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  1. Payments for Environmental Services and the Global Environment Facility

    Payments for Environmental Services and the Global Environment Facility … and the key issues to consider in the design and selection of PES programs in the GEF portfolio

  2. Does community forest management provide global environmental benefits and improve local welfare?

    … Global financial donors have invested billions of dollars in "Sustainable Forest Management" to conserve … effectiveness and consider the implications of our findings for future investment in CFM programs. There is evidence of … make evidence synthesis difficult. Given the policy interest in and the planned donor expenditure on CFM, …

  3. The Circular Economy and Climate Mitigation

    … Climate Mitigation A significant aspect of today's climate change degradation is linked to materials … that focusing on maintaining resources in use for as long as possible, extracting the maximum value while … 14 circular climate change interventions in sectors of interest to the GEF, including agriculture, food, plastics, …

  4. STAP Chair Presented with the Association for Environmental Health and Science (AEHS) Foundation Achievement Award

    STAP Chair Presented with the Association for Environmental Health and Science (AEHS) Foundation … At the 39th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy being held … exhibiting outstanding dedication to the advancement of environmental knowledge, technology, and sustainable …

  5. Marine Spatial Planning in the Context of the Convention on Biological Diversity

    Marine Spatial Planning in the Context of the Convention on Biological Diversity … been important environmental and resources management tools for many decades. They provide effective frameworks to … context – bringing what are at times competing interests together to form a common management vision. …

  6. STAP's involvement in the GEF's TAG meetings

    … Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, the chair and CEO of the GEF convened a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting in preparation for the next phase of the GEF (July 2022 to June 2026). … of future pandemics.” She also noted that the 2021 Davos conference had concluded that the top five most likely risks …

  7. Mark Stafford Smith

    … where he oversaw a highly interdisciplinary program of research on many aspects of adapting to climate change, … Planet Under Pressure: New Knowledge Towards Solutions  conference in 2012 on global environmental change in the … through 2013-17 Chair of the inaugural Science Committee for  Future Earth , which helps to coordinate research …

  8. The Evidence Base for Community Forest Management as a Mechanism for Supplying Global Environmental Benefits and Improving Local Welfare

    The Evidence Base for Community Forest Management as a Mechanism for Supplying … forest management (CFM) initiatives comprise a range of efforts to involve people who live in and around forests … is expected to help conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services and contribute to poverty reduction and economic …

  9. Chair’s report and presentation

    … seen important advances in our scientific understanding of environmental issues, as well as in technologies that are directly relevant for the work of GEF. There are increasing concerns that … assessed the status and trends of ecosystems and the services they provide, and found clear tradeoffs between …

  10. Natural Capital Approaches: Lessons Learned

    … Natural Capital can be defined as the world’s stocks of natural assets and resources providing a wide range of services, often called ecosystem services, that make human life possible. This information brief provides a synthesis of a study …