Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Management in Europe & CIS

Sustainable Land Management to combat desertification and land degradation Projects

1. GEF SGP Albania (under implementation) 
   Various small grants programme in whole Albania.
2. Enhance Kyrgyzstan's Dry land Management (under implementation) 
   To enhance the environment for sustainable rangeland management and improve pastoral livelihoods.
3. Community Based Sustainable Land Management in CAR (under implementation) 
   Promoting Community Based Sustainable Land Management and Capacity Building in Central Asia / IFAD
4. Tree planting in Armenia (under implementation) 
   Community tree planting in Armenia
5. Development of degraded peatlands in Belarus (under implementation) 
   The project objective is to strengthen the enabling environment for integrated ecosystem management on degraded peatlands.
6. Reforestation on Cyprus (under implementation) 
   Innovative Biological Approaches for the Reforestation of Environmentally-Stressed Sites (IBARESS)
7. Organic Farming in Schools on Cyprus (under implementation) 
   Development of organic farming in schools
8. Use of renewable Energy Resources in Georgia (under implementation) 
   To increase the utilization of the local renewable energy resources in Georgia based on the sustainable development principles.
9. SLM Development in Bulgaria (under implementation) 
   Building capacity for sustainable land management and development and implementation of a coherent land policy.
10. Temir village community support of enviroment (under implementation) 
    Strengthening capacity of local communities;reducing poverty through enhancing the natural resources management.
11. GEF SGP Kyrgyzstan (under implementation) 
    The main guiding principle of UNDP GEF/SGP is to reach the poorest, the remotest and isolated communities or the most vulnerable communities.
12. GEF SGP Macedonia (under implementation) 
    UNDP/ GEF Global Environment Facility , small grants programme
13. Montenegro spatial planning (under implementation) 
    Strengthening governance systems to improve spatial planning in Montenegro
14. SLM in Tajikistan (under implementation) 
    To demonstrate the potential to implement replicable SLM at the local level in Tajikistan,to build the capacity of local structures and land users
15. Global Enviromental Management and Albania (under implementation)
16. Albania is meeting the requirements of the Global Environmental Conventions in a coordinated and strategic manner.
17. Protection of Belarusian Polesie (under implementation) 
    To catalyze sustainability and effectiveness of Belarus’ national system of protected areas with the emphasis on its network of wetland Reserves
18. Cyprus Mycorrhizae farming project (under implementation) 
    Mycorrhizae for vegetable farming
19. SLM Development in Latvia (under implementation) 
    The main objective of the project is capacity building and removal of key barriers to sustainable land management in Latvia
20. SLM Development in Turkmenistan (under implementation) 
    The objective of the project is to improve the capacity of land users for sustainable management of their land resources
21. Improvement of the Aral Sea Region (under implementation) 
    To look at the effectiveness of efforts on improving ecological and socio-economic improvement of the Aral Sea Region
22. Global Enviromental Management and Belarus (completed) 
    To undertake a capacity assessment so that it can meet its requirements under the global environmental conventions.
23. Lojane Mine consequences reparation (completed) 
    Lojane Mine Macedonia threaten the environment, public health and safety, both in local and a trans-boundary context
24. Macedonia mining tailing spills response (completed) 
    Supporting response to the emergency situation resulted from the mining tailing spills of the Zinc and Lead Mine "Sasa" in Kamenicka River
25. Bulgaria NCSA (completed) 
    Building National Capacity Self Assessment in Bulgaria
26. Preservation of Albanian enviromental heritage (completed) 
    Preservation of Albanian environmental and cultural heritage by cooperation with authorities.
27. Sustainable Pasture Management (in preparation) 
    The aim of this project is to create a regime for sustainable pasture management in Central Asia
28. Mountain Pastures in Central Asia (in preparation) 
    Mountain Pastures in Central Asia
29. SLM Development in Belarus (in preparation) 
    To enable Belarus to develop capacity for effective implementation of sustainable land management policy.
30. Promoting SLM in Azerbaijan (in preparation) 
    To meet the country's obligations to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
31. Protection of Macedonia's Ovce Pole Region (in preparation) 
    Improvement and sustainable use options for natural resources management in the Ovce Pole region,enable replication of these improvements nationally.
32. Kazakhstan Steppe & Biodiversity Conservation (in preparation) 
    To develop a landscape level conservation management system for the Kazakhstani steppe linking protected areas with conservation compatible land-uses
33. Improvement of Kazakhstan rangeland ecosystems (in preparation) 
    To build capacity of the institutions for development and implementation of a coherent land policy
34. Albania sustainable land management (in preparation) 
    To strengthen the environment for sustainable land management for reversing land degradation and poverty in Albania.
35. Support to Sustainable Livestock Development (in preparation) 
    Support to Sustainable Livestock Development
36. Komi/Russia Biodiversity Conservation (in preparation) 
    Conservation of Europe's largest virgin forests and adjoining mountain, freshwater ecosystems in the Pechora River's headwaters in the Komi Republic
37. Land and Water Management of Laborec-Uh / Slovakia (in preparation) 
    Development within the context of the EU Rural Development Programm and Danube River Protection Convention.
38. Moldova SLM & Community Support Project (in preparation) 
    Promoting the SLM by addressing the problems at both national and community level.
39. Environment Hot Spot Project in Montenegro (in preparation) 
    Environment Hot Spot Project in Montenegro
40. Kyrgyzstan Mountain Pasture (in preparation) 
    To develop in the Susamyr Valley a cost-effective and replicable pasture management mechanism which reduces the negative effects of livestock grazing
41. Slowing and stopping desertification in Uzbekistan (in preparation) 
    This project aims to stabilize the ecosystem in the Karakalpakstan and the Kyzylkum Deserts and aims to reverse the spread of deserts in these areas