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10-Feb-2022: Funds allocation for IMWBES

The IMWBES project is funded under Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF Trust Fund (GEFTF), has sanctioned a budget equivalent to Rs. 31.13 crores over a period of five years.

The three wetlands included in the project are Sasthamcotta Lake in Kerala, Harike Lake in Punjab and Kabartal in Bihar. Out of the GEFTF, a total budget equivalent to Rs. 19.02 crore has been allocated for the said three wetlands, to be given equally to all the three States.

The following activities have been undertaken till date:

  • As a part of project inception, the project results framework, monitoring indicators and activity plan have been updated to incorporate developments since project approval. Project baselines have been updated. A Project Management Unit (PMU) and National Project Steering Committee (NPSC) have been constituted.
  • Two brochures have been developed – a) the IMWBES project brochure summarizing the key project elements, and b) Identifying and Managing Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Site).
  • Ramsar Information Sheets (RIS) for 16 Ramsar Sites have been updated and submitted to the Ramsar regional team.
  • The PMU conducted a technical appraisal of the Integrated Management Plans submitted by State Governments, especially analysing the incorporation of ecosystem services and biodiversity values and mapping the interventions with the threats.
  • Further, the works on the three demonstration sites by designing a framework for updating existing management plans and disbursing funds to the State Governments of the three demonstration sites was initiated.

2-Jan-2019: Agricultural Project with FAO

The government has launched a Global Environment Facility (GEF) assisted project namely, “Green – Ag: Transforming Indian Agriculture for global environment benefits and the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes” in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) during September, 2018 in high-conservation-value landscapes of five States namely (i) Madhya Pradesh : Chambal Landscape, (ii) Mizoram: Dampa Landscape, (iii) Odisha: Similipal Landscape, (iv) Rajasthan: Desert National Park Landscape and v) Uttarakhand: Corbett-Rajaji Landscape.

The project seeks to mainstream biodiversity, climate change and sustainable land management objectives and practices into Indian agriculture. The overall objective of the project is to catalyze transformative change of India’s agricultural sector to support achievement of national and global environmental benefits and conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes. The project will support harmonization between India's agricultural and environmental sector priorities and investments so that the achievement of national and global environmental benefits can be fully realized without compromising India's ability to strengthen rural livelihoods and meet its food and nutrition security.

26-Jun-2018: India increases funding from $12 million to $15 million to the GEF

India has decided to increase its commitments from $12 million to $15 million to the GEF's new four-year investment cycle, known as GEF-7, to provide grants for environment projects.

GEF CEO and Chairperson Naoko Ishii, who opened the GEF council meeting on June 24, thanked India for increasing its financial support, which will go to other developing countries to deal with urgent environmental crises.

The GEF Council is meeting two months after governments, in a demonstration of confidence, approved a $4.1 billion replenishment of GEF-7.

GEF, established on the eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to help tackle the planet's most pressing environmental problems, has provided $17.9 billion in grants and mobilized an additional $93.2 billion in financing for more than 4,500 projects in 170 countries.

India, among the world's most vulnerable countries to climate change, is both a donor and a recipient of GEF, an international partnership of 183 countries.

The GEF Council will be followed be the sixth GEF Assembly (June 27-28), which meets every four years, and is expecting 1,200 participants, including heads of state, environment ministers, UN, NGO and business leaders.

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10-Feb-2022: Funds allocation for IMWBES

The IMWBES project is funded under Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF Trust Fund (GEFTF), has sanctioned a budget equivalent to Rs. 31.13 crores over a period of five years.

The three wetlands included in the project are Sasthamcotta Lake in Kerala, Harike Lake in Punjab and Kabartal in Bihar. Out of the GEFTF, a total budget equivalent to Rs. 19.02 crore has been allocated for the said three wetlands, to be given equally to all the three States.

The following activities have been undertaken till date:

  • As a part of project inception, the project results framework, monitoring indicators and activity plan have been updated to incorporate developments since project approval. Project baselines have been updated. A Project Management Unit (PMU) and National Project Steering Committee (NPSC) have been constituted.
  • Two brochures have been developed – a) the IMWBES project brochure summarizing the key project elements, and b) Identifying and Managing Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Site).
  • Ramsar Information Sheets (RIS) for 16 Ramsar Sites have been updated and submitted to the Ramsar regional team.
  • The PMU conducted a technical appraisal of the Integrated Management Plans submitted by State Governments, especially analysing the incorporation of ecosystem services and biodiversity values and mapping the interventions with the threats.
  • Further, the works on the three demonstration sites by designing a framework for updating existing management plans and disbursing funds to the State Governments of the three demonstration sites was initiated.

2-Jan-2019: Agricultural Project with FAO

The government has launched a Global Environment Facility (GEF) assisted project namely, “Green – Ag: Transforming Indian Agriculture for global environment benefits and the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes” in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) during September, 2018 in high-conservation-value landscapes of five States namely (i) Madhya Pradesh : Chambal Landscape, (ii) Mizoram: Dampa Landscape, (iii) Odisha: Similipal Landscape, (iv) Rajasthan: Desert National Park Landscape and v) Uttarakhand: Corbett-Rajaji Landscape.

The project seeks to mainstream biodiversity, climate change and sustainable land management objectives and practices into Indian agriculture. The overall objective of the project is to catalyze transformative change of India’s agricultural sector to support achievement of national and global environmental benefits and conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes. The project will support harmonization between India's agricultural and environmental sector priorities and investments so that the achievement of national and global environmental benefits can be fully realized without compromising India's ability to strengthen rural livelihoods and meet its food and nutrition security.

26-Jun-2018: India increases funding from $12 million to $15 million to the GEF

India has decided to increase its commitments from $12 million to $15 million to the GEF's new four-year investment cycle, known as GEF-7, to provide grants for environment projects.

GEF CEO and Chairperson Naoko Ishii, who opened the GEF council meeting on June 24, thanked India for increasing its financial support, which will go to other developing countries to deal with urgent environmental crises.

The GEF Council is meeting two months after governments, in a demonstration of confidence, approved a $4.1 billion replenishment of GEF-7.

GEF, established on the eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to help tackle the planet's most pressing environmental problems, has provided $17.9 billion in grants and mobilized an additional $93.2 billion in financing for more than 4,500 projects in 170 countries.

India, among the world's most vulnerable countries to climate change, is both a donor and a recipient of GEF, an international partnership of 183 countries.

The GEF Council will be followed be the sixth GEF Assembly (June 27-28), which meets every four years, and is expecting 1,200 participants, including heads of state, environment ministers, UN, NGO and business leaders.

2017

16-Aug-2017: India signs Global Environment Facility (GEF) Grant Agreement

A Grant Agreement from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the World Bank of USD 24.64 million for “Ecosystem Service Improvement Project” was signed. The Project entirely will be financed by the World Bank out of its GEF Trust Fund. The project’s duration is 5 years.

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) will implement the Project in the States of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh through Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education under the National Mission for Green India. The objective of the Project is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Departments of Forestry and Community Organisations to enhance forest ecosystem services and improve the livelihoods of forest dependent communities in Central Indian Highlands.