There are 270 projects that match your search.
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Jordan
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International Waters
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2000
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48,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-20 |
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The project is implemented by the Noor Al Hussein Foundation/ Aqaba Center in cooperation with the Royal Jordanian Ecological Diving Society and the Friends of Environment Society. It aims at raising public awareness regarding the unique marine ( ... )
nment of the Gulf of Aqaba teaching the public, specially children, the best means of dealing with the environment whether on land, shore or in the sea. The project will use several innovative approaches to achieve its
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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37,150.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-10 |
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The project will promote the use of energy efficiency equipment in Jordanian facilities through training 50 young engineers who will be placed in those facilities to implement and monitor energy saving procedures and equipment. The project will ( ... )
rganize an exhibition of energy efficient equipment featuring international equipment in order to introduce the equipment to the Jordanian industries and local dealers. It is hoped that conserving energy in the targeted facilities would decrease CO2 emissions by 28,000 tons annually within the two-year start up phase of the
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Jordan
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International Waters
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2000
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3,800.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-09 |
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The NGO organized a SGP stakeholder workshop in Aqaba. The workshop was attended by representatives of several NGOs in Aqaba, the Aqaba Region Authority that is implementing a regular GEF project in the Aqaba Gulf, as well as representatives of two ( ... )
ich implemented SGP projects in the first operational phase of the Programme. Memoranda of agreement for two projects to be implemented in Aqaba were signed by the concerned NGOs during the workshop opening. a presentation on M&E and reporting requirements was also given during the
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2000
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3,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-15 |
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The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature organized a "GEF/SGP Stakeholder Workshop" in Dana reserve. This workshop targeted the non-governmental organizations that were supported by the Small Grants Programme during the Second Operational ( ... )
and aimed at introducing certain environmental issues to NGOs as well as train them on the reporting and monitoring requirements of the Programme. The workshop had also provided the chance to participant NGOs to identify best practices from the concerned projects and exchange experiences among
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2000
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38,300.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-19 |
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The project is implemented by the Jordan River Foundation in cooperation with the Forestry Deartment and the Watershed Management Project at the Ministry of Agriculture. It will collect and update information on historical trees in Jordan which are ( ... )
ed at 500 trees located in different areas of the country, and document this information in a resource book containing pictures and traditional information as well as the scientific data on historical trees. A series of public awareness activities highlighting the importance of conserving historical trees to preserve the genetic resources of indigenous species will be conducted in various areas
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2000
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920.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-06 |
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The planning grant aimed at assisting the NGO in developing their proposal to implement an environmental project in the old disposal site in Balqa. The grant assisted NGO to conduct several community meetings to assess their needs and involve them ( ... )
early stages of project planning and development. JNFW later submitted a project proposal which was approved by
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2000
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1,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-16 |
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The NGO is using this grant to develop a project proposla on "Camel Raising iN Jordan" with the aim to conserve this animal in its natural environment. A series of meetings and a questionnaire survey will be conducted in the Northrn, Middle and ( ... )
rn regions of the ocuntry in order to collect the necessary data for compiling the project
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2000
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17,726.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-07 |
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The project aims to enhance and disseminate sound approaches to biodiversity, soil and water conservation through rehabilitation of sloppy lands and protection of soil through re-introducing indigenous plant species and traditional water harvesting ( ... )
ques. The project is located in Senfeha/ Tafileh, an area of special topographical features overlooking the Jordan Valley in the arid to semi-arid east Mediterranean
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2000
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27,970.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-13 |
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To promote eco-tourism in Dana and complement the efforts of the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature in the area, the sons of Dana and Qadisiyya Eco-Tourism Cooperative will implement a Nature-based tourism development program. The project ( ... )
hieve its objectives through training members of the cooperative and the local community on the management of eco-tourism projects and renovating a hotel owned by the cooperative. This project falls under the GEF Small Grants Programme efforts of promoting eco-tourism and providing alternative means of livelihood to local communities living around globally significant protected
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2000
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16,747.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-22 |
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The project will enable the NGO to run a revolving fund which will provide funding through full pay back loaning system to local community members to undertake several measures that will contribute to soil conservation measures and sustainable land ( ... )
actices in an arid to semi-arid eco-system south of Jordan. Measures include soil terraces, stone tree basins, under-cropping systems, construction of rain collecting cisterns and other activites. The project will contain a training component as well as an outreach program. The NGO had successfully implemented a first operational phase project dealing with similar activities and received great
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2000
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38,277.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-17 |
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Replicating a successful experience implemented by the Productive Women Cooperative in Marka where they rehabilitated the oldest solid waste disposal site in Amman into a park, the Jordanian National Forum for Women will implement the "Um Zaitouneh ( ... )
Rehabilitation of the Old Solid Disposal Site in Salt" project. In an area that evidently used to be a natural forest, the site is located south west of Salt overlooking the Jordan Valley and mountains of Palestine. The Forum, with the full support of the Municipality of Salt, will rehabilitate the site giving the chance to the natural plant cover to be revived. It will establish a
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2000
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35,214.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-14 |
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To enable women in the Tafileh area to contribute to biodiversity conservation through proper forest management in Abu Banna area located 10 Km east of Tafileh, the General Federation of Jordanian Women will implement the "Women Participation in ( ... )
ersity Protection in Abu Banna- Tafileh" project. The forest is threatened by urban expansion and overgrazing. The Federation will undertake the necessary steps to protect the forest, establish a park for children, renovate an old building on site to be used as a training centre for women and engage the local community in their work through training and public awareness activities and small
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2000
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40,211.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-18 |
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The project is implemented by the Builders of the Future Forum with the aim to raise public awareness, particularly among youth on the importance of protecting biodiversity. A training manual, several TV shows, songs and stories will be produced ( ... )
special library will be established to achieve the objectives of this
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1999
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26,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-01 |
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The project is located in Na'ur area south west Amman. It involves the establishment of a natural park containing almost 1000 indigenous forest trees annexed to a rehabilitation center for psychiatric patients and drug dependents that the NGO is ( ... )
ng to construct very soon. Once operational, the project will constitute a model case in integration of social efforts with environmental concerns. Social integration and rehabilitation provided to this marginalized group of the ocmmunity will depend on raising the patients' environmental awareness and participation in reviving the original features of biodiversity in this area of arid to
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1999
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17,435.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-03 |
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The project worked to protect and propagat Quercus Aegilops Bioss trees, an indigenous species of threatened quercus trees in Jordan by protecting mother trees and raising public awareness of their importance for preserving the genetic resources of ( ... )
nous species, as well as their economic benefits.
Local community in the project site were involved in project activities, with some job opportunities provided. The project conducted public awareness activities including visits to the site by other NGOs and interested groups raising awareness of gthe importnace of
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1999
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42,817.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-05 |
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The campsite is located in Al Azraq basin area, an important wetland close to the Saudi borders. This part of the Badia region hosts several important historical and archaeological sites. The project will serve as a demonstration in desert ( ... )
urism by promoting astronomical tourism. It will also serve as a research station for range land development and renewable energy applications in a hyper-arid zone to benefit the local community. The Badia Research and Development Programme and the National Energy Research Center are providing technical assistance and support to the
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1999
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31,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-04 |
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The project aims at conserving biodiversity in the decreasing forest areas in Jordan in a significant forest ecosystem threatened by degradation. It also aims at introducing sustainable land use practicies that contribute to biodiversity protection ( ... )
itively affect the economic and social situation of the local population in the Wadi Ragib watershed area. The Watershed Mangement Project/GTZ is providing technical assistance to this
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1999
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37,640.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-98-G52-02 |
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The project involves installation of drought resistant landscaping on a site, dating back to the Umayyad period and occupied during the Ottoman and the recent Fallahi periods, to demonstrate traditional natural resource management practicies in an ( ... )
o semi-arid area in the East Mediterranean ecosystem comlementing ,at the same time, the restoration of a significant historical and archaeolgical site. The project has cleaned up and rehabilitated several historical cisterns on site, has made significant discoveries and is working on re-creating the xeriscape patterns in the
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Jordan
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International Waters
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1998
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43,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-17 |
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The proponent has been working in coopertion with the concerned authorities to manage the land adjacent to the Jordan River in the village of Damia- previously a border town that had been neglected after the peace treaty with Israel- planting palm ( ... )
involving the local community in the process. The project address a priority issue for Jordan which is the managment of the Jordan River basin, and it will provide a model to be emulated by private land owners in the Jordan Valley. Planting has been very successful and additional areas have been
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1998
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30,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-14 |
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As part of the land and soil conservation measures undertaken in Wadi Ben Hammad, a women NGO reintroduced traditional water harvesting techniques i.e. rain collection wells in the community of the townof Rakin, south of Jordan. The NGO used a ( ... )
g system whereby beneficiaries pay back part of the cost of constructing the well provided by th
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