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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been the major source of financial and technical support for countries seeking to conserve their biodiversity and use their biological resources in a sustain- able manner. Since 1991, the GEF has, in collaboration with its Implementing Agencies—notably the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank—provided $4.8 billion in grants and mobilized an additional $17.9 billion in cofinancing from public, multilateral, and private sources to 1,167 projects sup- porting countries in biodiversity conservation initiatives1 . These investments have largely supported interventions in nonmarine protected areas (PAs), PA systems, and adjacent landscapes.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been the major source of financial and technical support for countries seeking to conserve their biodiversity and use their biological resources in a sustain- able manner. Since 1991, the GEF has, in collaboration with its Implementing Agencies—notably the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank—provided $4.8 billion in grants and mobilized an additional $17.9 billion in cofinancing from public, multilateral, and private sources to 1,167 projects sup- porting countries in biodiversity conservation initiatives1 . These investments have largely supported interventions in nonmarine protected areas (PAs), PA systems, and adjacent landscapes.