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Integrated ecosystem assessments are one of several mainstreaming tools that are available in the PEI programmatic approach in recognition that assessments can act as a bridge between science and policy by providing scientific information on the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being. Assessment findings, when presented in a readily digestible form...

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Poverty-Environment Initiative works to effectively mainstream gender equality and social inclusion into our work to address the structural causes of poverty and environmental degradation. The Initiative has stepped up efforts made in previous years to understand the level of awareness and existing capacity across Poverty-Environment Initiative countries in all regions. ...

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Harnessing public resources in support of poverty-environment mainstreaming is important for pro-poor and environmentally sustainable development.  In many developing countries public sector financing is the main source of funds for implementing development policies and plans.  Increasingly donor funds at the country level, either channeled through Government institutions or civil society...

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Making the economic case for the importance of sustainable management of the environment and natural resources for pro-poor economic growth, and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is an important component of the Poverty-Environment (P-E) mainstreaming approach.  

Economic-based analysis and argumentation for environmental investment can be the most...

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A team from UNEP and UNITAR visited Rwanda in May 2022 to document the impact of the joint UNDP‒UNEP Poverty-Environment Action for Sustainable Development Goals (2018-2022) project and learn how Rwanda’s efforts to achieve sustainable development would be sustained after 2022. We examined how Rwanda‘s “Green Village” projects address poverty-related environmental problems such as soil erosion, inadequate access to water, deforestation and unsustainable land use and clean energy. The National Climate and Environment Fund (FONERWA) helped provide sustainable financing of poverty-environment linkages at the national and local level and turbocharged the Green Villages, which evolved to become “Integrated Development Project Model Villages”. The interventions have enabled their communities to increase livelihoods, improve food security, protect natural resources , advance gender equality and enable children, particularly girls, to attend school.