Seventh Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Peru To build socio-ecological landscape resilience in the Southern Andes in Peru through community-based activities for global environmental benefits and sustainable development Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency. Normal 0     false false false  EN-US X-NONE X-NONE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-priority:99;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;  mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}  During GEF-7, SGP Peru will generate socioeconomic benefits for an estimated 3,000 direct project beneficiaries, of whom 50% are female. SGP Peru has a target to allocate 50% of the number grants to community-led projects to initiatives led by women or women groups. This objective is meaningful given the important role that women have in economic           Normal 0     false false false  EN-US X-NONE X-NONE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-priority:99;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;  mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}    activities and biodiversity conservation in the Peruvian Andes, and the opportunities that the SGP has to empower them. Some of the main expected socioeconomic benefits of SGP Peru are:    · Improved livelihoods due to improved agricultural productivity and resilience, diversified income, and access to market;  · Strengthening of local community organizations traditional knowledge;  · Women´s empowerment;  · Development of business and management skills of local entrepreneurs, including female entrepreneurs; and,  · Increased social capital through expanded association of local people, and inclusive participation of local communities in conservation and restoration of local ecosystems.  Adopting SGP´s integrated, socio-ecological landscape resilience approach in the project will help to align socioeconomic benefits with the achievement of global environmental benefits related to biodiversity conservation. Facilitated through multi-stakeholder, participatory processes, collective action initiated at the community level will lead to conservation of biodiversity at scale.   SGP Peru will contribute to SDG 1 (end poverty in all its forms everywhere), SDG 13 (take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts), and SDG 15 (protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss).