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T he Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a financial and programs of the United Nations, other international

mechanism that provides grant and concessional organizations, bilateral development agencies, national

funds to developing countries for projects and activities institutions; nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), pri-

that aim to protect the global environment. GEF resources vate sector entities, and academic institutions. The GEE

are available for projects and other activities that addrZss also,comprises a Small Grants Programme available for

climate change, biological diversity, international waters, projects in the four focal areas that are put forward by

and depletion of the ozone layer. Countries can obtain grassroots groups and NGOs in developing countries.

GEF funds if they are eligible to borrow from the World The Quarterly Operational Report is designed to

Bank (IBRD and/or IDA) or receive technical assistance provide a comprehensive review of and a status report on

grants from UNDP through a country program. the GEF work program. A brief description of each of the

Responsibility for implementing GEF activities is GEF's projects - organized alphabetically by region -

shared by the United Nations Development Programme can be found on pages 6-14. Each description lists the

(UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme name of the UNDP, UNEP or World Bank Task Manager

(UNEP) and the World Bank. UNDP is responsible for responsible for the project. Inquiries about specific pro-

technical assistance activities, capacity building, and the jects should be referred to the responsible Task Manager.

Small Grants Programme. UNEP is charged with catalyz- Their telephonie and fax numbers can be found on page 48.

ing the development of scientific and technical analysis in All projects contained in this,report received

GEF-financed activities and managing the Scientific and endorsement by the GEF participating governments dur-

Technical Advisory Panel, an independent advisory body ing the three-year GEF pilot phase (1991-94). Once

providing scientific and technical guidance to the GEF. reviewed and endorsed,by the GEF participating govern-

The World Bank, the repository of the Trust Fund, is ments at their bi-annual meetings, projects then entered

responsible for investment projects, and mobilizing into the GEF work program and were returned to the

resources from the private sector. responsible implementing agency for further preparation

The GEF implementing agencies may make and final approval. This process typically takes between six

arrangements for GEF project preparation and execution months and two years. in general, funds- are disbursed to

by multilateral development banks, specialized agencies each project over a period of between two andfive years.

CONTENTS

Work Program By Region ........................................................ 2-3

Work Program By Priority Area ............................................... .... 4-5

Project Descriptions ........................................................... 6-14

Proect Status Report .......................................................... 15-26

Small Grants Programme ...................................................... 29-46

Project Documents ............................................................. 47

Staff...... ........................................................................ 48

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LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN GLOBALArgentina .......................... Patagonian Coastal Zone Management Plan ..................................... 2.8 Global ................................ Support for Regional Oceans Training Programmes ......................... 2.6Belize ................................. Sustainable Development and Management of Global ................................ Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training (STAR'l) .... 7.0

Biologically D iverse Coastal Resources ............................................... 3.0 G lobal ................................ C lim ate Change Capacity Building ..................................................... 0.9Bolivia ............................... Biodiversity C onservation .................................................................. 4.5 G lobal ................................ A lternatives to Slash and Burn Research Initiatives ........................... 3.0B razil ................................. Biodiversity ........................................................................................ 30.0 G lobal ................................ M onitoring of G reenhouse G ases Including O zone .......................... 4.8Brazil ................................. Biomass Inte rated Gasification/Gas Turbine ................................... 7.7 Global ................................ Research Programme on Methane Eniissioii from Rice Fields ......... 5.09 Global .............................. Support for the Preparation of Biodivcrsity Country Studies ......... 5.0Chile .................................. Reduction of Greenhouse Gases ......................................................... 1.7 Global ............................... Support for the Preparation of BiodiversityCosta Rica ......................... Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Country Studies, Phase Two ............................................................... 2.0Development in La Amistad and La Osa Conservation Areas .......... 8.0 Global ............................... Country Case Studies on Sources and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases ..... 4.7C osta R ica ......................... Tejona W ind Pow er ............................................................................. 3.3 G lobal ................................ G lobal Biodiversity A ssessm ent ......................................................... 3.0Cuba .................................. Protecting Biodiversity and Establishing Sustainable Global ............................... Biodiversity Data Management Capacitation

Development of the Sabana-Camaguey Ecosystem ........................... 2.0 and Networking Biodiversity Information ........................................ 4.0Dominican Republic ........ Conservation and Management in the Coastal Zone of the Global ................................ Program for Measuring incremental Costs

D om inican Republic ............................................................................ 3.0 for the Environm ent PRINCE) ............................................................. 2.6Ecuador ............................. Biodiversity Protection ........................................................................ 7.2 G lobal ................................ Sm all G rants Program m e .................................................................. 10.0Guyana .............................. Programme for Sustainable Forestry (Iwokrama Rain Forest) ......... 3.0 Global ................................ Capacity Building and Infrastructure (IPCQ ................................... 2.8Jamaica .............................. Demand Side Management Demonstration ..................................... 3.8 Global ................................ Small and Medium Scale Private Sector Enterprise Fund ................. 4.0M exico ............................... Protected Areas Program ................................................................... 25.0 TO TA L ........ $61.4Mexico ............................... High Efficiency Lighting Pilot ........................................................... 10.0 GRAND TOTAL ..... $713.35Peru ................................... Trust Fund for Parks and Protected Areas ......................................... 5.0Peru ................................... Technical Assistance to the Centre for Energy Conservation .......... 0.9 PROJECT DISTRIBUTION BY REGIONUruguay ............................. Conservation of Biodiversity in the Eastern Wetlands ...................... 3.0Regional ........................... Biodiversity Conservation in the Choco Region ................................ 9.0 Latin America & Middle East &Regional ........................... Regional Strategies for the Conservation and Sustainable Caribbean North Africa

$158.8 $61.85Management of Natural Resources in the Amazon ........................... 4.5 23% 8%Regional ........................... Monitoring and Research Network for Ozone Europe JIM Africa $122.5and Greenhouse Gases in the Southern Cone ................................... 1.9 $69.7 18%Regional ........................... Wider Caribbean Initiative for Ship-Generated Waste ....................... 5.5 9% Asia & Pacific GlobalRegional ........................... O ECS Ship W aste D isposal ............................................................... 14.0 $239.1 $61.4

TOTAL ...... $158.8 34% 8%MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAAlgeria ............................... El Kala National Park and Wetlands Management ............................ 9.2 APPROVEDEgypt ................................. Lake Manzala Engineered Wetlands ................................................... 4.5 5 3 El Projects 30Egypt ................................. Red Sea Coastal and Marine Resource Management ....................... 4.75 Approved -25

WIran .................................... Teheran Transport Emissions Reduction ........................................... 2.0 BY REGION _"J2 -200Jordan ................................ Conservation of the Dana and Azraq Protected Areas ...................... 6.3 Ir

M orocco ............................ Repow ering of Pow er Plant ................................................................. 6.0 3-15 LL

0Sudan ................................. Community Based Rangeland Rehabilitation for 20 -20 10 IrCarbon Sequestration and Biodiversity ............................................. 1.5 Lu13Tunisia ............................... Solar W ater H eating ............................................................................. 4.0 10 11

Yemen ................................ Protection of Marine Ecosystems of the Red Sea Coast .................... 2.8 ZRegional ........................... Regional Strategy for Reduction of Greenhouse

G as Em issions in A rab States .............................................................. 2.5 e;.......................... Oil Pollution Management Project for the p

Southw est M editerranean Sea ........................................................... 18.3

Total ProjectsTOTAL ........ $61.85

GEF WORK PROGRAM BY PRIORITY AREA (In U.S. Millions of Dollars)

BIODIVERSITY

Algeria...............................El Kala National Park and Wetlands Management............................9.2 Seychelles .......................... Biodiversity Conservation and Marine Pollution Abatement .......... 1.8

Argentina .......................... Patagonian Coastal Zone M anagement Plan ..................................... 2.8 Slovak Republic ................ Biodiversity Protection .................................. 2.3

Belarus .............................. Biodiversity Protection........................................................................1.0 Sri Lanka...........................W ildlife Conservation and Protected Areas M anagem ent ................ 4.1

Belize ................................. Sustainable Development and M anagem ent of Turkey .............................. In-Situ Conservation of Genetic Biodiversity....................................5.1

Biologically Diverse Coastal Resources...............................................3.0 Uganda............................ Conservation of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and

Bhutan...............................Trust Fund for Environm ental Conservation .................................. 10.0 the M gahinga Gorilla National Park ................................................ 4.0

Bolivia ............................... Biodiversity Conservation .................................................................. 4.5 U kraine ............................. Transcarpathian Biodiversity Protection ........................................... 0.5

B razil ................................. B iodiversity ........................................................................................ 30.0 U kraine ............................. D anube D elta B iodiversity .................................................................. 1.5

Burkina Faso.....................Optimizing Biological Diversity Uruguay............................Conservation of Biodiversity in the Eastern Wetlands......................3.0

W ithin W ildlife Ranching System s.....................................................2.5 Vietnam ............................ Conservation Training and Biodiversity Action Plan........................3.0

Cameroon.........................Biodiversity Conservation and Management.....................................6.0 Zimbabwe ......................... Biodiversity Conservation in Southeast Zimbabwe...........................4.8

Czech Republic ................. Biodiversity Protection........................................................................2.0 Regional ........................... Community-Based National Resource and W ildlife M anagement.....7.0

Congo................................W ildlands Protection and M anagement...........................................10.0 Regional ............................ Institutional Support to Protect East African Biodiversity ............. 10.0

Costa Rica.........................Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Regional ........................... South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme.....................10.0

Development in La Amistad and La Osa Conservation Areas..........8.0 Regional ........................... Biodiversity Conservation in the Choco Region................................9.0

Cote d'Ivoire.....................Control of Aquatic Weeds to Enhance and Restore Biodiversity......3.0 Regional ............. Regional Strategies for the Conservation and Sustainable

Cuba................................Protecting Biodiversity and Establishing Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the Amazon ........................... 4.5

Development of the Sabana-Camaguey Ecosystem...........................2.0 Global .............................. Support for the Preparation of Biodiversity Country Studies ......... 5.0

Dominican Republic ........ Conservation and Management in the Coastal Zone of the Global ............................... Support for the Preparation of BiodiversityDominican Republic ........................... 3.0 Country Studies, Phase Two .............................. 2.0

Ecuador ............................. Biodiversity Protection ........................................................................ 7.2 G lobal............................Global Biodiversity Assessm ent ...................................... 3.0

Egypt ................................. Red Sea Coastal and Marine Resource Management ....................... 4.75 Global ............................... Biodiversity Data Management Capacitation

Ethiopia ............................. A Dynamic Farmer-Based Approach to and Networking Biodiversity Information ........................................ 4.0

Conserving African Plant Genetic Resources.....................................2.5 TOTAL...$313.45

Gabon................................Conservation of Biodiversity through EffectiveM anagem ent of W ildlife Trade .......................................................... 1.0

Ghana................................Coastal W etlands M anagem ent...........................................................7.2 CLIM ATE CHANGE

Guyana..............................Programme for Sustainable Forestry (Iwokrama Rain Forest).........3.0 Benin ................ Village-Based Carbon Sequestration.......................2.5

Indonesia.............Biodiversity Collections.................................. 7.2 Brazil ............................ Biomass Integrated Gasification/Gas Turbine ................................... 7.7

Indonesia and Malaysia....Conservation Strategies for Rhinos in Southeast Asia ..................... 2.0 Chile ................ Reduction of Greenhouse Gases.... .......... ...................... 1.7

Jordan................................Conservation of the Dana and Azraq Protected Areas......................6.3 China ............... Issues and Options in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Control.2.0

Kenya..a River Primates .................................... 6.2 China.............. .Development of Coal-Bed Methane Resources .............................. 10.0

Lao PDR............................ Wildlife and Protected Areas Conservation....... ........... 5.0 China hi ............... Sichuan Gas Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation...........10.0

M alawi...............................SADC Lake M alawi/Nyasa Biodiversity Conservation ..................... 5.0 Costa Rica ......................... Tejona W ind Power ........................................................................... 3.3

Mauritius .......................... Ecological Restoration of Highly Degraded Cote d' Ivoire....................Crop Waste Power .................................................... ....... 5.0

and Threatened Native Forest.............................................................0.2 India..................................Optim izing Development of Sm all Hydel Resources

Mexico ............................... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i theectdHillyProrRegions................................................0......HllyR............................................................7..75Mexico....................Protected Areas Program................................................25.0inteHlyRgos. ................ 75

Mongolia ............. Development and Institution of a National India ................ Bi-Energy from Industrial, Municipal and Agricultural Waste......5.5

Biodiversity Conservation Plan...........................................................1.5 India .................................. Cost-effective Options for Lim iting Greenhouse Gas Em issions ..... 1.5

M ozam bique.....................Trans-Frontier Conservation Areas and Institutional Strengthening .. 5.0 India .................................. Alternate Energy ................................................................................ 26.0

N epal.................................Biodiversity Conservation in N epal....................................................3.8 Iran .................................... Teheran Transport Em issions Reduction ........................................... 2.0

Papua New Guinea...........National Conservation and Resource Management Programme.....5.0 Jamaica..............................Demand Side Management Demonstration ........... ....... 3.8

Peru ................................... Trust Fund for Parks and Protected A reas ......................................... 5.0 M ali ................................... H ousehold Energy ............................................................................... 2.5

Philippines ........................ Conservation of Priority Protected Areas ........................................ 20.0 Mauritania ........................ Wind Electric Power for Social and Economic Development .......... 2.0

Poland .............................. Forest Biodiversity Protection.............................................................4.5 M auritius ......................... Sugar Bio-Energy Technology.............................................................3.3

Rom ania............................D anube D elta Biodiversity .................................................................. 4.5 M exico...............................H igh Efficiency Lighting Pilot...........................................................10.0

M orocco..............Repowering of Power Plant...............................................................................6.0 INTERNATIONAL W ATERSPakistan ............... Fuel Efficiency in the Road Transport Sector .................................................. 7.0 China.......... Ship Waste Disposal.........................................30.0Pakistan...............Waste-to-Energy Lahore Landfill Gas Extraction and Use...........................11.0 Egypt.......... Lake Manzala Engineered Wetlands..............................4.5Peru......................Technical Assistance to the Centre for Energy Conservation ........................ 0.9 Yemen......... Protection of Marine Ecosystems of the Red Sea Coast ............... 2.8Philippines .......... Leyte-Luzon Geothermal ........................................................................ 30.0 Regional........Water Pollution Control and Biodiversity ConservationPoland .................. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i Ca-oGsCneso..........................................20i the Gulf of Guinea Large Marine Ecosystem................................. 6.0Poland..........Coal-to-Gas Conversion.......................................25.0 ........ Pollution Control and Other Measures toRussia...................Gas Distribution Rehabilitation and Energy Efficiency..................................3.2 Protect Biodiversity in Lake Tanganyika..........................10.0Sudan...................Community Based Rangeland Rehabilitation for Regional........Prevention and Management of Marine Pollution in East Asian Seas. 8.0Carbon Sequestration and Biodiversity............................................................1.5 Regional........Environmental Management in the Danube River Basin .............. 8.5Tanzania..............Electricity, Fuel, and Fertilizer from Municipal Waste in Regional........Environmental Management and Protection of the Black Sea .......... 9.3Tanzania: A Demonstration Biogas Plant for Africa ...................................... 2.5 Regional........Wider Caribbean Initiative for Ship-Generated Waste ................. 5.5Thailand..............Promotion of Electricity Energy Efficiency ..................................................... 9.5Regional........OECS Ship Waste Disposal....................................14.0Tunisia.................Solar W ater Heating...................................................................................... 4.0 Regional........ Oil Pollution M anagement Project for theZimbabwe...........Photovoltaics for Household and Community Use.........................................7.0 Southwest Mediterranean Sea..................................18.3Regional..............Control of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Global......... Support for Regional Oceans Training Programmes ................. 2.6Energy Efficient Building Technology ................................. 3.5 TOTAL...$119.5Regional ............. Asia Least Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategies...................................9.5Regional ............. Regional Strategy for Reduction of Greenhouse

Gas Emissions in Arab States ..................................................... ....... 2.5 Czech Republic.Phaseout of Ozone Depleting Substances.........................2.3Regional..............Building Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa to Respond to Regional........Monitoring and Research Network for Ozone

the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change......................................2.0 and Greenhouse Gases in the Southern Cone ....................... 1.9Global..................Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START)..................7.0 TOTAL. $6.2Global..................Climate Change Capacity Building...................................................................0.9 ALL FOUR PRIORITY AREASGlobal..................Alternatives to Slash and Burn Research Initiatives.........................................3.0 Global......... Program for Measuring Incremental CostsGlobal..................Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases Including Ozone........................................4.8 for the Environment (PRINCE)..............................................2.6Global..................Research Programme on Methane Emission from Rice Fields.......................5.0 Global ......... Small Grants ProgrammeGlobal ................. Country Case Studies on Sources and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases ................... 4.7Global......... Small and Medium Scale Private Sector Enterprise Fund .............. 4.0Global ........ i Capacity Building and Infrastructure (IPCCs oa..................................................2.8 Total.....$16.6

TOTAL ....$257.6 GRAND TOTAL ... $713.35

PROJECT DISTRIBUTION BY PRIORITY AREA APPROVED Red ecs .......... 60PROJECTS roeton50

BY PRIORITY 4International Climate Change ARE Aa1Waters $119.5

B it$257.6 i3017% 37% 43 2o21 1 20~

1 20$6.2 All Four 1-1% Priority Areas 0Biodiversity

R$16.6eE iv. .$313.45 2% N~43%

R.Total Projects

GEF PROJECT DESCRIPTIONSA FRICA A FR ICA A FRICA

BENIN Village-Based Carbon Sequestration COTE D'IVOIRE Crop Waste Power KENYA Tana River Primates

GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank GEE Implementing Agency: World Bank

Task Manager: Makitu Nziuki Task Manager: Willem Floor Task Manager. Agi Kiss

Formulation of land development plans and implementation of training, conser- Establishment of cogeneration capacity at twelve privately-owned palm oil facto- Development and implementation of a management plan for the Tana River

vation and forestry activities to sequester carbon. Project emphasizes local partic- ries to produce electricity for sale to the grid, thus displacing fuel and diesel oil. National Primate Reserve, Kenya's smallest national reserve that contains the last

ipation in sensitizing communities about land degradation and in jointly identify- Project will develop a regulatory and incentive framework that will encourage pri- remaining contiguous area of indigenous riverine forest along the lana River.

ing possible solutions. veate sector investment in biomass power generation. The Tana Reserve is rich in the biodiversity of this rare ecosystem, including two

Optimizing Biological Diversity Assoc.iated Bank Project: Biomass Energy Project endangered primate species, the Red Colobus and Crested Mangaby monkeys.

BURKINA FASO Within Wildlife Ranching Systems The Biomass Energy Project will provide up to $40 million in IDA and bilateral MALAWt SADC Lake Malawi/Nyasa Biodiversity Conservation

GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP financing for investment in cogeneration capacity in the sugar, palm oil and pos-

Task Manager: John Hough sibly wood energy industries. GEE Implementing Agency: World Bank

Demonstration of wildlife ranching systems that are compatible with protectionTakMngrEm nulAie

Demnstatin o widlie rnchng ystms hatarecomatile ithproectonA Dynamic Farmer-Based Approach Lake Malawi, Africa's third largest lake, is a uniquely rich aquatic environment,

of biodiversity. Conducts applied research, establishes regional training centre, ETHIOPIA to Conserving African Plant Genetic Resources home to over 500 endemic species offish, ofwhich all but six occur naturally

and disseminates information while supporting a demonstration ranch with mon-

itoring, framework for community participation, training, and public outreach. GEE Implementing Agency: UNDP nBankh seie sre and rerh am epare aierity mand

Task Manager: John Hough

CAMEROON Biodiversity Conservation and Management Project demonstrates how local plant landraces can be conserved and utilzdb management plan for the lake, recommend revisions to national environmental

small-scale farmers on their own land through community gene banks, and how legislation, and fund environmental education and training activities.

GEE Implementing Agency: World Bank to integrate farmer conservation efforts into national and international gene bank MALI Household Energy

Task Manager: Ken Creighton programs. Experience from project should be highly applicable to farmers in

Participatory biodiversity conservation plans will be developed and implemented other regions managing crop genetic resources. GEE Implementing Agency: World Bank

for eight sites in the species-rich lowland forests of south-east Cameroon. The Task Manager: Willem Floor

capcit ofnatralresurc maageen intittios wll e srentheedConservation of Biodiversity through The project addresses both the demand for and supply of household energy in acapacity of natural resource management institutions will be strengthened

through the finance of zoological and biological inventories and by the provision GABON Effective Management of Wildlife Trade country where people depend heavily on environ men tally-damnaging woodfuels.

of equipment, training and technical assistance and the National Herbarium Consumption of these fuels will be reduced by promoting the use of more effi-

twinned with and supported by Kew Botanic Gardens and the National GEE Implementing Agency: UNDP cient stoves and by the substitution of kerosene and bottled gas through technical

Herbarium of France. Task Manager: John Hough assistance and credit to manufacturers and marketers. In parallel, forest planning

Curtailment of illegal trade in species and orientation of legal trade around sus- and management wyill be strengthened through training and technical assistance.

CONGO Wildlands Protection and Management tamable harvest levels. Project involves training, technology transfer, review of Associated Bank Project: Second Power Project

GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank legislation development of management policies, research on sustainable harvest The associated World Bank project expands access to grid electric scrvice through

Task Manager: Alec Bouchitte levels, and community-based monitoring of swildlife populations. investment in transmission and distribution. $600,000 of this pro ject was for

Development and implementation of management programs for five tropical for- GHANA Coastal Wetlands Managementest ecosystems in the Congo, representative of the country's great ecological diver- encompassed in the GEF project.

sity and wealth. To achieve this objective, the project is funding biodiversity GEE Implementing Agency: World Bank

inventories, the preparation of natural resource management plans for each site, Task Manager: Robert Epworth MAURITANIA and Economic Development

training supervisory staff and guards, and studies of the impact of the indigenous Design and implementation of a Coastal Zone Management Plai to protect five

people on the environment and how any negative impacts can be mitigated. environmentally-sensitive and threatened coastal areas registered under the Task Manager: John HoughRamsar Convention on which migratory birds and other scarce species depend. Pr

Control of Aquatic Weeds to The project includes: (a) monitoring of ecological conditions at the sites; () gjec demonstrtesential electric gen raors to support

COTE D'IVOIRE Enhance and Restore Biodiversity preparation of management programs and the training of site managers and war- gr deive o essenit eletii-bad sisial aea Incldess

an dementall son d a P t rens; and ) relocation of a sewage plant outlet that would have discharged into redis,ate s or whices

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Associated Bank Project: Environmental Resource Management Project Ecological Restoration of Highly

Development of an effective and innovative approach to conserve biodiversity On the basis of Ghana s NEAP, the associated World Bank project is designed to MAURITIUS Degraded and Threatened Native Forest

within river and lagoon systems through a combination of biological control _____________________________________

improve both public and private natural resource management (NRM) through

andntenvir oetall sondprchmn Maaeetojcto ll eoticat weetwich reorganizing and/or strengthening the organizations involved in environmental GET mlmnigAec:UD

andenvronenall sondappoac tocotrolin eoti aqati weds whch resource management at national, sectoral and regional levels. Other activities Task Manager: John Hough

can be in other ountries.ingResorationsofmforetnhabitateandipomotioncofyprojct's replicatiominootherdislan

ca eduplicated inohrdeveloping conre.include establishing an environmental information system, and promoting corn- netation hog freseia ond ffctofmeoticn sfpec s n plnativ iod i erisdev

siby ood engy bindstrie escmpindvl

T A ns in opment of effective measures against invasive species, training of local scientific

and technical staff, protection of endemic biodiversity, enhancement of public

awareness, and publication of results. A first example of how GEE can fund

small-scale projects in regular work program.

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A FRICA A FR IC A A FRI C A

MAURITIUS Sugar Bio-Energy Technology Conservation of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park REGIONAL: EAST AFRICA Institutional Support to ProtectGEF Implementing Agency: World Bank UGANDA and the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) East African BiodiversityTask Manager: Christopher Trapman GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank GEF Implementing Agency: UNDPDevelopment and testing of technologies for gathering, storing and using sugar Task Manager: Agi Kiss Task Manager: John Houghcane tops, leaves and residues as fuel to expand power generation by existing The project will establish a Trust Fund, the income from which will provide a Strengthening of indigenous capabilities to conserve biodiversity through sup-sugar mills. Assessing options for reducing the cost of bagasse transport and sustainable source of funds for the management of the Bwindi Impenetrable port for education, in-service training, awareness enhancement, and conserva-thereby also expanding its use as a generating fuel. Providing technical assistance Forest and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks and the conservation of their biodi- tion activity to put training into practice. Project seeks to improve coordinationto a Bagasse Energy Development Program coordinated by the Mauritius Sugar versity. A Trust Management Board, representative of the local communities, in establishment or support of biodiversity units within government lead agen-Authority which will develop a program to fully tap the long-term potential of NGO's and the government will allocate the Fund's net income to selected park cies, and to enhance regional collaboration.power generation from sugar cane waste. management, research and community development projects.

Associated Bank Project: Sugar Energy Development Project REGIONAL: WEST AFRICA Control of Greenhouse Gas EmissionsThe associated World Bank project mobilizes World Bank and bilateral financing (Cote dvoire, Senegal) Through Energy Efficient Building Technologyfor upgrading the power production capacity of existing sugar mills. Investments ZIMBABWE Photovoltaics for Household and Community Use GEF Implementing Agency: UNDPfinanced under the loan include high pressure boiler/turbine systems and sugar GEE Implementing Agency: UNDP Task Manager: John Houghmill energy efficiency upgrades. Task Manager: John Hough Project meets rapidly increasing demand for power through urban-based energy

Trans-Frontier Conservation Areas and Project expands rural use of photovoltaics (PV) while assessing the technology efficiency, cooperating with African Development Bank. Features retrofit ofMOZAMBIQUEand approaches to its promotion, providing a model for other African countries' existing buildings in Cote dvoire and Senegal, workshops for countriesm m efforts at off-grid electrification. Includes efforts to develop indigenous PV busi- throughout region, and building of human capacity to address issues such asGEF Implementing Agency: World Bank nesses, cooperation with national utility, and analysis of national policies includ- evaluation of building materials and energye pricing and planning.Task Manager: Robert Clement-Jones ing import duties.This project will prepare and implement management plans for several wildlife- Building Capacity in Sub-Saharanrich border areas that are contiguous with national parks in neighboring ZIMBABWE Biodiversity Conservation in Southeast Zimbabwe REGIONAL Africa to Respond to the UN FrameworkZimbabwe and South Africa. The major objective of the project is to create Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Zinbabie) Convention on Climate Changemigration corridors for big game populations that cross the borders in search of GEF Implementing Agency: World BankTaskManaer.Richrd eardoreGEE Implementing Agency UNDPfood and water and to inter-breed. By facilitating this process, it will increase TakMngrRchdBedmesurvival and strengthen th ne pol. In collaboration with the local communities, the project comprises the design Task Manager John Houghsurivl ndstrnghe te gnepol.and implementation of a natural resource management program for an area P roject launches a systematic inventory of Africa's greenhouse gas sources andSEYCHELLESadjoining Mozambique and South Africa, thus complementing the Mozambique sinks, develops Africa's indigenous capacity to carry out studies and projects,SEYCHELLES___ Biodiversity__Conservation__and__Marine__Pollution__Abatement Transborder Areas project. It will rehabilitate the infrastructure of the Gonarezhu identifies carbon offset projects in energy and forestry sectors, and seeks to pro-GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank National Park to stimulate eco-tourism, develop community wildlife manage- cure private sector resources for some of these initiatives. Small set of pre- pro-Task Manager: Carl Lundin ment and sustainable use programs and strengthen park management capacity. posals developed through project will be selected for final documentation in eachBiodiversity conservation component comprises: (a) the restoration and preser- Associated Bank Project: Wildlife Management and Environmental country where project operates: Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ghana and Mali.vation of the ecosystem of Aldabra Island by strengthening conservation man- Conservation Project Water Pollution Control and Biodiversityagement and scientific research and control of feral goats; and (b) a protection The associated Wrld Bank project attempts to strengthen all aspects of theprogram for the Green and Hawksbill Turtles. Marine pollution component coy- Department of National Parks, to strengthen the management and infrastruc- rinA Cnerva ine Go fers the analysis of the steps needed to comply with MARPOL standards for ship tore/provisioning of four other national parks, and eventually to support inte-waste treatment and actions required to control pollution from commercial ship- grated community-based conservation and development programs similar to GEE Implementing Agency UNDPping, fishing and leisure craft. those in Gonarezhu Park in these four parks. Task Manager: John Hough

Associated Bank Project: Environment and Transport Project Project establishes and equips network of scientific and monitoring institutionsThe associated World Bank project includes preparation of marine resources REGIONAL Community-Based Natural Resource and trains officials about pollution assessment and environmental management.management plans, an assessment of water resources and the preparation of (Burkina Faso, Cote d'lvoire) and Wildlife Management Research on ecosystem, creation of a Geographic Information System, policy analy-water management plans, and the second phase of a water supply project for the GEE Implementing Agency: World Bank sis, and consensus-building at the national and regional levels ill also take place.island of Praslin. Task Manager: Jeffrey Lewis REGIONAL Pollution Control and Other Measures to

Electricity, Fuel, and Fertilizer from Municipal CommnIy-based in and stiode r ilitatio, uil adconer (Birndi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaire Protect Biodiversity in Lake TanganyikaTANZANIA Waste in Tanzania: A Demonstration Biogas Plant for Africa vainpormbseontegtondtror'pracwlledvlpdTANZANIA__ Waste_in_Tanzania:_A_Demonstration__ Biogas_Plant_for_Afric a nd implemented at three sites totalling 4,800 square kmn. in the Comoe ecosys- GEF Implementing Agency UNDPGEF Implementing Agency: UNDP tem in southwestern Burkina Faso and northern Cte dlvoire,

reconizeMasoneersk anaer: oHnuougTask Manager: John Hough of the most important remaining natural savannah ecosystems in the region. Desvelopment of strategic plan for long-term management of the Lake and itsProject establishes Africa's first large-scale biogas plant, converting methane pro- The project comprises: (a) land use planning; (b) community land management; unique biological resources. Achieves better understanding of ecosystem, estab-duced by municipal waste into energy. With increased indigenous interest and (c) capacity building and training; (d) habitat improvement and animal herd lishes and harmonizes regional efforts, implements pollution monitoring pro-capacity resulting from project, plant is to operate as independent profit centre reconstruction; and (e) sustainable subsistence and commercial utilization, gram and conservation plans, and trains relevant individuals through on-the-job

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GEF PROJECT DESCRIPTIONSASIA & PACIFIC AsIA & PACIFIC AsIA & PACIFIC

BHUTAN Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation Optimizing Development of Conservation Strategies

GFIpeetnAgnyWolBakINDIA Small Hydel Resources in the Hilly Regions INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA for Rhinos in Southeast AsiaGEF Implementing Agency: World Bank____________ _________________

Task Manager: Susan Shen GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP

Establishment and management of a national system of protected areas; develop- Task Manager: A. Bhattacharya Task Manager: Y.P. Zhoument of the institutional and human resource capacities needed to manage the Project formulates technical and economic guidelines and furthers adoption of Project initiates full implementation of action plan prepared by IUCN expert

national system. This project will test the feasibility of a Trust Fund as a mecha- advanced technologies for small hydro resources in Indias hilly region, which should group and develops funding plan to ensure rhino conservation strategy's sustain-

nism for providing long-term, sustainable finance for biological conservation reduce carbon emissions and mitigate deforestation. An integral part ofgovernment ability. Creates databases and analysis of rhino habitat, gives local communities

programs in the protected areas, program to expand prevalence of non -conventional energy sources, Proj .ect uses stronger interest in project goals, and provides training, equipment, and facilities

more cost-effective designs than those of present Indian plants in this field. to enhance in situ conservation.

CHINA Issues and Options in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Control

GE_____Implementing_________Agency:______UNDP__ INDIA Bio-Energy from Industrial, Municipal and Agricultural Waste LAO PDR Wildlife and Protected Areas Conservation

GEE M en g Agnc D P GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP GEE Implementing Agency: World BankTask Manager: Susan McDade Ts aae:SsnSe

Assessment of greenhouse gas emissions, formulation of emission reduction Task Manager: A. Bhattacharyaplan, as well as detailed case studies and feasibility assessments in priority sec- Project develops national master plan for generation and utilization ofbioenergy, Objectives of the project include the protection of biological diversity through

tors. Project will build capacity to integrate energy planning with environmental creates commercially viable packages for replication, and promotes and dissemi- human resource development and institutional strengthening, the designation,

concerns and improve agricultural and forest management practices. nates technology for high-rate biomethanation. Project will Introduce, demon- establishment and management of priority protected areas and protection ofstrate, and standardize a wide variety of cost-effective technologies, associated wildlife, and the planning and implementation of community partici-

CHINA Development of Coal-Bed Methane Resources patory programs in and around protected areas. Components include the estab-

GE______Implementing ___________Agency:_______UNDP___ INDIA Cost-effective Options for Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions lishment and management of at least four protected areas, technical assistance

GEE Implementing Agency: UNDP and conservation training with particular emphasis on the recruitment of NGOs

TaskMaae Susan c. Bhattgcya for community mobilization, environmental monitoring and evaluation, and the

Implemented at three mining sites, project supports assessment of China's Askianager A. attacharyamethane resources and potential for using methane gas as domestic energy rojects and related desi n of a Conservation T F fl t i n

0institutional and policy options for limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Project AsoitdBnPrjc:FetMagmntndC srvinPoetsource. Also supports pilot investments to improve technologies and techniquesfrsource Alsoesupportspilotlinaestentsato impove teocolgies and t ut also identifies and strengthens India's institutional, technical, and technological The associated World Bank project focuses on the implementation of programs

for resource assessment as well as methane recovery from coal mines and its uti- frfrs netr n lnig n o utial oetmngmn n

lization.capabilities to assess global implications of energy efficiency and other projectslzto.which affect emissions levels, protection, including the establishment of a Forest Management Fund.

CHINA Ship Waste Disposal INDIA Alternate Energy Development and Institution of a

GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank GEE Implementing Agency: World Bank MONGOLIA National Biodiversity Conservation Plan

Task Manager: Toshiro Tsutsumi Task Manager: Magdalena Manzo GEF Implementing Agency: UNDPThis project combines GEE, IDA and local resources to reduce pollution in inter- Project promotes and commercializes investment in wind farms and solar photo- Task Manager: Kunzang Chungyalpanational and territorial waters caused by ship wastes. Provides technical and voltaic power systems through the provision of below-market loans to investors Project builds government capacity to establish network of conservation areas

financial assistance to Government of China and six Port Authorities, selected as in these systems, primarily from the private sector. Popularizes renewable tech- and implement biodiversity conservation measures within these areas. Trains

models, for the construction and/or rehabilitation and expansion of ship waste nologies through public education programs that explain their functions and Mongolian personnel in research, acquires data, transfers biodiversity informa-

disposal facilities. The project includes both national and individual port com- capability. Implementation is overseen by the Indian Renewable Energy tion and management technology, and develops biodiversity data and geographic

ponents. Development Agency. information systems.

CHINA Sichuan Gas Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation Associated Bank Project: Renewable Resource Management Project

________________________________________________ The associated World Bank project mobilizes IDA, bilateral and local financing to NEPAL Biodiversity Conservation in Nepal

GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank complement GEF support for grid-connected windpower and solar PV installa-

Task Manager: Hannachi Morsli tions. The Bank loan finances additionally mini-hydropower development on GEE Implementing Agency: UNDP

Rehabilitation of gas transmission and distribution systems to eliminate methane irrigation canals and the expansion bagasse-based paper production at TNPL ltd. Task Manager: H. Sakaguchial aioPromotion of ecosystem conservation with local involvement to ensure that r-

gas losses and improve pipeline network performance. Main components willfocus on safety and operational efficiency of the transmission and distribution INDONESIA Biodiversity Collections munities benefit from project activities. Assistance in formulating National

system, and selection of cost-effective measures to reduce gas leakage through a Biodiversity Action Plan. Selected activities ofplan will be accompanied byprogram~~GE ofevrnetlIprdsakmalmtnag B end van d oll training, equipment provision, and development of system to monitor biodiver-

program of environmental upgrades. Ts aae:Bradvnd olst,adpoetipcs

Associated Bank Project: Sichuan Gas Development and Conservation Project Project strengthens the capacity of the Research and Development Center forThe associated World Bank project finances upstream gas sector restructuring Biology (PPPB) to manage systematic collections, including the establishment ofand enhancement of Sichuan s gas production capability. In addition, the Bank a computerized database which will serve as a basic reference tool for biodiversityproject includes a national gas pricing reform program which will encourage effi- inventory and monitoring. Potential information users in other sectors will pen-ciency and conservation in gas consumption in the future. vide advice on database development. Specific components include human

resource development, collections maintenance and development, improvementof research facilities, and publications and user products.

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ASIA & PACIFIC ASIA & PACIFIC ASIA & PACIFIC

PAKISTAN Fuel Efficiency in the Road Transport Sector National Integrated Protected Areas System, as well as provided technical assis- VIETNAM Conservation Training and Biodiversity Action Plantance for it. In addition, it strengthen s monitoring and enforcement of logging

GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP regulations and assists upland dwellers to pursue environmentally sustainable GEE Implementing Agency: UNDPTask Manager: Fatma Shah forms of livelihood. Task Manager: YannickGlemarecProject seeks to reduce emissions through improving vehicles' fuel efficiency and Project undertakes complementary development of biodiversity action plan andurban infrastructure, based on well-known methods which Pakistan does not PHILIPPINES Leyte-Luzon Geothermal training of government staff in conservation techniques. Building upon existingcurrently have capacity to implement. Builds capacity of officials to review planning documents, develops outline of specific costed actions to conserve bio-transport options, expands pilot project to tune-up urban vehicles, evaluates GEE Implementing Agency: WorldBank diversity at a time of significant change in Vietnam.ongoing programs, and develops options with regard to technology transfer, reg- Task Manager: John Irvingulations, and pricing. The GEE is providing incremental-cost, grant co-financing to a World Bank/pub- REGIONAL South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme

Waste-to-Energy Lahore lic/private sector consortium project that seeks to assist in meeting the rapidlyPAKISTAN Landfill Gas Extraction and Use increasing demand for electrical power using technology that substantially GEE Implementing Agency: UNDP

reduces Greenhouse Gas emissions. The National Power Corporation (NPCQ Task Manager: Fiu Elisara LauluGEF Implementing Agency: World Bank components of the project include the interconnection of electrical power sys- Project protects biological diversity of fifteen island states by facilitating estab-Task Manager: Jane Walker tems of Leyte and Luzon Islands and the strengthening of the environmental and lishment of conservation areas with agreed criteria for development based onDesign and construction of a privately-managed power station fuelled by social engineering departments of the NPC. The Philippine National Oil long-term ecological sustainability. Supports scientific and technical assess-methane gas collected from an urban land-fill that otherwise would be released Company (PNOC) components of the project include: the development of a ments, trains NGO and government officials, facilitates extensive consultationsto the atmosphere. This project will transfer a technology developed and proven geothermal energy field, and construction and operation under a BOT contract with local groups, assists with initial management of protected areas, and raisesin more advanced countries to a developing country and test the feasibility of its ofa geothermal power plant of440 MW. public awareness.application in that setting.Associated Bank Project: Punjab Urban Environment Project SRI LANKA Wildlife Conservation and Protected Areas Management Aa e t tr tThe landfill project is part of a larger Bank project that initiates an environmentalprotection program for the Punjab province. Other components of the program GEE Implementing Agency: UNDPinclude 1) creation of a waste treatment program for sewage and municipal Task Manager: M. Jayamanawaste, 2) technical assistance to improve the institutional capacity of the Project raises scientific and technical capacity of government officials to establish Task Manager: Jorge ReyesEnvironmental Protection Agency and municipal waste management and treat- and manage protected areas and communicate their importance to local people. Project catalyses other initiatives in increasing capital and human capacity toment agencies of the Punjab, and 3) promotion of environmental NGO activity Trains staff in management planning, develops investment strategies as part of man- reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Trains experts to identify and implementand public awareness campaigns. agement plans, establishes four new protected areas, and amelioration of human/ means of emission-limitation and mitigating adverse impacts of climate change,

National Conservation and elephant conflict through survey of elephant population and strategy development assists with development of greenhouse gas inventories, and develops nationalandtrgioallplnsntseitgateeoisionsPAPUA NEW GUINEA Resource Management Programme THAILAND Promotion of Electricity Energy Efficiency Pvt and Mngm t of

GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP Wren tion n Easan SaTask Manager: Nicolai Ruge GEE ImplementingAgency:Support for government conservation strategy through assistance in establishing Task Manager: Darayes Mehtatwo pilot areas for Integrated Conservation and Development. Includes building Project comprises a five-year demand side management plan, which seeks to GEE Implementing Agency: UNDPtechnical and institutional capacity of resource centre, awareness enhancement, build institutional capability in the Thai electric power sector and throughout Task Manager: Jorge Reyesestablishment of biodiversity objects and monitoring criteria, and implementa- the economy. Will pursue polices and actions leading to the development, man- Development of policies and plans to control marine pollution for land and sea-tion of sustainable development practices and alternative income opportunities. ufacturing, and adoption of energy efficient equipment and processes. Project based sources, upgrading of national and regional infrastructures and technicalwill demonstrate potential savings, both financial and environmental, from skills, and establishment of financing instruments for project sustainability.PHILIPPINES Conservation of Priority Protected Areas reducing the use of fossil fuels for electricity production and will demonstrate

the potential of the electric power sector to achieve these savings, monitoring and information network, and involvement of regional association ofGEF Implementing Agency: World Bank Associated Bank Project: Distribution System and Energy Efficiency Project marine legal experts to improve capacity to implement relevant conventions.Task Manager: Susan Shen The associated World Bank project concentrates on expanding the distributionSupport for government efforts to establish a core National Integrated Protected system of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority and reduction of power losses inAreas System (NIPAS) for ten sites over a seven year period, through financing site the transmission and distribution system.development and resource management. This project will promote the participa-tion of local communities in site management, as well as strengthen national capaci-ty for coordination and monitoring. The Department of Environment and NaturalResources (DENR) will receive a grant to strengthen park infrastructure and ser-vices, and a national NGO consortium (NIPA), will receive a grant to provide tech-nical assistance services and administer a livelihood fund for local communities.Associated Bank Project: Environment and Natural Resources Sector

Adjustment LoanThe associated World Bank project, under implementation since 1991, assistedthe development of enabling legislation and implementing guidelines for the

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GEF PROJECT DESCRIPTIONSEUROPE EUROPE EUROPE

BELARUS Biodiversity Protection ROMANIA Danube Delta Biodiversity ment and restoration, reforestation, soil conservation, increased fodder produc-tion, small-scale irrigation, income-generating activities like fruit production and

GEE Implementing Agencyv: World Bank GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank apiculture, capacity-building for relevant Turkish agencies, and adaptive agricul-Task Manager: Kathy Stephenson Task Manager. Marjory-Anne Bromhead and Iria Luca tural and NRM research.A logical extension of the Poland Forest Biodiversity work (see below), this pro- The project aims to protect the Romanian Delta ecosystem and contribute to theject aims at conservation planning and research outreach programs. conservation ofbiodiversity within the Delta. It will strengthen the capacity of the UKRAINE Transcarpathian Biodiversity Protection

two main responsible institutions to monitor and manage protected areas effective-CZECH REPUBLIC Biodiversity Protection ly, working with local community groups to ensure sustainable resource use and GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank

restor somne wetlands to their natural condition. An innovative feature comprises Task Manager: Kathy StephensonGEF Implementing Agency: World Bank testing various approaches to wetand restoration and monitoring their impact. Part of the tn-country Transcarpathian Network, the project supports a biodiver-Task Manager: Francois Wencelius sity protection program (inventory, genetic studies, GIS critical habitat analysis),This project protects ecosystem biodiversity in three representative ecosystems a management resources program to enable coordinated management of the dis-zones containing alpine meadows, lowland forests and wetland, supports the RUSSIA Gas Distribution Rehabilitation and Energy Efficiency continuous reserved areas of the Carpathians Biosphere Reserve, and trainingactivity of three transnational biodiversity protection networks, and fosters an institutional strengthening programs.financially sustainable biodiversity protection through the introduction of user GEE Implementing Agency: World Bankfees and related charges for visitors and concessions, to manage the areas within Task Manager: Gary Stuggins UKRAINE Danube Delta Biodiversitytheir carrying capacities. This project will develop analytical techniques for identifying and quantifying

the principal sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the production, transport GEF Implementing Agency: World BankCZECH REPUBLIC Phaseout of Ozone Depleting Substances and utilization of natural gas. It will also develop methodologies for ranking the Task Manager: Kathy Stephenson

most cost-effective projects for reducing GHG emissions, define the criteria for The project aims to protect the Ukrainian Delta ecosystem and contribute to theGEF Implementing Agency: World Bank assessing eligibility and incremental costs, and strengthen the institutional struc- conservation of biodiversity in the Delta. It will strengthen the capacity of theTask Manager: Mark Kosmo tures and the technical capabilities required to apply the techniques in planning two main responsible institutions to monitor and manage protected areas effec-Identification of key ozone depleting substances (ODS) reduction activities, and and implementation. tively, working with local community groups to ensure sustainable resource use,introduction of new technology for recycling production and ODS reduction. Associated Bank Project: Gas Distribution Rehabilitation and and restoring some wetlands to their natural condition. An innovative feature

POLAND FoetBoiest rtcinEnergy Efficiency Project comprises testing various approaches to wetland restoration and monitoringPOA DForest Biodiversity Protectionthiima.______________________________________________________________ The associated World Bank loan would mobilize nearly $200 million to increase thiima.

GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank the efficiency of gas use in Russia, rehabilitate the distribution network and sup-Task Manager: Francois Wencelius port the government s reform program through technical assistance.The project has initiated programs to conserve the biodiversity of key endan- REGIONAL in the Danube River Basingered forests and is providing institutional support to the Ministry of SLOVAK REPUBLIC Biodiversity Protection GEE Implementing Agency: UNDPEnvironment, Natural Resources and Forest to undertake biodiversity conserva-tion management activities. Innovative features include the establishment of a GEF M eng ancy: Wold Bank Task Mn e Anni R negergene bank to protect genetic diversity at risk since in-situ conservation is not Ts aae:Faci ecluposie baue o polluention.est trsksnei-iucosrainio This project in the Morava floodplain, Tatras forests, and Eastern Carpathians is Danube Action Program under the auspices of international commission for pro-possibledeveloping management techniques for a biodiversity protection program, a con- tection of river. Activities include collection of pollution emissions data, creation

POLAND Colt-a ovrin servation program to develop revenue generation mechanisms for the protected of regional data network, preparation of water quality criteria and list of priorityCoal-to-Gas Conversion area system, and a program to provide support for project management coordi- pollutants, identification of policy and legal options, selection of sites for purifi-

GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank nation at the national level and at the three selected zones. Innovative features cation installations, feasibility studies for associated investments, and institution-Task Manager: Rachid Benmessaoud include an environmental NGO small grants program and the development of a al strengthening focusing on technical capability.

The project expects to demonstrate interfuel substitution and technological tn-national trans-border Trust to maintain the coordinated management of theinnovation as a means of reducing C02 emissions. GEF funds will be used to international biosphere reserve in the Eastern Carpathians. Rnroenthe BackmSeaextend coal-to-gas conversions to medium-size boilers whose owners could not REGIONAL_and_Protection_of_the_Black_Sea

achieve acceptable financial rates of return without concessional financing. TURKEY In-Situ Conservation of Genetic Biodiversity GEE Implementing Agency: UNDPAssociated Bank Project: Heat Supply Restructuring and Conservation Project GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank Task Manager: Annie RoncerelThe associated World Bank loan finances rationalization of district heating sys- Task Manager: Marjory-Anne Bromhead Project addresses the serious environmental degradation of the Black Seatems, and conversion of large-scale boilers to gas-firing in cases where this fuel This project will identify and establish in-situ conservation areas for the protec- through integrated resource management and pollution control program linkedsubstitution is economically justified. tion of genetic resources and wild relatives of important crops and forest tree to another GET initiative focused on the Danube River. Provides seed money for

species that originated in Turkey, providing for sustainable in-situ conservation cost-effective measures, including institution building and investment, to reverseof genetic resources in cereals, horticultural crops, medicinal plants, forest trees, environmental degradation.and pasture grasses and legumes through an integrated ecosystem approach.Project components include site surveys and inventories, gene managementzones, data management, national plan for in-situ conservation, and institutionalstrengthening.Associated Bank Project: Eastern Anatolia Watershed Rehabilitation ProjectThe Watershed Rehabilitation project finances investments for range manage-

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LATIN AMERICA LATIN AMERICA LATIN AMERICA& THE CARIBBEAN & THE CARIBBEAN & THE CARIBBEAN

ARGENTINA Patagonian Coastal Zone Management Plan BRAZIL Biomass Integrated Gasification/Gas Turbine Biodiversity Conservation andGEF Implementing Agency: UNDP GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Management in the Coastal ZoneTask Manager: Hilda Paparoni Task Manager: Nick Remple GEE Implementing Agency UNDPPreservation of Patagonia's biodiversity and protection of this economically- Adaptation of promising technology to generate electricity through plantation- Task Manager: Nick Rempleimportant area through enhancing sustainable management of coastal resources. grown fuel. Project resolves important engineering, economic, and financial Project assists government in protecting two important coastal regions throughBy strengthening institutions, developing human resources, and contributing issues, and assesses commercial feasibility and environmental compatibility of addressing regional landshed issues and developing buffering strategy. Trainingvaluable environmental information, project will establish integrated coastal demonstration plant, which would be constructed in follow-on phase. will take place, public awareness will be raised, and data will be gathered intomanagement plan which will enhance existing capacities and decision-making. geographic information system for assessment of priority protection areas, moni-CHILE Reduction of Greenhouse Gases toring of environmental change, and assessment of socio-economic impact onSustainable Development and Management environmental policy.BELIZE of Biologically Diverse Coastal Resources GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP

Task Manager: Nick Remple ECUADOR Biodiversity ProtectionGEF Implementing Agency: UNDP Project targets two mining facilities to start up energy service sub-companies,Task Manager: Hilda Paparoni whose profits are tied to the level of energy savings they help clients realize, GEE Implementing Agency: World BankComprehensive planning of coastal resource management to preserve globally- Project also conducts detailed feasibility study to evaluate economic and techni- Task Manager: Cezar Plazasignificant and economically-vital marine ecosystem. This innovative project cal aspects of biomass to methanol demonstration plant in Chile. Support for the restructuring and strengthening of the institutional capacity, reg-includes training, laying groundwork for zoning plans, and assistance with devel- ulatory, and legal framework for adequate management of the National Systemoping permanent statutory authority charged with preserving and managing lit- Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Development of Protected Areas (NSPA). Project activities will focus on (i) institutionaltoral zone nationwide. COSTA RICA in La Amistad and La Osa Conservation Areas strengthening of the Ecuadorean Institute of Forestry, Natural Areas and Wildlife

(INEFAN) in managing the NSPA; (ii) creation of an improved legal and regula-BOLIVIA Biodiversity Conservation GEE Implementing Agency: LNDP tory framework; (iii) outreach activities to local communities involving them inTask Manager: Nick Remple management plan development for protected areas; and (iv) investment activitiesGEF Implementing Agency: World Bank Assistance to National System of Conservation Areas to develop means of sus- for civil works and infrastructure in seven priority protected areas based on par-Task Manager: Philip Hazelton tamnable revenue generation from eceo-tourism and other biodiversity-based ini- ticipatory management plans developed with project support.This project will protect representative samples of diverse and threatened ecosys- tiatives. Project emphasizes create of local benefits from conservation as well astems, and strengthen the government's institutional capacity to protect Bolivian involvement of community groups and indigenous peoples. GUYANA Programme for Sustainable Forestry (Iwokrama Rain Forest)biodiversity. Specific components of the project include support for the organi-zation, implementation and follow-up of a National System of Protected Areas COSTA RICA Tejona Wind Power GEE Implementing Agency:INDP(SNAP) and the establishment of new priority protected areas. In addition, theproject will include the development of alternative management systems for the GEE Implementing Agency: World Bank (IDB) Ta M aner: N ick Remppe

protectiorginfrainufarest,oarcisternationalzcnnsortiumdivedoveloping repiicabne

protection of natural resources in buffer zones, the development of monitoring Task Manager: Gustavo Calderon demonstration projects leading to guidelines for sustainable utilization of tropi-and evaluation systems, and administrative support. The project will consist of installing a sufficient number of wind turbines cal forests. Activities include research, detailed inventory of species, fellowships(between 40- 100 units) to generate 20-MW at Tejona, near lake Arenal. In addi- for training in environmental management, training of forest rangers, and estab-BRAZIL Biodiversity tion to the wind turbines, the project would add a control center for the wind lishment of local study centre.power plant and a connection to the power grid. Through this project, windGEE Implementing Agen cy: World Bank power will displace thermal power plants that would otherwise have been built JAMAICA Demand Side Management DemonstrationTask Manager: Daniel Gross and Claudia Sobrevila and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Project implementation will take place in two phases: (i) a series of biome-level Associated Bank Project: Electric Power Development Loan GEE Implementing Agency: World Bankworkshops to set priorities for biodiversity conservation in each biome; in. this The associated IDB project will support the Costa Rican Electricity Institute s Task Manager: Abderrahmane Megateliphase, a national biodiversity network and a set of model biodiversity projects expansion plan through the year 2000, and includes financing for the Tejona Strengthening of the institutional capabilities of Jamaica Public Service Companyinvolving various combinations of public and private sector organizations will be wind electric power plant. (JPSCo), and implementation of an integrated approach to energy conservationfinanced; (ii) the second phase will involve modest financing over long periods developed by JPSCo. The project will acquire the necessary information andfor the projects identified in the first phase; financing would come from a sinking Protecting Biodiversity and Establishing Sustainable data to develop sustainable programs that overcome market barriers to energyfund to be established with a twenty year horizon. CUBA Development of the Sabana-Camaguey Region conservation. In addition, it will test mechanisms to address these barriers, andAssociated Bank Project: National Environment Project information acquired through evaluation will be used to design full scale sustain-GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP able long-term energy efficiency programs. Project will demonstrate the viabilityTask Manager: Nick Remple of energy savings and efficiency in the commercial, residential, and industrial

Project enhances current surveys of biodiversity by providing equipment and sectors and the long-term sustainability of retrofitting.resources and assisting with rapid ecological inventories. Includes facilitatingcreation of geographic information systems, ongoing monitoring and analysis,and translation of data into procedures and guidelines for eco-tourism develop-ment.

TaskManaer: ick empl

GEF PROJECT DESCRIPTIONSLATIN AMERICA LATIN AMERICA LATIN AMERICA

& THE CARIBBEAN & THE CARIBBEAN & THE CARIBBEAN

MEXICO Protected Areas Program URUGUAY Conservation of Biodiversity in the Eastern Wetlands REGIONAL Wider Caribbean Initiative for Ship-Generated Waste

GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank GEF Implementing Agency. UNDP GEF Implementing Agency: World BankTask Manager: Adrian Demayo Task Manager: Nick Remple Task Manager: Usamah DabbaghResources will be made available for financing of selected activities on the basis Development with government of Regional Wetlands Management Program Project activities will lay the foundation for countries in the Wider Caribbean

of detailed management plans for ten to twelve protected area sites. The devel- including management strategy, water authority, and financial incentives to Region to ratify and implement the MARPOL 73/78 Convention, ending discharge

opment and supervision of management plans will be guided by Technical landowners. Project catalyses formation of local resource users group, develops of ship- generated wastes into international and territorial waters. Technical assis-

Advisory Committees, composed of representatives of local communities, non- more sustainable methods of rice cultivation, trains professionals in conservation tance will be provided for studies leading to a regional strategy for the implemen-

government organizations, and local governments. An eco- tourism plan will be techniques, analyzes government policies, and engages local municipality, land tation of MARPOL 73/78, assessment of existing waste management systems, for-

prepared and implemented in one of the protected area sites on a pilot basis, for owners, and university to document and understand regions ecology. mulation for criteria of waste reception facilities at ports, development of integrat

potential replication in other areas. ed waste management alternatives, and public awareness programs. The project

Associated Bank project: Mexico Environmental Project Biodiversity Conservation will also support periodic regional consultative meetings to reach consensus on dif-

The associated World Bank project, under implementation since 1993, is carrying REGIONAL in the Choco Region ferent elements of a regional MARPOL strategy.

out, first, a study of the National System of Protected Natural Areas to identify GEF Implementing Agency: UNDPgaps in ecosystem and species representation and to propose new protected areas Task Manager: Hilda Paparoni REGIONAL OECS ShipWaste Disposaland corridors between areas, and second, actions to control wildlife trade and to Project emphasizes mobilization of local communities to protect this important

protect nesting sites of endangered turtle species. region in Colombia and Panama through training of local people to build biologi- GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank

MEXICO High Efficiency Lighting Pilot cal information base and supporting pilot projects to commercialize extractive Task Manager: Usamah Dabbagh_____________________________________________________________ reserves of commercial products. In coordination with IDB/UNDP project, clani- Project will assist OECS governments in reducing pollution of international and

GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank fies land tenure process and develops national policy on biodiversity ownership. territorial waters caused by the discharge of ship-generated solid wastes by sup-

Task Manager: Luis Luzuriaga porting appropriate actions aimed at improving collection, treatment and dis-

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously reducing local envi- posal of these wastes. Project includes national components consisting of the

ronmental contamination through the replacement of incandescent bulbs with Regional Strategies for the Conservation establishment of port-waste reception facilities and incremental expansion of

fluorescent light bulbs in two major markets, the cities of Guadalajara and and Sustainable Management of landfill sites to handle ship-generated wastes, and a regional component com-

Monterrey. Project will also work to increase institutional capacity for techno- REGIONAL Natural Resources in the Amazon prising support activities and technical assistance for project management, train-

logical change and energy conservation, and strengthen the Federal Electricity ing and education, establishment of common legal frameworks for waste man-

Commission (CFE) and its capacity to practice demand side management on a TaE man genc U P agement, recycling possibilities and public awareness programs.

sustainable basis. Development of regionally-compatible geographic information system and enhance-

mint of national institutions' capabilities in eight nations to man Iage protected areas, The associated World Bank project will improve the collection, treatment and

PERU Trust Fund for Parks and Protected Areas rehabilitate degraded lands, institute suitable zoning plans, share information and disposal of solid and liquid wastes in the OECS. It will also provide technical

GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank assist Amazon Cooperation Treaty to develop regional strategies. Project also istnal frae r rgion o rdinaton n hi s area.

Task Manager: Claudia Alderman involves efforts with indigenous peoples to identify specific traditional knowledge

Grant will be provided as seed money for the Trust Fund for Conservation of and encourage adoption of these practices by local communities region-wide.Peru's Protected Areas (FONANPE). Annuity of grant will be sufficient to coverthe basic management costs of Peru's key conservation units. Part of income Monitoring and Researchgenerated each year will be spent to finance project activities, and part will be Network for Ozone and Greenhousereinvested to maintain the real value of the principle. REGIONAL Gases in the Southern Cone

PERU Technical Assistance to the Centre for Energy Conservation GEE Implementing Agency: UNDP__________________________________________________ Task Manager: Nick Remple

GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP Project seeks to further global understanding of atmospheric changes, with initial

Task Manager: Hilda Paparoni emphasis on ozone change, to facilitate predictions of future concentrations and

Project enables Peruvian NGO to become fully-functioning regional training effects. Establishes three ozone and eleven UV-B monitoring stations as part of

centre which, among other activities, will develop program of emissions control the Global Ozone Observing System and supports associated training for sta-

for Lima. Emissions control workshops and study tours will build upon energy tions' operation well after project's termination.audits and efficiency demonstrations already conducted successfully.

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M IDDLE E AS T M IDDLE EAST M IDDLE E AS T& NORTH AFRICA & NORTH AFRICA & NORTH AFRICA

ALGERIA El Kala National Park and Wetlands Management MOROCCO Repowering of Power Plant Oil Pollution Management Project for theGEF Implementing Agency: World Bank GEE Implementing Agency: World Bank REGIONAL Southwest Mediterranean SeaTask Manager: Laurent Msellati Task Manager: Jorge Larrieu GEE Implementing Agency: World BankThis project will develop and implement a management plan for the National Repowering of an existing power plant with a second generation advanced corn- Task Manager: Fathi Ben-SlimanePark and wetland complex in the El Tarf Wilaya, including undertaking base-line bustion turbine, together with improvements in the quality of the materials and The project aims at: (a) reducing the input of hydrocarbons into the internation-studies, protected area management, natural resource use development, monitor- enhancement of the scheme's performance in the power generating system of al water of the Mediterranean; (b) ensuring commonality of approach, regulatorying and adaptive research, environmental education, institutional strengthening Morocco. Close monitoring of the project's impact and careful analysis of the find- policies, and methodologies; (c) promoting exchange of information and coordi-of the responsible organizations, and establishing a conservation fund for use by ings will help determine its wider applicability for use throughout the country. nation of implementation; (d) utilizing national data sets to assess long termNGOs and other local groups in relation to preservation of the environment. regional trends in marine pollution, both for national coastal waters and for

adjacent international waters; (e) enhancing the national monitoring capability;Community Based Rangeland Rehabilitation and (f) developing a coastal environmental management framework.EGYPT Lake Manzala Engineered Wetlands SUDAN for Carbon Sequestration and Biodiversity Associated Bank Projects: Algeria Third Ports Loan and Morocco

GEF ImplementingAgency: UNDP GEE ImplementingAgency UNDP Port Sector LoanTask Manager: Inger Andersen Thsk Manager: Lars Leander The Algeria Third Ports Loan is designed to improve investment planning andPoor quality of Nile waters threatens health and livelihood of millions in Egypt Carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation in region where drought and programming, operational efficiency and financial viability for Algerian ports.while polluting the Mediterranean. Project traps sediments and pollutants from overgrazing have had drastic effects. Project develops and implements commu- The Morocco Port Sector Loan consists of part of an earlier port sector invest-municipal, industrial, and agricultural sources, demonstrating efficacy of this nity- based land use and range management master plans, revegetates economi- ment program as well as institutional development to encourage policies foraffordable, relatively simple, and efficient technology. cally- sensitive areas, and tests several new techniques to rehabilitate rangeland. increasing productivity and improving planning

EGYPT Red Sea Coastal and Marine Resource Management TUNISIA Solar Water HeatingGEE Implementing Agency: World Bank GEF Implementing Agency: World BankTask Manager: Douglas I. Graham Task Manager: Lorenzo SavorelliThis project will support the development and implementation of policies, plans, The project will promote the commercialization of solar water heating technolo-and regulations that ensure that economic development in the Red Sea is consis- gy in the residential and tertiary sectors by conditioning the market for sustainedtent with sound environmental management to protect the shared marine penetration of the technology as a least-cost alternative under competitive mar-resources of the Red Sea coastal zone, Project components include institutional ket conditions.strengthening, development of public-private partnerships to ensure sustainableenvironmental management, data analysis and system monitoring. GLOBAL Support for Regional Oceans Training ProgrammesYEMEN Protection of Marine Ecosystems of the Red Sea Coast GEE Implementing Agency: UNDPIRAN Teheran Transport Emissions Reduction GEE Implementing Agency: UNDP Task Manager: Philip Reynolds

Task Manager: Sima Kanaan To increase capabilities and growth of regional contacts and communicationsGEE Implementing Agency: World Bank Project protects ecosystems important to fisheries and biodiversity through networks, this project establishes four regional centers - in Costa Rica, India,Task Manager: George Tharakan improving knowledge and monitoring of Yemen's Red Sea resources and their Fiji, and Senegal -that develop curricula and train scientists and officials fromThe study will identify least-cost short and long-term options for reducing use. Regional component of project involves Saudi Arabia and is implemented their respective regions. Participants in the training program jointly create inter-vehicular emissions in Teheran, based on an analysis of policy and technology in cooperation with UNEP. vention methodologies for later implementation in their countries of origin.constraints, and will suggest specific actions which could be taken to overcomethose constraints.

Regional Strategy for Reduction Global Change System forREGIONAL of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Arab States GLOBAL Analysis, Research and Training (START)JORDAN Conservation of the Dana and Azraq Protected Areas GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP GEImlenigAnc:UD

GEFImplementingAgency:WorldUBan

GEE Implementing Agency: UNDP Task Manager: Inger Andersen Task Manager: Philip ReynoldsTask Manager: Abdalla Odeh Project takes regional approach to increasing capacity for meeting Climate START is a system of regional research networks being developed by scientificProject provides support for environmental management at two key protected Change Convention objectives, focusing initially on the Maghreb. Identifies and organizations to build capacity in the climate change field, collect and analyzeareas and enables NGO po initiate similar initiatives elsewhere in the country and strengthens capacities of selected regional and sub-regional organizations, devel- regional data, and incorporate this data into global modeling efforts. This pro-to provide environmental education to all segments of Jordanian society. The ups indigenous capacity to independently identify cost-effective greenhouse gas ject focuses on Southeast Asia and Northern Africa as pilot regions for develop-World Bank will be involved as cooperating agency in Dana portion of project. strategies, seeks to leverage private sector investments, and builds on national ing region-specific methodologies, establishing regional networks for globalprograms to develop data of greenhouse gas sources and sinks, change research, and laying the foundation for regional research centres.

13

GEF PROJECT DESCRIPTIONSGLOBAL GLOBAL GLOBAL

GLOBAL Climate Change Capacity Building GLOBAL Program for Measuring Incremental

(aas,China, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, GLOBAL Costs for the Environment (PRINCE)

GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP Guinea,_Jordan,_Lebanon,_Madagascar,

Task Manager: Philip Reynolds Guia, orn, eban, M adaas a, GEF Implementing Agency: GEF Secretariat

Project facilitates national dialogues on Convention-related measures and sup- Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, of Biodiversity Country Studies, Advisor: Diip Ahuja

ports follow-up design programs to ensure continuing cooperation in three pilot Poland, Rwanda, Syria and Thailand) incemental of atpe program sec tor andecoun le

countries: Zimbabwe, Vietnam and Lithuania. Sponsors national workshops,

supports local institutions in developing policy options, and assists with GEE Implementing Agency: UNEP for the four GEF focal areas. The program will analyze the incentive structure,

exchange of Convention-related information such as materials on technical and Task Manager: Hamdallah Zedan operational implications and the internal consistency of incremental cost and

financing cooperation. Project approved in June 6/94. Country studies expected to commence 1/95. financing policies.Propject document awaiting signature from Madagascar. Requests from Georgia

GLOBAL Alternatives to Slash and Burn Research Initiatives and Tunisia received, negotiations on-going. Further countries have expressed_______________________________________________ interest in undertaking studies and discussions underway. GLOBAL GEF Small Grants Programme

GEF Implementing Agency: UNDPTask Manager: Philip Reynolds Tas man g Pee ae D

A joint effort by institutions at eight benchmark sites, this project seeks to GLOBALexpand knowledge of sustainable alternatives to slash and burn agriculture. (China, Costa Rica, Gambia, Morocco, UNDP administers the GEF Small Grants Programme on behalf of the three GEF

Activities include standardizing methodologies, assessing biophysical and socio- Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Senegal, Country Case Studies on Sources partner agencies. The program supports grassroots action that addresses global

economic characteristics, enhancing scientists' capacity, analyzing the impact of Tanzania, Uganda, and Venezuela) and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases environmental problems. A key challenge in this effort is to identify community-

slash and burn, and increasing international awareness of alternatives. based approaches that are relevant to people's daily lives and needs, while at theGEE Implementing Agency: UNEP same time making a real contribution to the four GEF priority areas. The Small

Task Manager: Michael Short Grants Programme is operational in approximately 30 countries. TO date, more

GLOBAL Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases Including Ozone The project will carry out comprehensive inventories of greenhouse gas sources than 125 projects around the world have been approved for funding, with many

_____________________________________________________________ and sinks. This will assist in evaluating activities, technology and policy options more in development or under review. Grants of up to $50,000 are awarded by

GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, local selection committees on a competitive basis to community groups, NGOs

Task Manager: Philip Reynolds and NGO networks.

This project establishes key stations where data needed for scientific assessment

can be collected and analyzed. Activities include surveying potential sites, arrang- GLOBAL Global Biodiversity Assessment Capacity Building and infrastructure:

ing means of local collaboration, facilitating construction, procuring equipment, Participation in the Assessment, Methodology

training staff, evaluating data, and provision of data to world knowledge bases. GEE Implementing Agency: UNEP Development and other Activities of theTask Manager: Ivar Baste GLOBAL Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

GLOBAL Research Programme on Methane Emission from Rice Fields This project will provide an independent, critical, peer-reviewed, scientific anal-sis of the current issues, theories and views regarding the main global aspects of GEE Implementing Agency: UNEP

GEE Implementing Agency: UNDP biodiversity. The assessment will examine the current status of knowledge, iden- Task Manager: Renate Christ

Task Manager: Philip Reynolds tify gaps, identify critical scientific issues and draw attention to the issues where This project will enhance the capacity of developing countries to assess causes,

Project seeks to quantify impact of different rice growing ecosystems on methane there isa consensus of views amongst scientists and where there are conflicting impacts and the economics of climate change, to develop response strategies to

emission and improve knowledge of processes that control methane fluxes from viewpoints. The main output will be a comprehensive report that should mitigate global warming and to adapt to climaie change. It will ensure that the

flooded rice. Promising mitigation options will be evaluated in collaboration become a standard scientific reference work, specific experiences and the concerns of developing countries are reflected in the

with developing countries and farmers, and experiences will be shared among IPCC assessment. The IPCC scientific and technical assessments will support the

project participants. Biodiversity Data Management UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

GLOBAL Capacitation and Networking

GLOBAL (10 countries to be selected) Biodiversity Information

(Bahamas, Costa Rica, Guyana, Indonesia, GLOBAL Small and Medium Scale Private Sector Enterprise Fund

Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Solomon Islands, Support for the Preparation GEE Implementing Agency: UNEP

Thailand and Uganda) of Biodiversity Country Studies Task Manager: Paul Chabeda GEE Implementing Agency: IFC [World BankThis project will assist developing countries to plan and organize the manage- Task Manager: Dana Younger

GEE Implementing Agency: UNEP ment of their biodiversity data compiled through the implementation of the This project establishes a $4 million umbrella fund designed to stimulate greater

Task Manager: Hamdallah Zedan Country Studies among other sources. The project will strengthen the capabili- involvement of private small and medium scale enterprises in GEF-eligible activi-

This project will enhance the capacity of developing countries to assess the status ties of these countries through the transfer of appropriate and relevant method- ties. The project will build on lFC's experience with private sector project

of their biodiversity and to identify, at the country level, the basic needs for effec- ologies, technologies and skills in data management as a contribution to the financing, financial and other intermediaries, and regional project development

tive conservation and rational use of national biodiversity at a desired level. It national capacity building process. facilities.

will also help to identify the necessary supportive measures and costs to meet

those needs, as well as the benefits associated with the implementation of thesemeasures.

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EF PROJECT STATUS REPORT - November 1994GEF Entry

Implementing Executing Associated into Work Approval Total GEF Share

Country Project Name/Number Agency Agency Participation Program Date t Duration Cost of Cost Co-financing ft Status

FR IC A

Burkina Optimizing Biological UNDP Govt of 12/92 9/94 5 years $2.5 $2.5 None Draft Project Document under review in country.Faso Diversity Within Wildlife Burkina Faso

Ranching SystemsBKF/93/G31

Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation World Bank Govt. Ministry of WCS, WWF-US, 5/93 3/95 3 years $12.4 $6.0 $1.5 (BMZ) $1.2 Project Document in preparation.& Management the Environment Birdlife Int'l, (Cooperation Francaise), In 7/24 Council approved a $1 million increase3CAMGE0OI & Forestry COPAD, PVO- $1.9(Netherlands) to GEF contribution.

NRMS, $0.7 (Birdlife Int'l/ODS)RONGEC $0.1 (European Union)

Congo Wildlands Protection and World Bank Govt. Ministry of WCS, IUCN 5/91 12/92 4 years $13.8 $10.0 $2.2 (USAID), Grant effective 10/93. Political instability hasManagement 3COBGEOO Economy, Finance $0.2 (Howlettes/ hampered start-up. Site management plans now inTF28622 and Planning Port Lympne Foundation), preparation.

$0.8 (GTZ)

Cote Control of Aquatic Weeds UNDP CIAPOL 12/92 8/94 6 years $3.0 $3.0 None Still awaiting revised Project Document from consultantd'lvoire to Enhance/Restore (Centro Ivorien incorporating full technical design and comments from

Biodiversity IVC/93/G31 Anti-Pollution) the in-country PAC regarding execution.

Ethiopia A Dynamic Farmer-Based UNDP Govt of Farmers associa- 12/92 2/94 3 years $2.5 $2.5 $1.0 Implementation starting.Approach to the Conser- Ethiopia tions & local com- being soughtvation of African Plant Genetic munities; PlantResources ETH/93/G31 Genetic Resource

I_ Centre/Ethiopia

Gabon Conservation of Biodiversity UNDP UNDP-OPS WWF 5/91 1/94 3 years $1.0 $1.0 None Contract with implementing agency in preparationthrough Effective International by OPS.Management of WildlifeTrade GAB/92/G31

Ghana Coastal Wetlands World Bank Govt. Ministry Royal Society for 12/91 8/92 5 years $8.3 $7.2 $0.6 (IDA) Grant effective 3/93. Ramsar sites surveyed & registeredManagement of Lands & the Protection of with convention. Baseline resource surveys underway.3GHAGEOOI* Natural Resources, Birds, Wildlife ClubsTF28619 Dept. of Game of Ghana

and Wildlife

Kenya Tana River World Bank Kenya CARE-Kenya, YWCA, 5/91 1/95 $6.2 $6.2 None Ongoing discussions with local communities onPrimates Wildlife IUCN, National participation aspects.3KENGE001 Service Museums of Kenya,

East AfricanWildlife Society

Malawi SADC Lake World Bank Malawi Fisheries Malawi Wildlife 12/91 11/94 4 years $5.0 $5.0 None Negotiated 9/94.Malawi/Nyasa Dept, Southern Society, WWFBiodiversity Conservation Africa Develop-3MALGE001 ment Community

Fisheries Unit

Mauritius Ecological Restoration UNDP Govt of Mauritius Herba- 5/93 9/94 5 years $0.2 $0.2 None Project Document in preparation.of Highly Degraded and Mauritius rium, MauritiusThreatened Native Forests Wildlife AppealMAR/93/G31 Fund, IUCN,

Jersey WildlifePreservation Trust

*Associated woth a reular To be determined f UNDP date based on management approva by Proramnme Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tt"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-project of the Horld ank. by the Chief of Fund Programme Management Branch; World Bank based on approval by Regional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.ee Project Descriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF EntryImplementing Executing Associated into Work Approval Total GEF Share

Country Project Name/Number Agency Agency Participation Program Date t Duration Cost of Cost Co-financing tf Status

Mozambique Trans-Frontier World Bank National Directorate Southern Africa 12/92 9/95 "$7.5 $5.0 $2.0 Pre-appraisal planned for 12/94,Conservation Areas for Forestry & Nature Foundation, being sought appraisal planned for 3/95.and Institutional Streng- Wildlife, Ministry WWFthening 3MOZGE001 of Agriculture

Seychelles Biodiversity Conservation World Bank Ministry of Seychelles 12/91 11/92 4 years $2.0 $1.8 None Grant effective 3/93. Implementation of all components& Marine Pollution Environment, Island proceeding satisfactorily.Abatement 3SEYGF001* Economic Planning Foundation(TF 28627) & External Relations

" Uganda Conservation of the World Bank Ministry of WWF, AWF, Wildlife 5/91 12/94 5 years $4.8 $4.0 $0.8 Negotiations complete. Grant approvalBwindi Impenetrable Tourism, Clubs of Uganda, (USAID) awaiting completion of resettlement plan.National Parks and the Wildlife and CARE-Uganda,Mgahinga Gorilla National Antiquities Institute of TropicalPark 3UANGE001 Forest Conservation

Zimbabwe Biodiversitv Conservation World Bank Govt. Dept. of WWF, Limpopo- 5/92 3/95 5 years $55.0 $4.8 $50 t.b.d. Detailed preparation underway.in Southeast Zimbabwe National Parks & Save Development Appraisal will follow restructuring of Dept.3ZIMGE002* Wildlife Mgt., Min- Committee of National Parks and Wildlife Management.

istry of Eviron-ment and Tourism

Regional East Africa - Institutional UNDP FAO AWE, EAWS, IRA, 5/91 3/92 4 years $10.0 $10.0 None Under implementation. Mid-term evaluation planned for(Kenya, Support to Protect IUSC, SADCC, 10/94. Comments on draft Terms of Reference from FAOTanzania, East African Biodiversity WCI, WCMC, being prepared. UNDP consultant being contacted.Uganda) RAF/92/G31 WCST, WWF

Regional Community Based World Bank Local IUCN, 12/92 2/95 5 years $11.7 $7.0 $2.6 (Belgium), Appraisal 7/94.(Burkina Natural Resource community local NGOs $1.3 (Germany)Faso, Cote and Wildlife wildlifedlvoire) Management management

3AFRGE001 groups

A SIA P A C IFICBhutan Trust Fund for World Bank Nature Conser- UNDP, WWF-US, 5/91 5/92 5 years $20.0 $10.0 $3.0 (bilat.) Under implementation. Trust Fund established & operating

Environmental vation Division WWF-Bhutan $7.0 (being successfully, but first year earnings below forecast.Conservation 8BHUGFOOI of the Forestry sought)(TF 28602) Department

Indonesia Biodiversity Collections World Bank Research & Arnold Arboretum 5/92 6/94 5 years $11.4 $7.2 None Signed 6/94. Implementation to begin shortly.41NSGE005 Development Harvard University,(TF 28657) Center for Royal Ontario

Biology of the Museum Toronto,Indonesian British MuseumInstitute of of Natural History

Sciences

Indonesia Conservation Strategies UNDP IUCN, Rhino 5/93 10/94 3 years $2.0 $2.0 Formulation completed. Under appraisal.and for Rhinos in Southeast Species SurvivalMalaysia Asia RAS/93/G31 Group, national/

regional NGOs tobe determinedduring projectformulation

*Associated with a regular * To be determined t UNDP date based on management approval b Pro amime Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tt"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-project of the World Bank. by the Chief of Fund Programme Management Branch World Bank based on approval by Regional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.See Project Descriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF EntryImplementing Executing Associated into Work Approval Total GEF Share

Country Project Name/Number Agency Agency Participation Program Date t Duration Cost of Cost Co-financing tt Status

Lao PDR Wildlife & Protected Areas World Bank National Office for IUCN 5/91 2/94 5 vars $203 $5.0 $5.6 Signed 6/94.Conservation 4LAOGEOO Nature Conservation (FINNIDA),(TF 286697) & Watershed $8.7 (IDA)

Management, Dept.of Forestry

Mongolia Development and Institution UNDP National Mongolian Academy 5/93 12/94 3 years $1.5 $1.5 Seven month preparatory assistance phase completedof a National Biodiversity of Sciences, Natural Phase 1 Phase 1 Document appraisal underway. H.Q. approval expecedConservation Plan University, IUCN, WHT, 12/94 with immediate implementation thereafterMON/93/G31 Russian Academy of

Science & Ecology, others

Nepal Biodiversity Conservation UNDP National Woodlands Mountain 12/91 7/93 5 years $8.4 $3.8 $4.6 Under implementation.in Nepal NEP/92/G31I Execution Institute, King Mahendra (Dutch/USAJI)

Dept. of Parks Trust (as designers& Forests & imple1tentors2/94wthimmediateimpleme

Papua Biodiversity Conservation UNDP UNDP-OPS F,National oiance 12/91 7/93 5 years $5.0 $5.0 None Full-scale implementation since 8/93.New and Resource Management of Non-GovernmentGuinea Programme PNG/92/G31 Agencies, Univ of PNG,

(P.A. PNG/93/G31 (main phase Fndn ofPeoplesof theS. Pacific, Melanesian

Eviron Fndn, morns

Philippines Conservation of Priority World Bank Dept. of Environ- WWF-US, PPRM, Green 5/91 5/94 8 years $22.8 $20.0 None Signed in Manila May 1994.Protected Areas ment & Natural ForumPhilippines, Associa4PHLGE003* Resources, NIPA, tion of Foundations, Com-(IF 28698; TF28699) INC. (NGO) munitvExtension &

consortium Resarchifor Development,Nature Crusaders of the

Phlippines,AWB

Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation & UNDP National/ IUCN 12/91 1/92 5 years $4.1 $4.1 None Under implementation.Protected Areas Management FAOSRI/92/G31

Vietnam Conservation Training UNDP National/OPS WWF, IUCN 5/91 1/92 5 years $3.0 $3.0 None Under implementation. Midterm review scheduled 2/95.and Biodiversity Action (as designersPlan VIE/91/G31 & implementors)

Regional South Pacific Biodiversity UNDP SPREP HWF,FoundationofSoth 5/91 1/93 5 years $10.0 $10.0 $3.6 Full-scale implementation started in 2/93.14 countries) Conservation Programme PalfiC blands, Australian (Australia) Multipartite review held in 8/94.RAS/91/G31 Coundl for Overseas Ad, Eniron

Defenders P&ic IsAliance ofNGs Greenpeace N7, others

UROPE

Belarus Biodiversity Protection World Bank Belarus Council UNESCO- 5/91 9/92 2.5 years $1.25 $1.0 None Under implementation.7BLSGEOOI (TF 28621) of Ministers of MAB

I_ _ Ecology ICzech Biodiversity Protection World Bank Govt. Ministry WWF, IUCN, 12/91 10/93 3 years $2.75 $2.0 $0.05 Effective 1/94.Republic 7CZEGE001 of Environment European Trust US Forest Semsuce,

(IF 28617) for Ecological $0.5Bricks, Czech Austrian Ecotind

Union of NatureConservation

*Associated with a regular To be determined t UNDP date based on management approval by Programme Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tt"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-project of the World Bank. by the Chief of Fund Programme Management Branch; World Bank based on approval by Regional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.ee Project Descriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF EntryImplementing Executing Associated into Work Approval Total GEF Share

Country Project Name/Number Agency Agency Participation Program Date t Duration Cost of Cost Co-financing tt Status

Poland Forest Biodiversitv World Bank Ministry of Karknosnjfe 5/91 12/91 3 years $6.2 $4.5 $0.3 Implementation proceeding successfully

Protection Environmental Foundation, (Denmark) as part of Transcarpathian network of projects.

7POLGE001 Protection, Natural Polish Academy

(F 21685) Resources& Forestry of Science

Romania Danube Delta Biodiversity World Bank Danube Delta IUCN, Friends 5/92 7/94 4 years $4.8 $4.5 None Signed 8/94.

7ROMGE001 Biosphere of the Delta,WWF-

(TF28660) Reserve Authority Romania, Int'lWaterfowl and

Wetlands BureauUNESCO MAB

Slovak Biodiversity Protection World Bank Govt. Dept. of WWF-Intl, IUCN 12/91 9/93 3 years $3.2 $2.3 $0.31 (MacArthur Implementation underway.

Republic 7SLKGE001 Nature & Landscape Slovak Union Foundation), $0.5

(F 28644) Conservation, Mini- of Nature (Austrian Ecofund)

stry of Environment

Turkey In-Situ Conservation of World Bank Govt. Ministries of Turkish Society 5/92 2/93 5 years $5.7 $5.1 None Under implementation.

Genetic Biodiversity Agriculture & Rural for the Protection7TURGE001/2 Affairs, Forestry of NatureTF28632 & Environment

Ukraine Transcarpathian World Bank Ministry of IUCN, UNESCO 12/91 7/93 2 years $0.58 $0.5 $0.01 (Mac- Under implementation.

Biodiversitv Protection Environment MAB, MacArthur Arthur Foundation)

7UKRGE001/2 (TF 28638) Protection Foundation

Ukraine Danube Delta Biodiversity World Bank Ministry of Friends of the Delta, 5/92 6/94 4 years $1.5 $1.5 None Effective 8/94.

7UKRGE001 Environmental Institute of Geoinfor-

IF 28654) Protection matics, Ukranian -Center of the Ecology

of the Sea.

Argentina Patagonian Coastal Zone UNDP UNDP-OPS Fundaction Patagonia 12/91 2/93 3 years $2.8 $2.8 None A workshop attended by provincial and federal government

Management Plan Natural, Wildlife Conserva- authorities was held in 5/94 to present project results and

ARG/92/G31 tion Society, Fundacion increase interprovincial collaboration for the development

Vida Silvestre Argentina, and future establishment of an integrated coastal manage-

ECOBIOS, Fundacion ment plan.Australis, Red Hemisferica

de Aves Playeras

Belize Sustainable Development & UNDP UNDP-OPS Belize Audubon Society, 12/91 2/93 5 years $3.0 $3.0 None New project coordinator in position 5/94. Second equipment

Management of Biologically Programme for Belize, procurement plan submitted. Offshore marine reserve post

Diverse Coastal Resources Wildlife ConservationSociety, and research station construction completed. Reserve ranger

BZE/92/G3I Coral Cay Conservation, and ranger in place. Decision for Coastal Management Unit

Smithsonian Institute, building initiated. Two proposed reserve management plans

DANIDA, USAID, ODA completed. Tripartite review scheduled for 1/95.

Bolivia Biodiversity Conservation World Bank National Fundacion Amigos de 5/92 11/92 6 years $8.4 $4.5 $3.9 Project implementation underway.

6BOLGE001 Environmental la Naturaleza, Instituto (Swiss

(IF 28620) Secretariat de Ecologica, Estacion DevelopmentBiologica del Beni, Corporation)

Nature Conservancy

Brazil Biodiversity Conservation World Bank Govt. Ministry IBAMA, FINEP, 5/91 6/95 $50.0 $30.0 None Appraisal expected 1/95.

Units of Environment Conservation Inter-

6BRAGE004* national, numerousBrazilian NGO's

*Associated with a re ular To be determined t UNDP date based on management approval by Programme Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tt"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-

project of the World Wank. by the Chief of Fund Programme Management Branc ; World Bank based on approval by Regional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.

See Project Descriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF EntryImplementing Executing Associated into Work Approval Total GEF Share

Country Project Name/Number Agency Agency Participation Program Date t Duration Cost of Cost Co-financing tt Status

Costa Conservation of Biodiversitv UNDP Govt. Ministry INBio, Fundacion 12/91 4/93 5 years $8.0 $8.0 None Tripartite review held 10/94. Inventories initiated,Rica and Sustainable Develop- of Environment Neotropica, others equipment purchase effected, subcontracting processesment of the La Amistad and to be determined initiated. Monitoring team to be identified to backstopOsa Conservation Areas project implementation.COS/92/G31

Cuba Protecting Biodiversity & UNDP Govt. ACC 12/91 7/93 3 years $2.0 $2.0 None Executing Agency converted to ministerial level.Establishing Sustainable Equipment purchase initiated. Tripartite reviewDevelopment of the Sabana- scheduled in 2/95.Camaguey RegionCUB/92/G31

Dominican Conservation and Manage- UNDP Govt SURENA CEBSE, Grupo 5/92 11/93 5 years $3.0 $3.0 None Project staff identified and contracted.Republic ment in the Coastal Zone Jaragua, Pronatura Subcontracting processes initiated. Organizationalof the Dominican Republic workshop to be held 10/94.DOM/92/G31

Ecuador Biodiversity Protection World Bank Ecuadorean Darwin Foundation, 5/92 5/94 5 years $8.7 $7.2 None Grant effective 7/94 and project implementation6ECUGEOO1 Institute of Corporacion Latinamericana underway.(IF 28700) Forestry, Natural para el Desarollo, Funda-

Areas & Wildlife cion Natura, The NatureConservancy, WCS

Guyana Programme for Sustainable UNDP Govt. DIEC 5/91 4/92 3 years $3.0 $3.0 None Tripartite review scheduled for 10/94.Forestry (Iwokrama Rain Forest)GUY/92/G31

Mexico Protected Areas Program World Bank Secretaria de Universidad Auto- 5/91 3/92 5 years $33.6 $25.0 None Under implementation.6MXCGE005* Desarollo noma Metropolitana,(TF 28604) Social (SEDESOL) Universidad Autonoma

de Campeche, UniversidadAutonoma de Pachuca

Peru Trust Fund for Parks World Bank Fondo Nacional IUCN, WWF, C1, Nature 12/91 12/94 5 years $20.0 $5.0 $1.5 (GTZ); Negotiations expected 11/94.and Protected Areas para las Areas Conservancy, Sociedad Peru- $0.67 (Canada)6PERGEOOI Protegidas ana de Derecho Ambiental, additional

por es Estado Sociedad Pachamama & donor financingnumerous other local NGOs being sought

Uruguay Conservation of Biodiversity UNDP Govt. Ministry CLAEH, CCU, 5/92 11/92 5 years $3.0 $3.0 None Tripartite review held 9/94. Ecological studies initiated.in the Eastern Wetlands of Environment CIVS, others Inter-sectoral commission reactivated to lead zoning.URU/92/G31 Alternative agricultural activities underway with small farmers

Regional Regional Strategies for the UNDP UNDP- 5/91 1/93 3 years $4.5 $4.5 None Tripartite review scheduled 11/94. National zoning work groupConservation and Sustainable OPS operating. National work groups on biodiversity formed and inManagement of Natural operation. Biodiversity and zoning institution networks esta-Resources in the Amazon blished to backstop project. National strategies for biodiver-RLA/92/G31/G32/G33 sity in preparation in six of the eight TCA countries,

Regional Biodiversity Conservation in UNDP Govt. Ministry of Fundacion Herencia Verde, 5/91 2/92 5 years 12.0 $9.0 $3.0 Multidisciplinary team of high level expertise identified tothe Choco Region Environment (COL) - ECOFONDO, Asociacion (Switzerland- backstop the project during critical moments of implementa-COL/92/G31 Govt. INRENARE Ecologica del Choco, Fundacion allocated tion. Terms of reference and preparator activities for thePAN/94/G31 (PAN i Habla-cribe, ASDES, Fundacion exclusively project's first independent evaluation to'be cotcluded inCanalete, CENIPACIFICO, Fund- for Colombian 1/95 are being finalized. Resotrce manageet plan elaboratedacion Sensema,Buenaventura component of and proposed to government for the Choco.

project)

*Associated with a regular * To be determined t UNDP date based on management approval by Programme Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tf"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-project of the World Bank. by the Chief of Fund Programme Management Branch; World Bank based on approval by Regional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.ee Project Descriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF EntryImplementing Executing Associated into Work Approval Total GEF Share

Country Project Name/Number Agency Agency Participation Program Date t Duration Cost of Cost Co-financing ft Status

I D~ - -E, A

gena Fl Kala National Park World Bank Ministry of Agri- 5/91 4/94 4 years $11.5 $9.2 None Grant effective 9/94.

and Wetlands Management culture, National5ALGGE001 Conservation Agen-

(TF 28641) cy, El Tarf Wilaya

Egypt Red Sea Coastal & World Bank Tourism Development UNEP 5/92 11/92 3 years $5.73 $4.75 None Grant effective 8/94 following delinking from associated

Marine Resource Authority, Egyptian Bank loan.

Management Environmental5EGTGEOO1 Affairs Agency,(TF 28628) Red Sea Governate

Jordan Conservation of the UNDP Govt of Jordan Royal Society for 5/92 5/93 3 years $6.3 $6.3 None Under implementation.

Dana & Azraq Protected the ConservationAreas JOR/92/G31 of Nature

Global Support for the Prep- UNEP UNEP National 12/91 3/92 36 $5.8 $5.0 $0.8 1st tranche of studies under implementation.

Bahamas Cni, aration of Biodiversity Biodiversity Months (UNEP) With the exception of Goyana and Peru, all reports

tIlomia, Costa Country Studies Institutions, have been completed. 2nd tranche of studies using

Rica,(uba,Egipt FP/CP/6105-92-02 National revised guidelines underway for Bahamas, Egypt, ana,

Ghana, (uinc, (PP 2991) Scientific Jordan, Morocco, Mozambi ue, Nigeria, Papua New

Camana, Indonsid, pOrganizations, Guinea, Poland, Philippines & Thailand. Projects awaiting

ordan, Lebano 'MC, WRI, signature from China, Namibia, Peru, and Syria. Agreements

ord, liebano IUCN for Colombia, Guinea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Cuba and Rwanda

1IOICCO, \107- have not been finalized.

ambique, Nannaa,Nigeria, PapuNe&, Gainea, Peru.Philippines Poland,Randa, SolomonIslands, Sna,

glhailand, Ugandal.I

Global Support for the UNEP UNEP National 12/92 6/94 21 months $2.0 $2.0 None Project approved in 6/94. Country studies expected

(Georgia, Preparation of Biodiversity Biodiversity to commence 1/95. Project Document awaitin signature

Madagascar, Country Studies, Phase Institutions, from Madagascar. Requests from Georgia an uisia

Tunisia) Two F/GF/0301-94-11 National received, negotiations ongoing. Further countriesScientific have expressed interst in undertaking studies and

Organizations, discussions underway.W CMC,

WRI, IUCN

Global Global Biodiversity UNEP UNEP ICSU, IUCN, WRI, 12/92 5/93 23 months $3.1 $3.0 $0.1 The GBA will be sent for publishing in June/July 1995

Assessment GF6105-93-01 WWF and other UNEP and will be ready for distribution later that year.relevent organiza- Environment

tions in the Fundglobal scientific

community

Global Biodiversity Data Manage- UNEP UNEP and WCMC, IUCN, 12/92 6/94 36 months $4.0 $4.0 None Project approved 6/94. Expert meeting held 5/94.

(10 countries ment Capacitation and selected ETI, Cl, TNC, Consultative Workshop on Implementation held 10/94.

to be selected) Networking Biodiversity country ERIN, CBIC,Information representatives Birdlife

GF/0301-94-06 International

I_ - - - -

Associated with ar l To be determined t UNDP date based on management approval by Proramme Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tt"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-

project of te Worldeank. by the Chief of Fund Programme Management Branc ; World Bank based on approval by Regional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.

Se Project Descriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF EntryImplementing Executing Associated into We Approval Total GEF Share

Country I Project Name/Number I Agency Agency Participation Program Date t Duration Cost of Cost Co-financing tt StatusA F R I C A

Benin Village-Based Carbon UNDP Govt of Benin UNSO, OPS, 12/92 7/93 4 years $2.5 $2.5 None Project under implementationSequestration BEN/93/G31 village

associations

Cote d'Ivoire Crop Waste Power World Bank Dept. of None 12/92 2/95 $40.0 $5.0 Being Project Document in preparation.3IVCGE001' Energy negotiatedMali Household Energy World Bank Govt. Ministryof Mines, 12/92 3/95 5 years $10.5 $2.5 $3.0 (Netherlands) Negotiations planned for 11/94.3MLIGE001* Hydraulics & Energy, $1.2 (GTZ),

Ministry of Agriculture, $2.3 (France),Animal Husbandry & $0.9(FAC)

Envionment

Mauritania Wind Electric Power for UNDP Govt of Alizes; GRET 12/92 6/94 5 years $4.0 $2.0 $2.0 Project implementation expected to start 10/94.Social and Economic Mauritania (Groupe de Rech- being soughtDevelopment erche et d'EchangesMAU/93/G31 Technologiques)

Mauritius Sugar Bio-Energy World Bank Mauritius Sugar Mauritius Sugar 5/91 2/92 5 years $55.1 $3.3 $15.0 (IBRD) Grant effective 12/93. Implementation of allTechnology 3MTSGEO0I* Authority, Union Producers' Associ- $23.1 (Foreign) components underway.(TF 28603) St. Aubin Sugar ation, MauritiusFactory, Central Chamber ofElectricity Board Agriculture

Tanzania Electricity, Fuel and Fertilizer UNDP Govt of Univ. of Dar es 5/93 12/93 3 years $3.9 $2.5 $1.4 Project under implementation.from Municipal Waste in Tanzania Salaam, (DANIDA)Tanzania: A Demonstration HABITAT,Biogas Plant for Africa CAMARTEC,URT/93/G31 City Council

Zimbabwe Photovoltaics for UNDP UN Dept. for Community 5/91 2/92 5 years $7.0 $7.0 None Project under implementation.Household and Community Dev. Support development Independent evaluation mission sent 7/94.Use ZIM/92/G31 & Mgmt. Services associations

(DDSMS)

Regional Building Capacity in Sub- UNDP ENDA, 12/92 8/94 2 years $2.0 $2.0 None Project Document being finalized for presentation to(Ghana, Saharan Africa to Respond & others HQ PRC early 11/94. Execution modalitiesKenya, to the UN Framework being negotiated.Mali, Convention on ClimateZimbabwe) Change RAF/93/G31

Regional West Africa: Control of UNDP LBTP, ENSTP 12/92 10/94 3 years $3.5 $3.5 $1.0 Execution modalities being discussed.(Cote divoire, Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Cote d'lvoire); (France)Senegal) through Energy Efficient CEREEQ,Building Technology ENSUT, EPTRAF/93/G32 (Senegal)

China Development of Coal-bed UNDP UN Dept. for Mining commun- 5/91 4/92 3 years $10.0 $10.0 None Under implementation.Methane Resources Dev. Support ities in 3 provinces;CPR/92/G31 & Mgmt. Fushan, Chongquing

Services & X'ian ResearchIndustries

China Issues and Options in UNDP World Bank Chinese Academy 5/91 1/92 2 years $2.0 $2.0 None Final report being finalized.Greenhouse Gas Emissions of SciencesControl CPR/91/G32

*Associated with a regular " To be determined t UNDP date based on management approval by Programme Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tf"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-project of the World Bank. by the Chief of Fund Programme Management Branch; World Bank based on approval by Regional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.See Project Descriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF EntryImplementing Executing Associated into Work Approval Total GEF Share

Country Project Name/Number Agency Agency Participation Program Date t Duration Cost of Cost Co-financingtt Status

L China Sichuan Gas Transmission World Bank Sichuan None 5/92 3/94 6 years $122.7 $10.0 $53.0 (IBRD) Approved by Bank management 3/94.

& Distribution Rehabili- PetroleumZ tation 4CHAGE003* Administration

(TF 28693)

India Optimizing Development UNDP Govt. MNES 12/91 1/94 5 years $7.5 $7.5 See "Status" The Project has leveraged an additional in-cash contribu-

of Small Hydel Resources tion of approximately $7.0 million from the Government

WJ in the Hilly Regions of India. Project document signed 5/94.

IND/92/G31 __Under implementation.

India Bio-energy from Industrial, UNDP Govt. MNES 5/92 1/94 3 years $5.5 $5.5 See "Status" Project has leveraged an additional in-cash contribution

Municipal & Agricultural of approximately $4.55 million from the Government of

Waste IND/92/G32 India. Project document signed 5/94.

India Cost-effective Options for UNDP World Bank NGOs expected to be 5/93 12/94 2 years $1.5 $1.5 None Under formulation. Draft Project Document being

Limiting Greenhouse Gas involved in project reviewed by Government.

Emissions IND/93/G31 design, development& implementation

India Alternate Energy World Bank Indian Renewable Indian Renewable 12/91 11/92 7 years $430.0 $26.0 $100 (IDA), Grant effective 4/93. Wind energy component fully

8INDGE001 Energy Energy Manu- $75 (IBRD) subscribed. First two PV investments ready for

(TF 28633) Development facturers' Assoc. $4 (Switzerland) appraisal by end 1994.

Agency $50 (DANIDA)

Pakistan Fuel Efficiency in the Road UNDP Government National Transport 5/92 11/94 3 years $7.0 $7.0 None Project being appraisedll/94.

Transport Sector Research Centre, local

PAK/92/G3I vehicle maintenance &repair workshop owners

Pakistan Waste-to-Energy Lahore World Bank Metropolitan 5/92 5/95 5 years $25.0 $11.0 " Project appraisal scheduled for 1/95.

Landfill Gas Extraction Corporationand Use 8PAKGE001 Lahore I

Philippines Leyte-Luzon World Bank Philippines None 5/91 5/94 5 years $1,333.6 $30.0 $170.0 0-Exim), Grant approved 5/94.

Geothermal National $39.0 (Sweden), Associated Bank loan approved by board 6/94.

4PHLGE004* Oil Co. & $227.0 (tBR)

(TF 28649) National Power $13 .3 (ongoingloan)Corp. (NPC) $100.0 (ECO)

Thailand Promotion of Electricity World Bank Electricity International 12/91 4/93 5 years $189.0 $9.5 $6.0 (Australia), Under implementation.

Energy Efficiency Generating Institute for $25.0 (OECF)

4THLGE004* Authority Energy

(TF 28637) of Thailand Conservation

Regional Asia Least Cost UNDP OPS\AsDB NGOs/Research 12/91 8/93 2 years $9.5 $9.5 $3.5 million Project Document signed by UNDP and ADB.

2 countries Greenhouse Gas Abatement Institutes consulted (Australia) Regional Coordinator being identified.

Strategies RAS/92/G33 in all countries & Project launching meeting being prepared.

expected to be membersof national SteeringCommittee during

project implementation

*Associated with a lar To be determined t UNDP date based on management approval by Programme Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tt"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-

project of the World ank. by the Chief of Fund Programme Management Branc ; World Bank based on approval by Regional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.

See Project Descriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF EntryImplementing Executing Associated into Work Approval Total GEF ShareCountry Project Name/Number Agency Agency Participation Progam Date t Duration Cost of Cost Co-financingtt Status

Poland Coal-to-Gas World Bank Bank for Environ- Polish Foundation 12/91 10/94 6 years $48.3 $25.0 $1.0 (Norway) RVP approval expected 10/94.Conversion mental Protection for Energy7POLGE002* (EcoBank)

Russia Gas Distribution World Bank Govt. Ministry Social Ecological 12/92 10/94 5 years $200.7 $3.2 $153.0 (11RD), Negotiated 7/94Rehabilitation and of Fuels Union (2 years for $4.6 (bilateralEnergy Efficiency & Energy GEF com- sources),7RUSGE001* ponent

Brazil Biomass Integrated UNDP Govt. SST Public & Private 12/91 9/92 2.5 years $7.7 $7.7 None Tripartite Review scheduled for 11/94.Gasification/Gas Turbine Sector ConsortiumBRA/92/G31

Chile Reduction of Greenhouse UNDP Govt. CONAMA 12/92 10/94 2 years $1.7 $1.7 None Programme Review Committee scheduled for 10/94.Gases CHI/93/G31 (tentative) Implementation to be initiated in 1/95.Costa Rica Tejona Wind Power Inter-American Instituto None 12/92 12/93 5.5 years $38.9 $3.3 $30.9 (IDB) Signed 1/94.7960C-CR* Development Costarricense

(GT-4420-CR) Bank de Electricidad(World Bank)

Jamaica Demand Side Management World Bank Jamaica Public Rockefeller 5/9 3 3/94 5 years $12.5 $3.8 $4.0(IDB',$0.21 Grant effective 8/94.Demonstration Service Co., Foundation, RockefelerFoundatoni, Project implementation underway.6JAMGEOO1 Demand Side Conservation Law $0.15(Canadian Trust(TF 28695) Management Foundation, Jamaica Fud)

Unit Environmental TrustMexico High Efficiency Lighting World Bank Comision Federal Int'l Institute for Energy 12/91 3/94 3 years $23.0 $10.0 $3.0 (Norway) Signed 6/94.Pilot 6MXCGE004 de Electricidad Conservation, American

(TF 28694) Council for an EnergyEfficient Economy

Peru Technical Assistance to UNDP UN Dept for Dev CENERGIA 12/91 11/92 3 years $0.9 $0.9 None Now under implementation. Energy audits have been con-Centre for Energy Support & (Centre for ducted at four major industrial sites. A regional seminar onConservation Mgmt Serv Energy energy efficiency and equipment use has been organized.PER/92/G31 Conservation) Two national energy saving campaigns have been launched.Project will finish implementation in early 95.

Iran Teheran Transport World Bank Teheran None 5/92 10/93 3 years $4.0 $2.0 None Under implementation.Emissions Reduction Municipality5IRNGEOOI (TF28642)

Morocco Repowering of World Bank Organization None 12/92 9/94 3 years $38.0 $6.0 OECF co-finan- RVP approval 9/94.Power Plant National cing sought5MYCGE002 de l'Electricite

Sudan Community Based Range- UNDP Govt of Sudan Sedentary and 12/92 8/94 5 years $1.5 $1.5 None Implementation now starting.land Rehabilitation for nomadic Project Document signed 10/94.Carbon Sequestration and communityBiodiversity SUD/93/G31 groups

*Associated with a regular To be determined U UNDP date based on management approval by Programme Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tt"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-oject of the World Bank. by the Chief of Fund Programme Management Branch; World Bank based on approval by Regional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.See Project Descriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF EntryImplementing Executing Associated into Work pproval Total GEF Share

Country Project Name/Number Agency Agency Participation Program Date t Duration Cost of Cost Co-financingtt Status

Tunisia Solar Water Heating World Bank Agence pour la 5/93 1/95 10 years $27.7 $4.0 $3.3 Negotiations planned for 10/94.

5TUNGE002 Maitrise de (Belgium)

L'Energie

Regional Regional Strategy for UNDP UNDP-OPS l obe 5/93 9/94 3 years $2.5 $2.5 None Project approved by PRC 9/94 and sent to UNDP Country

Reduction of Greenhouse identified Offices for Governments' signature. Upon signature

Gas Emissions in Arab implementation will start.

States RAB/93/G31

Global Research Programme on UNDP UNDP-OPS IRRI 5/91 1/92 5 years $5.0 $5.0 None Under implementation at sites in China, India, Indonesia,

Methane Emissions from Philippines and Thailand.

Rice FieldsGLO/91/G31

Global Monitoring of Greenhouse UNDP World None 5/91 10/92 5 years $6.0 $4.8 $1.2 Under implementation. Monitoring stations being

Gases Including Ozone Meterological established in Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, China,

GLO/91/G32 Organization Indonesia and Kenya.

(WMO)

Global Country Case Studies on UNEP UNEP ACN 12/91 7/92 23 months $6.4 $4.7 $1.7 Project ander implementation in nine countries (Costa Rica,

(China, Costa Sources and Sinks of and others (OECD/IPCC, Gambia, Morocco, Nigeria, Poland, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda,

Rica, Gambia, Greenhouse Gases us, and Venezuela). Agreement drafted for Mexico Proposal for China

Morocco, GF/4102-92-01 (PP/3011) Netherlands) submitted, and awaiting agreement. Brazil Amazonian sub-

Mexico, project dropped. Received final reports from Uganda, Senegal and

Nigeria, draft final report from Tanzania. Drafts from Gambia and Poland

Polanld, expected 12/94. Four regional workshops held (Latin America in Brazil,

Senegal, Eastern Europe in Slovak Republic, Africa in Kenva, Asia in Thailand).

Tanania,Pganda, &VenezuelaGlobal Global Change System for UNDP UNDP-OPS None 5/92 5/93 44 months $7.0 $7.0 None Under implementation. Southeast Asia Secretariat

Analysis, Research & established in Thailand. Northern African Secretariat

'Training (STfART) being set up in Ghana.

GLO/92/G31IRLA/92/G34 _________ _____

Global Climate Change Clapacitv UNDP UN$P-OPS None 5/93 1/94 15 months $0.9 $0.9 None Now under implementation. Initial workshops have been

Building held in Vietnam, Zimbabwe, and Lithuania.

GLO/93/G3]US, andVenezuela)Agreeme Independent evaluation 10/94.

Global Alternatives to Slash and UNDP UNDP-OPS WRI & v11/93 12 months $3a0 $3.0 None Now under implementation at initial pilot sites in

Burn Research Initiatives local Nfin Indonesia, Brazil and Cameroon.

GLO/93/G32 I______ I_______________________

Global Capacity Building and Infra- UNEP IPCC Word 79 8/94 12 months $2.8 $2.8 To be requested Now under implementation.

structure in the Assessment, Secretariat Meterolgia from other

Methodology Development OrganrofoTzi sources for

and other Activities of the rWMO continuation of

Intergovern mental Panel on activities in

Climate Change IPCC) 1995

~Associated with a regular To be determined tUNDP date based on management approval b Proffamine Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tt"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-

project of the World ank. by the Chief of Fond Programme Management Zranc~ World Bank based on approval by Regional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.

See Project Descriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF EntryImplementing Executing Associated into Work Approval Total GEF ShareCountry Project Name/Number Agency Agency Participation Program Date t Duration Cost of Cost Co-financingtt Status

Regional Water Pollution Control UNDP UNIDO NOAA & 12/91 10/93 4 years 6.0 $6.0 S0.5 in kind Authorization to start implementation being prepared.(Benin, and Biodiversity Conservation UNEP contribution Awaiting revised budget from UNIDO.Cameroon, in the Gulf of Guinea Large from NOAA;Cote dIvoire, Marine Ecosystem

iber co-fnancingGhana, RAF/92/G34 to be determined

Regional Pollution Control and UNDP UNDP- National and inter- 12/91 10/93 5 years $10.0 $60.0 None Execution starting. Shortlisted potential impleenreptingBurandi, Other Measures to Protect OPS national scientific institutions being invited to tender by OPS.Tanzania, Biodiversity in Lake and technical organZambia, Tangantika RAF/92/G32 izations; academicZaire) institutions; NGOs

China Ship Waste Disposal World Bank 6 Chinese Port None 5/91 5/92 4 years $64.8 $30.0 $15.0 (IDA) Under implementation.4CHAGE004* Authorities(TF 28613)

Regional Prevention and Management UNDP IMO WWF/Research 12/91 7/93 7 years $8.0 $8.0 $3.4 (Australia) Under implementation since 11/93.(9 countres) of Marine Pollution in the Institutes/Universities/East Asian Seas RAS/92/G32 National NGOS &(PA., RAS/92/G34 (main phase) Private Industry Council

Regional Environmental Management UNDP UNDP-OPS WWF 5/91 5/92 4 years $8.5 $8.5 $23.5 A detailed workplan for institutional development is(1 Icountries) in the Danube River Basin Green Danube being circulated among project participants. A group hasRER/91/G31 Project, been formed to draft a Strategic Action Plan. A workshopNGO Danube involving 25 Danube River Basin NGOs was held

Forum 2/94 in Romania.Regional Environmental Management UNDP UNDP-OPS Consultations,6ith 5/92 12/92 3 years $31.6 $9.3 $18.1 A programme coordination unit was opened(6 countries) & Protection of the Georgia Greens, in Istanbul in 2/94. A workplan proposed by theBlack Sea RER/93/G31 Danube Forum, program coordinator has been approved

Friends of the Earth by project participants.International (East),National Ecological

Centre of theUkraine, others

Regional OECS Ship Waste Disposal World Bank Organization 12/92 3/95 5 years $53.4 $14.0 $7.2(IBRD$8.9DBj Appraisal mission completed 2/94.6CRBGE002* of Eastern Carib- $5.0t00$6.508bean States

Regional Wider Caribbean Initiative World Bank International None 5/93 6/94 3 years $5.5 $5.5 None Grant effective 9/94.for Ship-Generated Maritime OrgWaste 6CRBGEOO1(TF 28653)

*Associated with a regular * To be determined t UNDP date based on management approval by Prog amme Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tt"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-roject of the World Bank. by the Chief of Fund Programme Management Branch; World Bank based on approval by Regional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.See rxproject IDescriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF Entry

Implementing Executing Associated into Wor Approval Total GEF Share

Country Project Name/Number Agency Agency Participation Program Date t Duration cost of Cos ofnnigtSau

M IDD LE E A ST & N O RT H A FR IC A

Egypt Lake Manzala Engineered UNDP Govt of Egypt To be 12/92 10/93 3 years $11.3 $4.5 $6.63 Project Document drafted. Co-financing being actively

Wetlands EGY/93/G31 OUDA identified sought and Project Document signature will depend onthe outcome of the co-financing negotiations.

Yemen Protection of Marine UNDP Government Yemen 5/92 4/93 3 years $2.8 $2.8 None Following normalization of situation in Yemen,

Ecosystems of the Red of Yemen Environmental project start-up re-initiated.

Sea Coast Protection Society

YEM/92/G31

Regional Oil Pollution Management World Bank Ministry of Trans- None 5/92 4/94 7 years $20.0 $6.9 (Algeria), None Three Grant Agreements signed and effective 5/94.

(Algeria, Project for the Southwest port Algeria, Office $5.6 (Morocco),

Morocco, Mediterranean Sea d'Exploitation des $5.8 (Tunisia)

Tunisia) 5ALGGE002' 5MYCGE 001' Ports Morocco), Office5TUNGE001 (TF 28650) des Ports Nationaux(TF 28651) (IF 28652) Tunisiens Tunisial

Global Support for Regional Oceans UNDP UNDP-OPS International 12/91 10/92 30 months $5.2 $2.6 $1.3 (101); Under implementation. Regional centers established in

Training Programmes Ocean Institute $1.3 (govts) Fiji, India, Costa Rica and Senegal.

GLO/91/G33 7

* Czech Phaseout of Ozone World Bank Ministry of Association of Air Con- 12/92 8/94 2 years $2.3 $2.3 None RVP approval 8/94.

Republic Depleting Substances Environment ditioning &Refigera-7CZEGE002 (TF28661) ton Technicians

Regional Monitoring and Research UNDP World 5/93 6/94 2 years $1.9 $1.9 None Advanced authorization approved for equipment

Network for Ozone and Meterological procurement and Project Document forwarded to

Greenhouse Gases in the Org. countries for approval. Endorsed by Uruguay 10/94.

Southern ConeRIA/93/G31

Global Program for Measuring GEF Secretariat GEE Secretariat CSERGE, CICERO, 5/93 7/93 3 years $3.45 $2.6 $0.85 Project strategy and work plan consultation with

Incremental Costs for OLADE, SEI, TERI, (USAID) the external advisory group as well as implementing

the Environment UCCEE, UMDCGC I agencies has been completed. Implementation has started.

Global Small and Medium Scale IFC Various IFC financial 7/94 12/94 on-going n.a. $4.0 Will vary Under preparation.

Private Sector Enterprise (World Bank) intermediaries,

. Fund commercial banks,Business, Founda-

tions, NGOs

Global Small Grants Programme UNDP UNDP/OPS Various NGOs 5/91 2/92 3 years $13.0 $10.0 $3.0 (USAID), Operational in 29 of 32 pilot countries. 51 new countries

INT/92/G31 and community- $0.3 (MacArthur), requesting to participate; more than 250 projects currently

based organiza- $.66 (DANCED) under implementation; additional $3.0 million approved

tions in 29 for activities at 6/94 Council meeting.

countries

Associated with a re I To be determined f UNDP date ed on approval b Pro ramme Review Committee; UNEP approval based on signature tt"Co-financing" refers to non-GEF monies which are con-

project of the World ank. by the Chief of Fund Programme Management ranc ; World Bank based on approval by egional Vice President. tributed by donors to help supplement formal GEF funding.

See Project Descriptions on pages 6-14.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT- Novemibcr 1994

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GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT- November 1994Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF I Description >

Grant "nBotswana Mokolodi Environmental Mokoloch Wildlife Foundation Biodiversitv 12/9312/9' , [support for cstablishirwrit of a ........ 7,,,, 1 :gIS50,000-- A

cducat on "llilr ...... .Nature Reserve

nrovide inc,"Illp oppnrtiiniti,, foi tk.,Dotswana l_,CvC!opMPnt n, t .- m w I I L16L 1L) A- I I /W, floo ........ I

--r r ....... .... .. ... .... ... .......I KhirnA Rhinn, nnrfi nry Trlict education ccntrc to protca thic iltlc all" C,IM IL, it ' Ihl(dll

black & white thinocel cons ,rw dhc

......... I for

Botswana Environmental Awareness Somarelang Tikologo Climate Change 12/93-12/9,5 J$13,000 I P,o,u.tir g option, fol dod Illip1mcd oiI6and Resource Conservation (Environmental Watch) disposal to reduce cncrg r ll C.111(1 p()IJIltJjJlJ JiM1111, 1,0,','makers k,ovelilluent jild ill'ill'ti-0 ...... I4ndent , thrnuI,h i,ldemonstration projects, workshops, and a d o c tBurkina Faso Lutte Contre la Degradation des Sols Association pour 1c Developpei 6/94-6/95 g "'I'mo o 11 w,

-nent Integre Desertification/ -elopill31; 265 Deet la Desertification dans le village an Sahel (ADIS) Soil Degradation CFA cl and mitipte thc Jfc(t, ofdcscitifi ,ltioll Ill filldeThebo-Smaba

Burkina Faso Appui a la gestion des Ressources Naturelles Association Lagorl de Zoetgomde Biodiversitv 1 (,Qn (Met aux initi-,tiv-, A-,- !Q b." FA resol thir"o"ll ihdans le village de Zoetgomde

Burkina Faso Conservation des Eaux et des sols at Association pour le Developpernent do Sahel Biodiversity //94-9/95 3, S 5 4, 0 9 9 Cickoll and lildlill oi a S(,t d-lwd illC,- un d',-n- Pcpinier-_no CFA tire local communin

S88 Pro otim use of the Kcmrau I op Sar Ili\ L I 11); 1,,Cameroon Production of Kenyan Top Bar Hives North West Beefarmers Association (NOWEBA) Biodiversity/Clirriate Change 2/94-2/96 36,,

and Smokers for North W,,.t Bc-cfan-_ improve traditional beehanrCStjrl , prd(tr el 11 1101 otic!] "'t!in Nild bushfircs and the 6 of fmwi wd flonl.

Cameroon Role of Women in Natural Resource Solidarite pour le Developpernent des Climate Chan ge/B iodivcrsity 2/94-11/94 $4,820 Promoting dic u,C of ilnplu ed' imes andManagement and improved Villages d'Akak a Melen crrvirmullentalbr_ ound CJJ'JrCo ll piodLIC11oll tcfull(Itic,Techniques in Charcoal Production (SOLIDAM) among wornen I in the (Icnsc forest zone.Cameroon Media Environment Sensitization in Center for Environment and Rural Transformation Biodiversity/ 10/93-9/94 $45,915 Raising public awareness and unrder tandin, of biodk Ci wCameroon (CERUT) Climate Change conservation and global warming thimigh dh in(:J a,

particularly television.Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation by I I Rural Bamenda Highland Sustainable Agriculture Group Bicidiversity/ 10/93-10/95 $40,000 Promoting ColJJlJmJJit\r_hawd agroforctryarid inipi o cCommunities in the Highlands Zone Climate Change pasture management Qivc fenJrw, communitv \\oodlot,,of Cameroon alley cropping, rotational grazing and fodder han ks i to

reduce shiffing., cu iti v,'i t ion an,,! la rid, dq4ild,ii o n L! 1111 11,C 1biodiversity, in the tropical highland zone.

Cameroon Collecte Populairc des Ordures Menageres Fordation Camerounaise pour une Action Ozone/ 5/94-4/96 $49,130 Collection and sorting out of domestic \ r& tCS inet Compostage en Milieu Urbaine Rationalisee des Fernmes sur I)EIrrvironnement International Waters enclaved areas; produce a guide foi- the Utili/atlon(FOCARFE) of urban composts.

Cdte d' Ivoire Conservation of Natural Resources and Communaute Abel-Lvia de Grand-Bassarn Biodiversitv 12/93-12/94 S44,097 Raisin- awarerress about of donlc tic wistes 10,Management of Domestic Wastes farruina and ccolo,,ical restoration ohnangro\, sites.0C6te d' Ivoire Improving Cassava Fallow Lands and Club les Dix ate Change 3-7/("Jim 94 S17,520 Rarsim, alvareness aniong wiucn about 11-rdlBiogas Production with Cassava Wastes problems and expeinuentino Wth the Llle (If ,Ma d \\,I,tC,

in biogas production.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-November 1994

t Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF DescriptionGrant

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Cote d' Ivoire Fuelwood Management in the Suburban Cote d'ivoire - Ecologie Climate Change 9/93-8/94 $39,400 Improving fuelwood management through agroforestry

Areas of Abidjan and promoting more efficient methods of charcoal

0I

UUU~uV-.

Côte - v Managementof Farmlands and Biodiversit v G C NGNO-NJAN Biodiversity 8/93-8/96 $22,960 Raising awareness about biodiversity conservation, training

in bush-fire protection,village tree planting and small-scale

processing of multi-purpose Carapa procera (fuelwood,medicinal and soil fertility uses).

Cote d' Ivoire Projet Agroforcstier de la Sous-Prefecture Institute des Affaires Culturelles (lAC) Biodiversity/ 7/94-8/95 $8,122 Train local community and local community leaders to

de Toumodi Climate Change I manage the cultivation of a community plot of land.

Ghana Reduction n recnhouse Gas Emissions 31st December Women's Movement Climate Change/ 4/93-4/94 $16,370 Training and technical assistance in three communities

and Biodiversitv Conservation Through Biodiversity to promote tree nursery establishment and tree planting,

Community Afforestation and Soil sustainable agricultural practices, and construction and

Resource Management use of fuel-efficient cookstoves.

Ghana Protection of Threatened Medicinal Trees Taimako Herbal Centre Biodiversity one year $1,340 Woodlot establishment to demonstrate ex-situ protection of

and Shrubs threatened medicmal tree and shrubs

Ghana Construction and Use of Fuel Tionyorin Women's Group Climate Change one year $1,560 Training-of-trainers for 30 women from 8 communities in

Ffficiont cooktoves construction and maintenance of fuel-efficient cookstoves.

Ghana Afforestation and Construction of Fuel Tiyumtaba Development Organization Climate Change/ one year $6,225 Environmental education and training in tree nursery

IIEfficet5 C(ooksimes Biodiversity establishment and agroforestry in 5 communities to promote

natural forest regeneration, and training of women in

construction and maintenance of fuel efficient cookstoves.

Chana " I _rest: n1 A fforestation Funsi Development Project Biodiversity/ one year $15,180 Training in tree nursery establishment, agroforestry, and

Climate Change bushfire prevention and control among 5 communities

around the northwestern border of the Mole Game Reserve.

Ghana Afforestation in Busunva-Nkoranza Busunya S.D.A. Afforestation Group Climate Change 9/93-9/95 $3,471 Training and technical assistance will be provided to the

Busunya-Nkoranza community in bush-fire control,

tree nursery establishment and agroforestry to reduce

dependence on natural forest.

Ghana Reviving the Biodiversity of the Sango Popular Teshie 1964 School Leavers Union Biodiversity/International Waters/ 2/94-2/95 $50,000 Dredging the silted lagoon and construction of sand traps along

Lagoon and Adjacent Wetlands Climate Change the inlet drains to reduce future sitation; creation of intertidal

mudflats and mangroves to revive the biodiversity.

Ghana Sustainable Agroforestry and Friends of Nature Biodiversity/ 2/94-2/96 $12, 208 Training of 4 communities in nursery establishment,

Woodfuel Usage Climate Change agroforestry, bushfire prevention and control

and the construction of fuel efficient woodstoves.

Ghana .\groforestry and Sustainable Agriculture Kukazuli Agroforestry and Sustainable Climate Change/ 2/94-2/96 $10,526 Training trainers from 5 communities in nursery practices,

Agriculture Project Biodiversity agroforestry, soil conservation and erosion control, bushfire

management and the construction of fuel efficient woodstoves.

Ghana Protection of Biodiversity in Guakoo Friends of the Earth Biodiversity/ 2/94-2/96 $7,048 Training community to establish nurseries, and buffer zone

Sacred Grove Climate Change woodlots; train in agroforestry, control and prevention of

bushfires, and protection of sacred groves.

Ghana Environ mentally Sustainable Agriculture Rural Women Association Biodiversity/ three years $17,546 Train trainers from 10 women's groups in nursery practices,

Development Climate Change agroforestry, bushfire management, and the construction of

fuel efficient woodstoves.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-November 1994Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF I Description

Grant

Ghana Tuodobom S.D.A. JSS Afforestation Tuobodon S.D.A. Junior Secondary School Project Biodiversity/ 5/94-5/95 $3,168 Trin 100 shool children in nurwn pra(tias, afoie,tation andClimate Change agroforcstry to redUCC forest depldlonl ind (enh1an1c hbolo cl,M.

Ghana Beekeeping and Woodlot Plantation Amu Yao Cooperative Farms Biater Cn-19_ _____ TinIng 30 HuaM reI S a i . 111,-an101no,rtoym Climate Change t" lopt m"odr :; h u

populatIon and enhance natural plant bdim, it.Ghana Construction and Use of Fuel Young Farmers Research Development Climate Change one year $11061 Trai traintrs in the nna !

Efficient Cookstoves Society - Women's Wing cookstmoce io conuerve fue'woold I'l -11 ,, ,.

Ghana Conservation of Biodiversity through Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana Climate Change/ 5/94-5/96 54,945 Train community members in iurseipoAgroforestry and Beekeeping Biodiversity afforestation, bccping and buShfire mCn_Imeut IdleIoo.

Kenya Protection and Conservation of Tree Shade Clubs of Kenya Biodiversity 8/93-2/95 S14,600 Training of environment club leadeis in 5 c hook 'itBiodiversity Through Demonstration collection, propagation, planting and management ofCentres indigenous trees, and support of dmnion :

and school garden.Kenya Wood-Fuel Supply Kinamba Community Project Climate Change/ 8/94-2/96 $5,992 Increaese wood supply of comnnitV through the introduction

Biodiversity/ Land Degradation of improved wood-burning Stove: education imembers in energy conservation practices.

Kenya Wambuli Tree Nursery Wambuli Micro-Farm Management Biodiversity 9/94-9/96 $11,059 Educate membcrs of the Wambuli coinanl*;it;importance of hindicrsitr conscrnation in genel, teuah

-planting and nursery management techniques.Kenya Wildlife and Environment Development Fish Youth Group (OSIENALA) Education/Training 4-9 September $7,352 Workshop for Fish Youth Group leaders on

1994 environmental issues local and national.Kenya Urban Energy and Farming Project Self-Help Group Biodiversity/Climate Change one year $17,882 Establishment ofa comniunity briquettng project IrIm

paper waste in Nairobi Slun to provide a ciap Itrnatleto firewood and charcoal, minimi7ing solid waste dikpo,ialand providing eisployment to soIuths in the slums.

Kenya Role of Indigenous Food Crops in ITDC (Indigenous Technology Development Biodiversity/Land Degradation one year $35,417 Documenting the role of indigeiouS cropS ill m iniitgctttcCombatting Deforestation and Land Centre) land degradation and deforestation and thcir contributionDegradation to food security and the econom\ of the local peopic

Kenya Energy Jiko, Brick Making and Kenda Kalaha Women Group Biodiversity one year $13,656 Assistance to women's groups im improed cookstor>Afro-Forest Project production, non-fuel utilizing stabilised soil bricks,

and agroforestry activities at the farm levelKenya Research on the Impact of Improved Stoves Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization Biodiversity/Land Degradation 6 months $9,921 Study to document the impact of Maendeleo iniproo ed

cookstoves on both users and the enrironnmcnt. Fiding oilbe widely disseminated and pOsSible used as a indraising tool

Kenya Domestic Lighting by Use of Solar Energy Mazingira Self Help Group Climate Change one year $22,039 Demonstration of solar poswered domestic lighting kits andtraining of local entrepreneurs in the maintenance of the kit.

Kenya Symposium on the Sustainable Crescent of Hope Biodiversity 5 days $10,000 Assistance for a svnposium to initate a procCss for theDevelopment of Northern Kenya sustainable development of margiitised Northern Kenvanl

region, and to develop fraiework for long-term dCvelopieint.

Kenya Communication for Conservation World View Kenya Biodiversity/Land Degradation 9/93-9/94 $19,680 Promoting conseration and sustainable useof V. pseudolablab, ,a food and fodder crop ulndcr thrc,itfrom overgraing, among the pastoralist Naasai.

- A RATS PR G R A M M E S TATUS REPORT- t, ri994

Countryl Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF Description

Kh,nl i nien vo iiinunum- Kena Energy and Environment io r 9/93-9/ g the nutritional benetits and market

[sdI 10indigenous Vegetables and Organization (KENGO) potential of selected indigenous food plants.

\Veaning food Project- ----- 10/93-1/9R 132000 Workin with fishing and farmin communities to

I .. '~' '., I II Iconserve Lake Kanyaboli and its endemic fish fauna

LA.____ __ through improved natural resource management practics

Sustinable Agriculture and Traditional Tropical Health Institute Biodiversity $39,529 Investigate effectiveness of traditional veterinary medic

Ken - ,ir Box Cooker Stud Climate Network Africa Climate Change 2 months $7,440 Assessment of the current impact and potential for Sola

n a _ _ 0 _anne m n_lon_ro e_t_na li en leuoX COOKers in K enya.C 4: 1)- 12/93-4/95 $28,083 Assisting communities to conserve threatened mangroves

j Iensa miairinc i)isscminaiiion r O'Je,_i Lonrsian iiiiCF1ieoladW ICIHU I-ellLIC8 Icii A,m*~'' 7'" 1' Diss-inatim, demonstration bio-latrines in the three sec-

... .....II ondary schoools and promotingz the use of human waste

_ 1 _ _ _ 1 _ slurry for organic farming and methane gas cooking andI I j_____ laboratories in Nandi District.

enva \nd Ilnds Resource Project Semi-Arid Lands Training and Livestock Biodiversity/ 2/94-2/96 33469 astoral communiies to sutaina ex it gu

Anya (3ALIL1LA)rgCr OC~

1 P\ctin -vrtur et velopmm av moveay

eDeveloppernent (ACH) uDIerIMY1 4/94-3/9 $9,746 Promoting Agroforestry development among women in

Desertification Goumanko village, including establishing tree nurseries for

I I I Ireforestation with native species.

! ;j" Il A1 0 u MousciiCiL Ue li jcuiicssc de Touba pour Desertification 4i94-4/97 $15,868 Mobilising community action in Sorontibougou to improve

le Developpement land use and reduce soil degradation.

Mali IRd-u1.Station, Bank Stabili/ation, Amis du Ntali AQUA VIVA Biodiversity/ Desertification/ 4/94-4/95 $10,197 Promoting fish culture to reduce the pressure on natural

and Hish Culture at Nani International Waters fisheries, and reforestation for river hank stabilization.

.1::1 n slso-Pisci.nt Groupe Faso Jigui Biodiversity/ TBD $10,148 Reconstruction of natural vegetation cover and protection

International Waters of the Niger riverbank.

Mali Projet de Conservation des Eaux et Sols a Agir Ensemble au Sahel (AFS) Biodiversity/ TBD $23,305 Prevention of water and soil degradation through the con-

trasers des Ouvrages dc Retention et le International Waters struction of a retaining mechanism; reforestation of local species.

Reboisement des Especes Locales

Mali Projet de Plantation d'Arbrc Fuitier Pour Mission Sahel Biodiversty TBD $7,208 Planting of fruii trees to increase the income of local women.

le Groupemrent Feminin de Torodo

Mali Projet de Reboisement et Proteon Association Malienne de Recherche Biodiversity/ TBD $19,412 Project seeks to integrate both development and

de lEnvironcmenti et Protection pour le Developpeinent Climate Change environmental concerns; reforestation of local woods.

Mali Projet de sensibilisation pour la Protection Association pour le Developpement Education and Awareness TBD $5,089 Increase environmental awareness through publicity

de l'Ecosysteme en 2enie et 3eme Region Adopte an Mail campaign of posting billboards on the sides of major roads.

Mali Projet de Dev eloppement Integre do Haire Les Amis do Haire Biodiversity TBD $20,326 Establishment of rice and fish ponds by andfor the community.

Mali Projet de sensibilisation a 'Assainissement Cooperative dAssainissement et de Education and Awareness TBD $14,870 Increasing environmental awareness through popular theater

Protection de l'EnDironnement and better utilization of the press.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-NTov1mber 100Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF Description

GrantSenegal Restauration de !a Foret de Conte mervilegeois de gestion de la Foret Biodiversity 2 vears $40,892 Protection of the forsct of 1u son-No FRoniers de Kepur AmnhA fDii 1 rn-c my ; oi- Lelic lau n no d J'i11kl. ilm m n1' (11 WC11 t

flll 1II SUSIaioahIe L011SfIVA1001 teChoILque

Senegal Rehabilitation d'un Milieu Naturel a Kayar Comite Villageois de development Biodiversitv/International Waters vears $25,412 Col t "et grt g thr on" nt!.

Senegal Lutte Contre la Pollution de la Baie de Hann Ierre des Hommes (ADPES) Biodiversitv/internationil Waters v earq InA 1 I I n

iIscrclsQ ofs5rs~i the swolll''s

conseauences of PollutionSenegal Appui a la Restauration et a Comite de Gestion Intervillageoise (COGIV) Biodiversity/Climate Change/ and 2 Nears $27,440 Protection of rare fin ani imr n n: 1 :f

'Amenangement de la Valee de MBISSEL Degradation effects of land degradationl in 0rdUr to eCr( tI food upples.Senegal Lutte Contre la Pollution de la Baie de Ngor Comite dInitiatives pour 'Assaissement Biodi-VerSity 2 years -5,698 iducation and aarenes programme tor th Ini. mmun-

de la Baie de Ngor itY in how mo sustainable management of the ha Iis,1sSenegal Conservation et Restauration d'une Reserve Regroupement des Femmes pour la Biodiversity/ Climate Change 2 vears S11,245 Education of wonen in priotection ol naisc tauna andNaturelle par les Femmes de Popenguine Protection de la Nature de Popenguine flora from depletion and estinctioin.Senegal Project de Formation et d'Information CONGAD All four areas I Year $5,000,000 Outreach to the NGO coinmluniti to incrc""" h1111!

du GEE CFA ness in the GFF focal areas; training in proieca piopoal \u I ltiM.

Senegal Project Apicole du Village de Thiaffena Groupement de Gestion Forestiere Filiere Apicole Biodiversity/Climate Change 2 years $4,905,000 Training local coiisumunitx in lbeekeepnisgand honeCFA extraction techniques so as to avoid brush.

Zimbabwe Chandarrwarira Kushinga Co-Operative Kushinga Co-Operative Society Limited Biodiversity 4!94-3/95 $50,000 Construction of a small dalm in the s illage to etistlkhWater Harvesting and Range vegetable gardens and lii\estock watering.Management Scheme

Egypt Expansion of the Paper Recycling Project Association of Environmental Protection from Pollution Climate Change/Biodiversity 3 months S10,000 Expansion of paper re Cling Campaig.Egypt Dissemination of Biogas Technology Productive Cooperative Association Climate Change 1/94-1/96 $29,698 Raising community amajreness of pollution prbl in

and Institute for Cultural Affairs (ICA) the potential fo biogas cenrgi, trsining im Wontrution anldmaintenance of biogas units, and produmeon it 2( hio"a,units in Sharkiva and Beni SeouiF Gmsernats.

Egypt Surveying, Recording, Planting and The Association for Environmental Protection Biodiversity/ Climate Change/ 1/94-1/96 $26,490 Surveying and reording meissal plantI in North sinaiConserving Medicinal Plants Desertification providing seeds and seedlings to local [ai ine rs, And minn n

farmers marketing medicinal plants.Egypt A Pilot Demonstration for Sustainable Friends of the Earth and Development Climate Change/Biodiversity/ 12/93-12/95 527,910 Promoting hiogas energy, solar saters heaters, pa,,i\ colar

Desert Development Association (FEDA) Desertification architecturc, and alternativc srces of on5,, fo uiater among residenis of Wai FI-Natrotn in !hlaGovernate; protecting special slieCice of medicmal Plant,

Egypt Reducing the amount of Air Pollution in the The Copic Evangelical Organization for Climate Change/Biodiversity/ 1/94-1/95 812,387 Promoting the use of solair mate heaters lo tric plaintin enNorthern District of the Governate of Cairo Social Services (CEOSS) Desertification Maadi and Old Cairo.

Egypt Introduction ofthe Neen Trees Tree Lovers Association and National Association Climate Change/Biodiversity 1/93-1/96 826,500 Establishing a nirserv to prmside i0,000 Necm ceding,,for the Preservation of the Environment

Egypt Cultivation ofa Forest at Wady The Association for Environment Preservation Biodiversity/Climate Change 3/94-3/96 1 6,500 Tree planting, pro tec tion of is grati n hi i ds aid iimasEl Ravan Protectorate and tourist environental trenew 5tvitis along th

north wVestern coast o)f \\ad El Rain Lake.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-November 1994

t Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF Description

Egypt Tree Planting of El Shorouk City at The Society for the Preservation of Nature and Climate Change 1/94-1/96

Nasr City ROTRACT Youth Club green areas in one of he new communities of East Cairo.

(A Egypt Water Quality Training and Orientation Association for Environmental Preservation, International Waters 1/94-1/96 $45,015 Training materials and course, physical assessments,

WU Programme in Greater Cairo, Alexandria Egyptian Youth Association for Environment and nformation surveys, and database development in water

and Suez Governates Development, Arab Office for Youth and Environ- quality involving fishermen. managers of the Nile and

ment, Association for Friends of Environment Seas Clubs, decision-makers, and others.

Egypi Rai.,in El inionmental Awareness and Rotaract Heliopolis Club and Association for Biodiversity/Climate Change 15 months $30000 Promotion of environmental awareness and participation

ca Participation through Tree Planting and Promotion of Services in Zamalek through mobilization of population to plant trees and be

Care to Decrease Air Pollution and responsible for their care.

G,lobal Warming

Eyp-i dztia Solar Enerv Society Climate Change two years otion or use of energy efficient technology for water

Ltfis uii, d fOrL "VLatei 'Pumping and jIpumping and electrification of local community.tElectrification

SOctober City City, District 1 around 6 October City.

ertifcation Control AbWomen OBiodiversity/Desertification 1 aA community-managed and owned productive forest will$3,00 be established to reduce land degradation and protect and

4 ______________________________ ___________________ _______________enhance biodiversity.

Joirdani ull ul ii, 1 i Al MUILMLULL J)ulull - fi thc "-Tcnt:on of Climate Change I8/93-8/94 $50,000 Arpllution levels in seiectect areas Or Amniwin beio invaii-

_____________P,J'x'unt~..~. I ____________tored as part of a campaign to raise public awareness of air

inormtion suzrvs and t abasmoe evelofpmenin wrasotron

......... "'''"'' ~ Biodiversity $32,000 qommunity training, mainy r women, I n d uiiVC lire Pidil1

as Cbnsdenso e , s lad ation and intreahe

$30 0 rincomes, in conjunction with ongoing medicinal herbs and

L111il theoylocityfoo Biodiversity 1 4 $40,000 Aims to conserve genetic diversity of Jordan's avifauna by

lot~~~~~~~~~repnil for their careljc.TeRyl oit orteCneraino

Nature/ Jordall Dildiite contLILLLt I IIUi - lciorI andl AL cuirtl'un, of data foCr jordan)sof water; use of palm leaf fibers as a esource for income-

Egrdn Plo free inl ar o Mukheibeh Development society Biodiversity/Global Warming It0Jyears $30,uuu increase me numoer oi pdiivrsy If le and 10 LoegeaiC

a rare ecosystem; conserve water-use from shared bodyotoc Acommu, n conjincton Wit on going medicinal herbs and

bgenerating activities.

Jordan Wildflowe of Jordan Jordanian Society for Biological Sciences Biodiversity 10/93-10/95 $40,000 Survey nf the rarewildflowersin Jordan. Results of the

survey will be used in a campaign to improve awareness

about wild flowers and produce educational material.

generating activities.

Tunisia Protection de lT hediterranee Association Tunisienne de Protection de Ba International 9/94-4/95 $20,000 Organization of a scientific meeting on conservation of coastal

et du Littoral Tunisien Nature et de lEnvironnement de Tunis Waters and sea areas; raising community awareness on critical issuesof pollution of coastal waters and the effect of oil exploration;

development of a coastal environmental management framework.

Tunisia Cld le Formation des Dirigeants t des Association de Soutien de iAuto Capacity Building/ 7/94-6/95 $34,000 Training of NGO leaders in the development and

adre NG le Dveloppement Dveloppement Awareness implementation of plans and plans and projects.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT- November 1994Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF Description

GrantTunisia Contribution a YAménagement de la Association de Protection de la Nature et de Biodiversity 11/93 12/94 $19,000 Raising conservation awarene and mobilii i mm1n

Réserve NAturelle de Touati ]'Env, de Kairouan (APNEI-Kroiiian) acion o10 Contrlibutc to anlagementit o ul : K.. .

preparation of technica stidies on hiodo eli

TuiiIa S gdvlguc e AselagenICIL UV la Lagure Association i uniSlenne de f rotection de la Nature et Biodiversity/ 9/93-12/94 S26,000 a t ofi in n rde Korba en Parc National de l'Environnement de Korba (ATPNE-Korba) International Waters surir and dmropment ofa g d li

daN le eles5-1ael lSa dll n ol m1: e odennrntrntin-

Tunisia Formation ct Sensibilisation dans le sboiiaiion de Protection de ia Nature et de international Waters 9/93-8/94 $31,000 Awareness-raising, training and feficin iin s nvDomaine de la Pollution Hydrique et la Environnement de Sfax (APNES-Sfax) marine and groundwater pollution from leather, oä,nProtection des Eaux de Mer et de la Nappe l chemical industries.

Tunisia Projet Pilote de Brise Vent dans Association Régionale de Sauvegarde de la Biodiversity/ 9/93-8/94 $44100 Pilot testing of tree windbreaks to rese ui n lur

la Plaine du Kef Nature et de lEnvironnement du Kef (ARSEN-Kef) Desertification 1dind nn ginO ta din. to du IL.UI-Ln N

Tunisia Protection de FOasis de Matrouha contre Association d'Intérets Collectifs de PildiorgilvI /o P.t .; .:...-I'Envahissement par le Sable Matrouha Kebili Desertification iuanagement and irrigation development.

Tunisia Recyciage des Dechets Ménagers Comité de Quartier de la Mourouj Il Climate Change/ 9/93-8/94 Wn1 Comn n .d ...

påprrl, ,nai,a... v,1 .. ..... i,Tunisia Cntribution a la iotiuoni d une Lone Association de iooicui dc ja Naiure et de Biodiversity I94-n 394 i44 OiM ...-..Humide et a la Creation dun Parc National i lEnvironnement de Sftr bIed ;m 1-

sur le Littoral Sud de Sfax "Parc Thyna" system asvareness raising and traminii of lo, mTnsa Atn Pilotid ur ltnalon eOltS par Association iunisienne pour la Protection de Clmate Change 119 4 -12/ 9 4 S 50,000 C1mmn ud isn ul i,'Integration des Populations la Nature et de lEnvironnemen dc Kairouanmn

Tunisja 1,1 a. i i e( ,Fnerieii 11C 111011 V C C1 ....... ITnsa MiredeFereDmeiqeAssociation de Eug E 11l , i-i oI c nlloollo inä nl Environnment de Kalrouan 1;,... t-

unisia Les Menages et i Environnement de Association de Sauvegarde de FIle de Djerba International Waters/ 5)/94-4/95 24,000 Conlmmi trm g dns de Con jerat onCwilith.c Chopeage S coneltkng Vnllre,1ib

Indonesia Conservation with People in Siaka Village, Secretariat Pengembangan Kawasan Mentawai Biodiversity 7/93-7/95 $25,243 Preparing and iiplementinig i "hottom-1) n 1Sumatra ( model for Mentawai Island, Wat nmd t1 t! j

of communit--based naturd irne iman me n 1Indonnoesia neef1ts d Adatge5 otany Biological Science Club Biodiversity 7/93-7/95 $41262 Ethniobotanici sdis will b cjrne nilt

i 1 ffi fi hliniii Smi'ý , i d i n .. ............of Mt. Halinun National Park1 enhaning the coiservation and suunable ue of p u

Indonesia lllkIIClt UI EIHvillOllmenai Yayasan mandiri Biodiversity 7/93-7/94 $38,835 Planting of aren trees and fuelswood species through 1Conservation Through Aren Trees community forestri progrne in order lo reducornisCultivation & Fuelwood Plantation degradation from the ov,er-harvesting of trees for urc as

fuelwood in palm sugar production.ndonesia Living from tie Ind: An Enviroinmemai 'yayasan Timor MeDanguan Bodiversity 2 years $22,000 Efforts to take ensvironnientall sound maximum h.n.

and Economic Development Project of critical lands and educate people to be self reliant.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-November 1994

Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF Description_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _G rn _ __ _

Indonesia Practical Training and Educational Yayasan Sadagori Biodiversity 10/94-10/96 $21,000 Efforts to provide a permanent facility to support training

Institute for Farmers and education for farmers who enroll at the institute.ii Provide a well planned appropriate farming training

- techniques to farmers/students from all parts of Indonesia.

. Indonesia De\eloping a Social Forest Programme WATALA Climate Change! 10/94-10/96 5000 Effort to establish the local production of resin as a more

at Ngaras, a Buffer Zone of Bukit Barisan Bandar Lampung Biodiversity organized commodity to support the community's income.

Selatan National Park

Indonesia Programme on Biodiversity Management Yayasan Pengembangan Sumberdaya Biodiversity 10/94-10/96 $16,000 Advocate legal use/land tenure of the local community in

h n a at Pantai Labu Pcdesaan (YAPESDA) the area; Mangrove planting on degraded coastal area;ii) ~ Ids,,nt, SN'iI tundxeritv - _________ _______ provide technical assistance and training for local groups.

a .u"a" 111 ------ " ,.,-,, ,1 1Ntv PA )Roies 10/94-10/96 $15,000 Activities aimed at sharing experiences with pesticides to

on En\ironmental Management and promote a campaign against the use of chemical pesticides___________________________ I__________ _______among the local farmers through regular meetings and training.

Indonesia J (mmunit-baCd 'am ugar InctustrY SKtTHI D - -a-d -- forect-riiiti-tin system

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Pr 1oid a -we ll u lnedappi ate famn Ftann

im C n19 $as a pitot project on the production of rCeialdal llc

T, -w,! Klij:i l'lBiodiversity1 ognied com dity toYd suppor ml the cuitys AicomeS

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providetec n vica sist nc l nera nigfrlcae rusim. . .imatverty 10/ 94- 9 $15,000 Acst tis a l ating a p rd inc res sit pei sto

ipromoa ca ign agactd ins heuedfcemclOetiie

amon the1 loa farmers touh trea meetuing; and trlaning.11;ti'1mirs CIU11 1 k hL idhmpntofe o n me r y rnf reerr li ai nRRP

DIOL11VCf blLy 11/7't-11--- -;-0 -1om o a n -J - -tm , m P-Ju oGuin ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~i Utthe S uhBidvriy189-/4 1$,5 T rai ng r o up oca ppeincrp ltiatPio 1,

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Nepal Tr,y 1lntimg A,d Youth in Environment Biodiversity/ plants

Awireness Programme Climate Change scta s and a

Nepl KaLi Villa En on ent Nepal Self Reliance and Community Climate Change i communitya ree a u i a ues

I - I I R DoT,-tiledn aij Yuthin nvionmnt iodverity 1893-/9 $6,804 Conservation educioa n and ares prgas antratio

Awacos,ProrameClmat Canem soecnn ondach ool fousry ,00 studenytse an 10eeac h ovaers

______________________ ____________Comllowdty s-based tree planting.ttilUI ldFlb

Nepa I \ili 1 EnitomentNepl Slf-elinceand ommnit Clmat Chnge8/93-7/94 $1,25 Traising cormgruit awrees loalouevironcultaissues

Developmentt Programmc Rural Development Centre IIsupport to local communities to fuel, fodder and timber

__________ I ________________ J___________ I _____ H-Ittiliti _____li____.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-November 1994Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF Description

Grant (n)Nepal Environmental Conservation Programme Nepal Batabarn Bachau Andolin Biodiversity/ 8/93-7/94 S9,400 CommunitY-based rmontiation progran in lie

Climate Change regions to protect the endangcred blak bulLk tr nui I!establishment and tree planting.

Nepal Green Village Project Sakela Club Biodiversity/ 8/93-8/94 53,707 Tra:ning of 1- PCopi to minak* ivwd CoukIN to IId

Climate Change distribution of 250 stoves to houscholds; tLr pl,intinp;and village aswareness and education programs.

Nepal Women's Participation in Environmental Kamal Women Services Centre Biodiversity/ 8/93-8/94 $2,100 Environmental talk programs for 450 rural wnomen;Protection Climate Change tree planting; establishment of rciolsing timd to assist tWomn

in environmentally-sound incone-generatinm activritie.Nepal Agroforestry Development at Chitlang Nepal Helpless Women Protection Centre Biodiversity/ 8/93-8/94 $2,452 Five-day talk programs oin forest and soil conscrvationm

Climate Change tree planting.Nepal Environment and People's Participation Tarun Samaj Biodiversity/ 8/93-8/94 $2,002 Talk programs and seminars, andl diStribution of posters

Climate Change and leaflets, to raise communit ss areness aboutalternatives to deforestation.

Nepal Conservation and Maintenance of Water Nepal Consumer Society Biodiversity/ 8/93-8/94 $7,580 Tree planting program around local drinking waterSources in Okhaldunga Climate Change sources, developing parks and gardens in public piaes,

building demonstration latrines, and raisin i communit iawareness in collaboration with local clubs ind v illagedevelopment committees.

Nepal Afforestation Programme Shree Kankaj Secondary School Biodiversity/ TBD $1,112 Irrigation facility for maintaining and expandiimg choolClimate Change tree plantation.

Nepal Investigation of Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Natural History Society Biodiversity 8/93-8/94 $3,500 Collection and identification of wild mushrooms, parti,ulaiPine Forests of Kathmandu Valley Amanita spp. which is m01corrhizal to nativ Piie pp. in \epai

Nepal Environment Development National Women Development Society Biodiversity/ TBD $3,754 Tree planting and construction of an irrigation and diinking itaterProgramme Climate Change facility Under direction of a fike-nciiber women's conlittec.

Nepal Tree Plantation and Environmental Gramin Utthan Samaj-Nepal Biodiversity/ TBD $900 Tree planting and management i 400 households of aConservation Programme Climate Change village development committee.

Nepal School Afforestation & Cleanliness Shree Dhurva Lower Secondary School Biodiversity/ TBD $600 Latrine construction & tree planting at a seCondar school.Programme Climate Change

Nepal Biological Diversity Conservation and Rural Self-Reliance Development Centre Biodiversity/ $3,500 Supporting conversion of 30 hectars of Ilnd 'it Plthldl \-lI) intoDevelopment Programme Climate Change a park by planting fruit and fodder trees, konsi-tcting a pond ind

conducting a skill development program for women to dci lopalternatives to selling fire wood; establishing a ut rser to prodi cand distribute heuri (butter trece) seedlings to the Clitelin p ,onlil

Nepal Rural Agroforestry Human Welfare and Environment Biodiversity/ 10/93-7/94 $3,187 Promotion of agroforestry, improved cookin stois andManagement Programme Protection Centre Climate Change organic fertilizers animong rural conmmunities il 1)nl )iitl t.

Nepal Forge Improvement Programme C/O Sworek Village Biodiversity/ TBD $560 Training and technical assistance to blacksmiths to IlltroDevelopment Committee Climate Change duce energy-efficient technologies, including the um ot

blowers to reduce charcoal use.Nepal Horticultural Nursery Shree Bahu-Udeshiva Gram Biodiversity/ 9/93-9/94 $637 Tree nurseri establishment to PrOdUIc IruliU tiec sccIlini'

Development Programme Sewa Samiti Climate Change for villagers.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-November 1994

" Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF DescriptionGrant

Nepal Pond Rehabilitation Programme Mahilla Samaj Kalyan Kendra Biodiversity/ TBD $3,754 Community participation in rehabilitating a polluted pond.

Local Water Pollution

: Nqul Baraba I-1 I Deteopmentl Shankeshowri Baraha Pokhari Lower Biodiversity/ 10/93-10/94 $7,850 Rehabilitation of a pond at an important religious site

Prgra mme Secondary School Local Water Pollution through tree planting and other measures.

Nepal licro-hydro Plant for Praja Centre for Agro-Ecology and Development Climate Change TBD $7,600 Installing a micro-hydroelectric plant with generation

Comnunity capacity of 5 KW to provide a renewable source of energy

for the indigenous Chepang (Praja) community.

Nepal Rehabilitation of Gokarneshwork Women in Savings (WIS) Climate Change/ TBD $6,600 Rehabilitating Gokarneshwork temple, a major cremation

a Crat Pollution of Local Water site and primary source of pollution of the Bagmati River,

$mtpç by building two stone platforms with sheds, plantingtrees around the Ghat, and building protective fencing.

Nepal Soil Erosion and Samaj Kalyan Kendra Biodiversity/Climate Change TBD $2,358 Tree planting, protective fencing, and construction of a

Afforestation Programme check dam to control soil erosion in Khalamarang Pakho.

Pakistan A Child, A Trce Plantation in Aasthan Latif Welfare Society Climate Change 3/94-2/95 $6,020 Supporting establishment and maintenance

District Thatta of tree nurseries at five schools.

Pakistan Environmental Facility through Faran Education Society Karachi, Sindh Climate Change 3/94-2/95 $7,358 Training of teachers from ten schools in arboriculture and

Community Based Schools establishment of school tree nurseries in Karachi, Sindh.

Pakistan Trec Plantation in Rural Area Goth Sudhar Tanzim Climate Change 3/94-2/95 $3,344 Community training in tree planting and launchingof a tree planting campaign.

Pakistan n ironmental Conservation & Urban Organization for Participatory Development Climate Change 3/94-2/95 $2,843 Establishing a community tree nursery and promoting

Forestry Programme community-based tree planting, kitchen gardening,and flower raising in Gujranwala, Punjab.

Pakistan Social Forestry Training Orangi Pilot Project - RTI Climate Change 3/94-2/97 $15,050 Training of gardeners, schools teachers, community-based

organizations to promote tree nursery establishment and

tree planting in public areas in Karachi, Sindh.

Pakistan EI ironment Support Through Nursery Protection of Environmental & Climate Change 3/94-2/95 $6,689 Awareness-raising and training of local organizations to

Dcvelopmcnt by Local Organisations Rural Development (PERD) promote nursery establishment and tree planting inPeshawar, NWFP.

Pakistan Rural Social Forestry & Education Rural Development in Agriculture and Climate Change 3/94-2/95 $6,957 Launching and environmental awareness program

Programmes in Remote Rural Areas Forestry Organization and promoting tree nursery establishment and tree

planting in Shahdadpur Sanghar, Sindh.

Papua Awareness Community Theatre (Pilai Foundation of the People of the South Pacific (PNG) Biodiversity/Climate Change/ 4/94-4/95 $15,163 Creating awareness in biodiversity conservation, global warming

New Guinea Bilong Tintin) Environmental Awareness International Waters and protection of international waters through community theater,

and Training and training community-based organizations involved in biodiver-

sity conservation projects in the skills of theatrical communication.

Papua Rehabilitation of Marine Life and Tuluon Association of North Solomons Province Biodiversity/Climate Change 4/94-4/95 $36,338 Working with the resource owners of the Cartret Islands

New Guinea Shorcline Re-Afforestation in the Cartret through awareness campaigns and education programs

Islands of the North Solomons Province to promote the conservation of coral reefs and shore vegeta-tion; identifying and promoting sustainable uses of marine

resources to increase local incomes.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-November 1994Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF Description

Grantlapua Environment and Resources Monitoring Individual and Community Biodiversity/Climate Change/ 4/94-4/95 "6,48; Cr,,fln i lit n 1 r >

1. lyI u x L,iirliu-a "t1 trlr lrcuc nj f ~iu ' 'iI111L.,.A'.Ar -. ___________ _____ le_ nacrat r'o('G(c 'It( ('10'Papua Biological Inventor ofKuper 1 Yo-1 i i "o-I imn"nsu Ijn oj -1 ,,-1 i 111111 1u1P11i 1i 1 -i iNew Guhita -= := L I data for a proposed biodkersitv an scn ation a a Iea

developing wax's to integrete local cmnx a th Irnanagsement of the 2V&''' im ;

developing sustainal enterprs to! nor 1

products to raise local incomes.Papua Mangrove Re-Afforestation and Reef Tatana Village Youth Group Climate Change/Biodiversity 4/94-4/95 $12,777 Supporting a comnunity-hased youth group in replintineNew Guinea Rehabilitation in the Port Moresby Harbor degraded mangroves and rehabilitatmng d I xfag r

and in raising environmental awareness it ort Moresh\.Papua National Training Workshop on Project GEF/NGO Small Grants Programme Biodiversity/Climate Change/ 4/94-4/95 $20,777 Training NGOs and CBOs i project proposalNew Guinea Proposal Writing for Local NGOs and CBOs International Waters development and writing, and further publicizing

the GEF Small Grants Programme .Philippines Argano Nearshore Area Kponongan Ng Gagmay'ng Biodiversity 8/94-7/94 $ 7,518 Community-based management anid relsabilitasonRehabilitation Project Mananagat Sa Argao Oabu (Visayas) project of coral reefs.Philippines Anini'y Community-Based Coastal Antique Development Biodiversity 8/94-7/95 $18,937 Community-based coastal resource maiagemrient andResource Management and Foundation, Inc. mangrove rehabilitation; establishment of a Fish

Development Project sanctuary as a means of generiating an alternatis e lik elihood.Philippines Propagation of the Vanishing Indigenous Teresa Magbanua Peoples' Center, Inc. Biodiversity 10/94-9/95 $17,669 Collection, propagation, dissemination of tkentk inldigenlouhRice Varieties

rice varieties including the setting tsp of a coiin lit h Iasedseedhank for the varieties and capacity building actiVities

I for the project partners.

Philippines A Soundslide Production on UNDP/GEF - Creative Initiatives Education/Training 9/94-11/94 $1,086 Production of a 10-15 minute sound slide onl theSGP Assistance in the Philippines GEF/SGP in the Philippines.Philippines Living Museum of Philippine Philippine Institute of Alternative Futures Biodiversity 8/93-7/94 816,345 Establishment of a "living muscum" gene bank for cons(iva-

Medicinal Plants tion of indigenous medicinal plants arid adult eduCationactivities in biodiversity conservation.

Philippines Community-Based Management of Non- Tribal Filipino Apostolate (TFA) Biodiversity 8/93-7/94 $15,058 Training and capaJitk'-buildig in 5ustainable iniminci t oTimber Forest Products in Palawan non-timber forest products among indigenous :onin esof Palawan.

Philippines Installation of Hydro-power plant Davao Oriental Climate Change 12/94-12/94 $21,575 Installing a Community-basecd hydro-powerpl,int tor

_ stripping machine and rice-corn mill.Philippines Bolaw Rice Development Programme Minsupala Economic Development Foundation Biodiversity 12/93-2/95 $11,905 Seed collection seedbanking and propagation O at

least seven indigenous rice varieties in Catabto, Mindanao.Philippines Endemic Tree Species Conservation Negros Forest & Ecological Foundation Biodiversity 1/94-2/95 $28,274 Community-based propagation and conseration of cidcic

indigenous tree species of Mt. Canslaon, one of the protecutdareas in Western Visayas.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-November 1994

Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF DescriptionGrant

8 Philippines Establishment of a Nursery using Yakan Integrated Resources Biodiversity 1/94-2/95 $18,242 Establishing a nursery to propagate indigenous tree species

Indigenous Tree Species & Development Foundation for the reforestation of Basilan, Mindanao.

- Philippines Batak Integrated Rural HARIBON-Palawan, Inc. Biodiversity 1/94-1/95 $24,909 Building the capacity of seven Batak communities to conserve

Development Project their ecosystem and preserve their cultural heritage.

Philippines A Short Film on Global Warming Green Forum Climate Change/ 5/94-8/94 $13,161 Production of a 20 minute film documentary on global

Education warming in the Philippines context.

Thailand Community Mangrove Forest-Surat Thani People Organization Development Project Climate Change/Biodiversity/ 4/94-3/95 $13,557 Strengthening community efforts to manage ad

International Waters establish mangrove forests in Surat Thani; organizingreforestation and education programs.

Thailand Development Programme to Improve the Development Programme to Improve the Climate Change/Biodiversity/ 4/94-3/95 $11,858 Promoting environmentally-sound income-generating

Quality of Life and the Environment Quality of Life and the Environment International Waters activities and conservation awareness to conserve

the watershed areas of two rivers.

Thailand Ethnobotany and Plant Conservation in Rak Khao Yai Group Biodiversity 4/94-3/95 $13,518 Identifying traditional knowledge on medicinal plants

Prachinburi Province and their use and habitats; organizing workshops to

promote awareness on medicinal plant conservation.

Thailand Conservation Education to Green Khao Luang Trust Biodivertity/Climate Change/ 5/94-10/94 $1,530 Conducting a workshop to promote awareness

Protect Khao Luang Intl. Waters on conservation and traditional agroforestrypractices in Lan Saka District.

Thailand Conscr%ation of Khun Samoon-Khun Khun Samoon-Khun Sanian Biodiversity/Climate Change/ 4/94-3/95 $9,202 Mobilizing community-based protection of the Wang

Sarian Watershed Conservation Club International Waters River watershed area, including organizing a forest

patrol, establishing a community tree nursery, tree

planting, and youth programs.

Thailand Non-Chemical Agriculture Non-Chemical Agriculture Biodiversity/Land Degradation 4/94-3/95 $16,496 Community training in organic farming to prevent

Promotion Project Promotion Project further encroachment of forest area; encouraging inte-

grated farming and tree planting to reduce soil degradation.

Thailand Conservation Education for Youth Groups Children for Bird Conservation Club Biodiversity/Climate Change 4/94-3/95 $5,138 Youth activities to promote conservation awareness,

including organizing youth camps, field trips,

and supporting a conservation information center.

Thailand Sustanable Agroforestrv Project Sustainable Agroforestry Project Biodiversity 4/94-3/95 $7,905 Promoting ex-situ conservation of rare indigenous

plant species by identifying suitable propagation

methods and uses of collected species.

Thailand Conservation of Medicinal Plants and The Committee for Rural Development Biodiversity 4/94-3/95 $5,217 Translating an old inscription on medicinal plants

I ansferring the Traditional Knowledge to and Environmental Conservation utilization, identifying the species, and establishing a

Younger Generations collection; organizing workshops to raise awareness

on conservation of medicinal plants.

Thailand Recovery of Natural Farming The Committee for Rural Development and Biodiversity/Soil Degradation 4/94-3/95 $4,664 Establishing collections of wild and locally-bred vegetable

Environmental Conservation and herb species; maintaining the collection in a community

nursery, and encouraging sustainable organic agriculture

practices such as the use of bio-insecticides.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-November 1994Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF Description

Grant U)Thailand Recovery of Marine Species in Baan Poh Daeng Saving Group Biodiversity/Climate Change/ 4/94-3/95 5,652 Protecting the biological di\ersixi of Wanig Khong Kh1nWang Khong Khang International Waters treaim fltough trce planting, triainin, and iouth Fogram1.Thailand Strengthening Local Organizations in Trang Concerned Group Biodiversity/Climate Chang/ 4/94-3/95 88 obilii on ctit ptcWatershed Conservation International Watersof ranl, organlatng a hixdivcrcxrv x orr iuI

tree plalltinlg, in cogitheling ihc lpa,mr ot cniwlla______________ _________giroups in mxaiiagimng naitiral resourrces,

Thailand Mun River Floodplain Recovery Project Mun River Floodplain Recovery Project Biodiversity/International Waters 4/94-3/9 88 Promoting conseration axxaeiie i th hludixcxxiti orixoodlands in the MlUn Ri\vcr tloodplain and xtrci"thexllilkth ,l

____________________ cit iif comm unity groups in managing iatUral I e'x a I

Thailand Integrated Farming for Conservation Pong Klang Nam Village Grou Biodiversity/Soil Degradation 4/94-3/95 90 Encouraging einmcnta -soundand Development of Hill Area schenies; coordinating tree plamiiig; and tiring to dii,_______________________________________________________slash and burn practices in the hill area of \1,ac Stiai Di)tx t.

Thailand Genetic Resource Enrichment and Southern Alternative Agriculture Network (SAAN) Biodiversitv 4/94-3/95 524901 ronixig the cultiation and nmakctiiio irdigex, plnt Tpc-Enlargement Network (GREEN) ihrysupportinglocal NG'tsand corrmirrrlrnxp thIOL

tranunig programmes, ix rkshopx axid purblishiirg cduc.itionrmartcriails, aid hr, prodLlJll, radio anld cldO 1i11 douetl .cxnctrv.

Thailand Conservation and Recovery of Coastal Songkla Small-Scale Fishery Community Biodiversity/International Waters 4/94-3/95 87,628 Undertaking a comrniiti pigai t prcrcut o\crResources in Songkla Development Project han esting Of marire reSOurKCS li tran IcI; plitirg ofartificial reefs iir the three-kiloneter rcst ricted /nc;

__________________and preparing conservatin educatixir iaterials.Thailand Conservation and Ecological Recovery for Sai Buri River Basin Conservation Group Biodiversity/Climate Change/ 4/94-3/95 S9,091 Yreigthenin, tla capacity of axxnrt grOpISustainabilitv of Sai Buri River Basin International Waters rewurcc nanagernr by idcrtirin i iirtxrx

riniageneirt Irracticexs andl CUltUre, pririxinig tre lxiing aird agrofoxrcstr\, xoiganinrg senrinari, aniid pa tI ih i ti___________________a nmonthly bunlletini to encourage nricorkiing anotrg groLxpl.

Thailand Recovery and Development of Development of Community Forestry Project Biodiversity/Climate Change/ 5/94-3/95 811,858 Establishiig a connnrniry-ran.ged forest ir tIe ixatcrxltCommunity Forestry International Waters area of Kok River ard prxmxting Atrnati\ c inoie-generating sehenuCS amoxng villagers.

Thailand Fire Protection and Nature Conservation in Pitsanulok Nature Conservation Club Biodiversity/Climate Change 4/94-3/95 S7,194 Improv land use ii tre buffer ztie hi lnlchill" a \xOL1trrrthe Buffer Zone of Thung Salaeng Luang tire figting progran; supportiig cii oenra11I\-National Park sxrnxl integrated farning practice; ind Cxiabli hiii I

geliimplasnm collection of locallly-bred rice x a ricier.Thailand Sustainable Agroforestry and the Nan Sustainable Agroforestry Group Climate Change/Biodiversity 4/94-3/95 S3953 Estalishing a orritv-naged foircsi, x aManagement of Community Forest

biodi versit ri c\ Ir'noxix tree platnth 1 m 1n-

forestry actiti , nipporng the aarr tir tmuitintrServ, amed coordiniating rothr prxgrarus.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-November 1994

Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF Description

. Grant

0 Turkey Bodrum Peninsula Coastal Zone Turkish National Committee on International Wate Budiery TBD $50,000 Conservation of the coastal and sea area of Bodrum Peninsula

Management Coastal Zone Management through research on coastal resources and their uses, safe

IJ guarding the habitat of endangered species, combattingpollution of coastal waters, and public environmental education.

Turkey Sultansazligi Reearch and Management TTKD Biodiversity BD $50,000 Hahitat protection and rehabilitation through a biological

Planning Project iventory of the area, development and implementation of a

resource management plan, and public environmental education.

Turkey Environmental Impact Assessment EFT Biodiversity/ Clin g BD $50,000 Training of technical personnel from public and private sector

Awareness International Wat istitutions in Turkey.

Turkey Integrating Development and Conservation DHKD Biodiversity BD $50000 Applied research, training, and development and implementation

in the Goksit Delta of a resource management plan to support conservation and

ecotourism development in the Goksu pelta.

Belize Splar Box Cooker Promotion and Progressive Women's League Climate Change 2/94-1/95 $10,000 Training 300 women and 4,000 school children in the

ComB s$ercialization construction and use of solar box cookers; production of

100 copies of solar box cooker recipe book.

Belize Ci\c Caulker ReefMooring BUOV SiNva-ban Foundation Biodiversity/ 8/93-7/95 $27,462 Introducing and testing the Manta Ray anchor system it

In tall,ttion ad Education Programnme International Waters heavily visited reef areas, and environmental education

activities to raise awareness and understanding f threats

to the fragile coral reef environment among local

Z inhabitants, tour guides, and fishermen.

Belize lco-Scoiti Irainin, and Fls ironment The Scoot Association of Belize Biodiversity 11/93-12/94 $36,300 Preparation of manuals on conservation and environenta protec-

Protectionl Project tion for scouts and trainling-of-trainers in Eco-SLoutinig; scout train-ing on how to make, use and teach other people about the Solar

Box Cooker as a sustainable alternative to open-fire cooking.

Belize Suosiin,blc De\ elopitnent of Panulirus Belize Youth Conservation Corps Biodiversity 11/93-12/94 $24,780 '[raining of 12 youth to carry out research to determine

B zus it Belize fecundity, egg quality, and seasonal pattern of lobster

spawning as basis for recommended legislation on open and

close season regulations for /4gus.

Belize -ricnTd of Five Blos: Consevntioint Association of Friends of Five Blues Lake, Ltd. Biodiversity 9/93-12/94 $24,782 Infrastructure development for the National Park and the

Management for Community Development Association itself; information center; educational

in the Rainfore t pamphlets; research and training; toilets; border demarcation.

Belize Conservation of the Aquacaliente Friends of Lu Ha Lagoon Biodiversity 12/93-8/95 $14,204 Training in conservation practices, ecotourism, sustainable

I agoon aid Eco-Tourism agriculture practices and environmental education, particu-larly aimed at indigenous people, women and youth.

Belize Consci ation Management Training for Belize Audubon Society Biodiversity/ TBD $35,000 Training workshops for sanctuary staff, community leaders and

Protected Area Managers and Local Climate Change conservation officers on topics such as protected area and

Comnmunitv Leaders natural resource management, administration and maintenance.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT- November 1994Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF Description

GrantBelize Programme for Belize Friends of Rio Bravo Biodiversity 6/ $tablishncntofan arts and Claft C01t11tIi1 tl Z

provided on storage and proccssioco ng >hc__________________________________________________in tcriaks nmakin, of hanecraft, and ,1& (If filnidt,li

Belize Community Baboon Sanctuary Community Baboon Sanctuary Biodiversity 6/ Improvement of basic inft o llor o 1lu i11 ! MEcotourism Enhancement Project Management Committee bridges and the construction of a greenhous.

Bolivia Diffusion of Lorena Stoves in Aroma CEEDI (Center for Ecological and Integrated Climate Change 7) Second phase of succesful 1993 effit to introel 0Province: Second Phase Development Studies)/ FMCOPABS (Bartolina Sise -saving Atoves cWomen's Federation of Indigenous Peasant technology in an altiplano region Slffering tlw c0Communities of Aroma Province deforetation and disertification. Curren trocai

greatly broaden scope as Nvell a; to intcorpo rate A.5arPeasant wcomen's federation itt all a pects of \\i o thtr

_______________________________I eventually aSSUTeS direction of tIm project.rBolivia Sustainable Forest and Natural Resource APCOB Biodiversity 5/93-12/94 S2t,880 Technical assistance and training tor pre ouIt tornadi

Management by the Ayoreo Community Avoreo community to de elop traties or the utainableof Tobite managemnt and use of seni-ci tropi ['or t onIincluding reforestation with local spec~ ite ntpIcntintationt

______________of small-scale incoinc-generatincit \ ile itht fot i _O odti. tBolivia Community Agroforestry: Support for CIEC Biodiversity/Climate Change 5/93-t/95 S46,350 lopleuentain Of inCOnC-ge01rait(c agl0t0rCetrN andCommunity Forest Activities in Quime reforestation schemes with native coic spce alotg wit the

and Inquisivi introduction of fudwood-aving tote it itdigenou eattt____________communities in semi-tropical valley zone.

Bolivia Agroforestry in the Altiplano QHANA Biodiversitv/Climate Change 5/93-4/96 S0,036 Spport to itpro\ e nattral rcourcc epeciall ti manaoc-ment among Altiplanto cootnonunitie. b% itteorporatill qql ao-

_______________________________________________forestry practices into eistintg a)iC1tLll,i antd patoladlt5 te:iuBolivia Environmental Protection and Rehabilita- CIDERI Climate Change 7/94-6/95 $t9,660 Second phase of successftl 1993-94 effort to corirot tlt indicition in Nor and Sud Cinti (Phase II) inate felling of native olie tree atd i roce 1ttd rcAltiltc

Bcarcito v of fae wood resource; ite an Derc o aPtdch ong Imcrceroin and deertiication ptocese. Crret proct tillporate other intere)ted pcasantt comunities itt estali ihittetof tree a irseries, contrctin of Loreata otopls, and retSretastotoith tative gpecies, gcih the objective of trafeien ptoiect

Duration F adninistratioGE and anagent to tte conitie tickttseBolivia Our Lands Co-AYNI Climate Change 7/94-6/95 St13,396 Grassroots organizatints sponsori Project of t1tt0e00

altiptanto cotio nuiun6 to collsense soils and soil fertilitt 'ltithereby autgttentt productionr through the construtctionl ot

______________________________________terraces aitd use of other intdigen ous Attini tcchnrolognBolivia Pilot Station for the Detection and Physics Research Institute Climate Change! 7/94-t0/95 $37,200 Pilot sttth- of tlte ittpacts of solar radiatioti attd ilt par tictulatAnalysis of Solar Radiatiott Ozone tlte health effects Ott mo(stl tibani flotUiolin t' itie d of

Hl Altot (at tieatrly 40001( tietres thome sealetel cin Ite a la/, anttdthe establishment of an ltriaviolct rtdiattoii ctectio ititn.Bolivia Managentent aitd In Situ Conservation of Multiple Appropriate Technology Services Biodiversity 7/94-6/96 $28,858 Establishtmttet of a gcic batnk for tio Alitb e rino itPhytogenetic Resources: Andean (SEMTA) aitd run ttrI atike Akitara t andiitt cotni hdtii oi odTuberculars prevemt gentic erosiot antd itrain i griulte c di ctnd incorporationt of more ehreal spccic itto uattial gste

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT- November 1994

1 Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF DescriptionGrant

Bolivia Reforestation with Kishlanaomn o Yaah Chico Bodery 7/946/96 $3,100 Aymara peasant community will implement a modestagroforestry scheme using kishwara, a native species whosenumbers are rapidly diminishing.

Bolivia Reco%erv of Aboreal Cotton Germplasm CIMAR-UAGRM Biodiversity 7/94-6/96 $36,875 Preservation and cultivation of Gossypium Barbadense cot-

In Indigenous Chiquitano Communities ton followed by the production and commercialization of

i goods made from this endangered species by chiquitano

upeasant communities in the eastern lowlands of the country.

z Bolivia Applied Botanical Study of Wild Friends of Nature Foundation Biodiversitv 7/94-6/95 $22,000 Botanical research project which will discover, identify and describe

Edible Fruits in the Dept. of Santa Cruz indigenoususes_r_different_Nvild_edible_fruit_idgouefrieewleiertpcsnriacotm

4 Bolivia Environmental Conservation and CICOL Climate Change! 7/94-6/95 $15,000 Indigenous organization of chiquitano communities in Lomerio

Protection Biodiversity will develop a sustainable resource management plan for the re-

maining native forests and other natural resources in its territory,reforest with native species, and train community members in

natural resources and tree nursery management techniques.

Chile t.stablishment of a production cycle of Munko Kvsoukien Biodiversity 10/94-4/95 $26,511 Establishment and management of production cycle for

native forests, wild fruits and medicinal native forests, wild fruits and medicinal herbs b the

herb plants in Monte Verde lolad ofmtencontry

Chile Altcrn atic Fuel-g,\' Saving Technologies EscueBa de Tccnologias Populares - Climate Change 9/93-9/94 $22,000 Training of women in the urban area of Concepcion to support

in Urban Communities of ioncepgon Departamenuo de Pastoral Obreraciqitan c es inLeri

Chile Reo cry ot.aditioial Crops and Natic Ambiente Humano Biodiversity 4/94-4/95 $30,925 Recovery, cultivation, and management of local traditional crops

Flora omthe Tarapaca Prc-codiflera and othentual reor in t Try

pact region; tree nursery establishment; and preparation of a caa-

aloguewith information on the social and cultural context of species.

Chile Recors and pdanageinc l of Bentoni Artsanal Fisherman and Divers Labor Biodiversity 4/94-4/95 $46,177 Technical assistance, training and management in order to recover

Re ources Areas Union from Antofagasta and increase bentonic resources in the Santa Maria islands; promo-ting sustainable capture techniques among members of the

Artesanal Fishermen and Divers Labor Union from Antofagasta.

osta Rica Altraibe Forest SavingTecnol in Asociacion de Conservacion Dsarollo Climate Change! 3/94-3/95 $18,988 Designing and implementing a more profitable and

tIre Communit i of Carbon Agroforestal de Carbon (ASODEC) Biodiversity ecologically-sound forest management system which selects

individual trees for extraction based on sustainability

criteria; training in organization, administration, forest

management, agrochemicals, and forestry legislation.

Costa Rica l ocal Rccos cry ofthie Watershed of Asociacion Protectora de los Recursos Climate Change! 3/94-3/95 $20,000 Reforestation and fencing along two kilometers of the Java River

tre lava Rier Naeurales de Coto Brus (APRENABRUS) Biodiversity with loeal tree species, including endangered tree species; using the

area as a training ground for local secondary school of agro-

forestry and for public recreation and environment education.

Costa Rica Institutional Developmrent aid Imple- Association for Conservation of Wild Flora Biodiversity/ 3/94-3/95 $13,304 Producing and marketing t-shirts and other products to

enttion of Sel-funding Mechaniss and Fauna (APREFLOFAS) Climate Changeso con

Chl feor a mallC nagemntio BNOni AreanlFahrmnannieriabrBidvest

Costa Rica Concrvation of Resoirces: ARADIKES Biodiversifyr 9/93-9/95 $22,635 Activities are concentrated in three areas: forest manage-

Watcr, Forest, Soil Climate ChangemcommnCotyst Riicalsoab I tprlvednsiutoa D e n tnd mat f

3/94-3/95 ~ ~~~ $1898 mDsinig l and o imleentn pmoe poitbe.n

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT-November 1994Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF Description

Grant

Costa Rica Integral Project of Sustainable Development CODECE Biodiversity/ 9/ Refr6tatin it teep hills roat e oion the North Slope of Escazu Hills Climate Change aariculture and nicinc plants: p; hlii

_______________ ____________________________________Sustainable agroforest ry piatices,Costa Rica Development of a Demonstrative Farm Santa Rosa Greenhouse Biodiversity/ 9 $14,40 !&O tI 1 Or I ilils Joist lI is I CJJIClimate Change _____________production of fruits and % egetables.

Costa Rica Improvement of Mixed Small Tropical Kekoldi Biodivcrsity 9/ d7 pFarms in the Kekoldi Indian Reserve, specics fom icarbhS forst to dCmoI,sr i II Oo ,II UllTalamanca their population if natiral procss ilersi, Ild Ii(l

CostaRica Greenhouse of Native Trees Upagra Biodiversitv 9/ UsimI ocal trecs for rctoredatiui, r nialt isill Ito recoiner oe of the most degraded laud i s ic n IAtlantic area of the country.

Costa Rica Productive Use of Biomass Biomass Users Netwsork Biodiversity/ 9/93-9/94 525f) Support for three COnM1111t6gloLlps ill Unsi IIp rnf fr1111uCnetblilClimate Change frienidly technologies to g,rm\ organic poduce: a stu_ds Oll 11011!

$2307 efficient, less polltingSOUrces ot firewood o mil he s slts edCosta Rica Training Project for Consolidation of ASVO Biodiversity 9/93-7/94 S20,000 'Training for ti% CCommp f nrit OrgaliZatiot Of r Ln tnI S1

Five Regional Groups of Volunteers regions around national parks.Costa Rica Reforestation, Greenhouse and Training CECADE Biodiversity 9/93-9/94 $10,000 forestation, fraining and operation or a giCem hoiuse il a

for Protection and Conservation ofa Ily degraded aea t sho neighboring n in onrhitihWatershed in the Community of Purisca the benefits of protecing natersheds.

Costa Rica Pnvironmental Education: A Condition F io n de Educacion Ambiental Biodiversity 9/93-6/94 S17,000 Support for ten pro mjemts: e ironinenal librars and tnalliaiiii ifto Caring for the Earth 20 local leaders inl ch region oheic phe I F Stall o ontProgram operates; prodLuCtion of biook and oilho cd uta

ional materials on national parks and eidangcicd speci., t__________ _______________________________

_______primary schools.

Dominican Education for the Promotion Sociedad Dominicana de Fisica 9SODOFI) Ozone Depletion 4/94-4/95 $9,00 Research in the infiirmal eonoion eLto reeiud e \\itn [hcRepublic of the Ozone Layer ozone depletion and dUCtioial Plait fotib he o i C tio Olthe ozone la/er.

Dominican Biodiversity Fvaluation of the El Ponit Espeleogrupo de Santo Domingo, Inc. Biodiversity 4/94-4/95 $9,08 Foaluation ajd isentor f difierent Sitart aind taiI fRepublic Caves Anthropology Reser2e birds and uainals; ills eon orf flit i d e Saition of iS,human impact on the area.

Dominican Organization of the National Body of Espeleogrupo de Santo Domingo, Inc. Biodiversity 4/94-4/95 $4,347 Formation OfVohinftat\grmiIp of pirik gtard; notsatesRepublic Voluntary Park Rangers ounger members of th e du onaitta to jn th

Dominican Inventory and Development of Management Funlaci d Dominicana Pro Investigaci6n y Biodiversitv 494-4/95 SI,840 Ienlutio ofUndeiater species ir I as hca Nati oal PI ikRepublic Plan for the National Submarine Park Conservacion de los Recursos Marinos breef es stam ma i entot plato l iold i in ,

of La Caleta_________________________

Dominican Training and Information on the Mujeres el Desarrollo Dominicana, INC. Biodiversity 4/94-4/95 40,347 Fducation of oltrailir grou sof p ilrk irs motatsiiRepublic Environment for Rural omen MUDE) theors and ptsebe of tbiodn iAi% itIs isatoiit.

Dominican Cultivation and Use of Medicinal Plants Sociedad Ecologica de Oviedo ISODO Biodiversity 4/94-4/95 57,800 Identification and iettr sit mescicinal plant inl lieRepublic coMMunitv & CduIcation a1nd training to tthe comu n l taiih.

GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME STATUS REPORT- November 1994

2 Country Project Name Responsible NGO GEF Priority Area Duration GEF DescriptionGrant

C Dominican F\ aluation of the Current Status and Prospectiva Ambiental Dominicana, Inc. (PAD) Biodiversity 4/94-4/95 $36,520 Updating the current information on the plight of

Republic Distribution of the Manatee (Trichechus Trichechus manatus in the Dominican Republic; education

Manatus) in the Dominican Republic of a local community in the management of the species.

Dominican Solar Fnergv-lBased Rural Electrification Asociatión para el Desarrollo de Energia Climate Change 4/94-4/95 $20,500 Provide solar electrification and photovoltaic systems

Republic Solar, Inc. (ADESOL) through credit to local communities.

Dominican 1nstallation of Photovoltaic Systems Sociedad para el Desarrollo Integral Climate Change 4/94-4/95 $10,038 Provide 20 families in the community of Nagua with elec

4 Republic for I-ectric Power in Rural Areas of Nagua del Noreste (SODIN) tricity through photovoltaics; train users on the

Z ___ maintenance requirements.

Dominican Alternative Modek for Production of Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo de Climate Change 4/94-4/95 $10,371 Production of methane gas for reforestation and working

Republic Natural Gas (Biogas) la Juventud Rural, Inc. (FUNDEJUR) ith waste from swineherds processed by 10 biodigestors.

Dominican Critical Areas of Reforestation Fundación Pro Conuco, Inc. Climate Change/ 4/94-4/95 $10,000 Identifying critical areas for reforestation and working with

Republic n Bajabonico Watershed Biodiversity technology of local communities to re-introduce tree species.

Dominican Solar 1-nergy for Rural Electrification and Servicio Social de Iglesias Dominicanas, Climate Change 4/94-4/95 $17,000 Provide 50 solar panels in five communities of Villa

Republic Domestic Use through Photovoltaic Panels Inc. (SSID) Vasquez, Creation of rotating funds to give loans to rural

families; train in installation of solar panels.

Dominican Reforestation of Yahacoa Riker Consejo Nacional para la Protección del Medio Climate Change/ 4/94-4/95 $9,500 Reforestation in the Yabacao River micro-watershed with

Republic Ambiente y la Ecologia (CONAPROMAE) Biodiversity 37,000 fruits and wood trees, with the participation of

committees in each community.

Dominican Redution of Carbon Monoxide and Fundación para la Educación en Climate Change 4/9-4/95 $17,920 Elevate the level of awareness of public motorcyclists in the

Republic Noise Levels produced by Public Población v Medio Ambiente (FEPMA) community of San Cristobal about the negative effects of

Nlotorcyclists in San Cristohal noise and carbon monoxide on the environment.

GEF PROJECT DOCUMENTSThe three GEF implementing agencies - UNDP, UNEP and the World Bank - publish and distribute in-depth Project The World Bank)ocuments for each of their projects. As of November 1994, the following Project Documents will be available. Forcopies, contact the responsible agency or the GEF Secretariat. 1. Algeria ........ El Kala National Park and Wetlands ManagementUNDP 2. Belarus........Biodiversity Protection1. Argentina......................Patagonian Coastal Zone Management Plan 3. Bhutan ........ Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation2. Belize .............. Sustainable Development and Management of Biologically Diverse 4. Bolivia ........ Biodiversity Conservation

Coastal Resources3. Brazil.............................Biomass Integrated Gasification/Gas Turbine Project . China ......... Sh as ss4. China.............................Development of Coal-bed Methane Resources5. China.............................Issues and Options in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Control 7. Congo ........ Wildlands Protection and Management6. Cuba..............................Protecting Biodiversity and Establishing Sustainable 8. Costa Rica. Tejona Wind Power (IDB project document)

Development of the Sabana-Camaguey Ecosystem 9. Czech Republic...Biodiversity Protection7. Dominican Republic ....Conservation and Management in the Coastal Zone of the 10. Czech Republic...Phaseout of Ozone Depleting Substances

Dominican Republic IL Ecuador. Biodiversity Protection8. Global............................Alternatives to Slash and Burn Research Initiatives 12. Egypt ......... Red Sea Coastal & Marine Resource Management9. Global............................Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases Including Ozone10. Global............................Research Programme on Methane Emissions from Rice Fields 13. Gna ........ Coat We s g11. Global............................Small Grants Programme 14. India.......Altert Ene in12. Global............................Support for Regional Oceans Training Programmes13. Jordan ........................... Conservation of the Dana and Azraq Protected Areas 16. Iran .......... Teheran Transport Emissions Reduction14. Nepal.............................Biodiversity Conservation in Nepal 17. Jamaica ....... Demand Side Management Demonstration15. Papua New Guinea.......National Conservation and Resource Management Programme 18. Lao PDR. Wildlife and Protected Areas Conservation16. Peru...............................Technical Assistance to the Centre for Energy Conservation 19. Mauritius. ugar Bio-Energy Technology17. Regional........................Environmental Management in the Danube River Basin 20. Mexico........High Efficiency Lighting Pilot Project18. Regional ....................... Institutional Support for the Protection of East African Biodiversity 21. Mexico........Protected Areas Program19. Regional........................Regional Strategies for the Conservation and Sustainable 22. Philippines. Conservation of Priority Protected Areas

Management of Natural Resources in the Amazon20. Regional........................South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme 23. Phlines .Let-ion Ge oteal21. Sri Lanka ........... Development of Wildlife Conservation and Protected Area

Management 25. Regional. Oil Pollution Management Project for the Southwest Mediterranean Sea22. Sudan ............................ Community Based Rangeland Rehabilitation for Carbon 26. Regional. Wider Caribbean Initiative for Ship-Generated Waste

Sequestration and Biodiversity 27. Rumania. Danube Delta Biodiversity23. Uruguay........................Conservation of Biodiversity in the Eastern Wetlands 28. Seychelles. Biodiversity Conservation and Marine Pollution Abatement24. Viet Nam.......................Conservation Training and Biodiversity Action Plan 29. Slovak Republic..Biodiversity Protection25. Yemen...........................Protection of Marine Ecosystems of the Red Sea Coast 30. Thailand. Promotion of Electricity Energy Efficiency26. Zimbabwe.....................Photovoltaics for Household and Community Use 31. Turkey ........ In-Situ Conservation of Genetic BiodiversityFor UNDP Project Documents, please contact: 32. Uganda ....... Conservation of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park andMahenau Agha

the Mgahinga Gorilla National ParkGEF Information Officer 33. Ukraine.......Danube Delta BiodiversityUNDP - One United Nations Plaza, NY 10017Tel: 212-906-6112 Fax: 212-906-6998 34. Ukraine.......Transcarpathian Biodiversity ProtectionUNEP For World Bank Project Documents, please contact:1. Global..................Country Case Studies on Sources and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases2. Global..................Global Biodiversity Assessment CnfrminO3. Global..................Support for the Preparation of Biodiversity Country Studies Wa rIdiBan

For UNEP Project Documents, please contact: 1818 H St., NW, Rooo S-2145Rohit Khanna Mikko Pyhala Washington, DC 20433Associate Programme Officer GEF Chief GEF Unit Tel: 202-473-2874 Fax: 202-522-3256UNEP UNEP or: World Bank Public Information Center (PIC)1775 K Street NW, Suite 310, Washington, DC 20006 P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya 1818 H St., NW Room GCI-302Tel: 202-331-9140 Fax: 202-331-9333 Tel: 254-2-624 166 Fax: 254-2 -520825 Washington, DC 20433

World Bank Task Managers for GEF Projects in:

GEF SECRETARIAT UNEP Algeria Laurent Msellati 473-5651 477-160

The Global Envoironment Facility Secretariat is located in Washington, DC, USA. All ntumbers are Unless otherise noted, the staffofthe Global Ensironment Facility unit ofUNEP is located Be

area code (202). Telephone Fax Nairobi, Kenya. The country and city code for Nairobi is 254-2. Beau San Shen 450-27 522-107

Chief Executive Officer Mohamed EI-Ashry 473-3202 522-3240 Telephone Fax Bolivia Philip Hazelton 473-4604 676-023

Assistant Executive Officer Ian Johnson 473-1053 522-3240 Chief, GEE Unit Mikko Pyhala 624166 520625 Brazil Daniel Gross 473-0655 676-032

External Relations Nicholas Van Praag 473-5102 522-3240 Programme Officer, GE Unit Brigitte Kochan 62416 52025 Claudia Sobrevila 473-334 522-210

Maria Subiza 473-8324 522-3240 (Administration/SAP) Caeroon Ken Creighton 473-4107 473-71

PRINCE Program Dilip Ahuja 473-9469 522-3240PRNEPormDlpAua4396 2-20 Program Officer, GEE Unit Pak Sum Lose 624146 520623 China Toshiro Tsutsumi 458-2955 522-1557

Secretariat staffcan be reached via e-mail on Internet by typing first initial.last (Climate Change/Drone) China Hannachi Morsli 450-2673 676-043

name@worldbank.org. For example: tnsubiza@worldbank.org Program Officer, GEF Unit Melanie Virtue 624163 520625 Congo Alec Boachitte 473-4932 477-292

________________________________________________ (Data Management) Costa Rica Gustavo Calderoin 623-1976 623-1304

UN PAssociate Programme Officer, RoIt Khanna 202-331-9140 202-331-9333 Cote d'lvoire Willem Floor 473-3251 477-0542UN PGEE Unit (GEE Liaison, Czech Republic Francois Wencelius 473-1172 477-0816

The Global Environment Facility unit of UNDP is located in New York City, USA. All area Washington, DC) Czech Republic Mark Kosmo 473-2516 477006

codes for the following numbers are (212) Senior PTelephone Fax rstg fi c Ecudo Cea Plaa 473-591 522-34

Executive Coordinator Michael Gucovsky 906-5044 906-6998Africa (anr : Biudi vri Ghana Robert Epworth (23321)229681 (23321) 22709

Regional Coordinator John Hough 906-6053 906-5974 Coutr Studies)

Task Manager (UNSO) Makitu Nziuki 906-5768 906-6345 Programme Officer Michael Short 623451 623410

Arab States Climate Unit Indonesia Bernard van de Poll 450-2549 522-167

(Middle East & North Africa) (Task Manager: Greenhouse Iran George Tharakan 473-2597 477-034

Regional Coordinator Inger Andersen 906-6199 906-5487 Gas County Studies) Jamaica Abderrahmane Megateli 473-6631 676-036

Senior Area Officer Abdalla Odeh 906-5588 906-5487 Programme Officer Ivar Baste 623264 623926 Kenya Agi Kiss 254-2) 220477 (254-2 2I392

Area Officer Sima Kana'an 906-5484 906-5487 Biodiversity Unit Lao PDR Susan Shn 456-2716 522-166

Senior Programme (Task Manager: Global Malawi EmmanuelAsibey 473-4330 473-617Monitor (UNSO) Lars Leander 906-5766 906-5345 Biodiversity Assessment)

Asia & Pacific Programme Officer Paul Chabeda 623877 623926 Mali Willem Floor 4733251 477(134

Regional Coordinator Nileena Noble 906-6575 906-5825 Biodiversity Unit Mauritius Christopher Trapman 473-4260 473-514

UNDP Task Managers for GEE Projects in: (Task Manager: Biodiversitv Mexico Adrian Demayo 473-6671 676-146

China Susan McDade 861-532-2567 Data Management)

India A. Bhattacharva 9111-462-7612

Indonesia/Malavsia Y.P. Zhou 212-906-5825 Programme Officer Renoir Christ 623447 623410 Morocco Jorge Larrieu 473-0240 477-199

Mongolia Kunzang Chungyalpa 212-906-5825 Climate Unit Mozambique Robert Clement-Jones 473-4546 473-791

Nepal - H. Sakaguchi 977-152-3991 Task Manager: Capacity Building Pakistan Jane Walker 458-2703 477859

Pakistan Fatma Shah 925-1823783 and Infrastructure) Pera Cladia Alderman 473-6602 477-305

Papua Newe Guinea Nicolsi Ruge 675-211-224 All UNEP staffmi Nairobi can be reached noa e-mil ott Intcrnct by typing Philippines John Irving 456-2880 477-274.

Sri Lanka M. Jayamana 94-1581116 fint tameckiot tame@utp. no or npyhala@iorldbank.org Philippines Susan Shen 450-2716 522-166

Vietnam Yannick Glemarec 8442-59267

Regional Fin Elisara Laulu 685-23555

Regional Jorge Reyes 632-741-7961 Poland Rachid Benmessaoud 473-2696 477-006c

Romtania Mar)ory-Anne Bromhead 473-2770 477-1441

Europe & CIS WORLD BANK Irina Luca (40-1)210-1604 (40-1)210-2021

Regional Coordinator Annie Roncerel 906-6402 906-6595 Russia Gary Stuggins 473-2607 477-328

Global The Global Environment Coordination Division of the World Bank is located in Washington, Sechelles Carl Lundin 473-3426 477-056

Regional Coordinator Philip Reynolds 906-5866 906-6350 DC, USA. Unless otherwise noted, the area rode for the follosing numbers is(202).TelephoneSlovak Republic rancois encelius 473-1172 477-01

Latin America & the Caribbean TiThailand Daraves Meha 438-0472 477-274

Regional Coordinators Nick Remple 906-5426 906-5892 Chief, Global Environment Division Ken Newcombe 473-6010 522-3256 Tunisia Lorenzo Savorelli 473-3558 477-199

Hilda Paparoni 906-5468 90666892 East Asia, Latin America Turkey Mar,jory-Anne Brombead 473-2770 477-144(

SmllGattsPogame& Caribbean Uganda Agi Kiss (234-2)228477 (234-2)21392

Small GrantsPProgram Officer,GEFrdUnto Piak Sumnow 6414-68 52083256

Coordinator Peter Hazleswood 906-5084 906-6690 RgoaCoritr TnsKms436832-56 Ukraine Kathy Stephenson 473-2517 522-007

Senior Adviser Jane Jacq 906-6076 9066690 Africa & South Asia

Biodiversity Specialist Eduardo Fuentes 906-5773 906-6998 Regional Coordinator Robin Broadfied 473-4355 522-3256 Zeinl(tnAeimbas) Richabbagmor 473-453 473-0416Europe, Central Asia,Reinl(aiAneia OsmbDbgh4390 67-0

Glotbal Warming Specialist Richard Hosier 906-6591 906-6996 Middle East & North Africa Regional (Africa) Jeffrey Lewis (226) 306237 (226) 30864

Special Promects Officer Charles McNeill 906-5960 906-6996 Regional Coordinator Jo Albert 473-3458 22-3256 Global (IC) Dana Younger 473-4779 334-870

Operations Officer Robert Filipp 906-6489 906-6990 Global Warming Specialist Charles Feinsicin 473-2696 522-3256 GEF-World Batik stalfcaot bc reached vio c-mail on INTERNET by typiag first ioitiaUiast

Information Officer 'Malienau Aghsa 9(16-6112 906-6998 Biodisersity Specialist Kathy MlacKinnoin 458-4682 522-3256 name@Caorldhatik.org For examiple: cflening@tivorldbank.org

International Waters Coordinator Richard Paton 473-3585 522-3256

GEF-UND3P staff can he reached vio c-iaisl ott Intcrnet by) lypingfirst naniekoat na(Alp.org. Ozone Coordinator Bill Rahill 473-7289 522-3258 Thie GEE syelcomes comments and suggestions on the Quarterly Operational Report.

For exattmple: diares. nteill@utnPp.org Information Officer Clare Fleming 473-2874 52-356 Information contained in this report is C64rrent as of 1 Octobcr 1094.

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