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Next: | STAP meeting to be held at IFAD in Rome. We are pleased to announce that the meeting is to be held on March 8th, 2010 at the headquarters of IFAD, Rome. This will allow partners who intend to participate in the GEF Replenishment Meeting to first attend the STAP meeting Click here for further information | March 8th, 2010 |
| News: | The Earth Is Crying Out for Help - "Op-Ed" by Thomas E. Lovejoy | link to New York Times, December 8, 2009 |
STRATEGIC ADVICE TO THE GEF | Also see Advisory Home Page |
At the GEF Council Meeting on November 10, 2009, Thomas E. Lovejoy, STAP Chairperson, emphasized the need for more attention to:
In addition, the Chairperson briefed the Council on OPS4 findings and STAP’s response and on STAP’s planned contribution to the GEF Assembly in May 2010. |  View the presentation (pdf) |
This paper was produced for the Heads of GEF Agencies meeting in October 2008 on behalf of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel. |  |
GEF-5 REPLENISHMENT | |
 Science Vision - The Panel's stock take of science to inform GEF replenishment | GEF/C.34/Inf.14 October 16, 2008 |
| Panel papers to the GEF on the Resource Allocation Framework and proposed System for Transparent Allocation of Resources (RAF and STAR) | (Home page for STAP's advice on RAF/STAR) |
| February 23, 2009 | |
| Panel review of Draft Policy Recommendations for the Fifth Replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund | August 31, 2009 |
OPERATIONAL WORK | |
| Work Program of the Science Panel, FY10 | v1, 4 June 2009 |
| Screening of PIFs - what the Science Panel does and why | |
SCIENCE PANEL MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS |
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Payments for Environmental Services December 2008 This STAP guidance paper provides guidance to the GEF Council, Secretariat, Evaluation Office, and implementing agencies on the development and evaluation of GEF investments in Payments for Environmental Services (PES) programs. |  |
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| A global systems approach for healthy soils by Michael Stocking, 2009. Document - pdf file. | In Bigas, H. et al (eds.) Soils, Society and Global Change. Proceedings of the International Forum Celebrating the Centenary of Conservation and Restoration of Soil and Vegetation in Iceland, Selfoss, Iceland, September 2007 |
| Vertical and Horizontal Knowledge Management: Implications at the local, national, regional, and global levels, by Mary Seely Presentation - pdf. Mary Seely delivered this presentation on "Vertical and Horizontal Knowledge Management" at the 1st Scientific Conference of the UNCCD, September 2009. | Further information on UNCCD's First Scientific Conference held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2009, can be accessed at http://www.unccd.int/ |
Developing a Global Strategy to Combat Land Degradation and Promote Sustainable Land Management, by Michael Stocking. | Paper to: Asian Development Bank International Conference on Integrated Ecosystem Management (IEM) Approaches and Application, Beijing, People's Republic of China; 6-7 November 2008 (for more click here) |
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Benefits and Trade-Offs Between Energy Conservation and Releases of Unintentionally Produced Persistent Organic Pollutants This Technical Report, commissioned by the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), is the Technical Annex to STAP’s Conclusions and Recommendations to the Global Environment Facility regarding the relationship between management of uPOPs and climate change mitigation strategies in GEF operations. This Report also addresses recipient country needs in capturing multiple benefits of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM). Specifically, the report addresses the question as to whether implementation of best available techniques and best environmental practices (BAT/BEP) in the context of the Stockholm Convention has synergistic effects on GHG emissions or whether there are trade-offs.
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