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Latin America and the Caribbean regional projects

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/13/14/Add.1, 2016
Country Agency Project Name GEF Total Cofinance Total Project Cost
Regional UNEP Preventing COSTS of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in Barbados and the OECS Countries 3,881,278 6,627,412 10,508,690
Regional IADB Impact Investment in Support of the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol 10,070,000 48,300,000 58,370,000
Regional UNEP Support to Preparation of the Third National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - GRULAC and CEE Regions 1,152,950 1,025,000 2,177,950

Country Project Name BD Total GEF Cofinance Total Project Cost
Regional Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program 54.70 113.68 682.98 796.66
Regional Caribbean Regional Oceanscape Project 0.30 6.48 102.00 108.48

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 Advancing the Nagoya Protocol in countries of the Caribbean Region 1,826,000 1,850,000 3,676,000
Country Title Bio focal area GEF Total Cofinance Total Project Cost
Regional Adaptation to the Impact of Climate Change in Water Resources for the Andean Region 1,266,484 9,896,621 21,100,000 30,996,621
Country Title GEF Agency Total SCCF amount (grant + fees) ($) Cofinancing ($)
Regional Climate Change Adaptation in the Eastern Caribbean Fisheries Sector FAO 6,142,950 34,850,000
Regional Building Climate Resilience of Urban Systems through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in Latin America and the Caribbean UNEP 6,734,250 21,910,000
Countries Agency Title GEF Co-finance
Ecuador, Peru UNDP Integrated Water Resources Management in the Puyango-Tumbes, Catamayo-Chira and Zarumilla Transboundary Aquifers and River Basins 4,500,450 20,375,773
Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago FAO Sustainable Management of Bycatch in Latin America and Caribbean Trawl Fisheries (REBYC-II LAC) 6,570,000 17,062,500
Regional UNDP Catalysing Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Sustainable Management of Shared Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems (CMLE+) 13,952,000 110,854,059
Bolivia, Peru UNDP Integrated Water Resources Management in the Titicaca-Desaguadero-Poopo-Salar de Coipasa (TDPS) System 9,088,500 26,885,000
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico WWF Integrated Transboundary Ridges-to-Reef Management of the Mesoamerican Reef 9,830,000 69,457,826

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 UNEP Multiplying Environmental and Carbon Benefits in High Andean Ecosystems 1,730,283 3,597,273 18,150,000
Regional UNEP/UNDP Implementing Integrated Land Water and Wastewater Management in Caribbean SIDS 5,525,640 12,376,637 118,006,108

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 (Antigua And Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts And Nevis, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and Grenadines) UNEP BS Regional Project for Implementing National Biosafety Frameworks in the Caribbean Sub-region - under the GEF Biosafety Program 3,344,043 3,767,950 7,111,993
Regional (Antigua And Barbuda, Grenada, St. Kitts And Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines) World Bank Sustainable Financing and Management of Eastern Caribbean Marine Ecosystems 8,750,000 14,800,000 23,550,000
Regional (Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Suriname) UNEP BS Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks in Caribbean Sub Region Countries of Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Guyana and Suriname in the Context of a Regional Project 2,628,450 3,150,674 5,779,124
Regional (Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago) UNEP Mitigating the Threats of Invasive Alien Species in the Insular Caribbean 2,574,887 3,084,247 5,659,134
Regional (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) UNEP Facilitation of Financing for Biodiversity-based Businesses and Support of Market Development Activities in the Andean Region 6,414,021 7,897,954 14,311,975
Regional World Bank Latin-America: Communication and Public Awareness Capacity-Building for Compliance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 900,000 1,020,000 1,920,000
Regional (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica) UNEP Strengthening the Implementation of Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing Regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean 850,000 600,000 1,450,000
Regional (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay) UNEP/UNDP SFM Sustainable Forest Management in the Transboundary Gran Chaco American Ecosystem 6,863,636 1,000,000 18,600,000
Regional (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) World Bank Meso-American Barrier Reef System II 6,340,000 4,354,570 17,500,000
Regional (Chile, Peru) UNDP Towards Ecosystem Management of the Humboldt Current Large Marine Ecosystem 6,925,000 3,820,000 25,190,000

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 (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru) World Bank Latin America: Multi-country Capacity-building for Compliance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 4 10 14
Regional (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) IADB Integrated Management of the Montecristo Trinational Protected Area 3.5 5.6 9.1

Country Project Title Biodiversity Allocation in multi-focal area
Regional (Costa Rica, Panama) Sustainable Environmental Management for Sixaola River Basin 0.80

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 (Antigua And Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts And Nevis, St. Vincent and Grenadines, St. Lucia) World Bank OECS Protected Areas and Associated Sustainable Livelihoods. FP $3.70 $3.87 $7.57
Regional (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Perú) UNEP Conservation of the Biodiversity of the Paramo in the Northern and Central Andes.FP $8.19 $10.53 $18.72
Regional (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) UNDP Central American Markets for Biodiversity (CAMBio): Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable use within Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Development and Financing. FP $10.23 $17.75 $27.98
Regional (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) World Bank/IADB Integrated Ecosystem Management in Indigenous Communities. FP $9.00 $39.89 $48.89
Regional (Latin America and Caribbean) World Bank Building the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) FP $6.00 $30.29 $36.29
Regional (Nicaragua, Honduras) World Bank Corazon Transboundary Biosphere Project FP $12.00 $21.00 $33.00

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 (Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica) Sustainable Conservation of Globally Important Caribbean Bird Habitats: Strengthening a Regional Network for a Shared Resource UNEP 1.00 1.97
Regional (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Belize, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, Paraguay) EcoEnterprises Fund World Bank/IFC 1.00 10.00
Regional (Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic) Biodiversity Conservation and Integration of Traditional Knowledge on Medicinal Plants in National Primary Health Care Policy in Central America and Caribbean UNEP 0.75 1.55

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 (Brazil, Chile, México) An Indicator Model for Dryland Ecosystems in Latin America UNEP 0.75 0.75
Regional (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru) Catalyzing Conservation Action in Latin America: Identifying Priority Sites and Best Management UNEP 0.75 0.75
Regional (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef World Bank 11.52 18.98

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 Regional Strategies for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the Amazon UNDP $4.50 0 $4.50
Regional Terra Capital Biodiversity Fund WB/IFC $5.00 $50.00 $55.00
Regional Establishment of a Programme for the Consolidation of the meso-American Biological Corridor UNDP/UNEP $10.94 $12.77 $23.71
Regional Action for a Sustainable Amazonia UNDP $3.80 0 $3.80
Regional Biodiversity Enterprise Fund for Latin America WB $4.73 $25.27 $30.00
Regional: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Central American Fund for Environment and Development: Account for the Global Environment UNDP $15.00 $20.00 $35.00

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 (Amazon) Regional Strategies for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the Amazon 4.5 4.5
Regional (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru) Biodiversity enterprise for Latin America 5 30