Financial Mechanism and Resources

GEF-financed projects related to data, informaiton and knowledge

GEF-8 projects

  • 2023 Brazil. Empowering Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) to manage biodiversity data and information as a strategy to conserve their territories, safeguard traditional knowledge, and promote integrated biodiversity management (GEF ID: 11269). Agency: UNEP; GEF Project Financing: $6,192,695; Co-financing: $49,450,000.
  • 2023 Regional (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela). Towards a Better Understanding of the Amazon Aquifer Systems for its Protection and Sustainable Management (GEF ID 11108). Agency: UNEP and IADB; GEF Project Financing: $13,461,468; Co-Financing: $131,236,473.

  • 1994 Biodiversity Data Management Capacitation in Developing Countries and Networking Biodiversity Information Bahamas, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Thailand, Global United Nations Environment Programme $4,000,000
  • 2008 Enhanced Regulatory and Information Systems for Integrated Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) Kenya United Nations Environment Programme $487,500
  • 2008 Developing Institutional and Legal Capacity to Optimize Information and Monitoring System for Global Environmental Management in Armenia Armenia United Nations Development Programme $475,000
  • 2010 Improving Brazilian Capacity to Conserve and Use Biodiversity through Information Management and Use Brazil United Nations Environment Programme $8,172,728
  • 2013 Strengthened Environmental Management Information System for Coastal Development to Meet Rio Convention Objectives Cote d'Ivoire United Nations Development Programme $550,000
  • 2014 Generating, Accessing and Using Information and Knowledge Related to the Three Rio Conventions Cambodia United Nations Development Programme $990,000
  • 2014 Strengthening Capacity for an Environmental Information Management and Monitoring System in Tajikistan Tajikistan United Nations Development Programme $700,200
  • 2014 Ensuring Global Environmental Concerns and Best Practices Mainstreamed in the Post-conflict Rapid Development Process of Sri Lanka through Improved Information Management Sri Lanka United Nations Development Programme $800,000
  • 2015 Strengthening Global Governance of Large Marine Ecosystems and their Coasts through Enhanced Sharing and Application of LME/ICM/MPA Knowledge and Information Tools Global United Nations Development Programme $2,500,000
  • 2015 Strengthening of Institutional and Legal Capacities to Enable Improvement of the National Monitoring System and Management of Environmental Information Kyrgyz Republic United Nations Development Programme $950,000
  • 2015 Establishing Albania's Environmental Information Management and Monitoring System Aligned with the Global Environmental Reporting Albania United Nations Development Programme $970,000
  • 2015 Harmonization of Information Management for Improved Knowledge and Monitoring of the Global Environment in Georgia Georgia United Nations Development Programme $1,200,000
  • 2016 Mainstreaming Biodiversity Information into the Heart of Government Decision Making Global United Nations Environment Programme $5,000,000
  • 2016 Generating Global Environment Benefits through Improved Environmental Information, Planning and Decision Making Systems Mali United Nations Development Programme $1,050,000
  • 2017 Integrating Rio Global Environmental Commitments into National Priorities and Needs through the Improvement of Information Management and Knowledge for Planning and Decision Making. Cuba United Nations Development Programme $1,488,573
  • 2018 Establishing a Functional Environmental Information System for the Synergistic Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agrements (MEAs) for Iraq Iraq United Nations Environment Programme $1,135,000
  • 2021 GEF IW:LEARN 5: Supporting Portfolio Coordination Within and Beyond the International Waters Focal Area, particularly in Small Island Developing States, Through Knowledge Sharing, Information Management, Partnership Building and Programmatic Guidance Servi Global United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme $5,978,700
  • 2023 Scaling Financial and Information Services for Smallholder Adaptation Uganda, Zambia, Regional Food and Agriculture Organization $1,045,890
  • GEF - 7 Strengthening Land Degradation Neutrality data and decision-making through free and open access platforms Global Conservation International $2,000,000

Knowledge generation
  • 1992 Biodiversity Country Studies - Phase I Bahamas, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Syria, Tunisia, Global United Nations Environment Programme $5,000,000
  • 1992 Biodiversity Collections Indonesia The World Bank, United Nations Development Programme $7,200,000
  • 1993 Global Biodiversity Assessment Global United Nations Environment Programme $3,300,000
  • 1994 Biodiversity Country Studies - Phase II Burkina Faso, Colombia, Congo DR, Estonia, Georgia, Madagascar, Namibia, Tanzania, Global United Nations Environment Programme $2,000,000
  • 1999 An Indicator Model for Dryland Ecosystems in Latin America Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Regional United Nations Environment Programme $725,000
  • 2001 Millennium Ecosystem Assesment Global United Nations Environment Programme $6,960,000
  • 2002 Biodiversity Indicators for National Use Ecuador, Kenya, Philippines, Ukraine, Regional United Nations Environment Programme $823,200
  • 2005 Knowledge Base for Lessons Learned and Best Practices in the Management of Coral Reefs Global United Nations Environment Programme $940,000
  • 2005 Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) Global United Nations Environment Programme $7,000,000
  • 2007 Building the Partnership to Track Progress at the Global Level in Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target (Phase I) Global United Nations Environment Programme $3,639,000
  • 2007 Ensuring Impacts from SLM - Development of a Global Indicator System Global United Nations Development Programme $952,550
  • 2008 Common Data Flow System and Indicators to Enhance Integrated Management of Global Environmental Issues in Croatia Croatia United Nations Environment Programme $477,000
  • 2009 MENARID: Cross Cutting M & E Functions and Knowledge Management for INRM within the MENARID Programme Framework Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen, Regional International Fund for Agricultural Development $667,270
  • 2009 SFM: Carbon Benefits Project (CBP): Modeling, Measurement and Monitoring Global United Nations Environment Programme, The World Bank $5,526,264
  • 2010 SIP: Scaling up SLM Practice, Knowledge, and Coordination in Key Nigerian States Nigeria The World Bank $6,800,000
  • 2010 SIP: Monitoring Carbon and Environmental and Socio-Economic Co-Benefits of BioCF Projects in SSA Congo DR, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, Uganda, Regional The World Bank $915,000
  • 2013 ASTUD: Regional Knowledge Sharing Regional Asian Development Bank $185,500
  • 2014 Sharing Knowledge on the Use of Biochar for Sustainable Land Management China, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Peru, Viet Nam, Global United Nations Environment Programme $1,826,484
  • 2015 Knowledge for Action: Promoting Innovation Among Environmental Funds Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mexico, Mozambique, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Suriname, Tanzania, Uganda, Global United Nations Environment Programme $913,240
  • 2016 Participatory Assessment of Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management in Grassland and Pastoral Systems Global Food and Agriculture Organization $2,639,726
  • GEF - 5 ARCTIC: Improvement of Environmental Governance and Knowledge Management for SAP-Arctic Implementation Russian Federation United Nations Environment Programme $1,307,387
  • 2017 Monitoring and Assessment of MEA Implementation and Environmental Trends in Antigua and Barbuda Antigua And Barbuda United Nations Development Programme $880,000
  • 2018 Global Knowledge Management and Exchange of Child Project Results Through Networking and Outreach Activities for the GEF GOLD Program Burkina Faso, Colombia, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mongolia, Peru, Philippines, Global United Nations Environment Programme $8,000,000
  • 2019 Large-scale Assessment of Land Degradation to guide future investment in SLM in the Great Green Wall countries Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Niger, Senegal, Regional United Nations Environment Programme $1,045,890
  • 2022 Knowledge-4-Nature: Provisioning the biodiversity data behind global goals for nature Global International Union for Conservation of Nature $1,834,862
  • 2022 Global Biodiversity Data and Analytics Global The World Bank $1,800,000
  • 2023 GEF GOLD+: Global coordination, knowledge management and outreach Global United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Environment Programme $7,936,276
  • GEF - 7 Demonstration of a Caribbean Mechanism Toward Establishment of a SIDS-SIDS Green-Blue Economy Knowledge Transfer Hub Barbados, Grenada, Regional United Nations Environment Programme $1,776,484
  • GEF - 7 FARM: Global Coordination, Knowledge Management and Common Finance Tools Global United Nations Environment Programme $7,455,000