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LIST OF PROJECT IDEAS SUBMITTED BY ELIGIBLE PARTIES

DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD AND THEIR STATUS

(July 1995 to June 1996)


Country
Title of proposal
Date of submission
Status of Proposal
Implementing Agency

Albania
Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan and National Report
June 1996
Approved July 1996
World Bank
Albania, Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia Conservation of Wetland Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Region November 1995 Approved December 1995
UNDP
Argentina Biodiversity and Land Use in the Argentine Pampas February 1996 Not cleared. Does not conform with Op. Strategy (UNDP)
UNDP
Bahamas National Biodiversity Strategy Approved April 25, 1996
UNEP
Bhutan Biodiversity Conservation Plan August 1995 Approved June 1996
UNDP
Cameroon National Biodiversity Strategy Approved April 1996
UNEP
Central American States Planning and Dev. of a Central American Biological Corridor Under consideration by UNEP
UNEP
Ecuador On-Farm Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity November 1995 Project proposal in late stages of preparation
UNDP
Egypt National Biodiversity Strategy Approved April 25, 1996
UNEP
Gambia National Biodiversity Strategy Approved June 6, 1996
UNEP
Georgia Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan and National Report March 1996 Approved July 1996
World Bank/UNEP

Country
Title of proposal
Date of submission
Status of Proposal
Implementing Agency

Guinea
Guinea Biodiversity Conservation
June 1996
Project idea being considered
World Bank
Guyana Demonstrating Sustainable Use of Tropical Forest ecosystems May 1996 Preparing request for project preparation financing
UNDP
India Water Projects for Mathura and Vrindavan November 1995 Not eligible. Does not conform with Op. Strategy
UNDP
India Eco-parks for the treatment of urban sewage using a modified well technology Not eligible. Does no conform with Op. Strategy
UNDP
India Protection of Fish Stocks in Bay of Bengni April 1996 Project Idea under consideration
UNDP
India Community based natural regeneration of forests in degraded land areas and watershed management May 1996 Project idea under consideration by UNDP
UNDP
Iran Biodiversity strategy and Action Plan January 1996 Project proposal being prepared by UNDP
UNDP
Kazakhstan Country Strategy on Biodiversity November 1995 Approved in Council April, 1996
UNDP
Kenya National Biodiversity Strategy Project proposal being prepared
UNEP
Latin America

(El Salvador, Honduras)

Golfo de Fonseca: An Integrated Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation and Management of Natural Resources September 1995 May be incorporated into Mesoamerican Regional Corridor proposal (UNDP)
UNDP

Country
Title of proposal
Date of submission
Status of Proposal
Implementing Agency

Latin America

(Belize, Costa Rica,

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama)


Planning and Development of a Mesoamerican Environmental Communications Initiative to Promote Global Environment Objectives

September 1995
May be incorporated into Mesoamerican Regional Corridor (UNDP)
UNDP
Latin America Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Development and Capacity Building November 1995 Pending Revision per Op. Strategy by UNDP

UNDP
Latin America Creating Integrated Policy, Planning & Mgmt Frameworks in Support Ecosystem Protection of the Caribbean Sea March 1996 Project preparation financing proposal being developed
UNDP
Latin America Conservation of the Amazon Forest: A Common Strategy Based on the Stabilization of Migratory Agriculture and Sustainable Management of the Forests (BOSQUE) May 1996 Under consideration taking into account existing initiatives and consistency with the Operational Strategy
UNDP
Madagascar Environment Program Support September 1995 Approved July 1996

World Bank
Malawi National Biodiversity Strategy
Approved April 1996
UNEP
Maldives Biodiversity Action Plan July 1995 To be submitted to the Task Force in August 1996
UNDP

Country
Title of proposal
Date of submission
Status of Proposal
Implementing Agency

Mexico
Promotion of Non-Timber Forest Products
October 1995
Project idea under consideration and awaiting GEF focal point endorsement
World Bank
Mongolia Biodiversity Gobi Steppe/Grassland management June 1996 Project proposal under preparation by UNDP
UNDP
Morocco Reforestation for Energy in the Marakkech Region March 1996 Awaiting government prioritization of project and receipt of proposal for GEF/RBAS assessment (UNDP)
UNDP
Morocco Improvement of Domestic and small-scale Enterprise Energy in Rural Highlands and sustainable Management of Forest Resources April 1996 See above
UNDP
Morocco Organization of an Informational Conference on the National Study on Protected Areas December 1995 Not eligible. Not directly linked to a Biodiversity operation

(World Bank)

World Bank
Morocco Morocco Preliminary Studies for the Implementation of the National Study on Protected Areas December 1995 Not eligible, since not focused on preparing a particular project (World Bank)
World Bank
Mozambique National Biodiversity Strategy Approved June 1996
UNEP

Country
Title of proposal
Date of submission
Status of Proposal
Implementing Agency

Mozambique
National Coastal Zone Management Program
July 1995
Proposed for project preparation financing
World Bank
Myanmar Biodiversity Action Plan October 1995 Project proposal under preparation by UNDP
UNDP
Papua New Guinea National Biodiversity Strategy Project proposal being prepared
UNEP
Papua New Guinea Forestry and Conservation January 1996 Project preparation financing approved
World Bank
Philippine Samar Island Biodiversity Project May 1996 Project proposal under preparation
UNDP
Sudan Biodiversity Inventory and Strategy May 1996 Project idea under consideration
UNDP
Sudan Animal and Crop Diversity April 1996 Awaiting receipt of project concept for GEF/RBAS assessment (UNDP)
UNDP
Syria Biodiversity Enabling Project June 1996 Awaiting preparation of proposal for GEF/RBAS assessment
UNDP
Syria National Park Protection November 1995 Under consideration. Proposal will be reformulated into a larger project to begin identification soon
World Bank
Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela Integrated Management and Protection of Resources of the Gulf of Paria November 1995 Awaiting Government endorsement letter (UNDP)
UNDP

Country
Title of proposal
Date of submission
Status of Proposal
Implementing Agency

Tunisia
Coastal Resource Management
February 1996
Project idea under consideration by World Bank
World Bank
Tunisia Completion of Civil Works for Soil and Water Conservation and to Combat Erosion September 1995 An agricultural rehabilitation project not clearly eligible under any focal area.
World Bank
Uruguay Conservation of Coastal and Freshwater Ecosystems in the Banados Del Este Biosphere Reserve July 1996 Proposal for project preparation financing being developed
UNDP
Uzbekistan Action Plan & National Report CBD March 1996 Project proposal in final stages of development
UNDP/World Bank
Uzbekistan Lake Sudoche Wetland Restoration May 1996 Project preparation financing approved
World Bank
Venezuela Conservation and Sustainable Management of Biodiversity in Venezuela November 1995 Project preparation financing approved
World Bank