{"id":116572,"date":"2024-12-03T21:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/116572\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-official-criticizes-gef-for-denying-funding-for-purely-political-reasons","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/116572\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian official criticizes GEF for denying funding \u201cfor purely political reasons\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 3, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus&#8217; deputy environment minister, Alaksandar Korbut, has called on the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and donor countries to put aside political bias and stop blocking international funding to countries labeled as &#8220;undesirable for purely political reasons.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Korbut spoke in Riyadh at the Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the environment ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that Belarus had met all GEF requirements and applied for funding for a &#8220;large-scale project&#8221; to restore degraded lands and preserve biodiversity in the Pale\u015bsie nature reserve. However, the country was removed from the list of applicants and from the GEF small grants program for the second year in a row, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Korbut expressed concern that international grants for Belarus will not be on the agenda of the upcoming GEF Council meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He asserted that nature is a victim of political games, and that individual countries have put their ambitions ahead of fighting drought, preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 1991, the GEF is an independent international fund whose activities are implemented through the UN Development Program, the UN Environment Program and the World Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GEF works in partnership with international and nongovernment organizations and the private sector. It is the largest source of funding for environmental projects, providing grants to developing countries and countries with economies in transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/107970\/\">\u0141uka\u0161enka suggests new program to revive Pale\u015bsie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 3, Pozirk. Belarus&#8217; deputy environment minister, Alaksandar Korbut, has called on the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and donor countries to put aside political bias and stop blocking international funding to countries labeled as &#8220;undesirable for purely political reasons.&#8221; Korbut spoke in Riyadh at the Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention to Combat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-116572","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian official criticizes GEF for denying funding \u201cfor purely political reasons\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 3, Pozirk. 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