Last February 10, 2010, was the North American Launch of the International Year of Biodiversity at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. A unique event organized by UNDP, the Equator Initiative,Conservation International, Fordham Law, The United Nations Foundation, the ...read more

An SGP Project in Cuba called "Alternative Use of Natural Resources in the Coastal Community of Carahatas" was featured in TierraAmerica. The project proposes, the cultivation of sea sponges as an employment option for fisherfolk committed to abandoning trawler fishing. This is a copy of ...read more

The story of two SGP supported projects in Guapinol, Honduras was featured in TierraAmerica. A copy of the article is below. Miracle in the Mangrove Forest By Thelma Mejía Despite the political crisis Honduras has been experiencing since the Jun. 28 coup, women on the country's southern ...read more

The newspaper "Proceso" in Honduras acknowledges the work of SGP in the country by looking to three projects supported by the programme. A copy of the article is below. Los pobres de "El Jordán", "Brisas del Sur" y "El Venado", ejemplo de fortaleza y dignidad Noviembre 8, 2009 - 11:20 Aldea ...read more

The Mountain Bongo is one of the world's most unique and spectacular antelope. It is the largest forest antelope in the world, growing up to 400 kg, and has a reddish-brown coat with eight to 14 vertical white stripes. It is endemic to only Mt. Kenya, parts of the Eburru Forest and Aberdare ...read more

From garbage to a beautiful garden: The "Asociación Ecológica Recuperar" (ECOREC), has transformed a dumpster to a beautiful garden and the project has created jobs and generated income. The article from UN Peru is copied in below. Transformando basura en flores: Programa de ...read more

November 2008 The article by WREN Media of United Kingdom highlights GEF Small Grants support to eco-tourism development of Mabira forest ecosystem in Uganda.   Pease read details online ...read more

Managua, Nicaragua: When I started my UNV volunteer intern assignment about eight months ago, I had some theoretical knowledge about the environment, but knew very little about the tourism industry. In these months I have to say that I had the opportunity to learn much about both of these fields. I ...read more

As part of the Community Based Rural Tourism initiatives that SGP Panama supports, this project developed by Grupo Ecologico Las Macanas (GEMA) a community NGO, received an Award in the National Competition "A good tourism business idea" from the Panamanian Ministry of Tourism (IPAT), and ...read more

GEF SGP Tunisia is celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity with an exhibition on local varieties and local products in partnership with CBBC (Center of Biotechnology Borj Cedria) and University of Tsukuba, Japan (ARENA), in collaboration with Borj-Cedria Technopark Tunisia ...read more