Current Projects

Assist Cote d’Ivoire in the development of its National Action Plan, raise national awareness on the Minamata Convention and build initial national capacity for the early implementation of the National Action Plan

Improved biodiversity conservation and community livelihoods in three landscapes in the Western Highlands (WHC) and South Region of Cameroon, through participatory community-based landscape management in the WHC and the development of enterprises based on responsible resource use.

To build and strengthen Sierra Leone’s national capacity to implement the transparency elements of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Ecosystem services in productive and protected land/seascapes conserved by improved land use and marine spatial planning policies and land/seascape level management in Gambia.

To ensure scaling up and the sustainability of REDD+ financing mechanisms at the national level in order to address deforestation and forest degradation and support effective protected areas management.

To facilitate access to GEF funding by 52 countries for Enabling Activities to meet their obligations under the UNCCD a) alignment of NAPs with 10 – Year Strategy and b) Reporting and Review process

Improving water security, human and ecosystem health, and climate resilience in coastal hot spots.

Foster MedProgramme-wide learning and dissemination of knowledge, effective portfolio coordination and synergistic interactions among CPs, gender mainstreaming and monitoring progress to impacts.

Balancing of competing water uses in priority coastal areas through water, food, energy and ecosystems integrated governance, to enhance environmental security and sharing of benefits.

To achieve measurable reductions in levels of POPs and mercury in priority Mediterranean coastal hot spots and catchment areas.

Integrated Natural Resource Management alleviates land degradation, addresses loss of biodiversity, reduces emission of GHGs, maintains forest and oasis ecosystem services and improves livelihoods in the Air Massif of Niger.

To assist Chad in the development of its National Action Plan for the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector, raise national awareness on the Minamata Convention and build initial national capacity for the early implementation of the National

To combat illegal wildlife trade by strengthening PA legislative and management systems through institutional strengthening, improved information management and monitoring, and community empowerment through both national and site level actions.

To strengthen systemic, institutional and individual capacity for effective implementation of the Rio Conventions in South Sudan

To support Swaziland's to establish a comprehensive transparency framework for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of climate actions as well as report on NDC under the Paris Agreement

To strengthen early warning in Lesotho to effectively address adaptation to climate change

The objective of the proposed project is an increased capacity of governmental authorities and local communities in Rwanda to plan, fund, implement and monitor climate change adaptation solutions in the medium to long-term. A special focus is the enhanceme

To assess available tools and methodology for scientific measurement of the ecological impacts of land degradation and SLM practices to guide future investment decisions in the GGWI region.

Develop Burkina Faso’s institutional and human capacities to meet reporting requirements of the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement especially for the priority sectors of AFOLU and Waste.

To enable country Parties to collect necessary biophysical, socioeconomic data, establish sound reporting and monitoring systems at national level and report against the UNCCD Strategy

To enable country Parties to collect necessary biophysical, socioeconomic data, establish sound reporting and monitoring systems at national level and report against the UNCCD Strategy

To enable country Parties to collect necessary biophysical, socioeconomic data, establish sound reporting and monitoring systems at national level and report against the UNCCD Strategy

To enable country Parties to collect necessary biophysical, socioeconomic data, establish sound reporting and monitoring systems at national level and report against the UNCCD Strategy

Increase the capacity of vulnerable communities in the Greater Maputo Area to implement ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation (EbA)

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