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🇯🇵 @theGEF is at #GNPS2026 in Kumamoto, Japan, where Interim CEO Claude Gascon is joining global leaders to discuss the partnerships and investment needed for a nature-positive future. 🔗 naturepositive.org/events/su… #NaturePositive #Biodiversity #KMGBF
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Global Environment Facility (GEF) retweeted
The Global Nature Positive Summit is just around the corner. Have you seen the programme yet? 👉 canva.com/design/DAHG1_SWrAA… There will be recordings of plenary sessions available after the Summit. #GNPS2026 #NaturePositive #SustainableBusiness
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About 60% of people in São Tomé and Príncipe rely on two coastal roads for daily life & economic activity. @WBG_IDA & @theGEF support is combining engineering & nature-based solutions to strengthen these routes against flooding & erosion: wrld.bg/Q9S050Zg5vU #IDAworks
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🇲🇾 #Malaysia will receive new support to conserve the Ulu Jelai–Fraser’s Hill watershed. With $5.6M from @theGEF, this new project — implemented by @UNDP — will improve management across 250,000 ha and restore more than 7,500 ha of forests and riparian corridors. #GEFassembly2026
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A field verification mission under @theGEF-SGP operational phase 8 in the Black Volta Basin has started, engaging grantees and documenting community-led approaches to biodiversity conservation, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods. First stop is in the Banda District, Bono Region of Ghana. #GEFSGP #BlackVoltaBasin #ClimateAction #Biodiversity
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Have you explored the "Shared Lives, Shared Future" virtual exhibition?🌍✨Celebrate #UN80 through inspiring stories like Pablo Pérez's, a dairy farmer helping drive the transition to a circular economy in Uruguay. 🔗un.org/en/exhibits/exhibit/u… @theGEF @ItalyUN_NY @swiss_un @SLOtoUN
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What harmful chemicals are people exposed to through the air they breathe, the water they drink or the food they eat? UNEP & @thegef are working to strengthen monitoring of mercury and persistent organic pollutants to better understand and address chemical pollution: bit.ly/4oGirJY
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In this #GEFVoices interview, Erikka Mokanya shares how partnerships with communities are restoring landscapes and strengthening livelihoods across the Okavango River Basin. Read the full interview: thegef.org/newsroom/feature-… #LandRestoration #Drylands #SustainableLandscapes
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Global Environment Facility (GEF) retweeted
Proactive landscape resilience => reactive urban upgrades Kigali’s wetland parks: how cities work with nature to manage floods and create economic opportunities. wrld.bg/zALr50YcByz @REMA_Rwanda with @theGEF @GreenFundRw @KfW_FZ_int @Denmarkdotdk
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Global Environment Facility (GEF) retweeted
Advancing sustainable, transboundary fisheries management in the Gulf of Thailand 🌊🐟 @FAO, @theGEF & partners are strengthening regional cooperation for an ecosystem approach to #fisheries, supporting better decision-making, gender equality, climate resilience & biodiversity.
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GEF partner @friendship_ngo was recognized at the @EarthshotPrize Impact Assembly during #LondonClimateActionWeek. GEF is supporting its next phase with $10M from #LDCF to restore Sundarbans mangroves & strengthen coastal livelihoods in Bangladesh with @conservationorg. #LCAW2026
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From ambition to implementation: GEF-9 is built to deliver. #GEF9 will help countries deliver results for people and planet through integrated solutions, country leadership, and partnerships that support healthier ecosystems, stronger communities, and sustainable economies.
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In this #GEFVoices interview, Esther Mwaura Muiru of the Stand For Her Land initiative at @Landesa_Global shares how women’s access to land and natural resources can improve agricultural productivity and support healthier landscapes and communities. 🔗 thegef.org/newsroom/feature-…
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Global Environment Facility (GEF) retweeted
There are lands that fall silent. Fields abandoned. Canals that stop flowing. And there are communities that refuse to let that silence win. This #WorldEnvironmentMonth we celebrate the community champions who have transformed lands and livelihoods within the #ColomboWetlands, supported through @theGEF -funded @GEF_SGP implemented by @UNDP #SriLanka 🇱🇰 READ MORE: bit.ly/WetlandsBreatheAgain #WorldEnvironmentDay #WED2026
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Global Environment Facility (GEF) retweeted
Choices that put food on the table can also build resilience, reduce emissions, halt biodiversity loss & restore degraded land. Together, @FAO & @theGEF are supporting farmers, fishers & forest communities to transform agrifood systems. See 4 examples 👉 bit.ly/3PRh1j0
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In this #GEFVoices interview, Esther Mwaura Muiru of the Stand For Her Land initiative at @Landesa_Global shares how women’s access to land and natural resources can improve agricultural productivity and support healthier landscapes and communities. 🔗 thegef.org/newsroom/feature-…
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Global Environment Facility (GEF) retweeted
🧩 Presented at the 71st #GEFCouncil: the #GEFIEO Evaluation of @theGEF Support to Policy Coherence. The evaluation finds that alignment across environmental and non-environmental sectors can be a powerful enabler of lasting environmental outcomes. 📘 gefieo.org/en/types/evaluati…
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In this #GEFVoices interview, Melina Tuiravakai shares how the Cook Islands are tackling plastic pollution through community-led solutions, Indigenous knowledge, and circular systems that support a sustainable future. Read the full interview: wrld.bg/6Ayb50ZczyP
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Global Environment Facility (GEF) retweeted
Rangelands are only seen as wastelands when their value is ignored. W/ @theGEF & partners, @UNDP is working in 🇮🇳🇰🇪🇲🇳🇸🇩🇹🇯 🇧🇷🇦🇲 to manage and protect these ecosystems that sustain millions & build climate resilience. go.undp.org/cQu #DesertificationandDroughtDay
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