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| Document Date:
| 2006/01/01 |
| Document Type:
| Working Paper |
| Report Number:
| 37669 |
| Volume No:
| 1 of 1 |
| Country:
| World ; |
| Doc Name:
| Helping communities that depend on aquatic biodiversity |
| Keywords:
| access to water, agricultural use, agriculture, AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY, aquatic vegetation, aquatic vegetation for use, Basin, BIODIVERSITY, biodiversity conservation, biodiversity project, Biological Diversity, blue planet, catchments, commercial harvest, conservation, dams, dikes, downstream beneficiaries, downstream water flow, drip irrigation, ecosystem, ecosystems, efficient water use, environmental benefits, farms, fish, fisheries, flow regimes, food security, Forest, forests, freshwater, Freshwater biodiversity, freshwater projects, freshwater systems, functioning water ecosystems, globally significant wetlands, groundwater, human settlements, hydroelectric power, hydrological flows, irrigation, Lake, land tenure, land tenure security, land use, land users, land uses, livelihoods, local livelihoods, marine biodiversity, marshes, municipal water supply, natural forests, natural resources, nature, nurseries for fish, plantations, pollution, protected areas, quality water, rain, rain water harvesting, restoration, river, river water, rivers, significant wetlands, SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES, sustainable logging, sustainable use, sustainable use of wetlands, upstream groundwater pumping, water, water ecosystems, water flows, water resources, water use, watersheds, wetland, wetland loss, wetlands
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| Language:
| English |
| Region:
| The World Region ; |
| Rep Title:
| Helping communities that depend on aquatic biodiversity |
| Topics:
| Environment ; Water Supply and Sanitation ; Water Resources ; Rural Development |
| SubTopics:
| Wetlands ; Ecosystems and Natural Habitats ; Common Property Resource Development ; Water and Industry ; Water Supply and Systems |
| Unit Owning:
| Global Envirnmt Facility Secretr (GEF) |
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| At the heart of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)'s work on water is helping communities around the world. Many GEF projects relate to the sustainable use of land and water ecosystems so that poverty may be reduced, more food grown, and natural resources conserved. In this aspect, GEF projects are yielding critical results in meeting the needs of the poor in developing countries as they gain livelihoods, food security, and other resources from water ecosystems, such as wetlands. In the West Bank and Gaza, GEF assistance through a Mediterranean Wetlands biodiversity project has helped farmers utilize new rain water harvesting and irrigation efficiency techniques. An $8 million GEF project in Jordan has provided a much-needed link between biodiversity conservation, land use, and water management in two unique ecosystems, the Dana and Azraq wetlands. On the Ganges floodplain in Bangladesh, a $5 million GEF biodiversity project is demonstrating sustainable practices in fisheries used for local food needs and commercial harvest. In Africa, the five countries of the Lake Chad basin-Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria-are working together on a GEF project that is focusing on the sustainable use of land and water resources. The Ecomarkets Project supports Costa Rica's program of Payments for Environmental Services, operated by the National Fund for Forest Financing. |
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