There are 184 projects that match your search.
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2017
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38,522.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/BD/17/14 |
The project specific objectives are 1. Improve of livelihoods through management and sustainable utilization of natural resources, 2.to provide information on environmental education and effective management.
In order to achieve these objectives ( ... )
ust will develop camping grounds that will in turn create employment and generate sustainable income for the local community. The trust will
also carry out environmental awareness workshops and use of natural resources as per regulations of national
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2017
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31,425.23
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/BD/17/02 - recoded |
1.3.1 The overall objective of NCT is improving the social –economic livelihoods of people residing in Nata, Sepako, Maposa, Manxotai villages.
This will be achieved through the following specific objectives;
1.3.1.1 To form a consortium on ( ... )
nable management of rangeland and natural resources with key stakeholders
1.3.1.2 Train 12 young people as trainers of trainers on veldt fires, causes, effects, control and prevention and deploy them to reach out 75% of the community members on the same information.
1.3.1.3 To procure ten (10) enviro-loos toilets and make them available to campers at Nata Bird Sanctuary, CT-5, Nata Central
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Botswana
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Chemicals
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2016
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44,068.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/PP/16/10 - recoded |
The project aims to mitigate mismanagement of used oil with potential to harm human beings and the environment negatively. The project will entail the rehabilitation of the used oil tank in Serowe and installation of used oil tanks in Kasane (1) and ( ... )
town (2).
Francistown and Kasane has been selected as project sites by virtue of their impoartance in the economy. Francistown is the second city of the country and it has recently experienced a boom of industries and major economic activities which comes with excessive used oil generation. Kasane is one of the key tourism destinations in Botswana, and the tourism activities conducted there
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2016
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27,161.00
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Phase 6
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y1/CORE/LD/16/04 |
The project aims to address land degradation resulting from a number of factors through development and implementation of scientifically sound systems of natural resources management, including land and ecosystems management practices. The land to ( ... )
laimed falls within 4 hectares fenced plot belonging to Bokamano Conservation Trust. Three 4m gabions structures will be constructed across water ways within the plot with technical expertise provided by the Department of Forestry and Range Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture (land husbandry) and North East District Council. 200 tree seedlings (mostly indigenous) will be planted over a period
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2016
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5,000.00
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Phase 6
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y1/CORE/LD/16/13 |
The projectintends to legally register Chadibe Mmaubama Trust as a Community Based Organisation leading to the establishment of Chadibe Heritage Park.
The Chadibe Heritage Park’s main resources are the rich land with evergreen assorted tree ( ... )
s and water springs. The Chadibe community recognized the need to conserve the resources currently used communally for grazing and water harvesting for spiritual purposes. The area presents an opportunity to venture into water purification, sustainable harvesting of herbs (eg: gala-latshwene), rock climbing, bird watching, archeological sites (ruins), fish farming, Letsoku and conversational
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Botswana
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CapDev
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2015
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/CD/15/11 |
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) provides Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in developing countries with grants to enable them to tackle biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, international waters ( ... )
tion, reduction of the impact of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), and prevention of land degradation. This proposal therefore, seeks to address the capacity building objective of the programme and the knowledge needs of SGP grantees and other Civil Society Organizations.
The capacity building will be in the form of capacity building dialogue workshops which will provide a unique
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2015
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/CC/15/02 |
The project aims at reducing the impact of climate change on small holder farmers by strengthening their adaptive capacity to make their livelihoods more resilient. The overall goal is to build diversified and resilient livelihoods for dryland ( ... )
s in the Southern and Kgalagadi South Districts through effective management of land and water resources.
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2015
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19,586.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/LD/15/15 |
The project aims at educating, informing and sensitising people in the communities on the dangers of veld fires through performing arts/theatre. It will raise awareness and distribute fire fighting equipment in the villages of Artesia, Leshibitse, ( ... )
abaki, Oliphant Drift and Dikgonnye in Kgatleng
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2014
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150,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/LD/14/02 |
The Makgadikgadi ecosystem lies towards northeast Botswana, and the planning area of the Makgadikgadi Framework Management Plan (MFMP , which document constitutes the overarching ecosystem-level planning guide for this project) covers an area of 36, ( ... )
of richly endowed rangelands and wetlands. The MFMP boundary, delineated through a consultative process over several years, is meant to include ‘the core pan and its villages’, also basing on contour lines and physical boundaries such as roads and veterinary fences; this area is much smaller than the Makgadikgadi Wetlands System (MWS), which is delineated by the watershed boundary of the
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2014
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37,290.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/CC/14/01 |
The proposed project is located at Tsodilo, a remote settlement within the Okavango Sub-District in an area commonly referred to as NG6. The primary inhabitants of the area are the Ju/’hoansi San and HaMbukushu.
Tsodilo has been declared as a ( ... )
ted site under the “Monuments and Relics Act” of Botswana and has been so since 1927. It has also been declared a World Heritage Site in 2001 under the World Heritage Convention due to its archaeological significance as one of the most important rock art sites in Southern Africa. The project site is also important as it falls within the larger Okavango Delta Ramsar Site ecological system. In
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Botswana
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Biodiversity Land Degradation
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2013
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2,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/LD/13/23 |
The communities in the greater Lesoso area are rich with diverse unique natural and other heritage resources. Despite the abundance of such, there is visible degradation and negligence of such resources, which would improve the livelihoods of the ( ... )
ities. This largely emanates from the fact that there is lack of capacity and knowledge on the economic value of these resources. It is also a result of lack of a localized conservation and management strategies. Furthermore, there has not been any knowledge on the economic benefits of such resources hence the degradation and apparent negligence.
The mobilisation of communities will assist in
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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17,022.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/CC/13/01 |
The project, “Energy recovery and utilization from piggery waste using biogas technology” was approved and funded by the GEF/SGP to the tune of US $ 31,125.00 (BWP 234,734.80 equivalence), and initial funds were disbursed on the 31st May, 2012. ( ... )
project has this far done a baseline study in areas within the South East Agricultural region and determined locations of high concentration of intensive animal agricultural operations, with a specific focus on piggery. Piggery wastargeted because pig farmers in the South East Agricultural region hadreported a waste management problem to the Piggery section of the Ministry of Agriculture. This
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2013
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29,237.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/BD/13/24 |
The overall objective of the proposed project is to enhance the protection, conservation and sustainable use of morula tree for poverty alleviation through to upgrading of the existing morula sweets production venture to meet the market demands to ( ... )
ze benefits. The intention of the project will be achieved through enhancing the capacity of Dibapalwa Nageng Trust (DNT) members in collecting, processing, value adding and marketing of morula fruit products. The project will:-
1.Contribute to development and diversification strategies to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem resilience;
2.Create local, regional and international markets for
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2013
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46,588.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/LD/13/07 |
The Pilikwe community has over the last 5 years been working on a number of concepts whose focus has been to create a multi-year development plan for sustainable use of natural and other resources in its environs. Part of this desire has led to the ( ... )
l of village committees and community organisations, such as Pilikwe Development Association (PDA) to spearhead the effort for developing this 60 year old village. It will do so by prioritising adding value to community owned enterprises attached to agricultural lands (ranches and farms for both pastoral (cattle) and arable (crops). The proposal being submitted to the GEF /SGP relates exclusively
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Botswana
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International Waters
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2013
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46,434.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/IW/13/18 |
The Botswana Gourds Association is setting up a project aimed at preparing people of Marico /Limpopo River communities in Kgatleng East such as Mabalane, Sikwane, Mmathubudukwane, Ramonaka,Malolwane ,Olifants Drifts and Ramotlabaki and neighboring ( ... )
ments in water resource sharing countries, to support and participate in intergraded water conservation activities against destruction of water resources in their areas. The destruction of water resources as well as water pollution is mainly caused by untreated domestic sewage, uncontrolled industrial discharges, poor agricultural practices and deforestation which is mainly the results of
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Botswana
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Chemicals
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2013
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/PP/13/12 |
The Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) is a species of vulture that is endemic to Southern Africa. In Botswana this species of vulture breeds only in Otse at Mannyelanong Hill and at the Tswapong Hills. The Cape Vultures Environmental Association ( ... )
was established in 2003 (and registered as a Society with the Botswana registrar of Societies in 2012, see Annex 1), and since establishment the association has been monitoring the Cape Vulture colony in Mannyelanong. Over the years it has emerged that intentional and accidental poisoning is the number one threat to vultures in Botswana, most of which are globally threatened, based on the IUCN
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2013
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45,484.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/LD/13/27 |
Historically the land currently occupied by MNR was farmland where the intensity of cattle grazing was high. The vegetation on the land was incapable of recovering due to this overgrazing, leading to widespread degradation. Land degradation is a ( ... )
s problem in MNR and is in urgent need of being addressed. This degradation is observed in two main forms; bush encroachment and soil erosion. Bush encroachment has removed the natural veldt of palatable grass species, whilst certain invading species, including Acacia mellifera and Dichrostachys cinerea, provide poor browsing for game animals. These unpalatable invasive plants out-compete natural
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Botswana
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International Waters
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2013
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44,606.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/IW/13/13 |
The water profile of Botswana consists of a sparse human population subsisting on arid to
semi-arid land. As a landlocked country, Botswana lies in the center of Southern Africa
surrounded by Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia. As a ( ... )
, all the river
basins from which Botswana imports its water (Okavango, Zambezi, Orange-Senqu and
Shashe-Limpopo) are shared sources. Because water is scarce in Africa, including
Botswana, trans-boundary water management is an increasingly important issue.
Because access to safe water is very high in Botswana, the idea of conservation may
not seem important to all Batswana. However, there
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Botswana
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CapDev
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2012
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/CORE/CD/12/05 |
The purpose of Knowledge Fairs will be to enable SGP grantees and stakeholders to network, share experiences and showcase best practices from SGP projects to promote the replication and scaling up of results for greater policy influence, as well as ( ... )
mote sustainability and mobilize resources for community initiatives.
The activities will entail:
Production of promotional and publicity materials in particular a publication to showcase the results of the programme over the past 20 years in a portfolio review that provides analysis, detailed case studies and lessons learnt;
Hosting a knowledge Fair in Francistown including the
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Botswana
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CapDev
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2012
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/CORE/CD/12/04 |
The overall objective of the project is to build capacity of grantees on GEF SGP procedures. This will be bolstered in capacity building workshops to address the knowledge needs of SGP grantees and other civil society organizations. The specific ( ... )
ives of the project are to:
i. Enhance the capacity of grantees to implement the projects financially supported by the programme;
ii. Help grantees to sharpen the financial and project management skills to enable adherence to the reporting requirements of the programme;
iii. Help grantees to assimilate and integrate project outputs into their internal processes for sustainability, improved
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