Support Project Conservation of Biodiversity on Land

German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Dr. Gerd MĆ¼ller, Vera Scholz (GIZ), Dr. Matthias Vey (International Fragrance Association) und Eberhard Brandes (WWF) launching two initiatives (ā€œBioinnovationā€, ā€œReducing the demand for ivory in Chinaā€) during a festive event (ā€œSafeguarding the future ā€“ preserving biodiversityā€) in Berlin in December...

Climate Policy Support Project

OBJECTIVE The integration of transformative approaches for emission-neutral and climate-proof development in line with the Paris Climate Agreement into German and international development cooperation is improved. COUNTRYGlobal DURATION01 Mar 2019 - 31 Aug 2023 Commission AgencyBMZ CONTACT PERSON Ms.Maria-Jose Poddey maria-jose.poddey@giz.de

Forest Landscape Restoration

OBJECTIVE Forest landscape restoration measures have been prepared with the Ministry of Agriculture and its provincial departments COUNTRYAfghanistan DURATION01 Feb 2019 - 31 Dec 2022 Commission AgencyBMZ CONTACT PERSON Dr. Karin Janz karin.janz@giz.de

Promotion of the Management of Sunderbans-Mangrove Forest in Bangladesh

OBJECTIVES The Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) under the Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is enabled to manage the Sundarbans in a sustainable manner through co-management by involving local resource users, efficient and standardised patrolling (SMART), and a proper ecological monitoring. DESCRIPTION The ā€œSundarbans Reserved Forestā€ is declared a UNESCO...

Water Security and Climate Adaptation in Rural India

OBJECTIVES Rural water resource management is improved with regard to water security and climate adaptation. DESCRIPTION The project is in partnership with the Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Jal Shakti (Water) in India. The project aims at improving planning and financing mechanisms, demonstrating climate-resilient water management measures and...

Sino-German Environmental Partnership Phase II

OBJECTIVES The Sino-German strategic dialogue on environmental policy development and implementation supports the improvement of Chinese environmental governance. DESCRIPTION Since 2013, the Sino-German Environmental Partnership project has supported bilateral environmental policy dialogue through the exchange of experience and advice on various specialist topics. Thereby, the project enhances institutional and individual capacities through...

Sustainable management of human mobility in the context of climate change

OBJECTIVES Improve actionable knowledge on HMCCC in the partner countries and regions, and in international/German development cooperation Capacities of subnational, national, regional and supra-regional actors for handling HMCCC are strengthened Knowledge generation for handling HMCCC are made accessible. Advice on HMCCC is made available to German/international development cooperation. DESCRIPTION The German Federal Ministry for Economic...

Climate Smart Land Use in ASEAN

The ASEAN-CRN participated in the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) on 8ā€“10 October 2019 in Bali, Indonesia. Photo credit: ASEAN-CRN ANGA demonstrated a strong negotiation presence during the 25th Convention of Parties (COP25) of...