Global and regional projects financed by GEF

The financial mechanism plays a role in fostering and promoting regional and sub-regional cooperation. In the past two decades, noticeable global, regional and subregional cooperation on biodiversity and ecosystem services has been linked to global, regional and subregional projects financed by the financial mechanism.

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

Country	Agency	Project Name	GEF Total	Cofinance	Total Project Cost
Global	World Bank/UNDP	Coordinate Action and Learning to Combat Wildlife Crime	7,183,486	58,000,000	65,183,486
Global	UNEP	Support to Eligible Parties for the Revision of NBSAPs and Development of the Fifth National Report to the CBD (Phase III)	968,000	830,000	1,798,000

Country	Project Name	BD	Total GEF	Cofinance	Total Project Cost
Global	Implementation of the Arafura and Timor Seas Regional and National Strategic Action Programs	4.49	10.28	101.55	111.60
Global	CFI: Coastal Fisheries Initiative (PROGRAM)	7.05	33.46	201.50	234.96
Global	Global Partnership on Wildlife Conservation and Crime Prevention for Sustainable Development (PROGRAM)	80.1	130.58	703.82	834.40
Global	Cities-IAP: Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot (IAP-PROGRAM)	6.40	137.82	1478.65	1616.47
Global	TRI The Restoration Initiative - Fostering Innovation and Integration in Support of the Bonn Challenge	13.20	54.13	201.45	255.58
Global	The Global Environmental Commons. Solutions for a Crowded Planet	0.50	2.02	2.33	4.35

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
Global	UNEP	UNEP-GEF Project for Sustainable Capacity Building for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH)	4,699,684	9,725,680	14,425,364
Global	UNDP	Strengthening Human Resources, Legal Frameworks and Institutional Capacities to Implement the Nagoya Protocol	12,000,000	12,000,000	24,000,000
Global	UNEP	Mainstreaming Biodiversity Information into the Heart of Government Decision Making	5,000,000	15,000,000	20,000,000
Global	CI	Effectively Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into Government Policy and Private Sector Practice Piloting Sustainability Models to Take the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) to Scale	9,800,000	84,500,000	94,300,000
Global	World Bank	Fighting Against Wildlife Poaching and Illegal Trade in Africa The Case of African Elephants	2,000,000	1,800,000	3,800,000
Global	UNDP/UNEP	Support to GEF Eligible Countries for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 17 Through a Globally Guided NBSAPs Update Process	1,700,000	2,000,000	3,700,000
Global	UNDP	Parks, People, Planet: Protected Areas as Solutions to Global Challenges	1,826,484	4,500,000	6,326,484
Global	UNEP	Alliance for Zero Extiction (AZE): Conserving Earth's Most Irreplaceable Sites for Endangered Biodiversity	2,000,000	4,400,000	6,400,000
Global	CI	Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management in Priority Socio Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes	1,909,000	5,800,000	7,709,000
Global	WWFUS	Protected Areas Planning in the Era of Climate Change (PAPEC)	1,804,862	2,467,000	4,271,862
Global	UNDP	Rhino Impact Bonds An Innovative Financing Mechanism for Site-Based Rhinoceros Conservation	1,721,500	5,164,500	6,886,000
Global	UNEP	Supply Change: Securing Food, Sustaining Forests	2,000,000	2,725,000	4,725,000
Global	UNEP	Knowledge for Action: Promoting Innovation Among Environmental Funds	913,240	2,522,800	3,436,040
Global	UNDP	Transboundary Cooperation for Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Conservation	1,070,000	4,500,000	5,570,000
Global	UNEP	UNEP-GEF Project for Sustainable Capacity Building for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH)	4,699,684	9,725,680	14,425,364
Global	UNEP	Global Support for the Entry into Force of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing	1,000,000	627,500	1,627,500

Country	Title	Biodiversity	GEF Total	Cofinance	Total Project Cost
Global	Global Forest Watch 2.0 FW 2.0	1,849,315	5,479,452	68,300,000	73,779,452
Global	GEF SGP Fifth Operational Phase - Implementing the Program Using STAR Resources II	17,370,922	72,851,267	75,766,000	148,617,267
Global	GEF SGP Fifth Operational Phase - Implementing the Program Using STAR Resources III	549,138	6,965,151	7,250,000	14,215,151
Global (FAO)	ABNJ: Strengthening Global Capacity to Effectively Manage Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ)	506,227	1,000,000	4,599,000	5,599,000

Agency	Country	Title	GEF Grant ($)	Cofinance ($)
FAO	Global	Participatory Assessment of Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management in Grassland and Pastoral Systems	2,639,726	6,000,000
UNEP	Global	Building the Foundation for Forest Landscape Restoration at Scale	1,900,000	9,300,000
FAO	Global	Securing Tenure Rights for Forest Landscape Dependent Communities: Linking Science with Policy to Advance Tenure Security, Sustainable Forest Management and People's Livelihoods	2,000,000	4,545,852
World Bank	Global/Regional	MENA: Desert Ecosystems and Livelihoods Knowledge Sharing and Coordination Project	1,000,000	487,500
UNDP	Global	Global Sustainable Supply Chains for Marine Commodities	6,186,750	34,590,000
UNEP	Global	Targeted Research for Improving Understanding of the Global Nitrogen Cycle towards the Establishment of an International Nutrient Management System INMS	6,734,250	47,622,900

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
Global	UNEP	Enhancing The Conservation Effectiveness of Seagrass Ecosystems Supporting Globally Significant Populations of Dugong Across the Indian and Pacific Oceans Basins (Short Title: The Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project)	4,902,272	16,872,950	21,775,222
Global	UNEP	Support to GEF Eligible Parties (LDCs & SIDs) for the Revision of the NBSAPs and Development of Fifth National Report to the CBD - Phase 1	6,798,000	6,450,000	13,248,000
Global	UNEP	Support to GEF Eligible Parties (LDCs & SIDs) for the Revision of the NBSAPs and Development of Fifth National Report to the CBD - Phase II	6,118,200	5,313,637	11,431,837
Global	UNEP	Capacity Building for the Early Entry into Force of the Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing	944,750	1,051,650	1,996,400
Global	UNEP	Preparation of the Second National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety-North Africa (NA), Asia (A), Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)	970,775	820,000	1,790,775
Global	UNEP	Preparation of the Second National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety-:LAC and Pacific Regions	924,425	780,000	1,704,425
Global	UNEP	Partnering for Natural Resource Management - Conservation Council of Nations (CCN)	909,071	1,437,712	2,346,783
Global	UNEP	Support to Preparation of the Second National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety-North Africa (NA), Asia (A), Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)	970,775	820,000	1,790,775
Global	UNEP	Support to Preparation of the Second National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety-:Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Regions	924,425	780,000	1,704,425

Country	Agency	Project Title	BD Grant	Total GEF Grant	Cofinance
Global	UNDP	Fifth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Program - Implementing the program using STAR resources I	13,309,507	40,828,365	35,924,519
Global	UNEP	The GLOBE Legislator Forest Initiative	212,121	1,000,000	1,187,050
Global	FAO/UNEP, World Bank	ABNJ Global Sustainable Fisheries Management and Biodiversity Conservation in the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (PROGRAM)	19,601,852	43,547,119	222,741,000
Global	UNDP	Fifth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Program - Implementing the program using STAR resources I	13,309,507	40,828,365	35,924,519

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

Country	GEF Agency	Project Title	GEF Amount ($)	Cofinancing Amount ($)	Total ($)
Global	UNEP	BS:UNEP-GEF Project for Continued Enhancement of Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the BCH II	2,500,000	2,515,000	5,015,000
Global	World Bank	Save Our Species	4,900,000	8,890,000	13,790,000
Global (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela)	UNEP	Communities of Conservation: Safeguarding the World's Most Threatened Species	1,775,000	1,775,000	3,550,000
Global (Brazil, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Turkey)	UNEP/FAO	Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use for Improved Human Nutrition and Well-being	5,517,618	8,410,000	13,927,618
Global (Chile, Indonesia, Nepal, Vietnam)	UNEP	Expanding FSC Certification at Landscape-level through Incorporating Additional Eco-system Services	2,880,000	2,880,000	5,760,000
Global (Chile, Lesotho, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam, South Africa)	UNEP	Project for Ecosystem Services (ProEcoServ)	6,296,637	14,045,000	20,341,637
Global	UNEP	Support to GEF Eligible CBD Parties for carrying out 2010 Biodiversity Targets National Assessments - Phase III	1,000,000	1,100,000	2,100,000
Global	UNDP/UNEP	Support to GEF Eligible CBD Parties for Carrying out 2010 Biodiversity Targets National Assessments- Phase II	1,000,000	712,050	1,712,050
Global	UNDP/UNEP	Support to GEF Eligible CBD Parties for Carrying out 2010 Biodiversity Targets National Assessments- Phase II	1,000,000	752,950	1,752,950
Global	UNEP	Support to GEF Eligible CBD Parties for carrying out 2010 Biodiversity Targets National Assessments - Phase III	1,000,000	1,100,000	2,100,000
Global	UNEP	International Commission on Land Use Change and Ecosystems	1,000,000	1,000,000	2,000,000
Global	World Bank	Tiger Futures: Mainstreaming Conservation in Large Landscapes	950,000	1,850,000	2,800,000

Country	Agency	Title	GEF Grant($)	Biodiversity contribution($)	Cofinancing ($)
Global	World Bank	Capacity Development for Climate Change Mitigation through Sustainable Forest Management in non-Annex I Countries	1,000,000	333,000	2,400,000
Global	UNEP	Facilitating financing for Sustainable Forest Management in SIDS and LFCCs	950,000	475,000	1,000,000

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)
Global	UNDP	Supporting Country Early Action on Protected Areas	9.4	4.036	13.436
Global	UNEP	Building the Partnership to Track Progress at the Global Level in Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target (Phase I)	3.639	10.3808	14.0198
Global	UNDP	Institutionalizing Payments for Ecosystem Services	5.690939	12.027	17.71794
Global	World Bank	Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (CEPF), Phase 2	20	80	100
Global (China, Ecuador, Morocco, Uganda)	UNEP	Conservation and Use of Crop Genetic Diversity to Control Pests and Diseases in Support of Sustainable Agriculture (Phase 1)	3.411148	4.274344	7.685492
Global (Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Brazil)	UNEP	Conservation & Management of Pollinators for Sustainable Agriculture through an Ecosystem Approach	7.810682	18.64732	26.458
Global (Indonesia, Malaysia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Brazil)	World Bank/IFC	Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodities Program (BACP), Phase 1	7	11.674	18.674
Global (Peru, Chile, China, Tunisia, Philippines, Algeria)	FAO	Conservation and Adaptive Management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)	3.5	14.5	18
Global	World Bank	Assessment and Recommendations on Improving Access of Indigenous Peoples to Conservation Funding	0.25	0.36	0.61
Global	UNDP/UNEP	Support to GEF Eligible CBD Parties for Carrying Out 2010 Biodiversity Targets National Assessments – Phase I.	1	0.75295	1.75295

Country	Project Title	Biodiversity Allocation in multi-focal area
Global (Albania, Algeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Morocco, Serbia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey)	World Bank-GEF Investment Fund for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Partnership, Tranche 1, 1st Allocation	5.00
Global	SGP Small Grants Program, 4th Operational Phase, RAF Allocation 2	3.13
Global	SGP Small Grants Program, 4th Operational Phase, RAF Allocations 1	9.66
Global	Carbon Benefits Project (CBP): Modeling, Measurement and Monitoring	1.67

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
Global	UNEP	Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) of the Cartagena Protocol FP	$4.62	$0.35	$4.97
Global	UNEP	Development of National Biosafety Frameworks Project (Add-on) FP	$5.22	$0.00	$5.22
Global	UNEP	Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) -- (add-on to include 89 additional countries) FP	$8.91	$1.05	$9.96
Global	UNEP	Development of National Biosafety Frameworks Project (10 additional countries) - Add On FP	$2.61	$0.75	$3.36
Global	UNEP	UNEP Support to CBD Parties for Preparation of Third National Reports to the COP of CBD MSP	$1.00	$0.00	$1.00
Global	UNDP	National Reporting to the CBD: Supporting Countries to Prepare the Third National Report on Biodiversity MSP	$1.00	$0.00	$1.00
Global	World Bank	Development Marketplace MSP	$1.00	$2.34	$3.34
Global (Brazil, Mexico, Cameroon)	UNEP	Improved Certification Schemes for Sustainable Tropical Forest Management MSP	$0.96	$0.47	$1.43

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)
Global (Brazil, Cote d'Ivoire, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Uganda)	Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below Ground Biodiversity	UNEP	5.30	8.88
Global (Armenia, Bolivia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan)	In-situ Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives through Enhanced Information Management and Field Application	UNEP	6.16	12.68
Global	Ecosystems, Protected Areas and People	UNEP	1.00	5.61
Global	Global Biodiversity Forum (GBF): Multistakeholder Support for the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity - Phase III	UNEP	1.00	4.10
Global	Barriers and Best Practices in Integrated Management of Mountain Ecosystems	UNEP	0.93	2.12
Global (Ecuador, Kenya, Philippines, Ukraine)	Biodiversity Indicators for National Use	UNEP	0.85	1.46

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

COUNTRY	PROJECT NAME	IMPLEMEN-TING AGENCY	GEF FINANCING (IN US$ MILLIONS)	TOTAL FINANCING (IN US$ MILLIONS)
Global	Millennium Ecosystem Assessment	UNEP	7.31	24.92
Global	Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund	World Bank	25.00	100.00
Global	Development of National Biosafety Frameworks	UNEP	26.09	38.43

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)
Global	Promoting Best Practices for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity of Global Significance in Arid and Semi-arid Zones	0.75	0.90
Global	Development of Best Practices and Dissemination of Lessons Learned for Dealing with the Global Problem of Alien Species that Threaten Biological Diversity	0.75	3.98
Global	Global Biodiversity Forum Phase II	0.75	1.64

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
Global	Support Programme for Biodiversity Enabling Activities	UNDP	$0.33	0	$0.33
Global	Training Programme on Biological Diversity (BIOTRAIN)	UNDP	$0.10	0	$0.10
Global	Biodiversity Country Studies -Phase II	UNEP	$2.00	$0.10	$2.10
Global	Biodiversity Data Management Capacitation in Developing Countries and Networking Biodiversity Information	UNEP	$4.00	$1.39	$5.39
Global	Biodiversity Country Studies -Phase I	UNEP	$5.00	$0.22	$5.22
Global	Global Biodiversity Assessment	UNEP	$3.30	$0.18	$3.48
Global	People, Land Management, and Environmental Change	UNEP	$6.23	$4.86	$11.09
Globel:Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Egypt, Kenya, Hungary, Namibia, Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia	Pilot Biosafety Enabling Activity	UNEP	$1.98	0	$1.98

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)
Global	Biodiversity country Studies - Phase II	2	2.1
Global	Global Biodiversity Assessment	3	3.3
Global	Biodiversity Data Management Capacitation in Developing Countries and Networking Biodiversity Information	4	4
Global	Biodiversity country Studies - Phase I	5	5.22
Global	Establishment of a Global Representative system of marine protected areas	0.35	0.35