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International
Waters
: Projects involving communities proximate to threatened
waterbodies and transboundary threats to their ecosystems.
Priority is placed on the prevention and control
of ecological degradation of critical habitats (such
as wetlands, shallow waters and reefs), of unsustainable
use of marine resources resulting from over fishing,
excessive withdrawal of fresh water and resource
extraction.
GEF/SGP
grants will fund projects involving communities
proximate to threatened waterbodies and transboundary
threats to their ecosystems. Priority is placed
on the threat posed to international waters by land-based
sources of surface and groundwater pollution that
degrade the quality of international waters.� This
means preventing the release of persistent toxic
substances and heavy metals that cannot be neutralized
by marine and freshwater ecosystems, or that accumulate
in living organisms.
High
priority is also placed on:
- abatement
of common contaminants such as nutrients, biological
contaminants, or sediments that endanger species
or threaten ecosystems;
- prevention
and control of ecological degradation of critical
habitats (such as wetlands, shallow waters, and
reefs) that sustain biodiversity; and
- management
of unsustainable use of marine resources resulting
from over-fishing, excessive withdrawal of freshwater,
and resource extraction.
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Program 8:� Waterbody-based Program.�
Projects address the priority transboundary
environmental concerns that exist in a specific
waterbody, such as a transboundary river basin
or a large marine ecosystem. |
Potential
eligible activities:
�support for capacity-building and
technical assistance for species and habitat
conservation in fishing and coastal communities
faced with biodiversity loss of critical marine,
river, and lake species
�provision of sustainable technical
and livelihood alternatives in situations
of excessive over-fishing and water resource
extraction
�small-scale demonstrations of approaches
to reducing transboundary pollutant flows
at the local level
�projects which test approaches to
implementing existing Strategic Action Programmes
(SAPs) and National Strategic Action Programs
(NAPs) at the local level |
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Program 9:� Integrated Land and Water Multiple
Focal Area. These projects involve the
integration of land and water resource management
as a means of addressing the degradation of
international waters. They can involve other
GEF focal areas as well as the cross-cutting
issue of land degradation (desertification
and deforestation). |
Potential
eligible activities:
- participatory
inventories and community use assessments
of unique or endangered marine and coastal
biodiversity in a joint biodiversity/international
waters multiple focal area project
- �development of integrated freshwater
basin-coastal area management to address
the causes and sectoral activities that
endanger the reefs, wetlands, and mangroves
that serve as nursery areas for the ocean's
living resources, particularly transboundary
fish stocks
- capacity-building
and technical assistance to combat salinization
of coastal soils from over-use of freshwater
and groundwater from transboundary aquifers
for irrigation and household consumption
(applicable in border towns and regions)
- projects
which test approaches to implementing existing
Strategic Action Programmes (SAPs) and National
Strategic Action Programs (NAPs) at the
local level
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Program 10:� Contaminant-based Program.
This program includes activities that demonstrate
ways of overcoming barriers to the adoption
of best practices to limit contamination of
international waters. |
Potential
eligible activities:
- community
initiatives to eliminate the causes of land
and marine-based sources of pollution, particularly
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS), nutrients
and certain metals
- reduction
of agricultural run-off in the form of chemical
fertilizers and pesticides
- reduction
of industrial waste dumping by promoting
reuse and recycling
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