GEF Antigua and Barbuda

The Nature Conservancy invites proposals to conduct an Institutional Analysis for the implementation of the OECS Sustainable Financing and Management of Eastern Caribbean Marine Ecosystems Project.

The project aims to establish a system of long-term financing mechanisms for protected areas, promote multi-sector collaboration in order to facilitate marine and coastal conservation and to support the harmonization of policy, legal and institutional frameworks for protected areas among five participating Eastern Caribbean states.

As is customary at this time of year in commemoration of Arbour month the Forestry Unit and the Environment Division in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Housing and the Environment would like to strongly encourage every Antiguan and Barbudan to plant least one tree.

Arbour Month is celebrated throughout the world at different times of the year. It will be celebrated in Antigua and Barbuda in the month of November. This is because November has the best conditions for newly planted trees to flourish, it is the wettest month of the year and it is at the end of the hurricane season.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is the largest funder of projects aimed at improving the global environment and promoting sustainable livelihoods in local communities. The GEF provides grants to developing countries for projects on biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants.