ID: GEF-10677 Ongoing

Effective Implementation of Access and Benefit Sharing of the Nagoya Protocol and Integration into…

Timeline

55% Complete

Start Date:

8 May 2023

End Date:

28 February 2026

Objective

i) Provide technical support for developing ABS policy, legal, institutional and regulatory frameworks for The Gambia; (ii) Undertake to pilot of administrative or policy measures to implement community protocols, bioprospecting, and/or biotechnology research; and (iii) Promote ABS-compliant management of protected areas that support improvements in the conditions of biological and genetic resources for the Nyambai Forest Complex.

Co-financing:

$ 12,898,357

Project Grant:

$ 3,074,886

Total Value:

$ 15,973,243

Portfolio:

Biodiversity

Country:

Gambia

Partners:

Office of National ABS Focal Point at the Ministry of Environment; Climate Change and Natural Resources

Implementing Agencies:

UNEP

Project Contact:

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Project Documents:

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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $22 billion in financing and mobilized another $120 billion for more than 5,000 national and regional projects.