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Linkages Africa: Edition #5: 21 June 2007
GEF COUNCIL APPROVES FUNDING BOOST FOR FIGHT AGAINST LAND DEGRADATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
15 June 2007: Over 28 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa will launch activities to fight land degradation, thanks to an innovative US$150 million program approved by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council in June 2007. Called the Strategic Investment Program (SIP) for Sustainable Land Management for Sub-Saharan Africa, the program aims to restore soil fertility in a large part of the African continent, helping boost food security, increase farm incomes, maintain ecosystem services, and engage local communities in better managing their lands. The SIP will provide a strong financial and technical boost to the TerrAfrica initiative (www.terrafrica.org <http://www.terrafrica.org/> ) – a partnership that aims to address land degradation by scaling up harmonized support for effective and efficient country-driven Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices in sub-Saharan African countries – and will bring together, under one umbrella, six agencies including the World Bank, for concerted results-oriented actions.
Source: GEF <http://www.gefweb.org/interior.aspx?id=18280>
