Impact Evaluation of GEF Support to Protected Areas and Protected Area Systems - Highlights

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been the major source of financial and technical support for
countries seeking to conserve their biodiversity and use their biological resources in a sustain- able
manner. Since 1991, the GEF has, in collaboration with its Implementing Agencies—notably the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank—provided $4.8 billion in grants and
mobilized an additional $17.9 billion in cofinancing from public, multilateral, and private sources to 1,167
projects sup- porting countries in biodiversity conservation initiatives1
. These investments have largely
supported interventions in nonmarine protected areas (PAs), PA systems, and adjacent landscapes.Online onlyCall Number: [EL]ISBN/ISSN: 1-933992-86-7Physical Description: 20p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.