Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Although the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is an independent
international financial entity, it is implemented by three
United Nations bodies: UNEP. the United Nations Development
Programme, and the World Bank.
The GEF was established in 1991 by the World Bank with
UNEP and UNDP to help developing countries fund projects
and programmes that protect the global environment. GEF
grants support projects related to biodiversity, climate
change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone
layer, and persistent organic pollutants. GEF has played
an integral role in funding many projects within the Regional
Seas programmes. The Black Sea Ecosystem Recovery Project,
with the overall aim of the new, six-year (2000-2006) project
is to improve ecosystem health of the Black Sea by reducing
inputs of nutrients and hazardous substances from land-based
activities; the Caspian Environment Programme; and the Strategic
Action Programme for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden are just
a small selection of GEF Regional Seas programmes expanding
across the world.
Currently within the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) both
the SAP-MED (Strategic Action Programme to Address Pollution
from Land-Based Activities in the Mediterranean Region)
and the SAP-BIO (Strategic Action Programme for Biodiversity
in the Mediterranean Region) are ready for implementation.
In addition a three year project; addressing Land-based
Activities in the Western Indian Ocean region (WIO-LAB),
funded by the GEF and the Government of Norway has been
approved and implementation will commence this year.
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