There are 463 projects that match your search.
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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33,613.24
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/13 |
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The strengthening of the native and cultivated fruit processing and commercialization experience is the objective of this project, presented by the Grande Sertão Smallholder and Agroextractivist Cooperative, in Montes Claros, São Francisco Valley, ( ... )
f Minas Gerais. Use, sustainable management and conservarion of biodiversity activities are integrated as an opportunity for economic, social and political repositioning for traditional populations. The production will be redirected, reducing costs, adding value to the products, generating income and aggregating technologies and knowledge for the communities
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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33,404.18
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/10 |
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The project seeks to stimulate, disseminate and execute sustainable practices for use and management of the solar dehydration and cold oil extraction unit for native fruit and nut species in reserve areas of agrarian reform settlements in the State ( ... )
ás. It seeks to improve socially, economically and environmentally the settled families' lives, providing adequate use of the Goiás State Cerrado natural resources. A prototype unit will be implemented with permanent base in the Canudos Settlement and will cover all the settlement areas in the
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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29,951.53
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/08 |
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This project aims to add the participation of women in the Ecodevelopment Plan in the surroundings of the Bodoquena Mountain Range National Park. More qualified labor for these women is sought, with a return to planting and managing fruit for the ( ... )
older Fair, in which the products would improve in quality, taste and
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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27,590.94
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/07 |
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The project will promote consolidation of current experiences in the community in agroforestry systems, targeting rational and sustainable use of natural resources in the Imperatriz municipality in the state of Maranhão. Biodiversity and its ( ... )
ical processes will be taken into consideration as an alternative to deforestation. The agroextractivist farmers will have the opportunity to show their productive capacity, while conserving and preserving the Cerrado biome, which will bring an improvement in quality of life for the
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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3,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/15 |
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The water supply for the municipality of Maurilândia, state of Goiás, has been suffering environmental aggressions, and is thus contaminatedby agrotoxins and biological residue. This project aims to build awareness in the population and the ( ... )
ry and protection of the water
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/14 |
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The main objective of this project is the recovery of the riparian woods on the edge of the Riacho Fundo stream, through the use of ecological planting and agroforestry systems. Environmental education for the Riacho Fundo Agricultural Smallholder ( ... )
ation Colony will build technical capacity, strengthen the social capital of the urban and rural populations and build awareness in politics for the adoption of environmental conservation policies in the Riacho Fundo basin. Training courses will be offered for management of conflicts in the social-environmental scope. Agroforestry systems in the smallholders' backyards will help raise the sprouts
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/31 |
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This project aims to widen the scope of work and income generation opportunities through the implementaiton and recuperation of agroforestry systems. Family subsistence will be strengthened and revitalization of the environment will be encouraged ( ... )
h training of the smallholders and commercialization of their products. A Rapid Participative Rural Diagnosis will be carried out with the goal of providing subsidies for intervention in the small-scale coffee plantations. Rescue and recovery of 15 ha of agroforestry systems in 15 different properties, and training of 30 smallholders on agroforestry system management will be carried out as well.
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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33,613.59
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/27 |
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The cultural practices of Xavante women in the Sangradouro Indigenous Land will be rescued, with special emphasis on their diet and tradtional medicinal practices related to pregnancy and birth. It is worthy of note that for such practices, species ( ... )
bs and fruit no longer found in the area will be re-planted. Riparian woods and orchards will be replenished with specimens from the plant nursery. Seed diversity will also be insured, as in the example of the different Xavante corn varieties, important for the traditional post-partum diet. Xavante women's meetings will be promoted, exchange of information with other indigenous groups will be
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Brazil
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Multifocal Area
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2004
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32,902.44
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/23 |
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A radio campaign for Cerrado conservation is the objective of this project. The program will approach all of the relevant topics, including those in the GEF operational programs, such as conservation of biodiversity, international waters, ( ... )
riminate use of agrotoxins, agroecology, deforestation, renewable energy, etc. In other words, social-environmental issues will be brought into discussion and made more visible in the concerned regions. Communities setting good examples of co-existence with the biome through sustainable use and management and conservation will be presented. The key character in this program will be 'Concessa',
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Brazil
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International Waters
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2004
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3,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/01 |
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The project aims at preserving and recuperating the Pequi River Basin, which is located in a semi-arid region of the São Francisco River Basin, through construction of small dams to retain rainwater runoff caused by the deforestation in the area. ( ... )
will be focus on the local community's environmental development, based on three specific target groups, which will serve as acting motivators for the proposal (youth, women and community groups), emphasizing co-existence with the semi-arid region. The goal is to create a motivational environmental learning space for the community, providing training for the rural workers which will serve as an
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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33,613.24
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/12 |
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The project targets capacity-building for local and regional Cerrado leaderships, particularly those whose performance is more visible in the Cerrado Network and Brazil SGP, providing information and methodological instruments allowing them to ( ... )
nce the design and implementation of public policy related to the GEF focal areas. The leaders will be trained through participation in national, regional and municipal councils and groups. Training sessions will be divided into modules, which will take place in Brasília, and an integration and debate network will be formed using the available means of communication in each
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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26,185.50
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/02/31 |
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This project will take place in the Cerrado fields in the state of Maranhãoin the Lower Paranaíba River micro-region, Chapada do Sul, and the transition areas between Cerrado and Amazon in Imperatriz. Large-scale soy farming has expanded into and ( ... )
these areas. Most of the population in these municipalities is concentrated in rural areas, and depend heavily on traditional small farmer production systems. These systems are diversified and complex, producing corn, manioc, rice, corn, beans and other vegetables. The soil in these areas is acidic, formed by arenitic rocks. In the 1970s, farmers from the South came to the area, encouraged by
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/16 |
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The development of appropriate methodology to enable and facilitate access to programs supporting sustainable development in Indigenous Lands is the purpose of this project. This will be done in a participative manner, with hopes of providing useful ( ... )
for not only the SGP, but other programs as
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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33,613.24
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/25 |
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The strengthening of agroextractivism as an alternative to deforestation for the municipalities of Buriti and Esperantina is the goal of this project. Integrated management of the Cerrado agroecosystem by the smallholders, strengthening and ( ... )
zation of the groups of producers and improvement in the quality of the agroextractivist products will be carried out with the support of agroecological agents. Income for the families involved, food security and appreciation of local knowledge will be sought in alliance with the conservation of the Cerrado. Beekeeeping and the implantation of agroforestry systems will be encouraged. The quality
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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23,536.60
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/21 |
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Golden grass (Eriocaulaceae family) is a perennial plant used for handcrafts in Jalapão, state of Tocantins. The increase in tourism in the area and the diffusion of the crafts has caused wild collection to increase. This project seeks to study the ( ... )
of traditional fire management on the species and the humid fields in which it takes place. Scientific knowledge on this kind of management will be constructed with the goal of proposing techniques which can contribute to economic and ecological sustainability of the activity, taking all of the species in the humid fields into
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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32,846.64
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/20 |
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Production and organization of the women's groups in the Cantão Environmental Protection Area will be supported by this project. Cerrado conservation and native fruit use will be encouraged as alternatives to deforestation. Communities will be ( ... )
ed to occupy existing spaces, build new spaces and make use of public policy proposed for the region. Women will be organized for social participation. Native Cerrado fruit collection will be rational and sustainable. The educational model for rural areas will be put into
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/19 |
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This project aims to qualify Cerrado Network representatives for the development of a specific policy for sustainable use and conservation of the Cerrado, as well as a consultaiton process which will allow the participation of different segments of ( ... )
y in this process. The participation of Cerrado Network representatives in the Ministry of Environment's Cerrado Worgroup will thus be insured, as well as the participation of civil society in this
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/17 |
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This project will guarantee and qualify the participation of Cerrado Network representatives in the Cerrado Workgroup, an multi-sector entity created by the Ministry of Environment for the development of an environmental policy for the biome. |
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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16,725.44
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/28 |
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The economic, environmental, and cultural improvement of Rio Vermelho Village is the main objective of this project. The Krahô Indians seek to process native Cerrado fruits, as well as to strengthen the Wohkrã Association. A fruit pulp ( ... )
ocessing unit will be implemented, as well as an office for the Association. Young adults and women will be trained in processing and extraction of native Cerrado fruit pulp. Community participation in the Frutos do Cerrado and FrutaSã project will be
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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18,266.32
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/22 |
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This project seeks to consider popular wisdom in relation to sustainable use of the Cerrado as an alternative to deforestation with a management plan for medicinal plant collection as its goal. The activities will take place in a legal reserve of a ( ... )
's rural property, in the state of Goiás. The intention is to have a pilot experience to be multiplied in other regions and incorporated into Government programs. Eight "medicinal plant popular pharmacies" in the Vermelho River region will be supplied with quality-controlled raw
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