Financial Mechanism and Resources

Asia and the Pacific regional projects

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/13/14/Add.1, 2016
Country Agency Project Name GEF Total Cofinance Total Project Cost
Regional CI The Meloy Fund : A Fund for Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in SE Asia 6,200,000 35,199,864 41,399,864
Regional UNEP Support to Preparation of the Third National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - Asia Pacific Region 1,099,050 995,000 2,094,050

Country Project Name BD Total GEF Cofinance Total Project Cost
Regional Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program (PROP) 2.74 6.30 22.17 28.47
Regional Sustainable Management of Peatland Ecosystems in Mekong Countries 0.84 3.01 9.45 12.46

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 Ratification and Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in the Countries of the Pacific Region (Participating countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa) 1,762,557 950,000 2,712,557

Country Title Bio focal area GEF Total Cofinance Total Project Cost
Regional R2R Pacific Islands Ridge-to-Reef National Priorities –Integrated Water, Land, Forest and Coastal Management to Preserve Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Store Carbon, Improve Climate Resilience and Sustain Livelihoods 2,596,331 18,519,050 333,046,794 351,565,844

Country Title GEF Agency Total SCCF amount (grant + fees) ($) Cofinancing ($)
Regional Climate Proofing Development in the Pacific ADB 15,012,000 51,220,000

Countries Agency Title GEF Co-finance
Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam UNDP Sustainable Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the West Pacific and East Asian Seas 2,500,000 19,859,525
Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam UNEP Establishment and Operation of a Regional System of Fisheries Refugia in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand 3,394,500 12,000,000
China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam UNDP Scaling up the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia 11,056,951 157,265,467
China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam UNEP Implementing the Strategic Action Programme for the South China Sea 16,350,000 56,060,000
Cook Islands, Fiji, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa UNDP Testing the Integration of Water, Land, Forest & Coastal Management to Preserve Ecosystem Services, Store Carbon, Improve Climate Resilience and Sustain Livelihoods in Pacific Island Countries 11,881,000 174,387,580
Indonesia, Timor Leste FAO Enabling Transboundary Cooperation for Sustainable Management of the Indonesian Seas 4,380,000 15,500,000

COP 11: UNEP/CBD/COP/11/8, 17 September 2012 (Report of the Global Environment Facility)
Country Agency Project Title BD Grant Total GEF Grant Cofinance
Regional World Bank MENA- Desert Ecosystems and Livelihoods Program (MENA-DELP) 7,469,445 21,200,928 226,200,000
Regional World Bank LME-EA Scaling Up Partnership Investments for Sustainable Development of the Large Marine Ecosystems of East Asia and their Coasts (PROGRAM) 17,500,000 43,500,000 753,500,000
Regional ADB/World Bank GMS-FBP Greater Mekong Subregion Forests and Biodiversity Program (PROGRAM) 9,481,772 20,152,339 131,896,100
Regional UNEP Enhancing the Resilience of Pastoral Ecosystems and Livelihoods of Nomadic Herders 2,318,181 4,818,181 15,080,000

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 (Cook Islands, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Samoa) UNEP PAS Prevention, Control and Management of Invasive Alien Species in the Pacific Islands 3,031,815 4,430,000 7,461,815
Regional (Cook Islands, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu) UNEP PAS Implementing the Island Biodiversity Programme of Work by Integrating the Conservation Management of Island Biodiversity 1,740,600 1,960,000 3,700,600
Regional (Fiji, Niue, Vanuatu, Samoa) FAO PAS Forestry and Protected Area Management 6,286,000 9,880,000 16,166,000
Regional (Indonesia, Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam) UNEP Removing Barriers to Invasive Species Management in Production and Protection Forests in SE Asia 3,081,045 3,646,650 6,727,695
Regional (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan) World Bank Tien Shan Ecosystem Development Project 3,300,000 11,200,000 14,500,000
Regional (Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau) UNEP PAS The Micronesia Challenge: Sustainable Finance Systems for Island Protected Area Management - under the GEF Pacific Alliance for Sustainability 5,454,545 10,884,000 16,338,545
Regional (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Timor Leste, Brunei, Singapore) UNEP Building Capacity for Regionally Harmonized National Processes for Implementing CBD Provisions on Access to Genetic Resources and Sharing of Benefits 750,000 750,000 1,500,000
Regional (Fiji, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Vanuatu) ADB PAS Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle of the Pacific - under the Pacific Alliance for Sustainability Program 8,336,450 3,586,400 16,350,000
Regional (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines) ADB CTI Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle: Southeast Asia under Coral Triangle Initiative 10,310,000 7,500,000 76,000,000
Regional (Mongolia, Russian Federation) UNDP Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Baikal Basin Transboundary Ecosystem 3,898,000 1,268,000 10,670,000

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 (India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand) UNEP Conservation and Sustainable Use of Cultivated and Wild Tropical Fruit Diversity: Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods, Food Security and Ecosystem Services 3.649994 6.714074 10.36407
Regional (Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh) UNEP Development and Application of Decision-support Tools to Conserve and Sustainably use Genetic Diversity in Indigenous Livestock and Wild Relatives 1.98277 3.781 5.76377

Country Project Title Biodiversity Allocation
Regional (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei) SFM Rehabilitation and Sustainable Use of Peatland Forests in South-East Asia 2.51

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 (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) UNEP In Situ/On Farm Conservation and Use of Agricultural Biodiversity (Horticultural Crops and Wild Fruit Species) in Central Asia FP $5.72 $6.15 $11.86
Regional (Philippines, Indonesia) World Bank/IFC Marine Aquarium Market Transformation Initiative (MAMTI) FP $6.62 $15.37 $21.99

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 (China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation) Development of a Wetland Site and Flyway Network for Conservation of the Siberian Crane and Other Migratory Waterbirds in Asia UNEP 10.35 22.71
Regional (Lao PDR, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand) Mekong River Basin Wetland Biodiversity, Phase I UNDP 4.53 13.89
Regional (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan) Development of the Econet for Long-term Conservation of Biodiversity in the Central Asia Ecoregions UNEP 0.77 2.16

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 South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme UNDP $10.00 $3.80 $13.80
Regional Central Asia: Transboundary Biodiversity Project WB $10.49 $3.51 $14.00
Regional Conservation and Sustainable Use of Dryland Agro-Biodiversity of the Fertile Crescent UNDP $8.12 $10.60 $18.72

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 (South Pacific) South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme 8.2 12