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GEF and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

As the financial mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) helps developing countries and countries with economies in transition to achieve the objectives of the CBD and generate global environmental benefits in the area of biodiversity. Biodiversity projects constitute the largest percentage of GEF’s portfolio, making up 36 percent of total GEF grants. Between 1991 and 2006, the GEF provided approximately $2.2 billion in grants, and leveraged about $5.17 billion in cofinancing in support of more than 750 biodiversity projects in 155 countries.

The Biodiversity Strategy for GEF-4

The goal of GEF’s biodiversity program is the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, the maintenance of the ecosystem goods and services that biodiversity provides to society, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.

To achieve this goal, the strategy encompasses four complementary and mutually reinforcing objectives:

  • Catalyzing the sustainability of protected area systems; 
     
  • Mainstreaming biodiversity conservation and sustainable use into production landscapes/seascapes and sectors; 
     
  • Safeguarding biodiversity through: 
     
    • i) building country capacity to implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB), and
    • ii) prevention, control, and management of invasive alien species; and 
       
  • Capacity building to support the implementation of the Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing.


Underpinning these responses, GEF supports institutional capacity building and the development of the appropriate policy frameworks to ensure sustainable biodiversity conservation. The strategy is consistent with the integrated approaches to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use promoted by the ecosystem approach, the primary framework for action under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

>> read more from the GEF website at http://www.GEFweb.org on BIODIVERSITY

Members in Focal Area: Biodiversity
Total = 442
Africa Central
ACTION JEUNESSE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
Action pour le Développement de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche avec Protection Environnementale de Likende (ADAPEL)
Action Volontaire pour la Lutte contre les Changements Climatiques et les Effets Negatifs du Soufre du Diesel "AVOCHACLISD"
AFRIQUE ACTION CONTRE LES CHANGEMENTS CLIMATIQUES (AFRICA ACTION AGAINIST CLIMATE CHANGE) - ACC
Akwi Memorial Foundation (AMF)
Amigos de la Naturaleza y del Desarrollo de Guinea Ecuatorial (ANDEGE)
APRODEA, ACTION FOR ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Association Congolaise pour Développement Agricole (ACDA)
Association for the Management of Natural Resources Talents, Agriculture and Health Development (AMANARTAH)
Association of Actions of Peace and Community Development (APADEC)
Aube Nouvelle Pour La Femme Et Le Developpement (ANFD)/ New Dawn for Women and Development (NDWD)
CADIC
CENTRE DE RECHERCHES APPLIQUEES "PAILLASSE"
Ecologistes Du Monde
Federation of Environmental and Ecological Diversity for Agricultural Revampment and Human Rights (FEEDAR & HR)
FEEDAR & HR COOPERATIVE AND MICRO CREDIT UNIT
FONDATION VILLAGEOISE DE GESTION DE LA NATURE ET DE LUTTE CONTRE LE BRACONNAGE
GASCO - Cameroun
Groupe D'Action Aux Necessiteux - GAN
Hard Working Farmers
ONG Brainforest
OPED - Organization pour l'Environnement et le Developpement Durable
Organisation de defense de l'environnement au Burundi 'ODEB'
organisation des laics engagés du sacré coeur pour le developpement de kimbondo
SOCIETE CIVILE ENVIRONNEMENTALE ET AGRO-RURALE DU CONGO (SOCEARUCO)
The Research Institute for Development, Communication and School Partnership (RIDCSP)
 
Africa East
African Conservation Foundation
ASB - PARTNERSHIP FOR TROPICAL FOREST MARGINS
CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT (CIDev)
Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT)
Council for Human Ecology - Kenya
Development Indian Ocean Network (DION)
DONET - Dodoma Environmental Network
East Africa Natural History Society
Ensemble pour le Développement Durable du District d'Arta (E.D.D.A.)
Entebbe Women Association (EWA)
Environmental Alert
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TRUST OF UGANDA (ECOTRUST)
Environmental Management for Livelihood Improvement
Environmental Protection and Conservation Organization (EPCO)
Envirornment Liaison Centre International (ELCI)
Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society
Forum For Environment
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL AND POLICY STUDIES (ICESPS)
KENYA NETWORK OF GRASSROOTS ORGANISATIONS (KENGO)
LEM, The Environment and Development Society of Ethiopia
MABIRA FOREST INTEGRATED COMMMUNITY ORGANISATION
Majaso Human Development (MAHUDE)
Mauritius Council for Development, Environmental Studies and Conservation (MAUDESCO)
Mauritius Council of Social Service (MACOSS)
Mauritius Marine Conservation Society
Mgahinga Community Development Organisation (MCDO)
NATURE KENYA
Nature Palace Foundation
NatureUganda - the East Africa Natural History Society (EANHS)
Networks and Information Exchange (NETINFEX)
OSIENALA - Friends of Lake Victoria
Pro-biodiversity Conservationist in Uganda (PROBICOU)
Rwanda Environmental Conservation Organisation (RECOR)
Silanga Mwengenye Ruaka Self Help Group
Soroti Rural Development Agency (SORUDA)
Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN)
Sustainable Agriculture Trainers Network (SATNET)
Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry & Environment Concerns - SAFE
Sustainable for Environmental & Climate Change Association (SECCA)
Uganda Association for Social Economic Progress
Uganda Coalition for Crisis Prevention (UCCP)
UGANDA ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION (UEEF)
Wildlife Clubs of Uganda (WCU)
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF TANZANIA (WCST)
WWF Madagascar and West Indian Ocean Programme Office
Youth Environment Service (YES)
 
Africa North
Algerian Ecological Movement
Arab Network for Enviornment & Development (RAED)
Arab Office for Youth and Environment (AOYE)
Association of Continuity Generations
Association Tunisienne pour la Protection de la Nature et de l'Environnement, ATPNE
Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services
Groupe d’Etudes et Recherches sur les Energies Renouvelables et l’Environnement (GERERE)
Ong Agir En Faveur De L' environnement (ONG AFE)
Protection de l'énvironnement et de l'écosysteme Mauritania (PEECO)
Société Protectrice des Animaux et de la Nature (SPANA)
Sudanese Environment Conservation Society (SECS)
 
Africa South
Action for Environmental Sustainability (AFES)
Community Initiative for Social Enhancement (CISE)
Dialogue International
Foundation for Wildlife and Habitat Conservation
Geography and Environmental Movement (GEM)
Green Living Movement
Human Settlements of Zambia (HUZA)
Imiti Ikula Empanga Environment and Development Organisation (IIEEDO)
JEA - The Ecological Youth of Angola
LEAD Southern and Eastern Africa
Masvingo Community Based HIV/AIDS and Vulnerable Children's Organization
Peace Parks Foundation
Phunzirani Development Organisation (PDO)
SouthSouthNorth
Sustainability Institute
Sustainable Rural Growth and Development Initiative (SRGDI)
 
Africa West
A.V.D.A.
Abibimman Foundation
African Research Association managing Development in Nigeria (ARADIN)
African Youth Movement [AYM]
Asagyam Help for the Needy (ASAHN) NGO
Association des Femmes Peules Autochtones du Tchad (AFPAT)
Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme (BDCP)
Bright Generation Community Foundation
CENTRE FOR WATER AND ENVIRONMENT (CWED)
Community Engineering Programme - COMENGIP
Conservation Society of Sierra Leone
Defence Against Aids, Poverty and Underdevelopment (DAAPU)
ECO-ECOLO
ENDA - Environment and Development Action
ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION FOR AFRICA
Environmental Protection and Development Group (GEPADG)
Fantsuam Foundation
Foundation for Future Christian Workers International (FFCWI)
Foundation for the Conservation of the Earth (FOCONE)
Free World Foundation
Friends of Environment and Humanity Foundation (FEHUF)
Ghana Wildlife Society
GLOBAL GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK
Green Earth Organization
HATOF Foundation
Kanuri Development Association
LEAD TCHAD
National Instrument for Democracy and Economic Development (NIDE)
Nature Tropicale
NESDA Secretariat
Network for Promotion of Agriculture And Environmental Studies
Ojope Farmers and Rural Dwellers Development Association (OFRDDA)
Poverty in Africa Alternative (POVINAA)
Reseau Beninois des ONGs de L'Environment
Society For the Improvement of Rural People-Nigeria (NSIRP)
SOS SAHEL International-Niger
Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND)
Take Care Africa Foundation (TCAF)
Tetrem Rural Community Agricultural Farmers and Craft Development Association
The Small Holders Foundation
Together Rural Development Solidarity
TROPICAL FOREST NETWORK (TFN )
Vision to Action (VITA)
Wuni Zaligu Development Association (WUZDA)
Youth Aid Foundation for Winners
Youth as a Mission Development Association (YAAMDA)
 
Asia North East
Beijing Forestry Society (BFS)
China Green Foundation
China Mangrove Conservation Network
Environmental Quality Protection Foundation
Friends of Nature
Global Environmental Forum
Global Village Beijing
Green Asia Network
Green Camel Bell
Green Education Center (GEC)
Green Hanjiang
Green Initiatives
Greenriver Environmental Protection Association of Sichuan
Japan Council for Sustainable Development
Japan Wildlife Research Center (JWRC)
Longyou Environment Conservation Association Tianshui City
Organization for Industrial and Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (OISCA- International)
The Institute for China and Global Environmental Sustainability (CHANGES)
The Takagi Fund for Citizen Science
Wild Bird Society of Japan (International Center)
 
Asia South
AKSHAYA Rehabilitation Trust
Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF)
Association for Protection of Environment and Culture (APEC)
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
Bangladesh Poush
Belour Advisory and Social Development Organization (BASDO)
Bombay Natural History Society
CARAVAN
Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society (CECOEDECON)
Centre for Environment Protection (CEP)
Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal (CRT/N)
Community Development Library (CDL)
DRUSTI
Endangered Species Protection Group(ESPG)
Environmental Resources Research Centre
Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)
Gene Campaign
Haritika
Himalayan Light Foundation
INDEX
Institute for Integrated Rural Development
Institute of Sustainable Development (ISDESR)
Karaikal Mobility Training and Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind (KMTRCB)
LEAD Pakistan
Life Academy of Vocational Studies (LAVS)
Meghalaya Environment and Wildlife Society
Multi-purpose Community Development Society (MCDS)
NATURE ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE SOCIETY
PAHAL
Resources Center for Sustainable Development (RCSD)
Rural Area Development Programme (RADP)
Rural Development Foundation
Rural Reconstruction Nepal - RRN
Samanvay Resource Center
Shri Jagdamba Samiti
Sindhica Reforms Society
Society For Conservation and Protection of the Environment (SCOPE)
Socio Economic Unit Foundation
Solidarity for Social Equality (SSE Human Rights Center)
SOUTH ASIAN FORUM FOR ENVIRONMENT (SAFE)
The Energy and Resources Institute-TERI
Vidyanagar Nature Club
Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka
World Wide Fund for Nature India (WWF-India)
World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan
Youth Welfare Club
 
Asia South East
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
Asian Institute for Development Communication (Aidcom)
Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP)
Centre for Development Programs in the Cordillera - CDPC
Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (CRES)
Community Translation Organization (CTO)
Environmental Management and Research Association of Malaysia (ENSEARCH)
Foundation for the Philippine Environment
Global Environment Centre
Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources
Lao Institute for Renewable Energy
Malaysian Nature Society
Malaysian Society of Marine Sciences (MSMS)
National Council of Women’s Organizations
Save the Earth Cambodia
The Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation-KEHATI
The Rufino M. Reyes Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Wetlands International
 
Asia West
Green Line Association
CENESTA (Center for Sustainable Development)
Development for People and Nature Association
Jordan Environment Society
Jordan Society for Sustainable Development (JSSD)
Mountain Environment Protection Society (MEPS)
Noor Al Hussein Foundation
Palestine Wildlife Society
Plan for the Land Society - TARH E SARZAMIN PAIDAR
Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature
The National Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS)
Together to Protect Human & the Environment Association
Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats (TEMA)
Women's Access to Entrepreneurship Development and Training (WAEDAT)
 
Caribbean
Andros Conservancy and Trust (ANCAT)
Bahamas National Trust
Birdlife Jamaica
CARIBBEAN CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (CCA)
Caribbean Forest Conservation Association (CFCA)
Caribbean Network for Integrated Rural Development
Environment TOBAGO
Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversité Marine (FoProBiM)
Friends of the Environment
Indigenous People (Bethechilokono) of Saint Lucia Governing Council (BGC)
Island Resources Foundation (Virgin Islands)
MEDIO AMBIENTE Y DESARROLLO EN EL CARIBE (ENDA-CARIBE)
St. Lucia National Trust
Stichting Institute for Environmental Technology and Information - SIETI
Suriname Conservation Foundation
The Trust for Sustainable Livelihoods
 
East Europe & Central Asia
"Green Lane" Agricultural Assistance NGO
APB-BirdLife Belarus (Akhova ptushak Batskaushchyny)
Armenian Ecotourism Association
Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment
Association of Forest and Land Users of Tajikistan
Biodiversity Conservation Fund of Kazakhstan
Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN)
Climate Change Coordination Centre (CCCC)
Ecoforum of Uzbekistan
Ecological Innovation Center of Azerbaijan
Ecological Movement of Moldova
Ecological Society Ruzgar
Environmental Educational Center "Zapovedniks"
Farmer of Kazakhstan
NACRES - Centre for Biodiversity Conservation & Research (formerly Noah's Ark Centre for the Recovery of Endangered Species)
National Center of Environment Forecasting (NCEG)/ECO-REAL
Public Association BIOS
Regional Environmental Centre Caucasus (REC Caucasus)
Rural Development Fund
Russian Association of indigenous Peoples of the North RAIPON
Socio - Ecological Fund
Tebigy Kuwwat Social Unit Enterprise
UKRAINIAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS
Union "Green Way"
Youth Ecological Movement “BIOM”
 
Europe
Action Aid International
AGRISUD INTERNATIONAL (formerly Energy 21)
ASOCIACION CHELONIA
Asociatia "Valea Soarelui"/"Sun Valley" Association
Association for Nature
Baltic Environmental Forum (BEF Lithuania)
Birdlife Denmark
Birdlife International
Both Ends
Central and Eastern European Working Group for the Enhancement of Biodiversity - CEEweb for Biodiversity
CESVI - Cooperazione e Sviluppo
CINS-Cooperazione Italiana Nord Sud
Clean Air Foundation
Croplife International
Earth Council Geneva
FIBA - Fondation Internationale du Banc d'Arguin
Forest Peoples Programme
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI)
German NGO Forum Environment and Development
Global Witness
Green Peace International
Groupe de Recherche en Agriculture Biologique (GRAB)
ICCA Consortium (Consortium APAC)
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Institute for International Relations
International Congo Aid - Smile African Children (ICASAC/ CHARITY)
International Council of Environmental Law
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
International Scientific Forum "Danube-River of Cooperation"
International Society of Doctors for the Environment - ISDE
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
IUCN UK National Committee Secretariat
Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli (LIPU)
Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles (MEDASSET/Greece)
Mercy Corps, Scotland
Milieukontakt International
Milvus Group - Bird and Nature Protection Association
Naturschutzbund (NABU)
NGO " Local Agenda 21 for Kostolac - BOROUGH"
Nordisk Fond for Miljø og Udvikling
Polish Ecological Club
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
SAAMI Council
SAVE Foundation
Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations
Tchad Agri Pour l' Environnement (TCHAPE)
The African Conservation Centre
The International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC)
This Is My Environment (TIME) Ecoprojects Foundation
VOLONTARI D’EUROPA” – O.n.l.u.s. “EUROPE’S VOLUNTEERS”
Worldwwide Organization for Sustainable Ports and Marinas
WWF International- World Wide Fund for Nature
 
Mesoamerica
Asociacion Ixacavaa De Desarrollo E Informacion Indigena
Biodiversidad: Conservación y Restauración, A.C.
Centro de Derecho Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales (CEDARENA)
Cultural Association SEJEKTO of Costa Rica
Federacion Organizaciones y Juntas Ambientalistas de Venezuela (FORJA)
Fundacion Hondurena de Ambiante y Desarrollo (Fundacion Vida)
Fundacion Maquilishuatl
Fundacion para el Ecodesarrollo y la Conservacion FUNDAECO
Fundacion para la Defensa de la Naturaleza (FUDENA)
Fundacion para la Promocion del Conocimiento Indigena (FPCI)
Grupo Ecologico Sierra Gorda I.A.P.
Institute for Sustainable Development in Mesoamerica, A.C
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES OF THE TROPICAL FORESTS
MEROLEC A.C.
Politica Ambiental WWF
Programa de Accion Tropical Forestal A.C.
PRONATURA A.C.
Pronatura Chiapas
SalvaNATURA
Union Internacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza- Oficina Regional para Mesoamerica UICN-ORMA
VITALIS
 
North America
American Forests
Animal Welfare Institute
Arctic Athabaskan Council
Atlantic States Legal Foundation, Inc. (ASLF)
BIORESOURCES DEVELOPMENT & CONSERVATION PROGRAMME
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Circumpolar Conservation Union (CCU)
Conservation International
Earth Day Network
Earth Island Institute
Environment Action Association
Forest Trends
Global Coral Reef Alliance
Global Greengrants Fund
Global Partnership for Afghanistan (GPFA)
Green Empowerment
Institute for Sustainable Power, Inc.
International Fund for Animal Welfare
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
International Snow Leopard Trust
International START Secretariat
Island Resources Foundation (USA)
IUCN Washington D.C.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Land is Life
Mercy Corps
National Audubon Society
Natural Resources Defense Council
Nature Canada
Partnership for African Environmental Sustainability (PAES)
Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors
Rainforest Alliance
RARE Center for Tropical Conservation
Renewable Natural Resources Foundation
The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
The Mountain Institute
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
United Nations Foundation
Wildlife Conservation Society
World Resources Institute
World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US)
 
Pacific
Ecologic Foundation
Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI)
Institute for International Development
Oceanswatch
Ole Siosiomaga Society Incorporated (OLSSI)
Pacific Gender Climate Coalition
Palau Conservation Society
 
South America
Amigos do Protocolo de Kyoto (APK)
Asociación Civil "Labor"
Asociacion Civil Los Algarrobos
Asociacion Guyra Paraguay : Conservacion de Aves
ASOCIACION HOMBRE Y NATURALEZA SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA
Asociacion Peruana para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (APECO)
Associaçâo Ambiental Yelica Carla - Apaik
Centro dos Trabalhadores da Amazônia - CTA
Centro Ecuatoriano de Derecho Ambiental (CEDA)
Centro Mocovi "IALEK LAV'A
Charles Darwin Foundation of the Galapagos Islands
Comité Nacional Pro Defensa de la Fauna y Flora (CODEFF)
Comuna Kichwa Santa Elena
EcoCiencia, Ecuadorian Foundation for Ecological Studies
FONDO ECUATORIANO POPULORUM PROGRESSIO (FEPP)
Fundação Musceu do Homem Americano (FUMDHAM)
Fundación Biodiversa
FUNDACION ECOS
Fundacion Ecuatoriana de Investigacion y Manejo Ambiental (FEDIMA)
Fundacion Instituto de Genetica Ecologica y Biodiversidad del Tropico Americano (Instituto Biodiversidad)
FUNDACION JOSE CARDIJN
Fundacion Moises Bertoni
Fundacion Natura Colombia
Fundacion para el Desarrollo alternativo
Fundacion Peruana para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza - ProNaturaleza
Fundacion Salvemos el medio Ambiente FUNAMBIENTE
Fundacion Vida Silvestre Argentina (FVSA)
Greenoxx NGO
Instituto de Ecodesenvolvimento da Baia da Ilha Grande, IED - BIG
Instituto Ipanema - Instituto de Pesquisas Avançadas em Economia e Meio Ambiente
Instituto Region y Desarrollo
IPE- Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas
Organización No Gubernamental de Desarrollo TEKHNE
Organization Internacional Proinversion, Comercio y Medioambiente (OIPIC)
Sobrevivencia, Friends of the Earth Paraguay
 


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