GEF-financed projects related to regulating services

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GEF-financed projects related to regulating services

GEF-8 projects

2023 GEF-8 Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program Phase 3 (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela) (GEFID: 11198) Agency: WWF-US, CI, World Bank, FAO, UNDP. GEF Project Financing: $88,644,185. Co-financing: $557,827,180: 74,596,352 metric tons (direct) of GHG emissions mitigated (metric ton of CO2e)
2023 GEF-8 Blue and Green Island Integrated Programme (NbS to the food, tourism, and urban sectors) (Belize, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Cuba, Maldives, Mauritius, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Seychelles, St. Lucia, Timor Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu)(GEFID: 11250). Agency: FAO, WWF-US, IUCN, UNDP, World Bank, UNEP. GEF Project Financing: $121,183,945; Co-financing: $733,790,102: 51,324,458 metric tons (direct) and 892,793 metric tons (indirect) of GHG emissions mitigated (mtCO2 e): Target 8 and Target 11
2023 GEF-8 Circular Solutions to Plastic Pollution (food and beverage sector) (Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, India, Jordan, Lao PDR, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa) (GEFID: 11181) Agency: WWF-US, UNIDO, UNEP, UNDP. GEF Project Financing: $96,280,581. Co-financing: $595,778,545: 6,033,020 (indirect) metric tons of GHG emissions mitigated (mtCO2 e)
2023 GEF-8 Congo Critical Forest Biome Integrated Program (Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe) (GEFID: 11241) Agency: IFAD, CI, IUCN, UNEP. GEF Project Financing: $56,259,439. Co-financing: $428,640,177: 111,719,431 metric tons (direct) of GHG emissions mitigated (metric ton of CO2e)
2023 GEF-8 Ecosystem Restoration (Angola, Brazil, Cambodia, Chad, Congo DR, Cote d'Ivoire, Haiti, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam). (GEFID: 11118) Agency: UNDP, CI, IFAD, UNEP, World Bank, FAO, IUCN. GEF Project Financing: $183,859,244. Co-financing: $1,627,501,995; 132,083,839 metric tons (direct) and 924,631 metric tons (indirect) of GHG emissions mitigated (mtCO2 e)
2023 GEF-8 Eliminating hazardous chemicals from supply chains (fashion and construction supply chains) (Cambodia, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ecuador, India, India, Mongolia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Pakistan, Peru, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago) (GEFID: 11169). Agency: FAO, UNEP, UNDP, UNIDO. GEF Project Financing: $45,674,998. Co-financing: $295,245,000: 2,620,627 (direct) and 5,291,189 (indirect) metric tons of GHG emissions mitigated (mtCO2 e)
2023 GEF-8 Guinean Forests Integrated Program (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone). (GEFID: 11142)Agency: FAO, CI, IUCN. GEF Project Financing: $20,077,828. Co-financing: $59,664,406: 3,500,000 metric tons (direct) and 3,500,000 metric tons (indirect) of GHG emissions mitigated (metric ton of CO2e)
2023 GEF-8 Indo-Malaya Critical Forest Biome Integrated Program (Lao PDR, Papua New Guinea, Thailand) (GEFID: 11102). Agency: FAO, IUCN, UNDP. GEF Project Financing: $38,216,208. Co-financing: $185,597,817: 217,224,041 metric tons (direct) of GHG emissions mitigated (metric ton of CO2e)
2023 GEF-8 Mesoamerica Critical Forest Biome Integrated Program (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama) (GEFID: 11273). Agency: FAO, IUCN; GEF Project Financing: $58,147,493; Co-financing: $438,166,265: 81,294,163 metric tons (direct) and 2,678,551 metric tons (indirect) of GHG emissions mitigated (metric ton of CO2e)
2023 GEF-8 Net-Zero Nature-Positive Accelerator Integrated Programme (Chile, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Indonesia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Viet Nam) (GEFID: 11085). Agency: UNIDO, ADB, UNDP, UNEP, CAF, FAO. GEF Project Financing: $98,678,187. Co-financing: $695,182,970: 29,029,617 (direct) and 45,704,117 (indirect) metric tons of GHG emissions mitigated (mtCO2 e)
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.

Natural hazard and disaster

2004 Hazard Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Project Romania The World Bank $7,000,000
2004 Sustainable Land Use Planning for Integrated Land and Water Management for Disaster Preparedness and Vulnerability Reduction in the Lower Limpopo Basin Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Regional United Nations Environment Programme $970,000
2005 Disaster Hazard Mitigation Project (DHMP) Kyrgyz Republic The World Bank $1,000,000
2010 Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas Rwanda United Nations Environment Programme $3,486,000
2010 Strengthening the Capacity of Vulnerable Coastal Communities to Address the Risk of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events Thailand United Nations Development Programme $869,091
2011 Increasing Resilience to Climate Variability and Hazards Kiribati The World Bank $3,000,000
2011 Reducing Disaster Risks from Wildfire Hazards Associated with Climate Change South Africa United Nations Development Programme $3,536,400
2017 Increasing Resilience to Climate Change and Natural Hazards Vanuatu The World Bank $5,580,000
2011 GGW: Integrated Disaster and Land Management (IDLM) Project Togo The World Bank $9,157,407
2011 Southeastern Europe and Caucasus Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (SEEC CRIF) Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Regional The World Bank $5,500,000
2013 Effective Governance for Small Scale Rural Infrastructure and Disaster Preparedness in a Changing Climate Lao PDR United Nations Development Programme $4,700,000
2013 Integrating Traditional Crop Genetic Diversity into Technology Using a BD Portfolio Approach to Buffer Against Unpredictable Environmental Change in the Nepal Himalayas Nepal United Nations Environment Programme $2,300,000
2014 Community Resilience to Climate and Disaster Risk in Solomon Islands Project Solomon Islands The World Bank $7,300,000
2014 Promoting Climate-resilient Development and Enhanced Adaptive Capacity to Withstand Disaster Risks in Angolaâ€™s Cuvelai River Basin Angola United Nations Development Programme $8,200,000
2014 Strengthening Community Resilience to Climate-induced Disasters in the Dili to Ainaro Road Development Corridor, Timor Leste Timor Leste United Nations Development Programme $5,250,000
2014 Community Disaster Risk Management in Burundi Burundi United Nations Development Programme $8,715,000
2014 Addressing the Risk of Climate-induced Disasters through Enhanced National and Local Capacity for Effective Actions Bhutan United Nations Development Programme $11,491,200
2016 Flood Hazard and Climate Risk Management to Secure Lives and Assets in Mali Mali United Nations Development Programme $8,925,000
2016 Southeast Europe and Central Asia Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Kazakhstan The World Bank $5,000,000
2017 Adapting Afghan Communities to Climate-Induced Disaster Risks Afghanistan United Nations Development Programme $5,600,000
2017 Strengthening Comoros Resilience Against Climate Change and Variability Related Disaster Comoros United Nations Development Programme $8,932,421
2019 Support for Integrated Water Resources Management to Ensure Water Access and Disaster Reduction for Somalia's Pastoralists Somalia United Nations Development Programme $8,831,000
2020 Enhancing Whole of Islands Approach to Strengthen Community Resilience to Climate and Disaster Risks in Kiribati Kiribati United Nations Development Programme $8,925,000
2020 Promoting Index-based Weather Insurance for Small Holder Farmers in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso United Nations Development Programme $4,466,175
2022 Building Resilience in the Wake of Climate Disasters in Southern Haiti Haiti United Nations Environment Programme $4,327,857
GEF - 7 Enhancing Environmental Security and Transboundary Cooperation in the Golok/Kolok River Basin Malaysia, Thailand, Regional Food and Agriculture Organization $4,000,000

Soil

2001 Assessment of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Change at National Scales Brazil, India, Jordan, Kenya, Global United Nations Environment Programme $978,000
2007 Groundnut Basin Soil Management and Regeneration Senegal United Nations Development Programme $3,655,728
2011 SFM Rehabilitation of Forest Landscapes and Degraded Land with Particular Attention to Saline Soils and Areas Prone to Wind Erosion Iran Food and Agriculture Organization $2,668,300
2014 Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, Forests, Soil and Water to Achieve the Good Living (Buen Vivir / Sumac Kasay) in the Napo Province Ecuador Food and Agriculture Organization $2,628,283
2014 Energy Conservation, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Soil Carbon Sequestration in Staple Crop Production China The World Bank $5,100,000

Air

2003 Sustainable Transport and Air Quality for Santiago Chile The World Bank $6,980,000
2006 Sustainable Co-Management of the Natural Resources of the Air-Tenere Complex Niger United Nations Development Programme $4,000,000
2008 LAC Regional Sustainable Transport and Air Quality Project Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Regional The World Bank $20,800,000

Water

1999 Energy and Water Sector Reform and Development Cabo Verde The World Bank $4,700,000
1999 Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA) Global United Nations Environment Programme $6,495,000
1999 World Water Vision - Water and Nature Global The World Bank $700,000
2000 Removal of Barriers to the Effective Implementation of Ballast Water Control and Management Measures in Developing Countries Global United Nations Development Programme $7,392,000
2001 Institutional Strengthening and Resource Mobilization for Mainstreaming Integrated Land and Water Management Approaches into Development Programs in Africa Ethiopia, Madagascar, Niger, Regional The World Bank $1,000,000
2002 Local Empowerment and Environmental Management Project - Micro Watershed and Environmental Management Project Nigeria The World Bank $8,000,000
2002 Development and Implementation of Mechanisms to disseminate Lessons Learned and Best Practices in Integrated Transboundary Water Resources Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Brazil United Nations Environment Programme $972,000
2003 Integrating Watershed and Biodiversity Management in Chu Yang Sin National Parkv Viet Nam The World Bank $973,000
2003 Conservation of the Eg-Uur Watershed Mongolia The World Bank, International Finance Corporation $975,000
2003 Development of a Wetland Site and Flyway Network for Conservation of the Siberian Crane and Other Migratory Waterbirds in Asia China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Regional United Nations Environment Programme $10,000,000
2003 Biomass Energy for Heating and Hot Water Supply Belarus United Nations Development Programme $3,129,000
2004 Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Resource Management Plan for Marsabit Mountain and its associated Watersheds Kenya United Nations Environment Programme $924,000
2004 Demonstrations of Integrated Ecosystem and Watershed Management in the Caatinga, Phase I Brazil United Nations Development Programme $4,000,000
2004 Integrated Water and Ecosystems Management Project Albania The World Bank $4,870,000
2005 Integrating Protected Area and Landscape Management in the Golden Stream Watershed Belize United Nations Development Programme $975,000
2005 Enhancing Conservation of the Critical Network of Sites of Wetlands Required by Migratory Waterbirds on the African/Eurasian Flyways. Estonia, Gambia, Hungary, Lithuania, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, TÃ¼rkiye, Yemen, Regional United Nations Environment Programme $6,000,000
2005 Groundwater and Drought Management in SADC Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Regional The World Bank $7,000,000
2005 Demonstrating Sustainable Land Management in the Upper Sabana Yegua Watershed System Dominican Republic United Nations Development Programme $4,434,695
2006 Community-based Watershed Management Project Mauritania The World Bank $6,000,000
2007 Integration of Ecosystem Management Principles and Practices into Land and Water Management of Slovakiaâ€™s Eastern Lowlands Slovak Republic United Nations Development Programme $970,000
2007 Regional Dialogue and Twinning to Improve Transboundary Water Resources Governance in Africa Africa, Regional United Nations Development Programme $1,000,000
2007 Building Partnerships to Assist Developing Countries to Reduce the Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water (GloBallast Partnerships) Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, TÃ¼rkiye, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen, Global United Nations Development Programme $5,688,000
2008 Enhancing the Use of Science in International Waters Projects to Improve Project Results Global United Nations Environment Programme $1,000,000
2008 Accruing Multiple Global Benefits through Integrated Water Resources Management/ Water Use Efficiency Planning: A Demonstration Project for Sub-Saharan Africa Botswana United Nations Development Programme $975,000
2008 MENARID: Mainstreaming Sustainable Land and Water Management Practices Jordan International Fund for Agricultural Development $6,445,000
2008 SIP: Watershed Management Madagascar The World Bank $5,900,000
2009 CTI GEF IW: LEARN: Portfolio Learning in International Waters with a Focus on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands and Regional Asia/Pacific and Coral Triangle Learning Processes - under the Coral Triangle Initiative Regional, Global United Nations Development Programme, Asian Development Bank $2,700,000
2009 Development of Methodologies for GEF Transboundary Waters Assessment Global United Nations Environment Programme $950,000
2009 SIP: Eastern Nile Transboundary Watershed Management in Support of ENSAP Implementation Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Regional The World Bank $8,700,000
2009 SFM Sustainable Land Management of the Upper Watersheds of South Western Haiti Haiti Inter-American Development Bank $3,436,364
2010 Mainstreaming the Conservation of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity at the Micro-watershed Scale in Chiapas Mexico United Nations Environment Programme $1,484,044
2010 Citarum Watershed Management and Biodiversity Conservation Project Indonesia Asian Development Bank $3,750,000
2010 CBPF: Integrated Ecosystem and Water Resources Management in the Baiyangdian Basin China Asian Development Bank $2,975,000
2010 Groundwater Governance: A Global Framework for Country Action Global Food and Agriculture Organization $1,750,000
2010 SIP: Participatory Integrated Watershed Management Project (PIWAMP) Gambia African Development Bank, International Fund for Agricultural Development $4,400,000
2011 SFM Sustainable Management of Biodiversity and Water Resources in the Ibarra-San Lorenzo Corridor Ecuador International Fund for Agricultural Development $2,700,000
2011 SIP: Harmonizing support: a national program integrating water harvesting schemes and sustainable land management Djibouti United Nations Development Programme $959,500
2012 MED: Enhanced Water Resources Management Egypt The World Bank $6,682,000
2012 GGW: Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) Nigeria The World Bank $8,592,593
2013 Watershed Approach to Sustainable Coffee Production in Burundi Burundi The World Bank $4,200,000
2014 PSG-Additional financing - Sustainable Land and Water Management Project Ghana The World Bank $8,750,000
2014 Solomon Islands Water Sector Adaptation Project (SIWSAP) Solomon Islands United Nations Development Programme $6,850,000
2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States Angola, Botswana, Congo DR, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Regional The World Bank $8,200,000
2015 A New Green Line: Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation Objectives and Practices into Chinaâ€™s Water Resources Management Policy and Planning Practice China Food and Agriculture Organization $2,639,726
2015 Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco) Antigua And Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts And Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Regional United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Development Programme $20,722,571
2015 GEF International Waters Learning Exchange and Resources Network IW LEARN Global United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme $4,987,500
2015 Securing Watershed Services through Sustainable Land Management in the Ruvu and Zigi Catchments, Eastern Arc Region, Tanzania Tanzania United Nations Development Programme $3,648,858
2016 Promoting the Use of Electric Water Pumps for Irrigation Sudan United Nations Development Programme $4,365,753
2016 Integrated Water Resources Management in the Titicaca-Desaguadero-Poopo-Salar de Coipasa (TDPS) System Bolivia, Peru, Regional United Nations Development Programme $6,563,750
2016 GEF Mainstreaming Integrated Water and Environment Management China The World Bank $9,500,000
2018 Implementing Land, Water and Ecosystem Management Bahamas United Nations Environment Programme $863,242
2015 Enabling Transboundary Cooperation and Integrated Water Resources Management in the White Drin and the Extended Drin Basin Kosovo United Nations Development Programme $1,000,000
2016 Integrated Solutions for Energy, Water, Energy and Land Global United Nations Industrial Development Organization $1,900,000
2018 Integrated Environmental Management of the Rio Motagua Watershed Guatemala, Honduras, Regional United Nations Development Programme $5,329,452
2019 Enhancing Conjunctive Management of Surface and Groundwater Resources in Selected Transboundary Aquifers: Case Study for Selected Shared Groundwater Bodies in the Nile Basin Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Regional United Nations Development Programme $5,329,452
2020 Management of Competing Water Uses and Associated Ecosystems in Pungwe, Busi and Save Basins Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Regional International Union for Conservation of Nature $6,000,000
2020 Integrated Management of Water Resources of the Mira-Mataje and Carchi-Guaitara, Colombiaâ€“Ecuador Binational Basins Colombia, Ecuador, Regional United Nations Development Programme $3,850,000
2021 Implementation of the SAP of the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System: Improving Groundwater Governance and Sustainability of Related Ecosystems Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Regional United Nations Development Programme $5,145,000
2020 South Tarawa Water Supply Project Kiribati Asian Development Bank $4,587,156
2021 Sustainable Luangwa: Securing Luangwa's water resources for shared socioeconomic and environmental benefits through integrated catchment management Zambia World Wildlife Fund - US Chapter $2,889,155
2021 Integrated Landscape Management in Dominican Republic Watersheds Dominican Republic The World Bank $4,063,927
2022 Improving the flow of ecosystem services in biologically-rich watersheds of the Southern region of Haiti Haiti United Nations Development Programme $5,055,479
2022 Eldoret-Iten Water Fund for Tropical Water Tower Conservation Kenya International Fund for Agricultural Development $2,630,139
2022 Funafuti Water and Sanitation Project Tuvalu Asian Development Bank $4,587,156
2022 GEF Sustainable Groundwater Management In SADC Member States Project Phase 2 Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Congo DR, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Regional The World Bank $4,566,210
2023 Management of Indonesian and Timor-Leste Transboundary Watersheds (MITLTW) Indonesia, Timor Leste, Regional Conservation International $4,999,541
GEF - 7 Global Partnership for Mitigation of Underwater Noise from Shipping (GloNoise Partnership) Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, India, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Global United Nations Development Programme $1,950,000
GEF - 7 Integrated trasnboundary water resources management in the Corubal basin between GuinÃ©e and GuinÃ©e-Bissau Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Regional International Union for Conservation of Nature $6,300,000
GEF - 7 Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin Water Quality Management Project Burundi, Congo DR, Rwanda, Regional African Development Bank $5,736,073