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Our Environment Grantees

THE ENVIRONMENT

Latin American Biodiversity Conservation

Sustainable Consumption / Production
Other

Climate Change Initiative *





* Staff Initiated One-Time Grants Funded In Addition To The Regular Human Rights and Environment Grants




 

 

Our Human Rights Grantees

HUMAN RIGHTS

Domestic Human Rights

  Civil & Political Rights

  Social, Economic & Cultural Rights

International Human Rights

  Civil & Political Rights

  Social, Economic & Cultural Rights

Gender Rights

  HIV/AIDS

  LGBT Rights

  Reproductive Rights

  Trafficking


Movement Building



Other


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The Environment

 

Latin American Biodiversity Conservation

 
     

 

Amazon Conservation Team

 

$60,000

 

Creation and Implementation of a Biodiversity Management Plan for the Surui People of Western Brazil

 
     

Amazon Watch

 
$30,000
  Indigenous Lands Protection Project in the Southern Ecuadorian Amazon  
     

Amigos de Terra - Amazonia Brasileria

 
$35,000
  "Greening" the Consumption of Timber Products in Brazil  
 
 
 

Columbia University

 
 

The Overbrook Conservation Fellows Program

 
$169,009

 

 
 

Earthworks

 
$50,000

$50,000

 

"No Dirty Gold" Campaign

 
 
 

Ecologic Development Fund

 

$50,000

 

Strengthening Community Management of Forests and Water in Guerrero, Mexico through Payment for Ecosystem Services

 
 
 

EcoLogic Finance

 
$90,000
 

For Product Diversification and Expansion in Ecuador and Mexico and Development and Implementation of a High-Impact Marketing Strategy

 
 
 

Ecosystem Sciences Foundation

 

$35,000

 

Implementation of a Payment for Watershed Services Program in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

 
 
 

Foundation for Sustainable Community
Development in the Tropics - ALTROPICO

 
$35,000
 

Establishing Community Forest Reserves and Environmental Outreach with Local Youth Groups within the Chiles Mataje Biological Corridor in Northwester Ecuador

 
 
 

Fundacion Futuro Latino Americano (FFLA)

 
$50,000
 

Building Partnerships for Conservation by: Strengthening Fisheries Management in the Galapagos Marine Reserve and Promoting Sustainable Visions in the Nangaritza Protected Forest

 
     

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  IMAFLORA  
$40,000
 

Assessing the Impact of FSC Certification for Biodiversity Conservation in Brazilian Atlantic Forests

 
 
 
  Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia (IPAM)  
$50,000
 

Promoting the Açai Agroforestry and Forest Management System: A locally-developed integrated production and conservation alternative to soybean farming

 
 
 
     

The Katoomba Group, Inc.

 

$70,000

 

Catalyzing Markets for Ecosystem Services in Latin America

 
 
 
  Nature and Culture International  

$40,000

 

 

Environmental Services and Ecotourism as Alternatives for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Conservation in South Ecuador

 
 
 
  New York Botanical Garden  
$60,000

 

 

Community Management of Maguey Papalote (Agave cupreata) in Guerrero, Mexico

 
 
 
  People and Plants Incorporated  

$40,000

 

  Beyond Mahogany: Diversified Forest Management as a Strategy for Conservation in the Selva Maya  
 
 
  Pinchot Institute for Conservation  

$45,000

 

 

The Ecomadera Project: Market-based Conservation of High-Biodiversity Forests in Ecuador

 
     
     

 

Rainforest Action Network

 

$40,000

$50,000
 

Global Finance and Rainforest Agribusiness Campaigns - 2007 and Rainforest Agribusiness Campaigns - 2008

 
 
 
 

Rainforest Alliance

 

$70,000

$75,000
 

Biodiversity Conservation in the Tourism Industry in Ecuador - 2007 and Biodiversity Friendly Tourism in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula - 2008

 
 
 

RARE  
$70,000

 

 

Community Tours Sian Ka'an: A proposal to Support Transition, Replication, and Long-Term Success With Rare's Ecotourism Enterprise in Mexico

 
     

Senderos y Encuentros hacia un Desarrollo Autonomo Sustentable (SENDAS) A.C.  
$30,000

 

 

Cloud Forest Restoration and Sustainable Use of Forest Resources in Central Veracruz, Mexico

 
     

The Woods Hole Research Center  
$50,000
 

Caboclo Workshops of the Tapajós: Consolidating a Promising Strategy for Improving Community Livelihoods and Conserving Forest Biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon

 
     

Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)  

 

 

 

Strengthening Local Voices for the Governance and Conservation of Yasuni - 2007 and Develop an Institution-wide Approach to Payments for Ecosystem Services - 2008

 
$65,000
$110,000
     

Wildlife Trust  
$60,000
$50,000
 

Protecting Biodiversity by Assessing the Health of Selected Protected Areas in Mexico: Using Threatened Species as Sentinels of Ecosystem Health - 2007 and Empower Conservation Biologists to Study and Protect Species in Central and South America - 2008

 
     

World Land Trust - U.S.  
$50,000
 

Conservation of Watersheds Through Payments for Environmental Services In South Ecuador

 
     

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Sustainable Consumption/Production

 
     

Alliance for Sustainable Colorado

 

$35,000

 

Their Work to "Green" the Democratic National Convention in 2008

 
 
 

As You Sow Foundation

 
$40,000

 

 

Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainability Program

 
 
 

Breast Cancer Fund

 
$60,000

$30,000

  The Campaign For Safe Cosmetics  
 
 

Center for a New American Dream

 
$50,000

$40,000

  General Operating Support  
 
 
 

Clean Production Action

 
$65,000
 

Benign by Design: Promoting the Next Frontier of Eco Design Practices in the Electronics Industry

 

 

 
 

Corporate Ethics International

 
$30,000
  The Business Ethics Network  
 
 

Dogwood Alliance

 
$20,000
  Packaging Campaign  
 
 

Ecology Center

 
$20,000

$120,000

 

Catalog Choice Website Development and Operations - 2007 and Operations and Business Development of Catalog Choice 2008)

 
 
 

Electronics TakeBack Coalition

 
$75,000
  Electronics TakeBack Coalition  
 
 

Environmental Defense

 
$80,000
$80,000
 

Sustainable Corporate Production and
Consumption

 
 
 

Environmental Grantmakers Association

 
$40,000
 

Sustainable Consumption and Production Working Group - $35,000 and a grant of $5,000 to promote The Story of Stuff

 
 
 

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Environmental Paper Network

 
$25,000
$25,000
 

General Operating Support - 2007 and Advancing Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Transformations Within the Pulp and Paper Industry - 2008

 
 
 

ForestEthics

 
$105,000
$60,000
 

Catalog Campaign and Corporate Action Program $65,000 and Do Not Mail Campaign $40,000 - 2007 and General Operating Support - 2008

 
 
 

Forest Stewardship Council - US

 
$60,000
 

Continuing Implementation of the FSC-US
Certified Paper Development Program

 
 
 

Global Alliance

 
$40,000
 

Reframing the "Burn It or Bury It" Debate: Organizing for Incinerator Alternatives in the US

 
 
 
 

Green For All

 
$30,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

Green Press Initiative

 
$25,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

GreenBlue Institute

 
$60,000
$60,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

Healthcare Without Harm

 

$60,000

 

Support of Safer Electronics in Healthcare and Expanding the Market for Safer Materials in Healthcare

 
 
 
 

ISEAL Alliance

 
$45,000

 

  Building the Long-Term Sustainability of Credible Voluntary Certification and Labeling Programs  
 
   

Island Press

 
$50,000
 

Creating Information Tools to Protect Biodiversity and Promote Sustainable Design