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GEF-5 Focal Area Strategies
Sub-Regional Workshop for GEF Focal Points in
Eastern and Southern Africa
Sandton, South Africa, 3-4 November 2010
GEF-5 Focal Area Strategies
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The mandate of the GEF covers four strategic goals:
• Strategic Goal 1 – Conserve, sustainably use, and manage biodiversity,
ecosystems, and natural resources globally, taking into account the anticipated
impacts of climate change.
• Strategic Goal 2 – Reduce global climate change risks by: (1) stabilizing
atmospheric GHG concentrations through emission-reduction actions; and (2)
assisting countries in adapting to climate change, including variability.
• Strategic Goal 3 – Promote the sound management of chemicals throughout
their lifecycle to minimize the effect on human health and the global
environment.
• Strategic Goal 4 – Build national and regional capacities and enabling
conditions for protection and sustainable development of the global
environment.
The focal areas are: (i) biodiversity; (ii) climate change (mitigation); (iii)
international waters; (iv) land degradation; and (v) chemicals, including POPs &
ODS
Cross-cutting theme: Sustainable forest management
Sustainable Forest Management (1)
 The goal is to achieve multiple environmental benefits from
improved management of all types of forests (from sub-tropical
forests to wetlands).
 To achieve this goal, the strategy has two objectives:
• Reduce pressures on forest resources and generate sustainable
flows of forest ecosystem services; and
• Strengthen an enabling environment to reduce GHG emissions
from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon
sinks from LULUCF activities.
 Financing will not be provided for the substitution of native forests
with artificial forests, despite the fact that the latter could produce
potential carbon sink benefits.
Sustainable Forest Management (2)
 Countries that present projects that combine resources and
objectives in at least two focal areas subject to the STAR
could receive additional resources as an incentive, in
addition to indicative resources allocated to them (3:1).
 Countries could use a maximum of US$30 million (and
receive up to US$10 million) and a minimum of US$2
million (and receive US$666,666).