Climate Change

Programmes and projects

GCP /RAF/424/GFF
The Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Project for the Kagera River Basin
18/03/2010

The Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Project for the Kagera River Basin (Kagera TA MP) was approved by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)...

Fisheries and Aquaculture and Climate Change
04/01/2009

Some 540 million people depend on fisheries and aquaculture as a source of protein and income. For 400 million of the poorest of these, fish provides...

Climate change adaptation in Peru - Integrated and adaptive management of environmental resources and climatic risks in high Andean watersheds
05/10/2008

The joint program aims at mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in the work of district and regional governments, producers´ associations and local...

PGM/UNJ/2008-2012
REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
19/07/2008

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, plus the sustainable management of forests, and the conservation and enhancement of forest...

TCP/RLA/3112/3217
Andes: Technical cooperation project 2008-2010
04/02/2008

The aim of the project was to systematize efforts made by communities located in the tropical Andes to cope with climate change and disaster risk reduction....

Rehabilitation and watershed management in El Salvador
27/06/2008

To help rural families cope with losses as a result of natural disasters, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, with the technical support of FAO...

Conservation and sustainable management of the natural and cultural heritage of the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve Program (Yasuni), Ecuador
31/05/2008

The purpose of the Program was to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7, Environmental Sustainability, while advancing the achievement of MDG...

Guatemala - Strengthening Environmental Governance in the Dry Corridor
31/12/2007

2008-2012. Guatemala is highly vulnerable to climate change exacerbated by high poverty rates and poor environmental management. After hurricane Stan,...

Climate Change Adaptation in Peru
31/05/2008

Integrated and adaptive management of environmental resources and climatic risks in high Andean watersheds. The joint Program "Integrated and adaptive...