Directory of Protected Areas in East Asia - IUCN

GEF/UNDP
304 East 45th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10017
USA
Profile: Within GEF, the particular
emphasis of UNDP is ensuring the
development and management of
capacity building programmes and
technical assistance projects. As of June
1999, the GEF/UNDP portfolio totals
$863.4 million (not including $642.2
million in co-financing). Over 500
projects (not including Small Grants) in
the current portfolio range in size from
$10,000 to $15 million, and they involve
constituents at every level from the grassroots
to high-level decision makers. In
addition, UNDP manages the Small
Grants Programme (SGP) on behalf of
the GEF. Recently, 11 new countries
were added to the SGP bringing the total
number of participating countries to 46.
For additional information on GEF/
UNDP, please contact Mahenau Agha at
mahenau@aghaundp.org.
Working language: English
Geographic scope: Global
GEF/UNEP
GEF/UNEP administers a number of
projects in East Asia:
China – People, Land Management
and Environmental Change;
Biodiversity Data Management in
Developing Countries and
Networking;
National Biodiversity Strategies,
Action Plans and First National
Reports to the Convention on
Biological Diversity;
A Biosafety Enabling Activity
package consisting of 18 country
level needs assessment and a global
programme on awareness;
Formulation of transboundary
diagnostic analysis and preliminary
framework of a strategic action
programme for the South China Sea;
19
Organisations
Mongolia: Lop Nur Reserve
Conservation;
Enabling Activities for the
preparation of initial national
communications related to the UN
Framework Convention on Climate
Change.
Working language: English
Geographic scope: Global
International Finance Corporation
(IFC)
The IFC provides loans at below-market
interest rates. The IFC was established to
assist private sector corporations
interested in investing in developing
countries but discouraged by the high
interest rates in those countries. It can
provide a useful source of finance for
privately run protected areas or concessions
in developing countries. It may also
assist protected areas to identify
additional sources of finance for nonprivate
sector investments. Finally, IFC
funding can be used to match GEF grants
or other multilateral and bilateral
donations.
More information is available from the
IFC web site – http://www.ifc.org. (Note
that IFC has offices listed in the country
section below).
International Fund for China’s
Environment (IFCE)
PO Box 3280
Fairfax, VA 22038
USA
www.ifce.org
Tel: +1 703 222 1280
Fax:+1 703 830 3951
E-mail: ifce@ifce.org
Profile: The IFCE is a non-profit
organisation established by a group of
concerned scientists and professionals in
1996. Its mission is to help ensure the
protection of the world’s environment
and its biological diversity by providing
assistance to China in resolving its