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21 Gennaio 2026

SETIN contribution to GEF Projects

#New As the GEF-8 cycle advances, the GEF-8 Corporate Scorecard (December 2025 edition) provides an updated, portfolio-wide view of progress across the Global Environment Facility’s priorities, tracking performance against GEF-8 targets, how resources are being utilized, and the implementation of key policies across projects approved to date. Overall, the Scorecard highlights strong results, effective resource mobilization, and broad country engagement. It reports that GEF-8 is surpassing most environmental targets, with record progress in protected areas, ecosystem restoration, climate mitigation, and chemicals and

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20 Gennaio 2026

New Assignment: GEF Project Preparation for Inclusive Management of Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands Landscape

We are pleased to announce that SETIN has signed a contract with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and has officially started a nine-month assignment to support the preparation of a GEF-funded project in the Central Highlands Landscape of Sri Lanka (CHLSL), a UNESCO World Heritage area: “Inclusive management of the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka for conservation of globally significant biodiversity and ecological integrity”. The project aims to strengthen community and ecosystem resilience through Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), underpinned by

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13 Gennaio 2026

LIFE SEA.NET – Final Event

On December 17, the Final Conference of the LIFE SEA.NET project took place in the distinguished setting of Palazzo Falletti in Rome, marking the conclusion of a four-year initiative dedicated to strengthening the governance and management of Italy’s marine Natura 2000 sites. Co funded by the EU LIFE Programme and coordinated by Legambiente, the project brought together a broad partnership involving the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Energy Security, ISPRA, the Marine Protected Areas of the Egadi Islands, Punta Campanella

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23 Dicembre 2025

Papua New Guinea National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) & 7th National Report – First Field Mission Concluded

Between 20 November and 4 December 2025, Dario Cesarini, Gianluca Serra and Jordan Emmanuel Bulo, on behalf of SETIN Srl, carried out the first field mission under the project “Revision and Update of Papua New Guinea’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) 2025–2030, in alignment with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), and the development of the 7th National Report (7NR)”. This first mission marked a key milestone in the project, as it formally initiated a fully participatory process for

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22 Dicembre 2025

BIOTUR Project Featured on RTP África with the Participation of SETIN

RTP África recently broadcast an episode of a documentary mini-series dedicated to the BIOTUR – Biodiversity and Tourism Project in Cape Verde, an initiative that has played a key role in integrating biodiversity conservation into tourism planning and development. The series, composed of several thematic episodes, revisits the work carried out under the project and highlights its contribution to a more sustainable and differentiated tourism model in the country. The episode includes an intervention by Giacomo Cozzolino, SETIN associate consultant, within

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16 Dicembre 2025

Kick-off Meeting of the Feasibility Assessment for the Ecotourism Development Strategy of Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and Royal Manas National Park

On 1st December 2025, the kick-off meeting of the BIOFIN project “Conduct Feasibility Assessment for the Ecotourism Development Strategy of Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and Royal Manas National Park” was held, formally initiating the Inception Phase of the project. The project is coordinated by UNDP Bhutan, in collaboration with His Majesty’s Secretariat and Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC). THR is acting as Team Leader, with SETIN participating as a project partner. The overall objective of the project is to develop Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and

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23 Ottobre 2025

SETIN Leads the Kick-off Meeting for the Papua New Guinea NBSAP 2025–2030 Revision Project

On October 16th 2025, SETIN Srl led the kick-off meeting of the project “Revision and Update of Papua New Guinea’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) 2025–2030 in Alignment with the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)”. The meeting marked the formal launch of the collaboration between SETIN, who is responsible for this assignment, the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Papua New Guinea, under the GEF Umbrella Programme to Support the  NBSAP

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