The Global Environmental Facility
(GEF) over the years has made more than 14,000 small grants directly to civil
society and community based-organisations, which amount to $634 million, about
N95.7 billion.
The grants, according to sources
at GEF, are in a bid to address global environmental issues and supporting
national sustainable development initiatives.
The CEO and chairperson of the
Global Environment Facility Monique Barbut, in a statement during the World
Earth day, asserted the need to reflect upon how young the environmental
movement.
The first Earth Day, NaijaAgroNet learnt was held forty-two years
ago by citizen organizers and it brought about the first Earth Summit, the
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in
1992.
"This June the environmental movement
returns to Rio, bringing with it new priorities and a deeper understanding of
the challenges facing our planet and how to address them," she said.
Yinka Awosanya/LS
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