Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) Project
Project Overview The Government of Lesotho, through the Department of Environment under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, is implementing the project “Integration of Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) into Lesotho’s Policy and Decision-Making for Sustainable Development.” The project is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).Natural […]
Promoting conservation, sustainable utilization and fair and equitable benefit-sharing from Lesotho’s Medicinal Plants for improved livelihoods
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MEF) in partnership with UNDP is implementing a national project, titled: “Promoting conservation, sustainable utilization and fair and equitable benefit-sharing from Lesotho’s Medicinal Plants for improved livelihoods”, funded through Global Environment Facility (GEF). The project aims to strengthen national and local institutional capacities, establish legal frameworks, for the implementation […]
LES9006- 2 yr – Continuation of LES9005
Focus is on establishing Radiation Protection Agency and training new staff on authorization and inspection activities.
RAF9065- Regional 4yr (2020-23) Project
RAF9065- regional 4yr (2020-23) project with same focus as LES9005, establishing regulatory infrastructure in those countries where such do not exist. Focus is on drafting practice specific guides, development of a system of notification, trainings on licensing, inspection, enforcement and establishing radiation sources registry
The Multi-Country Project To Strengthen Institutional Capacities on LMO Testing in Support of National Decision Making (MCP-ICLT)
The MCP-ICLT is a four year, UNEP-GEF funded project led by Regional Agricultural and Environmental Innovations Network-Africa (RAEIN-Africa) in collaboration with six partner countries; Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique. The project falls under the UNEP Medium-term Strategy (2014-2017), sub-programme on Environmental Governance, whose objective is to ensure that environmental governance at country, […]
Support for the Implementation of National Biosafety Framework for Lesotho
The Project, Support for the Implementation of National Biosafety Framework for Lesotho, was designed to build capacity to implement the Biosafety Legislation of Lesotho and to meet Lesotho’s international obligations under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Project Objectives To integrate biosafety and biotechnology into national development plans To establish a fully functional and responsive regulatory […]
BIOPAMA
The aim of the project was to undertake Site level Assessment of Governance and Equity (SAGE) and Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool (IMET) trainings for Sehlabathebe National Park (SNP),WDPA ID 7447. The two assessments tools identified interventions for management strategies, how decisions are made, who are the actors to influence the decisions, and the responsibilities and […]
COMPACT
Following the inscription of Maloti Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site (MDPWHS) in 2013, the process of development of the COMPACT Site Strategy started and was finalized in 2019. The purpose of COMPACT is to engage in innovative models for engaging communities in conservation and shared governance of World Heritage sites and other protected areas and […]