Current Projects

Nigeria adopts a financially self-sustaining circular economy approach for electronics

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.

Accelerate the transition to energy efficient lighting technologies in Bolivia

Develop Peru’s institutional and human capacities to meet reporting requirements of the enhanced transparency framework of the Paris Agreement

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

Early implementation of the Minamata Convention contributes to the protection of human health and the environment from the risks posed by unintentional and intentional emissions and releases as well as unsound use and management of mercury

South Africa is meeting the enhanced transparency framework requirement under the Paris Agreement

To assist Ghana strengthen its national system to be able to effectively and regularly plan, implement, track and report on its NDC to respond to the transparency requirements of the Paris Agreement.

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 introduce bio- and botanical pesticides and other alternatives to DDT as first step for elimination of dependency on DDT, ensuring food safety, enhancing livelihood and protecting human health and the environment. The project will demonstrate cost-effective, socially acceptable and environmentally sustainable alternatives to DDT and other POP chemical of similar use.

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 strengthen national capacity for environmental information and knowledge management for the implementation, monitoring and reporting of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Botswana

To maintain, restore or increase forest cover while intensifying agricultural production and improving the livelihoods of smallholders through piloting the de-risking of private finance in sustainable landscapes in seven target landscapes in Brazil, Indonesia, and Liberia

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

Contributing to the elimination of mercury in ASGM by applying a value chain approach from the miners to the refiners.

Project Objective: To strengthen national capacity for environmental information and knowledge management for the implementation, monitoring and reporting of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Benin

Costa Rica complies with the requirements of the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

To improve natural resources management and livelihoods of communities in Lake Nyasa catchment through sustainable land management systems

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

Build international consensus to align financial systems with the Sustainable Development Goals and catalyse national regulatory actions and regional sustainable infrastructure investments

Accelerate adoption of national and value chain initiatives to control Emerging Policy Issues (EPIs), and contribute to the 2020 SAICM goal and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Project Objective: Financial resources for the ASGM sector are secured to transition to mercury-free mining techniques