Located in the mountain range of Apante Hill, a protected area, five communities carried out a project to address local deforestation and land degradation. The main strategies were the introduction of an eco-stove that requires less firewood and training in improved agricultural practices. The project eliminated 1,080 tons of CO2 emissions per year and reforested 4.3 hectares of degraded land.

The second Annual Monitoring Report of the GEF Small Grants Programme's Operational Phase 5 covers the reporting period from January 2012 through June 2013. This period was significant as it also marked two decades of GEF SGP's global work with poor and vulnerable communities, more than half of which are in LDCs and SIDS, with over 18,500 projects already supported at the end of the previous operational phase.This report has been prepared by staff of the GEF SGP Central Programme Management Team, based on annual reports submitted by country and sub-regional programmes, and information drawn fr...

Description of the joint SGP-Barefoot College initiative in 18 countries which empoweres rural, illiterate women in creating solar electrification schemes for their villages. 

Annual report with descriptions of the most interesting projects.