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GEF Sub-Regional Meeting South Asia

The GEF will hold a sub-regional workshop for national focal points from Asia from May 15 to May 18, 2008 in Manila, Philippines.   The Sub-Regional Workshops are an annual opportunity for GEF Focal Points to meet with their counterparts from other countries in the region and GEF Partners to discuss and review policies and procedures and to share lessons and experiences from development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within national policy frameworks

GEF Eco Tourism Project Wins National Award of Excellence in Panama: A Successful Small Grants Program Outcome

The project developed by Grupo Ecologico Las Macanas (GEMA), a community NGO that is implementing one of the Community Based Rural Tourism initiatives supported by the Small Grant Program Panama, received an award of excellence in the national competition “A good tourism business idea” from the Panamanian Ministry of Tourism and the Medium, Small & Micro Business Authority of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

GEF Commits $63 Million To Help Preserve Coral Triangle

WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2008 – The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are joining together to support the preservation of Asia’s Coral Triangle, with the GEF committing $63 million to fund conservation of this area known as "the Amazon of the seas."

GEF Approves New Funds Toward Pacific Island Sustainability

WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2008 – The Global Environment Facility has approved a new series of grants to a coalition of Pacific island states, a region considered among the world’s most vulnerable to climate change and other environmental challenges such as shrinking biodiversity.

GEF: Improving Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings and Urban Housing in the Russian Federation

WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2008. – This week, the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved two new climate change related projects aimed at increasing energy efficiency in urban housing as well as public buildings in the Russian Federation.

CEO Speech- Libreville, Gabon

February 26-27, 2008-Speech given by CEO at the launch of the Global Environment Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management in the Congo Basin

GEF: Presenting a Unified Voice in a Changing Climate

Speech given by the CEO on Climate Change at the UN Headquarters, February 11, 2008

Global Environment Partners Provide Additional $20 Million to Protect Endangered Habitats

Washington, DC, January 11, 2008– The World Bank and Conservation International (CI) today signed an agreement for $20 million in new funds, provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), to protect some of the world’s most unique and threatened areas, including island ecosystems and temperate forests.

Carbon Footprint – Climate Change Linked in GEF Video

December 2007 - The Global Environment Facility (GEF), in collaboration with theUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Bank, Global Initiatives, and Artists' Project Earth, has launched “Fragile Planet,” a dynamic video that raises awareness of human impact on climate change. (click heading for full news release and to watch video)


 






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