In 2014, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) released a report celebrating achievements through its partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
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GEF Food Security Program – Infographic
Twelve African countries (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Uganda). These countries are all located in the dryland regions, which face the greatest threat of environmental degradation in smallholder farms
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A future food system for healthy human beings and a healthy planet
Food production will need to significantly increase in order to feed the growing global population. However, the current mainly linear food production and consumption model has had significant deleterious effects on the environment, including land degradation, climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, chemical pollution, freshwater abstraction, and fresh and marine water pollution.
Environment, hydrometeorology and ecosystems
Feeding people, protecting the planet – FAO and the GEF: partners in action
he booklet highlights success stories from FAO’s work with the GEF over the past two decades in addressing the critical nexus between agriculture and the environment.
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Tajikistan Zero Hunger Strategic Review 2018
The review identifies a basic level for a common understanding of the problems and gaps in food security and nutrition, thereby facilitating the coordination of priority actions needed to eradicate hunger by 2030.
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ENABLING THE USE OF GLOBAL DATA SOURCES TO ASSESS AND MONITOR LAND DEGRADATION AT MULTIPLE SCALES
The Land Degradation Monitoring Project is a Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded project that provides guidance on robust methods and a toolbox for assessing, monitoring status, and estimating trends in land degradation using remote sensing technology.
Environment, hydrometeorology and ecosystems
Land Degradation Neutrality at the GEF
The GEF has quickly responded to decisions of UNCCD COP12 in Ankara (2015) and started to support Land Degradation Neutrality target setting and implementation through several projects in GEF-6, which are summarized in this brochure.
Climate change
Results in Resilience: Central Asia Hydrometeorology Modernization Project
The Central Asia Hydrometeorology Modernization Project is helping countries in the region adapt to disaster and climate risk by bolstering their weather forecasting and early warning efforts.
Climate change
Infographic: Central Asia Hydrometeorology Modernization Project
Extreme weather is rolling back development gains in Central Asia. Modernizing weather services can reduce climate & disaster risk. Learn more about the World Bank’s efforts to reduce climate & disaster risk in Central Asia.
Biodiversity
Sustainable Forest Management: A History of Support for Forests
For 26 years the GEF demonstrated through its portfolio the crucial importance of all types of forest in providing a range of important environmental services, in particular to sustain biodiversity, to face the challenges of climate change and land degradation, and at the same time offering livelihood options for many forest dependent people.