There are 267 projects that match your search.
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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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Jordan
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International Waters
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1998
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5,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-20 |
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The proponent was given a Pilot Phase SGP grant to establish a Palm Tree Nursery, but the project lacked a training component at the time. This has helped the proponent achieve its objectives in applying land and soil conservation practices in an ( ... )
ant watershed where training and exchange of experiences would enhance the community's capacities to manage the land in their
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1998
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10,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-19 |
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The proponent had established a "Nature Appreciation Center" with a SGP Pilot Phase grant. The project was completed three years ago and is being used by schools and youth clubs all over Jordan. The research lab is being used for practical ( ... )
ations and has enhanced the site and is improving the awareness of Jordanian people in global environmental
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1998
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43,328.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-12 |
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The project promoted local community awareness and involvement in forest management and planting herb gardens as a source of supplementary income in a forest area threatened by increased urbanization close to the capital of the country, Amman. ( ... )
s of the proponent in the project area participated in the implementation of the project. the Municipality of Na'ur provided support to the project. NGO's capacities to manage environmental projects have been strengthened and the awareness of its members raised through teh activities of this project.
Through this project, JNFW's members, who are spread all over the country, were sensitized of
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1998
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24,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-15 |
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This project is a repetition of the Deir alla women group IPM project and was inititated after the women group in Mafraq attended training activities in Deir alla. the project is also assisted technically by GTZ. The agricultural situation in ( ... )
and the socio-ecomic situation of women in this area are different from those in the Jordan Valley and prompted the use of different
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1998
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1,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-10 |
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The grant was used to help proponent organize several structured meetings to involve its member NGOs in identifying their needs and include them into a project proposal to be submitted for SGP funding. |
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1998
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42,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-18 |
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Jordan is located at the junction of three continents housing several globally and regionally important ecosystems and habitats. There are 17 International Bird Areas (IBAs)in Jordan. Three of these areas are fully protected by law and five are ( ... )
lly protected. IBAs in Jordan are exposed to several negative impacts such as ecosystem destruction, extinction of species and degradation of local migratory birds. The project is working on updating, promoting and conserving IBAs in Jordan to ensure their sustainability and to benefit the local economy from their cultural and natura values. The project is issuing a periodical newsletter
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1998
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41,690.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-09 |
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The project involvesthe three partner NGOs of the Recycling Coalition in waste sorting and income generating in support of Biogas project (a macro GEF project). The main achievements of the project so far are: larger numbers of people are becoming ( ... )
ers of the recycling process, more collection sites have been allocated, production of information materials on local recycled paper is increasing and improving in quality with more people getting convinced in using these products. The project is still maintaining its activities through the sale of recycled paper products and mobilizing other
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1998
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46,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-11 |
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The project rehabilitated the Amman oldest disposal site in Marka establishing a local community development center in a poor, polluted suburb of Amman, providing an example of what can be done in similar situations. In the first stage, 50,000 m2 ( ... )
the total surface area of 173,000 m2 were rehabilitated. The land was leveled; the soil tested and topographical maps prepared. Retaining walls were constructed, the site fenced, top-soil brought to the site and 6000 forest trees of varieties that tolerate the conditions in the area planted, in addition to 500 olive trees to be used for soap production later. All this was achieved through
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