Nature Conservation and Flood Control in the Yangtze River Basin

The context in which the project has been formulated is a need to mitigate flood events through rehabilitation and conservation of ecosystem functions, while simultaneously enhancing conservation and sustainable use of biological resources of global importance and strengthening sequestration of greenhouse gases.

The objectives are:

• (i) to develop methodologies to promote sustainable use of natural resources in areas critical to global environment conservation and flood control, and
• (ii) to develop methodologies to promote rehabilitation and conservation of ecosystem functions in degraded protected areas where the globally significant environment is at stake.

The project will strengthen capacity of the central and local government bodies to enable them to apply developed methodologies to the region as a whole in a flexible and sustainable manner.

Project website http://www.gefyangtze.cn/en/index.asp

Waterbodies Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River Basin (Yellow Sea)

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Documents & Resources
project-document Yangtze-Project summary Yangtze-Project brief 10-8-03 Project Brief map Yangtze River Basin Yangtze River Basin

General information
GEF ID	1353
Project type	Full-Size Project
Status	closed (Project Completion)
Start Date	13 Nov 2005
End Date	31 Jul 2010

GEF characteristic:
Focal Area	Multiple Focal Areas
GEF Allocation to project	3.64M US$
Total Cost of the project:	26.95M US$

Results
YES - See results data (1353)

Partners
Countries China Lead implementing agency UN Environment (UNEP) Executing agencies State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), China

Project contacts
A Yan Lv Hailiang Technical Officer