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October 2009: Volume 2
PROJECT APPROVALS
One of the key roles of the regional Climate, Environment and Energy team is to assist country partners in accessing environmental finance from a variety of sources. The team facilitates access to the GEF trust fund, the LDCF, SCCF, UNREDD and MFF. In the third quater of 2009 concepts worth $11,643,632 and projects worth $ 5,763,000 were approved for GEF and LDCF funding. In addition, projects worth $28,355,000 began implementation.
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
In the period 1 July 2009 to 30 September 2009 the UNDP regional team facilitated access to GEF funding totalling $39,466,182 as listed below.
Country |
Short Title |
Focal Area |
Project Amount ($US) |
Implementation begins (Project document signed) |
China |
Phasing-out Incandescent Lamps & Energy Saving Lamps Promotion (PILESLAMP - Greenlights II) |
CC - M |
14,000,000 |
India |
Sustainable Land Management in Shifting Cultivation Areas of Nagaland |
MFA |
3,600,000 |
Indonesia |
Strengthening Community Based Forest and Watershed Management in Indonesia |
MFA |
7,000,000 |
Timor-Leste |
Enabling Activities for the Preparation of Initial National Communication under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
CC - M |
405,000 |
Global |
Portfolio Learning in International Waters with a Focus on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands and Regional Asia/Pacific and Coral Triangle Learning Processes (IW LEARN) |
IW |
1,500,000 |
Project Approved (CEO endorsement) |
India |
Integrated Land Use Management to Combat Land Degradation and Deforestation in Madhya Pradesh (Part of SCEM) |
MFA |
5,763,000 |
Concept Approved (Work programme entry) |
India |
Coastal Marine in Malvan Coast |
BD |
3,500,000 |
Thailand |
Sustainable Management of Biodiversity in Thailand’s Production Landscape |
BD |
1,940,000 |
Thailand |
Integrated community-based forest and catchment management through an ecosystem service approach (CBFCM) |
MFA |
1,758,182 |
Focal Areas Key
- BD - Biodiversity
- CC-A - Climate Change Adaptation
- CC-M - Climate Change Mitigation
- IW - International Waters
- LD - Land degradation
- MFA - Multi-Focal Areas
- OD - Ozone Depletion
- POPS - Persistant Organic Chemicals
Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF)
In the period 1 July 2009 to 30 September 2009 the UNDP regional team facilitated access to the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) funding totalling $6,295,450 as listed below.
| Country |
Short Title |
Focal Area |
Project Amount ($US) |
| Implementation begins (Project document signed) |
| Cambodia |
Promoting Climate-Resilient Water Management and Agricultural Practices |
LDCF |
1,850,000 |
| Concept Approved (Work programme entry) |
| Lao PDR |
Improving the Resilience of the Agriculture Sector in Lao PDR to Climate Change Impacts |
LDCF |
4,445,450 |
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