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Portfolio Bulletin 2025 January Edition

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                                              January 2025 

Welcome to the first edition of the GEF International Waters Portfolio Bulletin of 2025!
 

We’re thrilled to have you with us as we embark on a new year full of energy, promise and potential. In this edition, we bring you powerful lessons learned, inspiring success stories, and insightful publications from GEF International Waters projects across the globe in 2024. You’ll also get an inside look at exciting new initiatives, plus meet the passionate advocates who are driving change on the ground.

Join us as we dive into fresh updates from GEF International Waters projects worldwide, highlighting key achievements, new opportunities, and events that support our vibrant community


A tough, but vital job
GEF/FAO/UNDP/UNEP
Common Oceans Programme
 

Protecting Humpback Whales in the Sargasso Sea
GEF/UNDP/UNESCO/IOC Sargasso Sea Comission

Tackling invasive species through innovation and community
GEF/FAO/UNEP/GFCM/ Barcelona Convention FishEBM MED

Landslide survivors find hope in groundwater
GEF/UNDP/NBI  
Shared groundwater aquifers in the Nile Basin

Catalyzing sustainability in the Putumayo-Içá Basin
GEF/WB/WCS
Putumayo-Içá Basin

A new chapter for the Arafura and Timor Seas
GEF/UNDP/PEMSEA
ATSEA-2

CFI Indonesia synergy with MMAF Blue Economy Programme
GEF/WWF/KKP
CFI Indonesia

An alliance between a conservation trust fund and MPA managers
GEF/CI/MedFund/MedPAN Build back a blue and stronger Mediterranean

Addressing ecosystems degradation through investment
GEF/UNEP/IUCN 
 ReWard project 

A historic step for integrated ocean governance in the Wider Caribbean
GEF/UNDP/UNOPS
PROCARIBE+
                          More news of the GEF IW projects here 

The comms lab: Get hands-on communication experience - Part 2
Register NOW  here
 
First Regional Training on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) for Latin America and the, 18-19 February 2025, Panama City - Panama.

 
The IW:LEARN Communication Roster. 
Sign up today here

IW Project Newsletters 


ATSEA-2 Project


Sustainable Pacific Project

 New research publication


Human well-being outcomes of LMEs - Blue Nature Alliance

GEF Press release ss Release


GEF Council kicks off the ninth replenishment

International Competition


International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People

International Water and Climate Academy 



Transforming Conflict & Building Resilience in a Changing Climate

Graduate Scholarship Programme




Fonseca Leadership Program in Africa

Professional opportunities 

Consultancy for the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) of the Lempa River Basin and the Diagnostic Analysis of the Esquipulas and Ocotepeque-Citalá Aquifers (SADA)
Deadline: 31 January 2025

Strategic Fundraising Consultancy - Micronesia Challenge
Deadline: 17 February 2024
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