There are 285 projects that match your search.
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Jordan
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Multifocal Area
Biodiversity
International Waters
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1998
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49,441.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-16 |
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The Union worked to build up the capacities of its member societies around the country to deal with environmental issues and sensitize the local communities of those issues. Member societies planted trees, organized environmental camps and field ( ... )
in all parts of the country.
The Union had developed capacities in training and awareness delivery, and built its capacities in the field of environmental projects management.
A publication on environmental education was produced by the
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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-G52-13 |
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The proponent used Pilot Phase projects and other experiences to train women NGOs in Irbid governorate on sound management of natural resources and integrate environmental considerations in their field of interests.
Rural women NGOs were the main ( ... )
ipants in this project. They were involved at the beginning stages of planning and during implementation. Training activities conducted by the project emphasized local and global environmental issues. Universitites in the area provided part of the technical assistance for these activities.
The project also enhance the capacities of the Women Federation (proponent) in project
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
Climate Change Mitigation
International Waters
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1998
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4,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-08 |
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The proponent organized this workshop in cooperation with SGP management to familiarize NGOs with GEF/SGP guidelines and train them on proposal writing in order to compete for SGP projects. Partner NGOs assisted new ones by discussing their ( ... )
ts and exchanging ideas regarding the difficulties and challenges facing their projects and the lessons learned from their experiences. Several participant NGOs in this workshop later applied for funding and six of them were
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1997
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45,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-04 |
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The project used environment friendly technology to transfer an old mineral exploration camp to an environment and cultural center. The camp is located in Wadi Faynan, part of the Dana Reserve (macro GEF site), famous for its wild and haunting ( ... )
, unique and rare flora and fauna. The Faynan area hosts the added attraction of archaeological evidence which portrays how the landscape changed over time and what the interaction was like between humans and
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Jordan
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Multifocal Area
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1997
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46,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-05 |
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In close cooperation with the Ministry of Education. The NGO disseminated the information on Pilot Phase projects to students, they were given the task to evaluate projects in their areas & results were disseminated to larger audience within the ( ... )
ity. Through involving students from all over the country in project activities, environmental concepts and GEF focal areas were spread among a large group of the young generation of Jordan.
NGO capacity to manage youth programs and relating them to other global and local initiatives was strengthened, enhancing its capability to achieve its objectives. Male and female youth from all over the
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1997
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31,548.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-06 |
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The NGO established a demonstration site for research and forest management and desertification control, in a semi-arid area north east of Amman, involving the local community and school children from different areas of the country. The site was ( ... )
ed the Ministry of Agriculture which delegated the NGO the task of protecting the area and using it for demonstrating sound practices for land management and biodiversity protection.
Some job opportunities were provided to local community members over the lifetime of the project. Schools and local community members also participated in project activities. The public awareness component of the
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1997
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48,310.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-02 |
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This project consists the second phase of the "Environmental Youth Camps at Madaba Productive Forest" which was started in the first operational phase of the GEF/Small Grants Programme. The first phase of the Project was implemented by the ( ... )
ian Forum for Environmental and Population Culture (FORUM) in a protected area in a site south of Amman; activities accomplished there included the installation of renewable energy applications in the site where many awareness activities were organized targeting youth and women in particular. This second phase is being transferred to the Cultural Society for Youth and Childhood (CSYC) at the
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Jordan
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International Waters
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1997
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30,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-03 |
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The project helped low-income female farmers to use Integrated Pest Management in order to improve the quality of their products and conserve the fragile ecology of the Jordan Valley. The GTZ and the Ministry of Agriculture provided technical ( ... )
ance for the project. The success of this experience led to its replication in Mafraq north of
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1997
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27,183.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-07 |
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The proponent protected eroded forest land in Senfha/ Tafileh through integration of forest and range land management practices and involved the local community in that effort through awareness activities and participation in local environmental ( ... )
ties.
Women and school children participated in project activities. Many school visits were conducted to the site promoting sound soil conservation measures and biodiversity protection.
Awareness of global environmental concerns in a remote area of the country was achieved through direct participation in project public awareness activities and through working on the site.
A few years after
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Jordan
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Multifocal Area
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1997
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2,500.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-01 |
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This was the first stakeholder workshop organized by the Programme. It aimed at introducing GEF/SGP programme to the NGO community and explaining its guidelines and criteria. An introduction to the fundementals of proposal writing was provided. ( ... )
rkshop resulted in formulation of 16 project proposals; six of them were further developed and approved by the National Steering Committee.
NGOs from all over the country were represented inteh workshop. Lectures on environmental issues of global importance were presented in the
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Jordan
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International Waters
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1995
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50,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-92-G51-12 |
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Through SGP funding the JREDS was formed as the first NGO concerned with the protection of the Red Sea Unique Ecology. The project activities included the initiation of a continuos coral reef monitoring programme followed by an intensive public ( ... )
ation and awareness campaign. The project invited an interanational research vessel, which took data collected by the project and used it as part of a global survey of the coral reefs around the world.
several exhibits were organized, annual clean-up dives anr still conducted. The NGO managed to secure additional funding to sustain the project beyond proposed duration. They are currently
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1994
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18,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-92-G51-10 |
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The proponent carried out fund raising activities and produced awareness materials to promote the Dana Reserve which was supported by a GEF macro project. The NGO later used the generated funds to restore historical and cultural heritage of the ( ... )
e and improve the quality of life of residents by promoting eco-tourism in the
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1994
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37,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-92-G51-11 |
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The proponenet undertook an ecologicla survey and socio-economic study of Petra Region, obtained additonal funds through the Swiss and the Jordanian governements to establish a visitors center. The study resulted in producing comprehensive ( ... )
erized maps of flora and fauna communitiies in the area and defined risks to
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1994
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50,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-92-G51-09 |
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The proponent, a women NGO, established a community-owned nature park and women's training center by rehabilitation of a degraded unlicenced dumping site. The site is now a standing proof of how small scale, community based action can contribute to ( ... )
local and global environmental problems and improve the living conditions of the
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1993
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40,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-92-G51-06 |
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The Committee carried out & published a full inventory of Avifauna of Jordan, established birdwatch stations and published a reference on the birds of Jordan in Arabic, which is used by students and bird lovers until now. Work accomplished under ( ... )
roject later qualified Jordan to host Birdlife International/ Middle East Regional Office.
This project improved the capacities of the NGO's Research Unit and made it easier for the people who came later to conduct their work and accomplish their objectives. For the first time a reference in Arabic on the birds of Jordan was made available to specialists and lay people providing them with a new
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1993
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50,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-92-G51-01 |
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A women organization took the lead in forest management by managing and protecting forest land in Madaba area, an area close to the country's capital and is characterized by its historic and religious importance which attracts religious and eco ( ... )
m. The NGO established a training centre for youth and women. The center, called "Bait Al Bee'a" (Environment House), houses solar energy applications which are used to generate electricity needed for the center. Ancient cisterns were rehabilitated and other water harvesting techniques are also in place on site and are used, together with the solar energy applications, as practical
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1993
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30,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-92-G51-04 |
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The proponenet conducted an intensive monitoring program of vehicle emissions and used the results of this monitoring to highlight the risks to human health and the global climate caused by pollution resulting from transport movement. The study ( ... )
s formed the bases for new standards and monitoring has become part of the vehicle annual testing
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1993
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40,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-92-G51-03 |
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The proponent, a youth NGO protected a natural site in Balqa' governorate, fenced it, introduced sound soil and land management practices on site, and used it as apractical field research site where young students can observe environment and ( ... )
t innovative activities in this field. Students could observe the revival of plant cover compared to the surrounding unprotected areas which suffer from overgrazing. A training center was established on site. Many public awareness activities promoting different environmental applications including water harvesting, composting wind and solar energy are still conducted until
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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1993
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32,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-92-G51-05 |
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The NGO, located in Irbid, north of Jordan, and one of the community development centers of the Jordanian Fund for Human Development (JOHUD) established an olive tree nursery, enhanced an on-going project for home gardens including medicinal herbs ( ... )
e keeping, and carried out a training programme for the local community. Twenty five women from the local community participated monthly in project activities. By providing healthy seedlings to the local community, the project helped them to improve the quality of their products, rendering them more competitive. The Center also provided other development centers with quality seedlings and
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Jordan
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International Waters
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1993
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30,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-92-G51-08 |
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The proponent established a palm plantation run by the community in an area where a rare ecosystem prevails (northern Jordan Valley shared by Jordan, Palestine and Syria). The NGO also carried out outreach activities. The project was duplicated on ( ... )
r scale with FAO funding in other areas in the Jordan Valley. The project was implemented by a community development council represernting local community directly with support and supervision from the Noor Al Hussein Foundation. The NGO acquired good experience in the field of palm plantation, organizing community work and liaising with other national institutions working in similar fields,
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