FOCAL AREA OBJECTIVES
In alignment with the overall GEF programming, SGP focuses its efforts on targeted strategic initiatives that promote integrated approaches in addressing key global environmental issues by covering all GEF focal areas. Most SGP projects continue to have multiple benefits and integrated approaches with relevance to more than one focal area. However, for reporting purposes projects were categorized under one primary focal area.
BIODIVERSITY
SGP’s biodiversity focal area portfolio supported improvements in management effectiveness of protected areas and mainstreaming biodiversity conservation and sustainable use into production landscapes and seascapes, and other related sectors. Support towards creation and management of Indigenous Peoples and Communities Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCAs) are a key part of the SGP’s biodiversity portfolio.
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
SGP’s climate change projects supported low-carbon energy transformation at the community level through the introduction of low-greenhouse gas (GHG) technologies with proven environmental, economic and livelihood co-benefits, contributing to several SDGs.
LAND DEGRADATION
The land degradation focal area portfolio supported restoration and prevention of land degradation and promoted sustainable land and forest management. Activities supported mainly targeted rural communities, which are highly dependent on agro-ecosystems and forest ecosystems for their livelihoods.
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
SGP’s sustainable forest management portfolio focused on sustainable land use, land-use change, and forestry management to ensure connectivity between ecosystems and restorative activities. The projects have also supported activities to decrease pressure on forest resources.
INTERNATIONAL WATERS
The SGP international waters focal area supports sustainable management of transboundary waterbodies through community-based activities. SGP continued to develop and demonstrate effective community-based actions and practices in support of the Strategic Action Plans (SAPs) that were developed among countries sharing the transboundary waterbodies, including river basin, large marine ecosystems, and others.
CHEMICALS AND WASTE
SGP’s chemicals and waste management portfolio supports control and reduction of the use of harmful chemicals through sound management of chemicals and waste, including persistent organic pollutants and mercury, to minimize adverse effects on human health and the global environment.
