This corporate brochure provides a brief overview of the Small Grants Programme and the results achieved by 2020.

As a pilot initiative, this publication presents the work of the Global Support Initiative to ICCAs (ICCA-GSI) from 2014 (pilot phase) to 2022 (with Phase 2, rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic). The ICCA-GSI is a multi-partnership initiative that is implemented by UNDP, through the Small Grants Progamme and funded by the Government of Germany, through its Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz, or BMUV). Key partners include the Secretariat of t...

This brochure provides a snapshot of the Small Grant Programme’s Biodiversity portfolio and provides key results, an overview of the portfolio’s thematic areas and brief country examples. Initiatives are focusing on community-based biodiversity conservation and sustainable use.

This is the infographic version of the SGP AMR 2021-2022. The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) has been providing financial and technical support to civil society and community-based organizations on innovative community-driven initiatives that address global environmental issues – such as biodiversity loss, climate change mitigation and adaptation, land degradation, international waters, and chemicals and waste management – while improving livelihoods. This report presents SGP’s results for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022, based on the information from 127 SGP Country Programmes.

This publication summarizes the experiences and lessons learned from 6 participating CBR+ countries during the pilot phase (Nigeria, DRC, Panama, Paraguay, Sri Lanka and Cambodia). A case study from each country represents a notable strategy for implementing REDD+ at the local level. These case studies, featuring action from the ground up, have demonstrated the importance of investing in Indigenous Peoples, young people, women, and other marginalized groups affected by climate change. These initiatives highlight the need to ensure that forest governance is participatory and inclusive, based on...

This publication provides an overview of initiatives under SGP’s climate change portfolio which fall under the following thematic areas: 1. Renewable energy access for improved livelihoods 2. Forest conservation for carbon storage and livelihoods 3. Civil society mobilization in support of NDCs 4. Investing in youth empowerment 5. Mainstreaming resilience 6. Fostering innovation and knowledge exchange Several project examples from around the globe are presented to showcase achievements and best practices in developing community-based, low-carbon, climate-resilient solutions. These examples d...

At the UN Water Conference 2023, the GEF SGP hosted a side event on local action and water management with a focus on Caribbean SIDS. This is the compiled presentations of the speakers from Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.

Burkina Faso: Préservation de l'environnement dans le Nahouri - Le jardin polyvalent de Songo 2, un cas d'école ( https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/202203310443.html )

La Montaña de Palma Sola, es una comunidad de tradición cafetalera ubicada en la Sierra de Portuguesa, en el flanco sur andino de la Cordillera de los Andes en Venezuela. Al igual que muchas zonas cafetaleras del país, la baja rentabilidad del café, el deterioro de las plantaciones por la falta de mantenimiento y el ataque de plagas, ha ocasionado el desplazamiento del este rubro por otros cultivos de ciclo corto, como maíz, caraota y hortalizas. El cambio de rubro, también ha derivado en el uso de prácticas agrícolas inapropiadas como la tala, roza, quema y deforestación en las área...

El café es uno de los cultivos más importantes en las zonas de piedemonte andino, su cultivo reviste interés ecológico cuando se cultiva bajo la sombra. La combinación de arbustos de café y árboles de sombra, da paso a la formación de un bosque secundario, que brinda diversos beneficios ambientales y socioeconómicos. Sin embargo, muchas regiones cafetaleras han sufrido deterioro de su cobertura vegetal y disminución de su caudal hídrico, debido a la aplicación de prácticas agrícolas inapropiadas. Con el propósito de lograr la recuperación progresiva del cultivo tradicional de c...