Financial Mechanism and Resources

GEF-financed projects related to spatial planning

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: strengthen governance to improve land-use planning and secure landscape connectivity
  • 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; One shared water freshwater ecosystems under improved management; support integrated, spatially analyzed plans supporting the restoration of targeted ecosystems
  • 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: support the development of integrated, participatory land-use and spatial plans and update the necessary data and information to do so effectively
  • 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: review, update or develop instruments that foster the protection and conservation of primary forests using intersectoral processes to encourage policy coherence. These instruments will include, among other, land use plans, forest harvesting regulations, policies and regulations for granting mining concessions, indigenous peoples life plans, procedures for consultations with indigenous peoples.

Spatial planning
  • 2013 Coastal Resources for Sustainable Development: Mainstreaming the Application of Marine Spatial Planning Strategies, Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use, Viet Nam, The World Bank, $6,500,000
  • 2015 Spatial Planning for Protected Areas in Response to Climate Change (SPARC), Global, Conservation International, $1,804,862
  • 2016 Achieving Biodiversity Conservation through Creation, Effective Management and Spatial Designation of Protected Areas and Capacity Building, Bosnia-Herzegovina, United Nations Environment Programme, $1,397,260
  • 2016 Implementation of Ecosystem Approach in the Adriatic Sea through Marine Spatial Planning, Albania, Montenegro, United Nations Environment Programme, $1,817,900
  • GEF - 7 Using Marine Spatial Planning in the Gulf of Guinea for the implementation of Payment for Ecosystem Services and Coastal Nature-based Solutions, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, International Union for Conservation of Nature, $3,000,000
  • 2022 Promoting National Blue Economy Priorities Through Marine Spatial Planning in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Plus, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Panama, St. Lucia, Development Bank of Latin America, Food and Agriculture Organization $6,222,018

Integrated ecosystems management
  • 1998 Management of Avian Ecosystems Seychelles The World Bank $740,000
  • 1999 Priority Actions to Consolidate Biodiversity Protection in the Sabana-Camaguey Ecosystem Cuba United Nations Development Programme $3,889,000
  • 2001 Sustainable Land Management in the Zambian Miombo Woodland Ecosystem Zambia The World Bank $747,000
  • 2001 Integrated Ecosystem Management in 3 Priority Ecoregions Mexico United Nations Development Programme $15,300,000
  • 2002 Barriers and Best Practices in Integrated Management of Mountain Ecosystems Global United Nations Environment Programme $900,000
  • 2002 Partnership for Natural Ecosystem Management Program (PAGEN) Burkina Faso The World Bank $7,500,000
  • 2002 Integrated Silvo-Pastoral Approaches to Ecosystem Management Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Regional The World Bank $4,500,000
  • 2002 Integrated Ecosystem Management in Four Representative Landscapes of Senegal, Tranche 1 Senegal United Nations Development Programme $4,000,000
  • 2004 Integrated Ecosystem Management in Namibia through the National Conservancy Network Namibia The World Bank $7,100,000
  • 2005 Integrated Management of Critical Ecosystems Rwanda The World Bank $4,300,000
  • 2002 Protection of the North West Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS) and related humid zones and ecosystems Africa, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Regional United Nations Environment Programme $600,000
  • 2004 Integrated Ecosystem Management in Northern Bohemia Czech Republic United Nations Development Programme $975,000
  • 2004 Sahel Integrated Lowland Ecosystem Management (SILEM), Phase I Burkina Faso The World Bank $4,500,000
  • 2004 An Integrated Ecosystem Management Approach to Conserve Biodiversity and Minimize Habitat Fragmentation in Three Selected Model Areas in the Russian Arctic (ECORA) Russian Federation United Nations Environment Programme $3,000,000
  • 2004 Promoting Integrated Ecosystem and Natural Resource Management Honduras United Nations Development Programme $4,206,536
  • 2004 Integrated Ecosystem Management in the Cotahuasi Basin Peru United Nations Development Programme $870,000
  • 2005 Rio de Janeiro Integrated Ecosystem Management in Production Landscapes of the North-Northwestern Fluminense Brazil The World Bank $6,750,000
  • 2005 Western Kenya Integrated Ecosystem Management Project Kenya The World Bank $4,100,000
  • 2005 Integrated Ecosystem Management of Transboundary Areas between Niger and Nigeria Phase I: Strengthening of Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Collaboration and Pilot Demonstrations of IEM Niger, Nigeria, Regional United Nations Environment Programme $5,000,000
  • 2006 National Fadama Development Program II (NFDP II): Critical Ecosystem Management Nigeria The World Bank $10,030,000
  • 2007 Integrated Ecosystem and Natural Resource Management in the Jordan Rift Valley Jordan The World Bank $6,150,000
  • 2008 CACILM: Rangeland Ecosystem Management-under CACILM Partnership Framework, Phase 1 Kazakhstan United Nations Development Programme $950,000
  • 2007 SIP: Integrated Ecosystem Management in Four Representative Landscapes of Senegal, Phase 2 Senegal United Nations Development Programme $3,640,000
  • 2009 CBPF: Shaanxi Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Development China Asian Development Bank $4,270,000
  • 2011 Integrated Management of the Ilha Grande Bay Ecosystem Brazil Food and Agriculture Organization $2,300,000
  • 2011 Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Baikal Basin Transboundary Ecosystem Mongolia, Russian Federation, Regional United Nations Development Programme $3,898,000
  • 2012 Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Palm Cropping in Colombia with an Ecosystem Approach Colombia Inter-American Development Bank $4,250,000
  • 2012 Shire Natural Ecosystems Management Project Malawi The World Bank $6,578,000
  • 2015 Securing Multiple Ecosystems Benefit Through SLM in the Productive But Degraded Landscapes of South Africa South Africa United Nations Development Programme $4,237,900
  • 2018 Integrated ecosystem management project for the sustainable human development in Mauritania Mauritania Food and Agriculture Organization $8,222,505