Current Projects

Empower decision-makers in government and civil society with technology and information to help reduce deforestation, facilitate commitments to restoration and conserve forest biodiversity by developing innovative user-friendly tools that easily share info

To advance the process of implementation of the Cartagena Protocol through an innovative approach that promotes a strong link between biosafety and biodiversity

Project Objective: Strengthen overall delivery of TRI by establishing and supporting structures and processes for coordination, monitoring, and adaptive management of the Program, while providing key supports to TRI country projects in the areas of policy

To support biodiversity conservation in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Lucia through enhanced political will and capacity building for improved management of marine protected areas (MPAs), marine management areas (MMAs) and protected areas

Conserve and recover coastal landscapes1 (CL) including wetlands and adjacent watershed territories, integrating them into local development, through their sustainable management and use

To develop a model of integrated land, water and ecosystem management for The Bahamas and other Small Island Developing States.

To establish the conditions enabling sustainable access to the genetic resources of Timor-Leste, which will deliver fair and equitable benefits to its people, while protecting legal and customary ownership and traditional knowledge

To strengthen integrated natural resource management and restoration of degraded landscapes in the Tana Delta, and systemically scale up best practices and lessons learned to other priority landscapes in Kenya

Reduce the threats from Invasive Alien Species (IAS) to terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity in the Pacific by developing and implementing comprehensive national and regional IAS management frameworks

Strengthen national capacities, including on legislation and regulatory framework, for the effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and human wellbeing in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

To enable national legislators to advance policies and laws for integration of natural capital approach with a focus on the Great Green Wall Initiative where appropriate and REDD+ into development policies.

Mainstreaming biodiversity using an integrated land management approach to ensure, development, health and environmental co-benefits

Enhanced management effectiveness of wetlands of national and international significance

To fight against illegal wildlife trade through institutional strengthening, improved information management and monitoring (and collaboration at an international level), thereby influencing the supply system at local (protected area), national (South Africa) and regional levels

To enable sustainable economic development of the South East Coast by maintaining healthy ecosystems, sustainable livelihoods, and securing global environmental benefits.

To actualize protection and sustainable use of biodiversity and protected areas, under the umbrella of the newly passed Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) of 2015

To improve the management effectiveness of the Wadi El-Rayan and Lake Qarun protected areas through community involvement and capacity building

To strengthen the biosafety Management System in Malaysia with Special Emphasis on Thematic Interventions to Facilitate Handling and Decision Making on LMOs.

Mechanisms for payment for ecosystem services (ES) are tested and replication systems developed to ensure the protection of natural ecosystems of Argentina and the services provided by these.

Strengthen fisheries governance, management and value chains, through the implementation of an ecosystem approach to fisheries, of relevant international instruments and of innovative governance partnerships in three countries in West Africa (Cabo Verde, Cote dvore and Senegal)

To provide financial and technical support to GEF-eligible Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in their work to develop high quality, data driven sixth national reports (6NR) that will improve national decision-making processes for the implementation of NBSAPs; that report on progress towards achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets (ABTs) and inform both the fifth Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO5) and the Global Biodiversity Strategy of 2021 – 2030.

Prevention, early detection, control and management frameworks for invasive alien species (IAS) that emphasize a risk management approach by focusing on the highest risk invasion pathways of Barbados and OECS countries.

The utilization of microbial genetic resources within the protected Kenyan Soda lakes for research,development and commercialization of industrial enzymes and bio‐pesticides for improved resource management andlivelihoods in compliance with the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing

To provide financial and technical support to GEF-eligible Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD in their work to develop high quality, data driven sixth national reports (6NR) that will improve national decision-making processes for the implementation of NBSAPs; that report on progress towards achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets ABTs and inform both the fifth Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO5) and the Global Biodiversity Strategy of 2021 - 2030.

The project goal is to enhance (conservation) management effectiveness of NNRs in Hubei province, as well as the mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation and value of ecosystem services in economic development plans and sectors. The project objective is to enhance biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resources through the expansion and strengthening of the protected area network in the GSA.