Lead country
Lebanon
Participating countries
Lebanon
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From June 14, 2019 to June 14, 2024
SDGs addressed by this project
SDG targets
- 15.4 Conserve mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity
- 17.7 Promote learning on environmentally sound technologies
- 17.8 Operationalize mechanism on technology, innovation, capacity-building
Project ID: 5837
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Technical team
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
Technical area(s)
- Ecosystem management and restoration
Sub-area(s)
- Ecosystem-based mitigation
Landscape(s)
- Forests
- Tundra
Sub-landscape(s)
- Montane forests
- General
Transformed sector(s)
- Forestry and other land use
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Innovative approaches
- Institutional mechanism and system building
Strategy
- Management operation
- Capacity building
Sub-strategy
- Ecosystem-based management
- Sustainable land management
- Ecosystem and ecosystem services conservation/restoration
- Technical capacity building
Social inclusion
N/A
Gender equality
N/A
Gender result effectiveness scale
N/A
Pathway(s)
- People pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
SDG target(s)
- 15.4 Conserve mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity
- 17.7 Promote learning on environmentally sound technologies
- 17.8 Operationalize mechanism on technology, innovation, capacity-building
Conventions and protocols
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- National Adaptation Plan (NAP)
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
N/A
Project description
The project seeks land degradation neutrality in mountain lands by rehabilitating degraded land and preventing further degradation. It will do this initially at the pilot scale to gain the necessary skills and know-how as well as confidence, before it can be up-scaled and replicated post-project comprehensively.
USD $55,284,470
Grant amount
USD $16,620,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
8
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Canadian International Development Agency ($5,571,070)
- Digital Good ($20,994)
- European Comission ($1,114,206)
- Flemish Government ($278,862)
- Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland ($455,823)
- Government of Germany – Funding Windows ($21,905,815)
- Government of Norway ($3,996,328)
- Sustainable Development Funding Window ($21,941,373)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Lebanon
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