The UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme Fiji office was established in 2003 and has since provided 160 grants worth US$5,366,963. It currently manages 50 projects.
Kudarikilu, home to just 300 people, is an island so small you could walk across it in an hour.
The sea is always close. And yet, unexpected bursts of green appear.
With @UNDPMaldives@theGEF we support home gardens & fruit trees to elevate island life: https://t.co/AwNz1EBVMK
Seeds are life, identity and autonomy🫘
This #DesertificationandDroughtDay see how local communities in Mexico’s Mixteca region are working in partnership with @ppdmexico@thegef to transform a desert landscape into forest.
https://t.co/QYHRkXiE15
#ForPeopleForPlanet
Kauwai Comminique - a call to action from 30 community representatives from all over 🇫🇯 who convened for a 3 day national symposium on community led initiatives on environment sustainability with theme #shareyoustory#communityvoices
Earth is losing wetlands 3X faster than natural forests according to @RamsarConv. The 4th largest wetland surface in the world is found in China.
With support from @UNDPChina & @theGEF, communities are exemplars to #ActForWetlands
https://t.co/6JLrzM2Bj3
#WorldWetlandsDay
.@GEF_SGP's mangrove project in Haa Alif Kelaa has concluded with the opening & handing over of “Kelavaki” Park to @Kelaacouncil by Kelaa Youth Forum. This project is part of GEF-SGP's work with Kelaa Youth Forum to raise the public's awareness about the #mangroves on the island.
With #COP26 fast approaching, we can't turn a blind eye 👀 Now is the time for ambitious #ClimateAction and to envision a sustainable, resilient future for everyone 🍄🦒🐝🦎🐳🐙
Join @Connect4Climate and fix your #EyesOnCOP26: https://t.co/vsRJzcNTQz
People of Jagathang in Paro shows how teamwork can improve community vitality and resilience. The community provides labour to construct the @GEF_SGP & UNDP supported tank for uninterrupted supply of water for household and farming needs. Read more https://t.co/fs0VI3JTKH
The Tawaleh Women Farmers’ Association converted 70 acres of degraded community land into production landscape with improved tree varieties such as Oil Palm in Bombali Shebora Chiefdom, with funding from the @gef_sgp.
#sierraleone#InclusionInnovationImpact#smallgrantsSL
The Plaine Hollandaise-Pasquière wetlands in #Seychelles have been steadily degrading due to human activities 📉👫
A project w/ @theGEF & @UNEP support aims to rehabilitate the #wetland, starting with restoring the degraded foothills.
📖https://t.co/imhH2WGZVQ
#Forests, critical to the economy & health of the Gambian people, are under-managed & being depleted by human activities 🌳
A new @UNEP -led & @theGEF -funded initiative aims to protect the valuable #ecosystems found in this West African country.
https://t.co/aEifnaB5pQ
How do #mangrove forests support people & the planet? They...
🐠Are #biodiversity hotspots
💧Reduce water pollution
🏝️Stabilize shorelines
🌏 Store ~24 million metric tons of carbon per year
Aileen Lee is the Chief Program Officer leading the Environmental Conservation Program at @MooreFound.
In a #GEFvoices interview, she offered advice to young people considering careers in environmental conservation 👫🌏
📖Read more: https://t.co/rXtZtsmt8M
🗣 #Opportunity#HappeningNow@GEF_SGP dynamic duo doing a live Q&A on 💰 grant opportunities available..there's a planning one, regular and a strategic. If you're supporting community based orgs. etc. you might want to get in touch with 👉🏽 @akisi_vb@LosFiji14
In the rural areas of #Peru, 42% of women do not earn an income, barring them from having their own property, credit, & independence 🇵🇪👩🏽🤝👩🏾
@theGEF and @UNDP are empowering women to start their own clean #energy businesses.
📖Learn more: https://t.co/jDl3kjuODK
Indigenous communities are guardians of 80% of the 🌎 biodiversity. Yet their rights are not being recognized.
@SorengArchana, a young Indigenous climate activist and researcher from India, shares her perspective on the climate crisis: https://t.co/8Yv6AnP4mN #YouthLead
Because the informal sector is Vietnam’s largest contributor towards the recycling & reuse of waste, the project worked to meaningfully engage & recognize them as key players, communicator, & agents of change.
#LocalAction to stop #PlasticWaste: https://t.co/9dPV43XiDY
Around the world, indigenous peoples & local communities are safeguarding the #biodiversity we all depend on 🌿🌏
@theGEF CEO @cmrodrigueze emphasized the need to support these communities to enhance climate resilience.
#WeAreIndigenous#IndigenousDay
https://t.co/YQXYtr1jqG