African regional projects

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/13/14/Add.1, 2016

Country	Agency	Project Name	GEF Total	Cofinance	Total Project Cost
Regional	UNEP	Support to Preparation of the Third National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – Africa Region	1,368,550	1,225,000	2,593,550

Country	Project Name	BD	Total GEF	Cofinance	Total Project Cost
Regional	Food-IAP: Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa - An Integrated Approach (IAP-PROGRAM)	19.22	106.36	805.36	911.72

COP12: UNEP/CBD/COP/12/14/ADD1, 16 July 2014 (Report of the Global Environment Facility)

Country	Agency	Title	GEF Total	Cofinance	Total Project Cost
Regional	UNEP	Multi-Country Project to Strengthen Institutional Capacity on LMO Testing in Support of National Decision-making (Angola, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Congo DR)	3,860,000	6,546,500	10,406,500
Regional	UNDP	A Bottom Up Approach to ABS Community Level Capacity Development for Successful Engagement in ABS Value Chains in Cameroon Echinops giganteus and Namibia Commiphora wildii	972,727	1,100,000	2,072,727
Regional	UNEP	Engaging Policy Makers and the Judiciary to Address Poaching and Illegal Wildlife Trade in Africa	2,000,000	4,000,000	6,000,000
Regional	UNEP	Multi-Country Project to Strengthen Institutional Capacity on LMO Testing in Support of National Decision-making (Angola, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Congo DR)	3,860,000	6,546,500	10,406,500
Regional	UNEP	Supporting African Countries in Identifying Opportunities For Public-Private Partnerships During the Preparation of Early Ratification and Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on ABS (Participating countries: Benin, Egypt, Lesotho, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda)	6,831,000	4,322,500	11,153,500
Regional	UNEP	Ratification and Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol for the Member countries of the Central African Forests Commission COMIFAC (Participating countries: Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Chad, Congo DR)	1,762,557	8,300,000	10,062,557

Countries	Agency	Title	GEF	Co-finance
Central African Republic, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, Chad	UNDP	Improving Lake Chad Management through Building Climate Change Resilience and Reducing Ecosystem Stress through Implementation of the SAP	6,712,350	33,484,250
Kenya, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania, South Africa	UNEP	Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Protection of the Western Indian Ocean from Landbased Sources and Activities	12,046,680	66,710,000
Kenya, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, South Africa	UNDP	Western Indian Ocean LMEs Strategic Action Programme Policy Harmonization and Institutional Reforms SAPPHIRE Project	12,291,811	68,802,000
Angola, Botswana, Namibia	UNDP	Support to the Cubango-Okavango River Basin Strategic Action Programme Implementation	6,898,500	60,700,000
Burkina Faso, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Chad	UNDP/UNEP	Improving IWRM, Knowledge based Management and Governance of the Niger Basin and the Iullemeden Taoudeni Tanezrouft Aquifer System (ITTAS)	14,960,250	77,956,945
Uganda, Congo DR	AfDB	Lakes Edward and Albert Integrated Fisheries and Water Resources Management Project	5,000,000	99,700,000.00
Angola, Namibia, South Africa	UNDP	Realizing the Inclusive and Sustainable Development in the BCLME Region through the Improved Ocean Governance and the Integrated Management of Ocean Use and Marine Resources	7,187,306	33,460,000

COP 11: UNEP/CBD/COP/11/8, 17 September 2012 (Report of the Global Environment Facility)

Country	GEF Agency	Project Title	GEF BD Grant	Cofinance	Total Project Cost
Regional	UNEP	Preparation of the Second National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety-Africa	993,950	840,000	1,833,950

Country	Agency	Project Title	BD Grant	Total GEF Grant	Cofinance
Regional	World Bank	Sahel and West Africa Program in Support of the Great Green Wall Initiative	17,924,663	100,759,259	1,810,000,000
Regional	AfDB	LCB-NREE Lake Chad Basin Regional Program for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Energy Efficiency (PROGRAM)	1,861,111	20,503,086	172,563,158
Regional	AfDB	Mano River Union Ecosystem Conservation and International Water Resources Management (IWRM) Project	2,571,428	3,186,364	25,000,000

COP 10: UNEP/CBD/COP/10/6, 2 August 2010 (Report of the Global Environment Facility)

Country	Agency	Project Title	GEF Amount ($)	Cofinancing Amount ($)	Total ($)
Regional (Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa)	UNEP	Supporting the Development and Implementation of Access and Benefit Sharing Policies in Africa	1,177,300	795,950	1,973,250
Regional (Central African Republic, Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo DR)	UNDP	CBSP Sustainable Financing of Protected Area Systems in the Congo Basin	8,181,818	50,600,000	58,781,818
Regional (Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Congo DR)	FAO	CBSP Sustainable Management of the Wildlife and Bushmeat Sector in Central Africa	4,245,452	6,000,000	10,245,452
Regional (Congo, Congo DR)	UNDP	CBSP Catalyzing Sustainable Forest Management in the Lake Tele-Lake Tumba (LTLT) Transboundary Wetland Landscape	2,172,726	6,600,000	8,772,726
Regional (Gambia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Chad, Togo)	UNEP	SPWA Evolution of PA Systems with regard to Climatic, Institutional, Social, and Economic Conditions in the West Africa Region	3,636,364	10,000,000	13,636,364
Regional (Malawi, Zambia)	World Bank	Sustainable Management of Nyika Transfrontier Conservation Area	4,817,000	8,300,000	13,117,000
Regional (Africa)	World Bank	SPWA-BD Scaling up the impacts of goods practices in linking poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation	900,000	1,100,000	2,000,000
Regional (Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana)	FAO	SPWA-Development of a trans-frontier conservation area linking forest reserves and protected areas in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire	859,090	1,200,000	2,059,090
Regional (Namibia, Zambia)	World Bank	Open Africa North South Tourism Corridor (OANSTC)	495,449	635,498	1,130,947

Country	Agency	Title	GEF Grant ($)	Biodiversity contribution ($)	Cofinancing ($)
Regional (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)	WB, UNDP, UNEP, FAO	SFM Program for Sustainable Forest Management in the Congo Basin (this Program consists of 13 complementary projects)	54,725,097	28,923,797	200,705,097
Regional (Central African Republic, Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo DR)	UNEP	CBSP - A Regional Focus on Sustainable Timber Management in the Congo Basin	3,075,681	1,282,500	6,280,000

COP 9: UNEP/CBD/COP/9/9, 2 May 2008 (Report of the Global Environment Facility)

Country	GEF Agency	Project Title	GEF Amount ($ million)	Cofinancing Amount ($ million)	Total Amount ($ million)
Regional (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Togo)	World Bank	West African Regional Biosafety Program	5.4	15.54	20.94

COP 8: UNEP/CBD/COP/8/10, 6 February 2006 (Report of the Global Environment Facility)

Country Name	IA	Project Name	GEF Amount	Co-fin Amount	Total
Regional (Cameroon, Congo, Gabon)	UNDP	Conservation of Transboundary Biodiversity in the Minkebe-Odzala-Dja Interzone in Gabon, Congo, and Cameroon FP	$10.12	$34.62	$44.74
Regional (Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia, Ghana)	UNEP	Removing Barriers to Invasive Plant Management in Africa FP	$5.00	$6.17	$11.17
Regional (Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Senegal)	UNDP	In-situ Conservation of Endemic Ruminant Livestock in West Africa FP	$10.00	$19.59	$29.59
Regional (Kenya, Burkina Faso)	UNEP	Dryland Livestock Wildlife Environment Interface Project (DLWEIP) MSP	$0.98	$2.36	$3.33

COP 7: UNEP/CBD/COP/7/9, 17 December 2003 (Report of the Global Environment Facility)

Country	Project Name	IA	GEF Financing (US$ m)	Total Financing (US$ m)
Regional (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger)	Building Scientific and Technical Capacity for Effective Management and Sustainable Use of Dryland Biodiversity in West African Biosphere Reserves	UNEP	2.75	6.58
Regional (Burkina Faso, Botswana, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe)	Desert Margin Programme, Phase 1	UNEP/UNDP	5.35	15.58
Regional (Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)	Integrated Management of Dryland Biodiversity through Land Rehabilitation in the Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe	UNEP/UNDP	7.83	13.42
Regional (Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali)	Conservation of Gramineae and Associated Arthropods for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Africa	UNEP	0.97	2.54

COP 6: UNEP/CBD/COP/6/9, 12 February 2002 (Report of the Global Environment Facility)

COUNTRY	PROJECT NAME	IMPLEMENTING AGENCY	GEF FINANCING (IN US$ MILLIONS)	TOTAL FINANCING (IN US$ MILLIONS)
Regional (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)	Land Use Change Analysis as an Approach for Investigating Biodiversity Loss and Land Degradation	UNEP	0.80	0.80
Regional (Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)	Africa Community Outreach Program for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources	World Bank	0.75	0.75
Regional (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Uganda, Zimbabwe)	Community-Based Management of On-Farm Plant Genetic Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa	UNEP	0.75	2.05
Regional (Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar)	Coral Reef Monitoring Network in Member States of the Indian Ocean Commission (COI), within the Global Reef Monitoring Network	World Bank	0.74	0.74
Regional (Lesotho, South Africa)	Maloti-Drakensberg Conservation and Development Project	World Bank	15.50	33.20

COP 5: UNEP/CBD/COP/5/7, 14 December 1999 (Report of the Global Environment Facility)

COUNTRY	PROJECT NAME	GEF FINANCING (IN US$ MILLIONS)	TOTAL FINANCING (IN US$ MILLIONS)
Africa	Management of Indigenous Vegetation for the Rehabilitation of Degraded Rangelands in the Arid Zone of Africa	9.05	13.38
Africa	Conservation Priority-Setting for the Upper Guinea Forest Ecosystems, West Africa	0.74	0.95
Africa	Biological Diversity Conservation through Participatory Rehabilitation of the Degraded Lands of the Arid and Semi-Arid Transboundary Areas of Mauritania and Senegal	8.00	12.37
Africa	Regional: Participatory Management of Plant Genetic Resources in Oases of the Maghreb	3.08	6.58

COP 4: UNEP/CBD/COP/4/15, 27 February 1998 (Report of the Global Environment Facility)

Country/ies	Project Name	IA	GEF grant	Cofinancing	Total cost
Regional	Training the Trainers: Biodiversity Enabling Activities in Africa	UNDP	$0.19	0	$0.19
Regional	Biodiversity loss in East Africa	UNDP	$0.35	0	$0.35
Regional	Institutional Support to Protect East African Biodiversity	UNDP	$10.00	0	$10.00
Regional	West Africa Pilot Community-Based Natural Resource and Wildlife Management	WB	$7.00	$6.19	$13.19
Regional	Regional Environment Information Management Project (REIMP)	WB	$4.46	$11.31	$15.77
Regional	Southern Africa Biodiversity Support Programme	UNDP	$4.50	$19.21	$23.71
Regional	African NGO-Government Partnerships for Sustainable Biodiversity Action	UNDP	$4.33	$7.11	$11.44
Regional: East Africa	Reducing Biodiversity Loss at Cross-Border sites in East Africa	UNDP	$12.65	$5.77	$18.42
Regional: Cameroon,Central Africa Rep.,Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea,Gabon	Regional Environmental Information Management	WB	$3.50	$0.74	$1.09

COP 3: UNEP/CBD/COP/3/5, 18 September 1996 (Report of the Global Environment Facility)

Country/ies	Project name	GEF allocation (US$ millions)	Total costs (US$ millions)
Regional (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe)	Southern Africa Botanical Biodiversity	4.725	9.435
Regional (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)	Institutional support to Protect East African Biodiversity	10	10
Regional	West Africa Pilot Community-based Natural Resources and Wildlife Management	7	13.19