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The projects presented during the National Dialogue, one of a series that the GEF is holding with countries around the world, aimed to address a vast variety of issues. From restoring forested ecosystems, creating ecological villages in the highlands of Madagascar, to conserving protected areas and species threatened by poaching and illegal wildlife trade. Photo: Christian Hofer/GEF.

April 4, 2019

Inclusive consultations move Madagascar forward on transformation of land and livelihoods
The work of the GEF International Waters (IW) focal area is focused on cooperation on water. With about 60% of the world’s surface water resources and 40% of the world’s population living in watersheds shared by two or more countries, cooperation on the use of shared resources is essential. Photo: lovelyday12/Shutterstock.

March 21, 2019

World Water Day 2019: Celebrating results on shared water resource cooperation

An ambitious new conservation programme brings six nations together to ensure the future of one of the world’s most vital ecosystems. Photo: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/nMBY4k" target="_blank">Joseph King</a> (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

March 21, 2019

Six countries, one forest, one future
As a key global player in forest conservation, the GEF has been at the forefront of efforts to protect the most important forests in the world from degradation. Photo: Gustavo Fradao/Shutterstock.

March 21, 2019

International Day of Forests 2019: Conserving the major forests on the planet
Photo: ingehogenbijl/Shutterstock

March 12, 2019

Mini-grid Summit convenes key partners to discuss market development
The reduction of agricultural biodiversity in global food systems is of growing concern. Photo: Edmund Lowe Photography / Shutterstock.

February 19, 2019

Towards a “Great Food Transformation”
The agenda to transform Freetown has created an opportunity for the country to tackle the many challenges of urbanization. National Dialogue in Sierra Leone explored the possibility of the country’s participation in the Sustainable Cities Impact Program in GEF-7. Photo: Mohamed Bakarr/GEF.

February 14, 2019

Financing environmental priorities: how recipient countries are taking centerstage in delivering GEF-7 strategy

The government of Lao PDR is committed to a climate resilient and sustainable development, and important progress has been achieved in the areas of floods protection and water management, resilient agriculture, and forest conservation. Photo: Suchada Rujayakornkun/Shutterstock.

February 13, 2019

GCF and GEF join forces with Lao PDR to advance climate action
Installing the new automatic weather station in Preah Sihanouk, under the UNDP-supported project ‘Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning Systems in Cambodia’ 2018. © MOWRAM Cambodia.

February 4, 2019

New partnership on drought mitigation supports Cambodia's climate change preparedness efforts

January 31, 2019

Scorecard measures nutrient pollution in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha

January 24, 2019

Driving change toward a world without waste

January 23, 2019

India will host UNCCD COP14
Polesie toy company has become the first Belarusian business to join the EBRD’s Finance and Technology Transfer Centre for Climate Change (FINTECC) programme, supported by the GEF. Finance available through FINTECC has helped Polesie install energy efficient technology that is new to the Belarusian manufacturing sector. Photo: EBRD

January 15, 2019

EBRD and GEF make “greener” toys in Belarus
Forest conservation and sustainable timber production is one of the new blueprints released by CPIC. Photo: Peter Gueth/Shutterstock.

January 10, 2019

CPIC releases new blueprints to boost investment in nature conservation

January 8, 2019

US$ 20 million financing to private Lebanese electricity provider BUTEC: EBRD loan and GEF facility to support investment programme