Global Environment Facility co financing supporting over 14,500 community based projects in over 125 countries. An independently operating financial organization, the GEF provides grants for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), mercury, sustainable forest management, food security, sustainable cities. The GEF also serves as financial mechanism for the following conventions: The GEF, although not linked formally to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MP), supports implementation of the Protocol in countries with economies in transition. The Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured GEF is the document that
1987 Montreal Alouettes season 1987 Montreal Alouettes season The 1987 Montreal Alouettes played two preseason games before folding on June 24, 1987, just one day before their scheduled Thursday game against the Toronto Argonauts. The many years of bad ownership and dwindling fan support finally led to the CFL pulling the plug on the franchise and folding them. Since Sam Berger sold the team in 1981, it had shaky ownership and years of poor football performances, only playing .500 ball once (in 1985) and making the playoffs twice (winning only one game in 1985), leading to it playing in a to near-empty Olympic Stadium