UNDP-GEF scores side event success at CBD COP9: UNDP-GEF held two well attended side events – one on support to PoWPA, and the other on Biodiversity and Business - at the ninth meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties (Bonn, Germany, from May 19-30, 2008).
GEF side events on Biodiversity Strategy, Indigenous Peoples, and Sustainable Financing for Protected Areas also benefited from UNDP participation, while CBD events including preparation of the Fourth National Report, the Towards 2010 Guidebook, and the EU-China Biodiversity Partnership enjoyed substantial support and participation from UNDP-GEF.
Full report and links to presentations
New publication launched: Biodiversity – Delivering Results (pdf 5.9MB), May 14
New publication launched: Promotion of Wind Energy: Lessons Learned from International Experience and UNDP-GEF Projects (pdf 1.8MB), May 14
Green power for rural areas in India
In Karnataka, a new biomass gasifier plant that uses carbon
neutral biomass to produce electricity for rural villages is supported
by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)/UNDP, India Canada Environment
Facility and the Government of Karnataka, and is managed and run by
the community, March 24
Video: UNDP Administrator visits plant in India
'UNDP praised for outstanding collaboration in early action Protected Areas project'
The Convention on Biological Diversity Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf has congratulated UNDP and GEF in his opening address to the Second Ad-hoc Working group on Protected Areas.
Full story and a Poster on Financial Sustainability of National Systems
of Protected Areas features UNDP scorecard. Rome, February
13
Read the full text of Mr Djoghlaf’s speech (pdf)
Climate change brings 'social injustice' UNDP/China environment head tells Time magazine, February 13
Inception Workshop - Agulhas Somali Large Marine Ecosystems Project, February 1
Copenhagen 2009 COP will be a political thriller says Danish environment minister, January 24
World sets 2010 deadline for reduced biodiversity loss, January 22
UNDP tops global accountability ranking: UNDP received top ranking on the 2007 Global Accountability Report launched in London on 4 December by One World Trust, a leading expert in the field of global governance and accountability.
UNFCCC Conference of the Parties - Climate Change. BALI, December 3–14, 2007
Namibia - 100 years of history builds a flagship conservation area - The centenary of Etosha National Park is being used to promote new initiatives in the country’s protected area network, more ..., September 28
Lake Manzala leads the way in engineered wetlands technology: Completion of the Lake Manzala Engineered Wetlands project and its handover as a fully-operating facility from Egypt’s Ministry of Environmental Affairs to the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, full story, October 16
UNDP Protecting the Ozone Layer - Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer – 20 Years of Success (pdf), September 17
"International Forum Soils, Society & Global Change
Celebrating the Centenary of Conservation and Restoration of Soil and Vegetation in Iceland; 31
August – 4 September 2007, Selfoss, Iceland; Background paper, Key Note Speech
WISP sponsored “Global Pastoral Gathering” in Segovia, Spain, 8-16 September – see websites : www.iucn.org/wisp and www.nomadassegovia2007.org
Message of the representatives of pastoralists to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Madrid, 3- 14 September
Launch on 10 July - GEF funding helps countries carry out implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on protected areas.
Information Kit for Countries available (pdf)
New publication launched: UNDP-GEF International Waters Programme – Delivering Results (pdf)
Featured biodiversity project writeups:
Biodiversity Conservation in Coffee (pdf)
Central American Markets for Biodiversity (pdf)
Message from Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, on the Occasion Of The International Day for Biological Diversity. May 22, 2007
The GEF-UNDP Ballast Water Documentary won the Best UN Feature Film Award - it is called 'Invaders from the Sea'. BBC/IMO film, April 6, 2007
Statement by Kemal Dervis, UNDP Administrator, on the occasion of World Water Day, March 22, 2007
Administrator Kemal Dervis and RBLAC Bureau Director Rebeca Grynspan visit to GEF SGP Projects in Costa Rica, January 13, 2007
UN development chief calls for aid to curb climate change
GEF CEO visits project in India funded by GEF and implemented by UNDP:
Tackling Climate Change Now: GEF Project in India's Karnataka State Shows How
World Water Day
22nd March 2007
New website
Cross-regional virtual Knowledge Fair on Water Governance
The essence of UNDP Knowledge Management approach was recently brought to life in a virtual Knowledge Fair on Water Governance
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