The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) provides financial and technical support to civil society and community-based organizations on innovative community-driven initiatives that address global environmental issues – such as biodiversity loss, climate change mitigation and adaptation, land degradation, international waters, and chemicals and waste management – while improving livelihoods. This report presents SGP’s results for the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, based on the information from 115 SGP Country Programmes.

Indigenous Peoples, comprising only 5% of the global population, account for one-third of the 900 million extremely impoverished individuals in rural areas. Ensuring access to energy for indigenous communities is crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7), which aims to provide universal energy access. Unfortunately, Indigenous Peoples often remain overlooked in energy access discussions, leading to insufficient data and inadequate attention in major SDG 7 reports. Furthermore, renewable energy projects in Indigenous territories frequently disregard Indigenous rights, resulti...

The harmful effects of climate change, land grabbing by agro-industries and the rise of mining in the Cameroon estuary area are encouraging the local population to converge on low-altitude lands to cut down the forest and set up agricultural operations with poor cultivation practices that degrade the soil. Land degradation is an increasing worldwide problem with negative consequences on agricultural production, environment and food security. The long period of land exploitation with poor cultivation practices, such as extensive slash-and-burn agriculture, monoculture, poor crop rotations, etc....

Le Programme de Microfinancements du Fonds pour l'Environnement Mondial (PMF-FEM), avec le soutien financier du FEM, a octroyé une subvention de 35000 dollars de 2021 à 2023 à l'ONG Nature Tropicale pour la conservation du lamantin d'Afrique. En plus des campagnes de sensibilisation menées auprès des écogardes, des forces de l'ordre, des pêcheurs et des magistrats, les femmes qui s'engagent dans la protection des lamantins d'Afrique bénéficient d'un soutien financier pour des activités génératrices de revenus à travers un mécanisme appelé « Epargne Pour le Changement ».

Le Programme de Microfinancements du Fonds pour l'Environnement Mondial (PMF-FEM) a appuyé la restauration de la forêt de Sinatabé dans le Nord Bénin. Il a accompagné les populations riveraines dans la restauration des terres agricoles et la diversification des sources de revenus. La superficie de la forêt est passée de 3ha38a72ca à 15 ha64a52ca. Les femmes soutiennent les revenus du ménage avec le développement de l'apiculture et la cuniculture. Grâce aux interventions du PMF-FEM , la forêt bénéficie aujourd'hui de ressources supplémentaires du programme IKI SMALL GRANT à trav...

This directory is primarily intended for the populations of the Lowé area and surrounding villages in Senegal, for practitioners and experts in traditional medicine, and for health professionals. To face COVID 19, Senegalese officials consulted the federation of traditional medicine practitioners to find a solution to the pandemic. Their purpose was to try foreign therapeutic products that might prove efficient but also to tap from local knowledge and plants to face the pandemic. This directory stems from the same rationale, but does not solely deal with remedies against COVID 19. It also off...

Dans la commune de Lokoundjé, l’environnement se caractérise par une diversité d’écosystèmes (forêts, mangroves et zones côtières) abritant plusieurs espèces floristiques et fauniques. Cependant, les actions anthropiques et les activités socio-économiques entrainent au fil des ans la perte de leur intégrité. En effet, les populations font la déforestation pour l’extension de leurs parcelles agricoles. La pratique de l’agriculture itinérante sur brulis couplée au taux d’érosion élevé en plein clamp entraine la baisse de la fertilité des sols et le prélèvement des...

This project takes a different angle on conservation, bringing together crocheters in Barbados and Antigua & Barbuda, to raise awareness on conservation of coral reefs, through crochet.

Old Road SDA takes on food security using climate smart agriculture.

The Barbuda Fisherfolk Association supports Disaster Resilience