An integral part of the UNEP-implemented GEF-funded IWEco Project is executed through the GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP). This article describes some of the activities that have been facilitated by the GEF SGP in its work to support local communities in IWEco countries.
Read MoreIWEco's 6th Partners' Webinar, scheduled to take place on 15th September 2020, features training in Economic Services Valuation (ESV) to project participating countries and sets the stage for an economic valuation of the Negril Great Morass, site of Jamaica's National sub-project.
Read MoreThe UNEP-implemented, GEF-funded IWEco Project includes sustainable forest management, biodiversity and land degradation as focal areas. This article explores and introduces the way that IWEco's national sub-projects in six countries (Cuba, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago) are addressing them, of crucial importance Caribbean SIDS.
Read MoreThe IWEco Project Coordination Unit considers early lessons learned from the novel coronovirus pandemic and their implications for tackling water, land, ecosystem management and climate change.
Read MoreThe GEF IWEco Project launches a video in support of UNEP's Clean Seas Campaign. This short #CleanSeas video takes a lighter look at the issue of marine litter and asks everyone around the world to break-up with single-use plastics and make their pledge at cleanseas.org.
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