Transcript The United Nations Environment Programme Global Environment Facility Support to Article 8 (j)

The United Nations Environment Programme
Global Environment Facility
Support to Article 8 (j)
Over 180 countries participate in
UNEP GEF Project Activities
UNEP’s Priorities in the GEF
• Environmental information generation,
monitoring and assessments;
•Development/Demonstration of tools and
methodologies
•Management of transboundary
ecosystems
UNEP’s Biodiversity Activities in GEF
Information, Monitoring & Assessment
-Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
-Exotic Invasive Species
Tools & Methodology Development/ Demonstration
-Testing UNEP Guidelines for Biodiversity
Inventories
- PLEC
Transboundary Biodiversity Conservation
- Integrating biodiversity concerns into
broader landscape in Arctic Russia;
- Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
(w/ UNDP/WB)
UNEP’s Biodiversity Activities in GEF
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7 ongoing Full Size Projects
Total $139.27 million
GEF $76.72 million
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17 ongoing Medium Size Projects
Total $29.96 million
GEF $13.31 million
UNEP/GEF Projects
Relevant Article 8(j) Projects
UNEP/GEF Projects
Global Biodiversity Assessment
Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity
UNEP/GEF Projects
People, Land Management and
Environmental Change (PLEC)
Objective: Develop participatory and sustainable
models of biodiversity management based
on farmers’ technologies and knowledge
within agricultural systems at the community
landscape level
People, Land Management and
Environmental Change (PLEC)
LESSONS LEARNED
•Involvement of natural resources users from
development to execution and analysis
•Consideration of local agrobiodiversity
knowledge
•Full support of host institution and gov.
•Ecosystem approach valuable
•Integrative aspect of PLEC as an
international project
People, Land Management and
Environmental Change (PLEC)
WEB SITE
http://www.unu.edu/env/plec
UNEP/GEF Projects
Community-Based Management of
On-Farm Plant Genetic Resources
in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas of
Southern Africa
Community-Based
Management ….
OBJECTIVE: To improve the
effectiveness of traditional
farming systems for
conservation of crop
landraces of local and global
importance.
UNEP/GEF Projects
Conservation of Graminae and
Associated Arthropods for
Sustainable Agricultural
Development in Africa
Conservation of Graminae
and Associated Arthropods..
• To identify and implement conservation
and management measures necessary to
prevent loss of biodiversity of certain
Gramineae and their associated insects,
and to conserve these valuable genetic
resources in and around agroecosystems in Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali
for self-regulatory pest management and
sustainable agriculture.
UNEP/GEF Projects
Biodiversity Conservation and
Integration of Traditional
Knowledge on Medicinal Plants in
National Primary Health Care
Policy in Central America and
Caribbean
Medicinal Plants/Central
America …
OBJECTIVE: To support the
conservation of forest ecosystems
in Central America and the
Caribbean through the rational and
sustainable use of medicinal plant
resources.
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UNEP/GEF Projects
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Management of Indigenous Vegetation for
the Rehabilitation of Degraded
Rangelands in the Arid Zone of Africa
 Desert Margins Programme (DMP)
 A Strategy for the Integrated
Conservation of Dryland Biodiversity
through Land Rehab. In Arid and Semi-arid
regions
Potential UNEP/GEF Projects
Testing methods for integrating
traditional ecological knowledge of
indigenous peoples into ecosystems
 Models for benefit sharing between
indigenous peoples, governments
and the private sector
 …..
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