199. The GEF has a significant comparative ad- vantage in directing the investments that support measures to control and prevent deforestation and forest degradation as essential and cost-effective means to deliver multiple global environmental benefits, including the protection of forest habi- tats, forest ecosystem services, mitigation of climate change and protection of international waters, re- flecting the transversal nature of forests globally.
199. The GEF has a significant comparative ad- vantage in directing the investments that support measures to control and prevent deforestation and forest degradation as essential and cost-effective means to deliver multiple global environmental benefits, including the protection of forest habi- tats, forest ecosystem services, mitigation of climate change and protection of international waters, re- flecting the transversal nature of forests globally.