Regional Initiatives
Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management (CACILM)
A Global Environment Facility (GEF) ten year, multi-country, multi-donor programme, developed with GM financial and technical support, CACILM aims to implement a more comprehensive and integrated approach to Sustainable Land Management (SLM) with greater benefits at local, national, and global levels.
Compensation for Ecosystems Services in Ecuador
Ecuador is one of the most biological and culturally diverse countries of the world. Yet high rates of deforestation in crucial watersheds combined with unsustainable agricultural practices are leading to increasing land degradation that is threatening the wellbeing of rural populations.
Corporate Mining Sector Initiative
An initiative launched by the GM and ECLAC to attract the interest of mining companies in contributing to the sustainable development of the Puna, by supporting initiatives defined under the UNCCD Sub-regional Action Programme (PAS Puna), as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental Responsibility (ER) programmes.
Desertification Profile Development for the Francophone Sahel
Gum Arabic Partnership with the Network for Natural Gums and Resins in Africa (NGARA)
The GM is partnering with NGARA with the aim of supporting resource mobilization for the development of the Gum Arabic sector in Africa.
Horn of Africa
Acknowledging the added value of the GM’s work, the IGAD Summit has requested the GM and IGAD to upscale their partnership efforts, to address the inter-related issues of food security, land degradation and drought.
Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Land Management in the Caribbean SIDS (PISLM)
The major long-term land management issue for the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is degradation of the limited land area. This GM-supported Partnership Initiative aims to mainstream cross-sector land degradation issues into ongoing sub-regional activities, thereby increasing their impact by drawing on synergies and complementarities and generating a significant multiplier effect on the catalytic resources invested.
Public-Private Partnership Initiative (PPP)
SolArid : South-to-South Cooperation
The GM promotes South-south cooperation through an inter-regional approach.The GM’s South-to-south cooperation programme, SolArid, brings together the countries of the Sahel and the Sahara.
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