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Portfolio Bulletin 2024 May Edition

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                                                    May 2024 

 Welcome to the May 2024 edition of the GEF International Waters Bulletin! 

 On May 22, we celebrated the International Day for Biodiversity. This bulletin edition features the impacts of GEF IW projects on biodiversity. Discover significant updates, accomplishments, opportunities, and forthcoming events useful for the GEF International Waters community, with a special highlight on the Ocean Day event.


Biodiversity and Livelihoods in the Pungwe River basin under threat
GEF/IUCN/GWPSA Bupusa

Building Economic Resilience in Indonesia 
GEF/UNDP/PEMSEA/PRF Atsea-2

The Climate Change Impacts on Pacific Tuna Fisheries
GEF/FAO/UNEP/UNDP/WWF Common Oceans

Managing fisheries for sustainable livelihoods
GEF/FAO/WWF/UNDP/WB/UNEP CFI

Strengthening deep-sea fisheries management in areas beyond national jurisdiction

GEF/FAO/UNDP/UNDP
Common Oceans


Three Panels at the 2024 World Water Forum to Highlight the Guaraní Aquifer Medium-Sized Project
GEF/CAF/UNESCO Guarani Aquifer

Cooperating for shared prosperity: Transboundary water management in Africa

GEF/UNDP ORASECOM


Improving Groundwater Governance and Sustainability of Dinaric Karst Aquifer System
GEF/UNDP/UNESCO DIKTAS II

Invisible Threat: POPs in Water Challenges in Detection and Prevention

GEF/UNEP/EBRD Med Programme


Outcomes of the 2nd Annual Stakeholders Meeting – MedProgramme
GEF/UNEP/EBRD Med Programme

Advancing Conjunctive Water Management: Insights from National Dialogues in Albania, Montenegro, Morocco and Tunisia 

GEF/UNEP/EBRD


Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis to unlock investments in the Buzi, Pungwe, and Save River basins
GEF/IUCN/GWPSA
                              More news of the GEF IW projects here 


23rd Annual Large Marine Ecosystems Consultant Meeting (LME23), 3-5 June 2024 at the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris - France.

 GEF IW Project Publication  

     

Flowing Underground. Stories from the Mount Elgon

The Nile Basin Initiative

 GEF IW Project Publication  

 

Forest landscape restoration interventions Mano River Union (IWRM) Project

Video
 


Women net weavers in artisanal fishing 

 Newsletter 


Integrated River Basin Management Project Newsletter - Edition 2

Podcast


How to Save a Life? Tsunami Resilience for a Safer Ocean

Ocean Day Toolkit


UN Ocean day marketing toolkit

Professional opportunities 

Call for Applications: Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme 2024 - (France) Ocean Decade

 Deadline: 16 Jun

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The GEF International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network (GEF IW:LEARN) collects and shares best practices, lessons learned and innovative solutions to common problems across the GEF International Waters portfolio to strengthen transboundary water management around the globe. IW:LEARN is financed by the GEF, jointly implemented by UNDP and UNEP, and executed by IOC/UNESCO.
 

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