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The main project,��The Restoration Initiative - Fostering innovation and integration in support of the Bonn Challenge,��is a programme led by ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� which will be implemented in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the Central African Republic, Cameroon, the DR of Congo, China, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sao Tome and Principe, and Tanzania.

The overall grant for this programme is US$ 54 million, out of which US$ 18 million will be directly managed by ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� and its partner countries – ��Cameroon, China, Guinea-Bissau and Myanmar. The Restoration Initiative is set to bring co-financing contributions in excess of US$ 200 million.

In Chad, in implementing��Reconnect��–����Restoring Ecological Corridors in Western Chad, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� will partner with the Ministry of Environment and the German Development Cooperation Agency (GIZ) to restore forests and drylands for multiple land and forests benefits. The GEF grant allocated for this project is US$ 5.3 million and the total amount for the project (including co-financing contributions from other donors) is US$ 24 million.

These two ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� initiatives bring the overall portfolio of projects implemented by ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� through its new GEF Project Agency status to a total of US$ 38 million, most of which comes from the GEF focal areas on Land Degradation, Sustainable Forest Management and Climate Change Mitigation.

In addition, the GEF Council also approved US$ 3.5 million for the��Healthy Ecosystems for Rangeland Development (HERD)��project ��in Egypt and Jordan, for which ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� will act as Executing Agency under the United Nations Environment Programme.

For more information, please contact the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� GEF and Global Climate Fund Coordination Unit.��

For more details on the forest restoration aspect of this work��see this��related story.��