL/OP3/2/06/PG-34 |
|
The proposed project is to strengthen Kuantan River Care Campaign (KRCC) and build the capacity of the local community to ultimately own and continue the campaign on a sustainable basis. Key activities include resource mapping of the river corridor, ( ... )
ication of riverine based livelihood options, verification of pollution aand destructive practices along the river and publication of literature as well as a community
|
|
|
Uganda
|
International Waters
|
2006
|
22,222.00
|
Phase 3
|
|
Project Number: UGA/NTEAP/06/009 |
|
The project objectives are: improved capacity of communities and the organization?s members in order to improve environmental management; increased numbers of multipurpose trees; reduction in cutting down of trees for firewood; and improved water ( ... )
vation in order to control soil erosion. The project is up-scaling activities that were conducted with support from the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project ((LVEMP). The project will improve management of the existing tree-nursery; purchase and distribute water tanks for rain-water harvesting at household level; pilot the use of solar ovens as an alternative to firewood; purchase
|
|
|
Uganda
|
Multifocal Area
|
2006
|
50,000.00
|
OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
|
|
Project Number: UGA/05/59 |
|
Kumi wetlands fish farming project is seeking to promote the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands and wetland resources in Kumi District while at the same time improving nutritional intake and widening the income base of the rural ( ... )
ities. The project has two objectives which can be summarized as: conservation of wetland resources through participatory development and implementation of wetland management plans; and improvement of income levels of communities by supporting fish farming as an integral part of wetland management plans.
The major activities include developing and implementing wetland management plans;
|
|
|
Ghana
|
Multifocal Area
|
2006
|
15,600.00
|
OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
|
|
Project Number: GHA/CWI/06/007 |
|
Kunyukuo was classified as one of the worst guinea worm infested communities in the Lawra District. The community lacked potable water source and the main sources of drinking water was a stream and a hand-dug well. Clinical analysis of these water ( ... )
s indicated that all the water sources are full of bacteria and has an odour and has traces of iron. The results indicate a poor water supply coverage in the community. Water Coverage (defined as the number of people having access to basic level of service) indicated that 1,500 people have access to a hand-dug well (as against national standard of 150 people per hand-dug well). The distance from
|
|
|
Ghana
|
Multifocal Area
|
2006
|
15,600.00
|
OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
|
|
Project Number: GHA/CWI/06/001 |
|
Kwasilansa is a relatively small farming community in the Mfantseman District of the Central Region about twenty (20) kilometers away from the district capital Mankessim on the Mankessim - Assin Fosu road. The settlement is on an isolated hill about ( ... )
bove sea level. The general landform is plateau-like and rugged. The soil chemistry of the project area shows that the soils are loamy. The levels of exchangeable actions are low in the subsoil, but moderately high in topsoil. Base saturation percentage of the subsoil is mainly less than 50%. The fertility status of the soils is low with the main deficiencies being phosphorus, trace elements, and
|
|
|
Kenya
|
Land Degradation
|
2006
|
34,125.17
|
OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
|
|
Project Number: KEN-GEF-05-005 |
|
The project is one out of ten projects in the Kilome Division Land Degradation Cluster in Makueni district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. The Kilome division land degradation cluster projects lie within about 40 square kilometres. All ten ( ... )
ts aim at reducing / preventing land degradation by focusing on the rehabilitation of gullies, water tanks for domestic and agricultural use, establishment of terraces and intercropping methods and reafforestation of catchment areas. The ten CBOs implementing the respective projects are supervised and coordinated by Kenya Initiatives for Development (KID) which has the role of a lead NGO.
This
|
|
|
Papua new guinea
|
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
|
2006
|
15,209.29
|
Phase 3
|
|
Project Number: PNG06/03 |
|
This project was to be a highly important project to protect the catchments area of PNG's 4 very important rivers, namely; fly river, Freder River, Sepik river and Purari rivers. This project is to be continued in future to protect the catchments ( ... )
from other destruction if other stakeholders or interested parties are
|
|
|
Tanzania
|
International Waters
|
2006
|
39,453.00
|
OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
|
|
Project Number: TAN/SGP/OP3/Y2/06/11 |
|
This Lake which is a shared ecosystem between Tanzania and Kenya, may disappear in the next few years, if concerted efforts by both countries are not raised. Conservation efforts have already began in the Kenyan side to salvage the lake. The main ( ... )
ive is to address and reserve the trend of degradation of Lake Jipe through integrated community based initiatives by training and sensitizing 7 villages around Lake Jipe to formulate Village Land Use Plans (VLUP). The VLUP will provide basis for the mapping of major land use and measures to control land
|
|
|
Suriname
|
Land Degradation
|
2006
|
30,500.00
|
Phase 3
|
|
Project Number: SUR/05/06 |
|
The main of this project has been to pilot a rapid diagnostic assessment of soil fertility management and production systems and to introduce sustainable land managment techniques, i.e. production and application of compost and integrated pest ( ... )
ment, through a farmer field school for the community of
|
|
|
Mozambique
|
International Waters
|
2006
|
19,195.00
|
OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
|
|
Project Number: MOZ/SGP/OP3/Y2/CORE/IW/2006/04 |
|
Vilankulo village is located in northern Inhambane province. The major socio-economic activities are artisanal fishing, and subsistence farming. The area is an open bay exposed to the action of strong winds, waves, and cyclones. Intensive tourism ( ... )
s, fishing, boats, and ships movement also contribute to the fragility of the area. Under these circumstances the project aims to intervene on controlling and preventing land degradation and coastal erosion. Two main activities were considered: build a wall barrier of one hundred meters along parts of the coastline of Vilankulo Municipality; and establish a tree nursery of ornamental trees
|
|
|
Yemen
|
Land Degradation
|
2006
|
25,854.00
|
Phase 3
|
|
Project Number: YEM/GEF/SGP/OP3/2/06/01 |
|
Bura district in general and Al-Ghaileen village (N 14.91119 E 43.47283 ) in particular are of mountinuous nature of almost 80% slope. The mountain slope is covered with terraces used for growing cash crops like Coffee, sorghum and qat. Terraces ( ... )
d soil and water conservation in the area. Water is available through erratic rainfall during summer. Rain water is the only source for human surviuval and agriculture. Community manage to harvest rain water and store it in underground cisterns for year round domestic use and as supplementary irrigation for limited cash crops. However, their efforts is limited by lack of financial resources to
|
|
|
Palestine, State of
|
Multifocal Area
|
2006
|
21,000.00
|
OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
|
|
Project Number: PAL/06/81 |
|
Launching national-wide environmental activities for the World day 2006 in Gaza and West Bank. The WED 06 activities will vary to include central workshops addressing the theme of the WED, promotional materials, contests, ?My tree? campaign and ( ... )
|
|
|
Brazil
|
Biodiversity
|
2006
|
30,000.00
|
OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
|
|
Project Number: BRA/06/17 |
|
The Bico do Papagaio region has traditional production of babassu (Orbignya phalerata, Arecaceae) palmnut oil and mesocarp by the so-called palmnut breakers. The palmnut collectors, who sell it whole to industries have become a threat to the ( ... )
hood of these women. Lands on lease for collection had freedom of access for palmnut breakers, who, in addition to collecting the palmnuts, process them to make oil, mesoacrp and charcoal.
Many landowners and rural workers, including husbands of palmnut breakers, have cut down babassu trees due to the low selling price, creating much conflict between men and women. Cutting these trees down is a
|
|
|
Romania
|
International Waters
|
2006
|
34,220.00
|
OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
|
|
Project Number: ROM/OP3/2/06/08 |
|
The general objective of the project is to decrease the volume of nutrients and other pollutants generated from agriculture and reaching the Danube River, by using environment friendly agricultural practices.
The project is conceived as a ( ... )
trative activity which is supposed to take place in the commune of Izbiceni and then to be disseminated for duplication purposes in the following communes: Ianca, Grojdibodu, Orlea, Corabia, Gircov, Giuvarasti, situated on the Green Corridor of the Danube River.
Basically, the goal is to create a sustenable rural development model appropriate for the local resources specific for the communes
|
|
|
Sri lanka
|
Land Degradation
|
2006
|
18,200.00
|
OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
|
|
Project Number: SRL/05/28 |
|
Though the project focuses on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Development of the Tsunami Affected Community in the Akurala area of Galle, its focal point is the children and women of the area. In order to carry out the project, ( ... )
tes such as carrying out self-employment programs and first aid programs, initiating the home garden concept, programs on natural disaster management, restructuring of the gorges- left as a result of coral mining,
|
|
|
Sri lanka
|
Multifocal Area
|
2006
|
21,133.00
|
OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
|
|
Project Number: SRL/05/27 |
|
The project mainly concentrates on re-building lives and livelihoods of the people living in the Dikwella area including the 5 divisions of Eastern Batheegama, Southern Dikwella, Southern Waththegama, Eastern Dikwella and Eastern Dodampahala.
In ( ... )
to reach the above objective, activities such as, motivating housewives to manage their households and garden areas efficiently, thus, involving them in environmental conservation, re-building and enhancing the capacity of organization of the society, uplifting and enriching the health of 200 families, focussing mainly on women, building an eco-friendly attitude amongst the society and by doing
|
|
|
Pakistan
|
Biodiversity
|
2006
|
50,000.00
|
Phase 3
|
|
Project Number: PAK/OP3/06/19 |
|
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF), launched on May 5, 1998 and registered in 2002, is the only national level civil society organization of the Fisherfolk communities of Pakistan. PFF now has 111 Units in different villages and localities in Sindh / ( ... )
an. PFF presently is running 07 projects amounting 46.5 million rupees for the betterment of coastal communities.
Since its inception PFF has been active in the awareness, mobilization and community organization for the protection as well as sustainable management of the fisheries and other community livelihoods through advocacy, participatory research, information dissemination and
|
|
|
