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Sustainable Forest Management at the Global Environment Facility - The new SFM Strategy for GEF-5 (2011-2014)

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

 

As operating entity of the financial mechanisms for all three Rio Conventions (UNFCCC, CBD, CCD), the GEF has since 1991 supported more than 300 projects and programs that focus on various actions dealing with forest conservation and management in developing countries. During the same period, the GEF has allocated approximately US$1.5 billion to forest initiatives, supplemented by more than US$4.5 billion in co-financing. The overall goal of GEF investments in SFM is to maintain and restore the ecological functions of all types of forests, for the benefit of present and future generations.

 

The GEF has continuously increased its financial flows for forest-related activities throughout its successive replenishment periods. For its upcoming fifth replenishment period (GEF-5), the GEF is planning to further strengthen its commitment to sustainable forest management. Currently, the GEF together with its clients and partners is in the process of developing an ambitious SFM Strategy for GEF-5. This process will be nearly completed until October 2009 which allows us to present our new SFM Strategy and discuss possibilities for its implementation with a wide range of forest stakeholders at the 13th World Forestry Congress.

 

More detailed information on the GEF’s activities in the field of sustainable forest management can be found at: http://www.thegef.org/uploadedFiles/Publications/forestry.pdf

 

For further information on the Side Event, please contact Dirk Gaul (dgaul@thegef.org)

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