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Ecuador houses two incredible ecosystems that support the country’s clean freshwater supply: cloud forests and alpine grasslands. These sponge-like ecosystems absorb moisture from glacial snowmelt and low-level fog…
Quito, 12 November 2018 – Delegates representing nearly 150 parties to the Montreal Protocol concluded their 30th Meeting of the Parties here with the unanimous adoption of a sweeping decision intended to…
Urban green spaces encourage active and healthy lifestyles, improve mental health, prevent disease, and provide a place for people to socialize. And especially when they feature native greenery, they can improve a…
When the clean-up volunteers in the Galápagos Islands came across a soda can with a brand from Indonesia, they were hardly surprised. For months, they had been cleaning the remote beaches of these iconic islands…
This report is a terminal evaluation of a UNEP GEF project implemented between 2009 and 2012. The project goal was to build regional capacity on analysis and data generation for POPs in core matrices for the Global POPs Monitoring (GMP) to enable…
This is a terminal evaluation of a UNEP GEF project implemented between 2002 and 2006. The objective of the project was to strengthen national capacity to manage persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and to assist countries in meeting their…
An overview of the artisanal and small-scale gold mining practices used in Portovelo, Ecuador. The short film shows how miners extract their gold, crush it, process the ore and recover the gold using both mercury…
The purpose of the Technology Needs Assessment Project (Phase I), supported by the Global Environment Fund (GEF), was to assist participating “developing country parties to identify and analyse priority technology needs, which can form the basis for…
This report is a Mid-term evaluation of a UNEP GEF project implemented between 2011 and 2016. The objective of the project was to transform production and business practices in cocoa producing countries and cocoa and chocolate companies such that…
This is a terminal evaluation of a UNEP GEF project implemented between 2006 and 2011. The development objective of this project was to conserve crop genetic diversity in ways that increase food security and improve ecosystem health. The immediate…
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