Global Environment Facility (GEF) unites 183 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs). GEF is the largest public funder of projects to improve the global environment. GEF work focuses on seven main areas, including biodiversity, climate change, chemicals, international waters, land degradation, ozone depletion and sustainable forest management.
Biodiversity:
- Reducing and preventing further biodiversity loss are considered among the most critical challenges to humankind. The GEF supports projects that address the opportunities to achieve sustainable biodiversity conservation.
Land Degradation:
- Land degradation is a major threat to biodiversity, ecosystem stability and society's ability to function. Loss of biomass through vegetation clearance and increased in soil erosion produces greenhouse gasses that can lead to climate change or global warming. The GEF supports projects in reversing and preventing desertification. The GEF also supports to poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.
