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#1339572022-04-08
Protecting global biodiversity receives boost as 29 countries pledge over $5 billion to the Global Environment Facility
8 April 2022 – More than $5 billion has been pledged by twenty-nine countries for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), providing a major boost to international efforts to protect biodiversity and curb threats from climate change, plastics, and toxic chemicals through collaboration action this ...
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#1294352021-06-30
New finance guide aims to mobilize financial institutions to positively engage with nature
Montreal, 30 June 2021 – The new Financial Sector Guide for the Convention on Biological Diversity aims to mobilise financial institutions to ensure a nature positive world, by fostering better understanding of nature’s importance for the financial sector, providing insight on the Convention on ...
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#986432014-04-22
Donors replenish Global Environmental Facility, but large funding gap for biodiversity remains
US$ 4.43 billion has been pledged by 30 donor countries for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to support developing countries' efforts over the next four years to prevent degradation of the global environment.
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#962942013-11-11
The Convention on Biological Diversity declares Natural Capital Declaration a Biodiversity Champion
The Natural Capital Declaration (NCD) has been declared a Biodiversity Champion by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in recognition of its important contribution to the implementation of the Convention’s Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 - 2020.
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#809332011-07-28
Enhanced GEF and CBD efforts to explore funding options for achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets in West Africa
Montreal, 28 July 2011 – The Convention Secretariat, in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) country support programme and with the financial support of European Commission, organized a West Africa regional workshop on biodiversity and finance in support of the Nagoya biodive ...
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#805212011-07-12
Joint GEF and CBD exploration for funding strategies to implement Nagoya biodiversity compact in West Africa
Montreal, 12 July 2011 –A Regional Workshop on Finance and Biodiversity, organized by the CBD Secretariat in collaboration with the GEF Country Support Programme, with the financial support of European Commission, was held in Dakar on 9 July 2011.
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#795022011-06-03
GEF establishes the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund
Washington, D.C., 3 June, 2011 – The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the world’s largest public financer of global environment issues, will operate a new landmark fund to help developing countries to ratify and implement a key international agreement to conserve and sustainably use biodiver ...
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#788942011-05-10
GEF-CBD Partnering to Implement the Nagoya outcomes in Central America
Montreal, 10 May 2011 – Participants in the Central American Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes, held in Panama City on 4 May 2011, including national focal points for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (C ...
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#786732011-05-02
Joint GEF-CBD Initiative to support implementation of the Nagoya Outcomes in South America
Montreal, 2 May 2011 – The South America Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes, held on 30 April 2011 in Cartagena, Colombia, gathered together, for the first time, focal points from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Global Environment Fac ...
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#782882011-04-12
Enhanced GEF-CBD Collaboration in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes in Asia
Montreal, 12 April 2011 – Discussions about partnerships, funding, and national experiences took centre stage at the Asia Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes, held in Da Lat, Viet Nam, on 8 April 2011. The Workshop was organized in collaboration with t ...
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#776302011-03-18
The Global Environment Facility establishes a dedicated Trust Fund for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing
Montreal, 18 March 2011 – At the initiative of Japan, a dedicated Trust Fund for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization was established at the Global Environment Facility (GEF) on 17 March 2011. The Trust F ...
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#771012011-02-22
The Convention on Biological Diversity and the Global Environment Facility Partnering for Advancing the Nagoya Outcomes at the Regional Level
Montreal, 22 February 2011: The Central African national focal points for the Convention on Biological Diversity and those of its financial arm, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), jointly attended a regional workshop on biodiversity and finance, held in Kinshasa in collaboration with the GEF ...
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#750212010-11-08
First Regional Response to the Nagoya Outcomes Will Be Elaborated in the Arab Region
Cairo/Manama/Montreal, 8 November 2010 – Just a month after the Nagoya biodiversity summit, government officials of Arab countries will gather in Cairo on 29-30 November 2010 to elaborate national and regional responses to the Nagoya outcomes.
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#702922010-05-21
Executive Secretary Hails Record Replenishment of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund
Montreal, 21 May 2010. The new record level of replenishment for the Global Environment Facility in a time of economic and financial uncertainty represents a renewed confidence on the part of the international community in the capacity of the GEF to act as the financial mechanism for responsib ...
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#608132009-06-25
The GEF Joins Forces with the Convention for the Celebration of the United Nations International Year on Biodiversity
Montreal, 25 June 2009 – The Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved this week a special initiative to support the objectives of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). Budgeted at US$ 895,000, this is the most significant initiative for the IYB agreed to date. The G ...