The Small Grants Programme Newsletter – February 2022

The Small Grants Programme – February 2022
Photo Essays

Like water for tigers: Protecting tigers in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan by increasing local food security around Royal Manas National Park

Got cheese? For nomadic herders in the mountains of Mongolia, traditional cheeses offer a sustainable alternative to tourism income, with benefits for snow leopard conservation

From Cameroon to Kyrgyzstan: How smallholder farmers are transforming sustainable food systems

In solidarity: South-South cooperation enhances climate action across Francophone Africa

Our Stories

SGP LAUNCHES RESULTS REPORT 2020-2021

The Small Grants Programme (SGP), a corporate programme of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) that is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is launchi... Read More »

23 November 2021

WORKING TO MAKE A GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCE

lba Verónica Vicenta Yacabalquiej Salanic is a youth, gender equality, and community governance advocate from Xecam, a village in Guatemala’s western highlands. In an interv... Read More »

24 January 2022

IN TURRUBARES, THE AIR IS CLEARNER WITH THE AROMA OF COFFEE WITH MILK

It's 6 am and the sun peeks out from behind the curtain of white haze. The steep green hills shimmer with their varied hues: a tender green here, an olive green there, and further off... Read More »

09 November 2021

A BREATH FROM THE STOVE

In the Huetar Indigenous Territory of Zapatón in Puriscal, Costa Rica, 15 women have reduced their consumption of firewood used for cooking by 64 per cent. It was in July 2021 the local communi... Read More »

15 October 2021

FIGHTING HUNGER, PROTECTING WILDLIFE

The wildlife-based tourism sector has been devastated by the effects of COVID-19. As tourism collapsed, related jobs and income were lost, conservation project funds were withdr... Read More »

13 October 2021

GLISPA PARTNERS WITH THE GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME TO LAUNCH GLOBAL ISLAND ‘BRIGHT SPOTS’ PROGRAMME

The Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) and the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme at UNDP (GEF SGP), have once agai... Read More »

01 October 2021

ICCA-GSI PHASE 2 PROJECTS: A SNAPSHOT

The ICCA-GSI Phase 2 was launched in October 2020 as a rapid response initiative to the COVID-19 pandemic for communities living in territories and areas conserved by Indigen... Read More »

02 September 2021

Events and Media

Beyond the connection: linking community engagement on energy to cross-cut SDG & NDC implementation

The event was hosted by the International Institute for Environment and Development and GEF Small Grants Program implemented by UNDP bringing together experts, government representatives and Civil Society energy pract... Read More »

News from the GEF

Young voices for the planet: Meet 10 young leaders working for a better future

Young people are the guardians of our planet’s future. Born into the reality of the global climate and nature crises, they are committed to building sustaina... Read More »

Working to make a generational difference

Alba Verónica Vicenta Yacabalquiej Salanic is a youth, gender equality, and community governance advocate from Xecam, a village in Guatemala’s western highla... Read More »

SGP Publications
Youth in Action: Experiences from the Small Grants Programme
The GEF Small Grants Programme: Local Action, Global Impact
SGP Videos

SGP - Youth in Action

Capacity Building Project for young people in Guatemala - 1

Capacity Building Project for young people in Guatemala - 2
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