GEF
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 March 2011: Over 37,000 mangrove seedlings have recently been planted on the islands of Aranuka, Butaritari, Maiana, Makin and in North and South Tarawa, Kiribati, as part of a project supported by the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), AusAID and the New Zealand Aid Programme with the aim of reducing Kiribati’s vulnerability to climate change, climate variability and sea level rise.
Mangroves, although considered a ‘soft’ option when compared to seawalls, can be one of the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
31 March 2011: The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Rainforest Alliance have partnered with cocoa producers, small chocolate commercializing businesses and the chocolate industry to focus on improving the sustainability of cocoa production.
The GEF will contribute US$5 million to the project and help mobilize an additional US$15 million from co-financing partners to develop a public-private partnership with two leading chocolate manufacturers, Mars...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 April 2011: The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) convened a workshop titled “Seeking Global and Regional Solutions to Marine Debris Problem” on 23 March 2011, in Honolulu, Hawaii, US, at the fifth International Marine Debris Conference. The Conference was organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The workshop explored a specific role for GEF in supporting global...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 April 2011: The World Bank approved a US$4.9 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to support five years of Save our Species (SOS) work, complemented by an additional US$5 million from the World Bank’s Development Grant Facility.
The Save our Species (SOS) program was launched in 2010 at the 10th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan. It is a unique partnership of the GEF, the World Bank, the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 April 2011: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has informed parties to the CBD and to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety that the GEF is making available expanded and expedited access to funding for enabling activities, including national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs), and national reports under the CBD and the Biosafety Protocol.
According to the GEF communication, GEF will assist GEF-eligible parties in meeting their reporting obligations under the CBD and the UN...
