German Government, GEF, and UNDP partner to create largest global fund for ICCAs
Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea – 15 October 2014 – The German Government, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced a new partnership to create the largest global fund for territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs – Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Areas and Territories). The 5-year initiative will be financed as a contribution to the achievement of targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi 2020 framework, and will work in at least 26 countries at the global level. The contribution for the initiative of 12m Euros ($16.3M) was selected through a competitive selection process conducted by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB).