Global Environment Facility2014-12-082014-12-082014-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20680During the Fifth Replenishment Phase of the Global Environment Facility (GEF-5), portfolio monitoring and learning review were introduced as key components of knowledge management in the GEF Secretariat. These strategies were intended to address the need to generate knowledge on innovative practices, experiences, and lessons from projects financed by the GEF. In that regard, the Land Degradation focal area strategy for GEF-5 specifically included a learning objective on the catalytic effect of the GEF integrated Approaches, practices focused on integrating the management of land, soil, water, biodiversity, and biomass, in production systems (agriculture, rangelands, and forest landscapes). The focal area strategy embodies the landscape approach and integrated ecosystem management principles to maximize the global environmental benefits of combating land degradation. As a result of that focus, the strategy also addresses the need to harness and safeguard ecosystem services (carbon cycling, biodiversity, hydrological flows, and healthy soils). This report synthesizes the review of the catalytic role of the GEF in promoting integrated approaches in production systems, which are the primary focus of the Land Degradation focal area. The report highlights the context and rationale for GEF financing under OP 12 and OP 15, the catalytic role of GEF financing in promoting integrated approaches, and lessons from the application of integrated approaches to combat land degradation. Because the focus was entirely on learning, this report offers no specific judgments or interpretations about environmental or development impacts of GEF investments. Rather, it highlights the processes, practices, tools, and knowledge innovations embodied in projects that apply integrated approaches.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADAPTIVE MANAGEMENTAGRICULTURAL PRACTICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGROFORESTRYAQUATIC ECOSYSTEMSBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYBIOMASSBIOSPHEREBIOSPHERE RESERVESCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONSCARBON IN BIOMASSCARBON SEQUESTRATIONCATALYTIC ROLECLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOASTAL LANDCOASTAL LAND USECOASTAL ZONESCOMBATING LAND DEGRADATIONCOMPONENTS OF ECOSYSTEMSCONSERVATION PROGRAMSDECISION MAKINGDEFORESTATIONDEFORESTATION RATESDEGRADATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICESDEMOGRAPHICSDROUGHTDRYLAND AREASDRYLANDSEARTH SUMMITECOLOGICAL IMPACTSECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITYECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEM APPROACHECOSYSTEM COMPONENTSECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENTECOSYSTEM RESILIENCEECOSYSTEM SERVICEECOSYSTEM SERVICESECOSYSTEM STABILITYECOSYSTEM STRUCTUREECOSYSTEMSEMISSIONSENVIRONMENT PROGRAMENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONSENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHENVIRONMENTAL ISSUEENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCESENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYENVIRONMENTSEROSION CONTROLFIELD VISITSFISHERIESFISHINGFISHING COMMUNITIESFOOD PRODUCTIONFORESTFOREST DEGRADATIONFOREST LANDSCAPEFOREST LANDSCAPESFOREST MANAGEMENTFOREST MANAGEMENT PLANSFOREST PRODUCTIONFOREST PRODUCTSFOREST RESOURCESFORESTRYFORESTSFUELGENETIC RESOURCESGLOBAL DEFORESTATIONGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITYGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGREENHOUSE GASESGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER RECHARGEHABITATHABITAT LOSSHABITATSHEALTH RISKSHEALTHY ECOSYSTEMSHYDROLOGICAL FLOWSIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINCOMELAND CONVERSIONLAND CONVERSION PROGRAMLAND DEGRADATIONLAND DEGRADATION PREVENTIONLAND RESOURCESLAND USELAND USE PLANNINGLAND USE PRACTICESLAND USE SYSTEMSLAND USERLAND USERSLAND USESLANDSCAPELANDSCAPE APPROACHLANDSCAPE LEVELLANDSCAPESLIVING CONDITIONSLOSS OF BIODIVERSITYLOSS OF BIOMASSLOSS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICESMARINE ECOSYSTEMSMARINE FISHERIESNATURAL HABITATSNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCE DEGRADATIONNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCE USENATURAL RESOURCESNATURENEGATIVE EFFECTSOVERGRAZINGPARTICIPATORY APPROACHESPASTORAL SYSTEMSPASTURE MANAGEMENTPOLLUTIONPRODUCERSPUBLIC GOODRANGELANDRANGELANDSREFORESTATIONREPLENISHMENTRESERVOIRSRESOURCE MANAGEMENTRESOURCE USERIPARIAN FORESTSRIVER BASINSSOIL EROSIONSOIL FERTILITYSPECIESSPECIES CONSERVATIONSTATE FORESTRYSTATE FORESTRY ADMINISTRATIONSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE FORESTSUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE LANDSUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE LAND USESUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODSSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTSSUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIONSUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONSSUSTAINABLE USESUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITYSUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYSUSTAINABLE USE OF ECOSYSTEMSTRADEOFFSTRADITIONAL SYSTEMSVEGETATIONWATER HARVESTINGWATERSHEDWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWETLANDSWILDLIFEWOODLANDWOODLANDS10.1596/20680