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Projects involving
communities proximate to threatened waterbodies and transboundary
threats to their ecosystems. Priority is placed on the prevention and
control of ecological degradation of critical habitats (such as
wetlands, shallow waters and reefs), of unsustainable use of marine
resources resulting from over fishing, excessive withdrawal of fresh
water and resource extraction.
GEF/SGP grants will fund projects involving communities proximate to
threatened waterbodies and transboundary threats to their ecosystems.
Priority is placed on the threat posed to international waters by
land-based sources of surface and groundwater pollution that degrade the
quality of international waters. This means preventing the release of
persistent toxic substances and heavy metals that cannot be neutralized
by marine and freshwater ecosystems, or that accumulate in living
organisms.
High priority is also placed on:
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abatement of common
contaminants such as nutrients, biological contaminants, or sediments
that endanger species or threaten ecosystems;
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prevention and control
of ecological degradation of critical habitats (such as wetlands,
shallow waters, and reefs) that sustain biodiversity; and
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management of
unsustainable use of marine resources resulting from over-fishing,
excessive withdrawal of freshwater, and resource extraction.
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Operational Program 8:
Waterbody-based Program |
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Projects address
the priority transboundary environmental concerns that exist in a
specific waterbody, such as a transboundary river basin or a large
marine ecosystem. |
Potential eligible
activities:
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support for
capacity-building and technical assistance for species and habitat
conservation in fishing and coastal communities faced with
biodiversity loss of critical marine, river, and lake species.
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provision of
sustainable technical and livelihood alternatives in situations of
excessive over-fishing and water resource extraction.
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small-scale
demonstrations of approaches to reducing transboundary pollutant
flows at the local level.
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projects which
test approaches to implementing existing Strategic Action
Programmes (SAPs) and National Strategic Action Programs (NAPs) at
the local level.
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Operational Program 9:
Integrated Land and Water Multiple Focal Area |
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These projects
involve the integration of land and water resource management as a
means of addressing the degradation of international waters. They
can involve other GEF focal areas as well as the cross-cutting issue
of land degradation (desertification and deforestation). |
Potential eligible
activities:
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participatory
inventories and community use assessments of unique or endangered
marine and coastal biodiversity in a joint biodiversity / international
waters multiple focal area project.
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development of
integrated freshwater basin-coastal area management to address the
causes and sectoral activities that endanger the reefs, wetlands,
and mangroves that serve as nursery areas for the ocean's living
resources, particularly transboundary fish stocks
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capacity-building
and technical assistance to combat salinization of coastal soils
from over-use of freshwater and groundwater from transboundary
aquifers for irrigation and household consumption (applicable in
border towns and regions).
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projects which
test approaches to implementing existing Strategic Action
Programmes (SAPs) and National Strategic Action Programs (NAPs) at
the local level.
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Operational Program
10: Contaminant-based Program |
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activities that demonstrate ways of overcoming barriers to the
adoption of best practices to limit contamination of international
waters. |
Potential eligible
activities:
- community initiatives to
eliminate the causes of land and marine-based sources of
pollution, particularly Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS),
nutrients and certain metals.
- reduction of agricultural
run-off in the form of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
- reduction of industrial waste
dumping by promoting reuse and recycling.
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