Advisory documents for applications to GEF activities. This advice is considered "official" because it has been developed in collaboration with GEF bodies, reviewed by the GEF Secretariat or GEF Evaluation Office and has been presented to the GEF Council.
See also STAP workshops for background papers or click on links below.
Multi-Focal Area
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Experimental Project Designs in the Global Environment Facility:
Designing projects to create evidence and catalyze investments to secure global environmental benefits
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Sustainable Forest Management: STAP Guidance on Implementing the new Work Program, November 2007
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Benefits and Trade-offs Between Energy Conservation and Releases of Unintentionally Produced Persistent Organic Pollutants, July 2009
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Biodiveristy & Biosafety
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The Evidence Base for Community Forest Management as a Mechanism for Supplying Global Environmental Benefits and Improving Local Welfare, September 2010
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Environmental Certification and the Global Environment Facility, September 2010
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Payments for Environmental Services, revised March 2010
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Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Production Landscapes, November 2005 (Working Paper 20)
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Three STAP Collaborative Publications:
Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms, Volume 1: A Case Study of Bt Maize in Kenya, Hilbeck, A. and Andow, D.A. (eds) (2004) (on www.cabi.org)
Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms, Volume 2: A Case Study of Bt Cotton in Brazil, Hilbeck, A. and Andow, D.A. (eds) (2006) (on www.cabi.org)
Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms Volume 3: Methodologies for Transgenic Fish, A.R. Kapuscinski, K.R. Hayes, S. Li and G. Dana (eds) (October 2007) (on www.cabi.org)
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Land Degradation
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Land Degradation as a Global Environmental Issue: A Synthesis of Three Studies Commissioned by The Global Environment Facility to Strengthen the Knowledge Base to Support the Land Degradation Focal Area, November 2006 (GEF/C.30/Inf.8)
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International Waters
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Marine Debris as a Global Environmental Problem: Introducing a solutions based framework focused on plastic, November 2011
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Hypoxia and Nutrient Reduction in the Coastal Zones, September 2011
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Groundwater and Inter-linkages, November 2006 (GEF/C.31/Inf.8)
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Managing the Subsurface Environment: Integrated Managed Aquifer Recharge, September 2005 (GEF/C.28/Inf.6)
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Strategic Options and Priorities in Groundwater Resources, November 2004 (GEF/C.24/Inf.13)
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Manual for Calculating GHG Benefits for GEF Transportation Projects, January 2011
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| Advancing Sustainable Low-Carbon Transport through the GEF, November 2010 |
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Carbon Capture and Storage, Conclusions and Recommendations to the GEF, October 2007 (GEF/C.33/Inf.14)
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Liquid Biofuels in Transport, Conclusions and Recommendations to the GEF, May 2007 (GEF/C.31/Inf.7)
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Reducing the Long-Term Costs of Low-Greenhouse Gas Emitting Technologies, March 2004 (GEF/C.23/Inf.16)
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Adaptation and Vulnerability, February 2002 (GEF/C.19/Inf.12)
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| Selection of Persistent Organic Pollutant Disposal Technology for the GEF, November 2011 |
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The Use of Bioindicators, Biomarkers and Analytical Methods for the Analysis of POPs in Developing Countries, May 2004 (GEF/C.23/Inf.18)
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Non-combustion Technologies for the Destruction of POPs Stockpiles - Summary Report to the GEF, (GEF/C.23/Inf.19 - GEF website link) with full Review: Emerging, Innovative Technologies for the Destruction and Decontamination of POPs and the Identification of Promising Technologies for use in Developing Countries, January 2004
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Strategic Review Papers
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STAP Report to the Fourch GEF Assembly, Punte del Este, Uruguay, May 2010
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STAP Report to the Third GEF Assembly on the Broad Scientific and Technical Issues that Emerged During hte Preceding Phase of the GEF on Emerging Issues and Gaps, August 2006
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