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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - COP14

The 14th Conference of the Parties (COP 14) to the UNFCCC, along with the 4th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, is taking place in Poznan, Poland. Watch the live webcast!

GEF Council endorses new program to scale up investment of transfer of environmentally sound technology

WASHINGTON, DC - November 14, 2008 – A leading global environmental financial institution this week embraced new efforts to dramatically scale up technology transfer to developing countries looking to mitigate and adapt to climate change challenges.

34th GEF Council and Climate Funds Meetings

WASHINGTON DC, November 6, 2008 - The GEF Council will convene again from Tuesday, November 11, in Washington DC. The GEF Council Meeting will be preceded by an NGO consultation on Monday, November 10 and followed by a meeting of the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF).

Save your logo!

October 25, 2008 - The French newspaper "Le Monde" published an article on the "Save Your Logo" initiative. The campaign, launched by the GEF at the World Conservation Congress 2008, encourages multinational companies to protect the signature animal on which they have partially based their brand.

Mainstreaming gender in sustainable oyster farming projects

The Fédération Régionale des Groupements de Promotion Féminine (FRGPF) launched a campaign, with GEF SGP support, to train local women in more sustainable management and harvesting techniques, in response to the widespread destruction of mangroves due to unsustainable oyster farming in the Ziguinchor region.

PARIS RE, Marsh and the UNEP-GEF develop innovative renewable energy insurance solutions

ZUG, Switzerland, October 9, 2008 - PARIS RE and MARSH have jointly developed a new index-based cover that will encourage the development of wind farm projects.

GEF, World Bank and IUCN Launch Partnership to Protect Globally Threatened Species

BARCELONA/WASHINGTON DC, October 7, 2008-- Businesses that have built their brands on the back of threatened species should invest more in the preservation of their natural habitats according to a new conservation campaign launched here today.

GEF Small Grants Programme in Honduras Wins Tourism Innovation Award

TEGUCIGALPA/WASHINGTON, October 6,2008 – Five indigenous communities recently won a distinguished international business award for an ecotourism rainforest project funded through the Global Environment Facility.

GEF, World Bank and Partners Award $4 Million to Innovative Agriculture, Sustainable Development Projects

WASHINGTON, September 26, 2008 — More than $4 million was awarded in seed money to 22 innovative agricultural projects today at the end of the 2008 Development Marketplace, a competitive grant program that aims to spur sustainable development. The 2008 global competition was co-sponsored by the GEF, World Bank Group, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and GTZ.Winners represented 16 countries.

Conservation Science News
compiled by Gustavo Fonseca

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Dec. 1-12, Poznan, Poland
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GEF Calendar of Events- 2008

Meditterranean Brochure
GEF Engagement in the Mediterranean Region

Gender HP
Mainstreaming Gender at the GEF

Technology Transfer HP
Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies: The GEF Experience

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