Current Projects

To mainstream natural capital into integrated watershed management through application of natural capital accounting in Lesotho.

To reduce the threats to endangered reptiles from habitat loss and Invasive Alien Species by enhancing biodiversity governance and biosecurity frameworks in Barbados.

To enhance knowledge uptake and application within academia and communities of policy and technical practice in SIDS by implementing a systematic approach for extraction and translation of green-blue knowledge elements generated by GEF projects.

To strengthen institutional biosecurity frameworks in the management of living modified organisms and invasive alien species through a coordinated risk analysis measure

To support Viet Nam to prepare and submit its First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) that complies with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement reporting requirements while responding to its national development goals.

To fast-track readiness and early actions to implement the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework by providing financial and technical support to GEF-eligible Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in their work to review and align their national targets, NBSAPs, policy frameworks, monitoring frameworks and finance with the Global Biodiversity Framework

To fast-track readiness and early actions to implement the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework by providing financial and technical support to GEF-eligible Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in their work to review and align their national targets, NBSAPs, policy frameworks, monitoring frameworks and finance with the Global Biodiversity Framework

Accelerating the introduction of electric mobility through development of legal, regulatory and institutional framework, public outreach, capacity building, demonstration pilots of electric vehicles, development of business models for private sector engagement and finance schemes for upscaling and replication.

To promote ecosystem restoration for a productive Mbuluzi River landscape and effectively managed protected areas providing critical ecosystem goods and services

i) Provide technical support for developing ABS policy, legal, institutional and regulatory frameworks for The Gambia; (ii) Undertake to pilot of administrative or policy measures to implement community protocols, bioprospecting, and/or biotechnology research; and (iii) Promote ABS-compliant management of protected areas that support improvements in the conditions of biological and genetic resources for the Nyambai Forest Complex.

To reverse the over-exploitation of select commercial living marine resources by enhancing the capacity of Mediterranean countries to manage fisheries, including through the application of ecosystem-based management tools, in their blue economy development

To effectively address land degradation in Carriacou, through demonstration and application of ecosystems-based landscape restoration, sustainable land management and good agricultural practices, using community participatory approaches that expands diversification and sustainability of livelihoods options.

To eliminate uncontrolled releases of mercury from healthcare settings

To promote the use of National Capital Accounting (NCA) as a tool for Land Use Planning to achieve Protected Area (PA) management effectiveness, deployment of good Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices and operationalization of Ecovillages in Central Highlands of Madagascar

Brazilian metropolitan regions reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve biodiversity and achieve economic, social and environmental co-benefits through an integrated urban planning approach.

Strengthen governmental and non-governmental capacities to achieve biodiversity conservation and land degradation neutrality in Middle Euphrates landscape through integrated landscape management.

To leverage the conservation caucus model to increase the sustainability of funding for protected areas systems.

To create an enabling environment and evidence-based approach for managing the effects of human-wildlife conflict in the SADC region

To promote water security through strengthening transboundary water governance, sustainable development, balancing multiple-use and promoting integrated management of the Pantanal-Upper Paraguay River Basin for the social and economic well-being of the population and for the conservation of the freshwater ecosystem, its services, its biodiversity and connectivity.

To identify approaches and promote mutually reinforcing legal frameworks and alignment of financial resources for global biodiversity benefits.

To strengthen the national transparency system in Ecuador to meet the requirements of the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

To foster a coherent policy environment and track progress towards achieving the national LDN targets.

To increase climate resilience and reduce land degradation in priority watersheds by strengthening collaborative SLM for increased livelihood resilience and water security of agriculture-based communities an ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) model.

The project aims to support Belize to prepare and submit its First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) and its Second Biennial Transparency Report, combined with its Fifth National Communication (BTR2/NC5) that comply with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement reporting requirements, while responding to its national development goals.

To promote sustainable approaches to ecosystem conservation in the Imatong landscape of South Sudan