GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT 33977 FACILITY Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Quarterly Operational Report April 1995 Public Disclosure Authorized GEF Public Disclosure Authorized development,agencies, national institutions, (GEF) is a financial tions, bilateral T mechanismhe Global Environment that provides Facility grant and concessional funds non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private sector to developing countries for projects and activities that aim entities, and academic institutions. The GEF also comprises to protect the global environment. GEF resources are avail- a Small Grants Programme available for projects in the able for projects and other activities that address climate four focal areas that are put forward by grassroots groups change, loss of biological diversity, pollution of international and NGOs in developing countries. waters, and depletion of the ozone layer. Countries can The Quarterly Operational Report is designed to pro- obtain GEF funds if they are eligible to borrow from the vide a comprehensive review of, and a status report on, the World Bank (IBRD and/or IDA) or receive technical assis- GEE work program. A brief description of each of the GEE's tance grants from UNDP through a country program. projects organized alphabetically by region can be Responsibility for implementing GEF activities is found on pages 8-J8. Each description lists the name of the shared by the United Nations Development Programme UNDP, UNEP or World Bank Task Manager responsible for (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme the project. Inquiries about specific projects should be (UNEP) and the World Bank. UNDP is responsible for referred to the responsible Task Manager. Their telephone technical assistance activities, capacity building, and the and fax numbers can be found on pages 63 and 64. Small Grants Programme. UNEP is charged with catalyzing With this issue of the report, we include the first set of pro- the development of scientific and technical analysis, advanc- jects approved by the GEF Council in February 1995 as part of the ing environmental management in GEF-financed activities, and work program of the restructuredGEE, also termed GEFI. These managing the Scientific and Techn,ical Advisory Panel, an projects are denoted as "GEF1 projectsr on the following pages. independent advisory body. The World Bank, the reposito- We also continue to report on those projects approved between ry of the Trust Fund, is responsible for investment projects, 1991-1994 during the three-year GEE Pilot Phase. Thestatus of all and mobilizing resources from the private sector. Small Grants Programme projects currently under implementa- The GEF implementing agencies may make arrange- tion is also provided. ments for GEE project preparation and execution with mul- The GEE welcomes comments, suggestions and questions tilateral development banks, specialized agencies and pro- on the Quarterly OperationalReport. Information contained in grams of the United Nations, other international organiza- this document is current as of March 15, 1995. CONTENTS Work Program By Region ........................................................ 2-3 Work Program By Priority Area ........................................... ........ 4-5 Project Development Funding .................................................... 6-7 Project Descriptions ........................................................... 8-18 GEFI Project Status Report ..................................................... 19-20 Pilot Phase Project Status Report ............................................. .... 21-34 Small Grants Programme ...................................................... 35-62 Staff.............................................................................63-64 Project Documents .................................................. inside back cover GEF WORK PROGRAM BY REGION (In U.S. Millions of Dollars) AFRICA ASIA & PACIFIC Benin ...................... Village-Based Carbon Sequestration..............................................................2.5 Bhutan .............. Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation ................ 10.0 Botswana t ............. Enabling Botswana to Fulfill its Commitments to the UNFCCC................0.35 China T ............ Energy Conservation and Pollution Control in Town and Burkina Faso ......... Optimizing Biological Diversity Village Enterprises (TVE)-Phase I........................1.0 Within Wildlife Ranching Systems.................................................................2.5 China ............... Issues and Options in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Control. 2.0 Cameroon..............Biodiversity Conservation and Management................................................6.0 China ............... Development of Coal-Bed Methane Resources ............... 10.0 Congo .................... Wildlands Protection and Management......................................................10 China ............... e s sa.. .............................. Cote d'Ivoire..........Control of Aquatic Weeds to Enhance and Restore Biodiversity.................3.0 China ............... Si as Tsisso and. Distribution.Rehab10.0 Ethiopia............A Dynamic Farmer-Based Approach to the Conservation of African Plant Genetic Const G rvatonneti ReourcResources.......f Afica sPla ............................... ............................. Optimizingin5i theeHHilly Developmente ionRegions................................. of Small Hydel Resources....................7.5. Gabon .................... Conservation of Biodiversity through Effective India ................ Development of High-Rate Biomethanation Processes as Management of Wildlife Trade ...................................................................... 1.0 Means of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions ............... 5.5 Ghana ..................... Coastal Wetlands Management.................................7.2 India ................ Cost-Effective Options for Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions .1.5 Kenya ..................... Conservation of the Tana River National Primates Reserve.........................6.2 India ................ Alternate Energy.....................................26.0 Malawi...................SADC Lake Malawi/Nyasa Biodiversity Conservation ................................. 5.0 Indonesia............Biodiversity Collections.................................7.2 Mali........................Household Energy...........................................2.5 Indonesia and Malaysia....Conservation Strategies for Rhinos in Southeast Asia .......... 2.0 Mauritania.............Decentralized Wind Electric Power for Social and Lao PDR ............. Wildlife and Protected Areas Conservation .................. 5.0 Economic Development (Aliz6s-lectrique)..................................................2.0 Maldives t ............ National GHG Inventory and Adaptation Assessment Mauritius...............Ecological Restoration of Highly Degraded to Climate Change.....................................1.0 and Threatened Native Forest........................................................................0.2 Mongolia.............Development and Institution of a National Mauritius...............Sugar Bio-Energy Technology ..................................................... l3.3. Biodiversity Conservation in N......................... Mozambique..........Trans-Frontier Conservation Areas and Institutional Strengthening ......... 5.0 paistan .............. FuelBEficieny inst oa Tnpor Sector .................. 0 Seychelles...............Biodiversity Conservation and Marine Pollution Abatement .......... 1.8 Pakistan..............Waste-to-Energy: Lahore Landfill Gas Recovery and Use.......11.0 Tanzania.................Electricity, Fuel and Fertilizer from Municipal and Industrial Organic Papua New Guinea. Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Management Programme.0 Waste in Tanzania: A Demonstration Biogas Plant for Africa....................2.5 Philippines...........Conservation of Priority Protected Areas ................... 20.0 Uganda...................Conservation of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Philippines...........Leyte-Luzon Geothermal...............................30.0 the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park ............................................................ 4.0 SriLanka.............Development of Wildlife Conservation and Zimbabwe..............Photovoltaics for Household and Community Use......................................7.0 Protected Area Management.............................4.1 Zimbabwe..............Biodiversity Conservation in Southeast Zimbabwe ...................................... 4.8 Thailand.............Promotion of Electricity Energy Efficiency .................. 9.5 Regional ................ Community-Based National Resource and Wildlife Management..............7.0 Viet Nam ............. Conservation Training and Biodiversity Action Plan ........... 3.0 Regional.................Institutional Support for the Protection of East African Biodiversity.......10.0 Regional.............South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme .......... 10.0 Regional.................Control of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Regional............. Asia Least-Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Energy-Efficient Building Technology............................................... ....3.5 Strategy (ALGAS) Project...............................9.5 Regional ................ Building Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa to Respond to Regional............. Prevention and