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10 June 2014

Indigenous Women Present Natural Dye Fashion

On May 27th, the GEF Small Grants Programme participated in a Joint Side Event organized by the GEF Secretariat on Indigenous People at the 5th GEF

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29 May 2014

Inspiring Change from the Ground Up

Community Leaders share their Experiences at a 5th GEF Assembly Side Event Cancun, Mexico. Environmental degradation and climate change affect

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16 May 2014

Celebrating the Launch of Community-Based REDD+

United Nations Headquarters, New York - 15 May 2014: Over 100 people attended a reception last night to celebrate the launch Community-Based REDD+

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21 March 2014

Celebrating Indigenous Communities’ Contribution to Forests Conservation

The International Day of Forests celebrates and raises awareness about the importance of forests and trees for our planet. One third of the world's

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07 March 2014

International Women's Day 2014: "Equality for Women Means Better Progress for All"

On March 8, 2014 the world is celebrating International Women's Day with this year's theme highlighting the importance of women and gender equality

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03 March 2014

Let’ s Go Wild for Wildlife! SGP welcomes the first World Wildlife Day

World Wildife Day, which was celebrated on March 3rd, 2014 for the first time, honors the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and

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24 February 2014

Launch of the 2014 International Year of the Small Island Developing States

SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) have always faced a range of particular challenges and vulnerabilities – isolation, limited land, and

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14 February 2014

Australian High Commissioner Visits Water Harvesting Project in Jamaica

Australian High Commissioner Ross Tysoe, who was in Jamaica during the Diplomatic week in Kingston last week, took the opportunity to visit one of

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04 March 2013

The GEF SGP is launched in Saint Lucia

On February 14, 2013, the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Country Programme was formally launched in Saint Lucia. The event took place

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02 February 2014

Revitalizing Ramsar Wetlands in the Naghadeh plain near Lake Urmia

Lake Urmia, one of the world's largest hypersaline lakes, has been suffering from shrinkage for decades but when its satellite wetlands in the south

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06 January 2014

GEF SGP Projects receive Awards and Recognition

During 2013, SGP grantees received more than 50 awards, prizes or other forms of recognition for their outstanding efforts in conserving and

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31 December 2013

Moroccan NGO High Atlas Foundation awarded 2013 SEED Prize

The High Atlas Foundation (HAF), partner of the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) Morocco, is one of the 34 winners of the 2013 SEED Awards, which

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