| : Bosnia-Herzegovinia : 2010 |
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Center for Environment
To address the Transport Corridor Vc development in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which threatens areas important for nature protection and agriculture and could involve the resettlement of people. The Center for Environment plans to research new developments and issue a report to the financing institutions; to hold meetings with authorities to voice concerns; to educate the public about the threats; to elaborate an alternative proposal; and to monitor the development of the project's Resettlement Action Plan. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-008
Amount: $4,750
IFI Advisory Board
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| : Kyrgyz Republic : 2010 |
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Karek Public Association
To respond to the threat caused by the production of thousands of tons of toxic waste by Canada's Kumtor Mining Company's gold mining in the community of Barskoon Village in Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul district. Karek will organize a public forum on transparency of international lenders and mining companies, develop mechanisms for effective monitoring including independent environmental assessment, and meet with the Kyrgyzstan government to promote the interests of affected communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-377
Amount: $4,930
IFI Advisory Board
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Taza Tabigat
To address the failures of the Bishkek Water Supply Project, which has neglected to adequately engage the public in consultation and monitoring, but has received substantial funding from the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank. The project poses environmental risks and could lead to the privatization of the municipal water company; funds will be used to advocate for the creation of public supervisory boards to oversee the project and involve independent technical experts to monitor environmental safety. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-378
Amount: $4,850
IFI Advisory Board
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| : Timor-Leste : 2010 |
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Haburas Foundation
To conduct climate change research on two coastal communities and to create adaptation strategies for them. The foundation advocates for reviving the customary traditional law of Tara Bandu, which promotes caring for the environment. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-300
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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| : United States of America : 2010 |
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International POPS Elimination Network
To provide general support to the following strategic program areas: 1) further development of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and other international chemical safety policies; 2) promoting robust and participatory implementation of the Stockholm Convention and other agreements, especially in developing countries; 3) building and broadening the Toxics-Free Future movement. The organization seeks to eliminate the significant adverse effects on human health and the environment caused by chemicals and persistent organic pollutants. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-106
Amount: $325,000
Donor Advised
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National Achuar Federation of Peru
To create a delegation of three Achuar leaders to travel to Talisman Energy Headquarters to demand that the oil company cease operations and withdraw from the Achuar native lands. Additionally, the group will meet with media and civil society groups to participate in a cultural awareness event. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-465
Amount: $4,000
Rainforest Action Network
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International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
To provide general operating support. The organization aims to convene and educate donors in order to build capacity and enhance funding partnerships that improve the lives of indigenous peoples around the world. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-113
Amount: $10,000
Donor Advised
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Indigenous Environmental Network
To send an Indigenous Environmental Network delegation to the World People's conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, in Bolivia. Specifically, the delegation will provide a platform for a moratorium against new fossil fuel developments in and near indigenous lands and territories. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-409
Amount: $5,000
Rainforest Action Network
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| Africa : Angola : 2010 |
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Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa-Angola
To cover travel costs for several activists to attend the Chevron annual general meeting and related media events in an effort to pressure the company for its irresponsible practices around the world. A representative from the organization will present results from monitoring the company's activities and the impacts on the social and economic rights of local communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-520
Amount: $3,167
Rainforest Action Network
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| Africa : Benin : 2010 |
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Groupe d'Action Pour La Promotion et La Protection de la Flore et la Faune
To organize workshops for leaders and technicians from the Regional Councils highlighting the negative impacts on women and children by chemical pesticides in the communities of Mono and Couffo. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-315
Amount: $5,000
Pesticide Action Network
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| Africa : Burkina Faso : 2010 |
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Green Cross Burkina Faso
To raise awareness of the risks associated with Burkina Faso's stockpiles of obsolete pesticides. Green Cross will undertake a fact-finding mission to gain access to the stockpiles and establish a set of 'baseline data' about them; then the group will disseminate its findings among appropriate agencies and collaborate in the development of a plan to safely eliminate the stockpiles. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-882
Amount: $3,000
Pesticide Action Network
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| Africa : Cameroon : 2010 |
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Pygmy Action Network
To monitor the implementation of the Pygmy Development Plan, part of the Forest and Environment Sector Program, aimed at facilitating the participation of Pygmy groups in Cameroon's forest management. The group will identify problems about the Plan, and disseminate an independent report to the government, the World Bank and other bi and multilateral donors, and the media. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-272
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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Organization for Indigenous Initiatives and Sustainability
To evaluate the impacts of a World Bank funded project to cultivate tomatoes that has destroyed the native savanna ecosystem of raffia bushes. The organization will work with the Cameroon Traditional Rulers Against Climate Change group to help them integrate their ecological knowledge in order to preserve this important ecosystem. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-271
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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Association pour le Developpement de Bagyeli de l'Ocean
To hold a workshop for indigenous forest peoples to raise awareness and prepare a position paper on a proposed revision of Cameroon's forestry law, which would allow forest access to the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. Funds will also be used to hold an indigenous side event during the National Forest Forum in Cameroon (where the revision will be discussed), support indigenous participation in the forum, and report results of the forum back to communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-266
Amount: $7,200
IFI Advisory Board
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Reseau de Lutte Contre la Faim
To hold a workshop in Yaounde to educate civil society organizations about the impacts of International Financial Institutions (IFIs), with the goal of increasing grassroots monitoring of IFI-related activities. This organization focuses on the impacts of extractive industries in the region and increasing corporate accountability. |
Year: 2010
ID: 52-234
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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| Africa : Central African Republic : 2010 |
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Pygmy Women and Youths Welfare Centre
To facilitate discussions among pygmy groups through the creation of a formal representative organization. This group will organize indigenous pygmies, provide legal support for registration, provide capacity building for members, and put in place feedback mechanisms for communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-273
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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| Africa : Congo, The Democratic Republic of the : 2010 |
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Green Lawyers
To analyze investment agreements and mining contracts in the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to highlight the lack of benefits to the local economy and communities, and to provide civil society with a well-researched tool for advocacy. The organization will look at the legal, tax, economic, environmental, and social aspects of 15 contracts and propose mining contracts standards as alternatives. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-007
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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| Africa : Gabon : 2010 |
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Brainforest
To conduct an evaluation of the impacts of the Grand Poubara Dam. The study will explore both environmental and social impacts, including: an analysis of relevant laws; data collection from the site; and a comprehensive assessment of local impacts of the project. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-131
Amount: $4,500
International Rivers
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| Africa : Ghana : 2010 |
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Conservation of Wetlands and Biodiversity Foundation
To encourage 4 coastal communities in the Keta and Ada regions, which are heavily affected by climate change to engage in policy advocacy. The foundation has planned capacity-building workshop on current and future implications of climate change; created a systems of development indicators for monitoring climate change in communities; and developed a community campaign strategy. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-293
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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Earth CharterYouth Group for Sustainability and Peace
To strengthen youth activism in Accra by educating them on how to use technology for advocacy and empowerment. Activities include organizing discussions and exchanges in six selected high schools in economically disadvantaged areas on various topics on social and environmental justice; and establishing an innovative radio program by and for youth that integrates texting technologies. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-508
Amount: $3,000
Rainforest Action Network
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National Coalition on Mining
To organize a meeting to coordinate strategies for community input into ongoing reviews of both the 2006 Minerals and Mining Act and the 1992 Constitution, as they relate to extractives development and community rights. Specifically, funds will be used to ensure that representatives of affected communities can participate in the meeting. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-523
Amount: $3,708
West Africa Advisory Board
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The Network for Women's Rights in Ghana
To support the organization's participation in processes associated with the Beijing Platform for Action, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1995 and identifies 12 critical areas of concern related to the advancement of women and the achievement of gender equality. The group will organize a National Consultative Meeting on the Beijing +15 Review, and will send one representative to the Global Forum for Women and the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women meeting, to be held in March, 2010. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-175
Amount: $5,000
West Africa Advisory Board
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Conweb Foundation
To raise awareness among farmers in the Greater Accra region about the negative environmental and health impacts of pesticides and other chemical treatments that are being used with increasing frequency. The group will organize and hold training workshops on organic agricultural practices to promote an alternative to pesticide use. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-178
Amount: $4,000
West Africa Advisory Board
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Zaslari Ecological Farms Project
To simplify the registration process for artisanal miners in Ghana to help ensure protection from the negative impacts on water quality, agriculture, and livestock that small scale mining can have on local communities. The group will conduct a campaign to decentralize the process by targeting government agencies. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-179
Amount: $5,000
West Africa Advisory Board
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Youth and Concerned Citizens of Teleko-Bukaazo
To support community workshops and meetings to develop community-based strategies to defend community interests related to oil development and gold mining. Specifically, the group will work to engage women in the workshops, and to support organization among the community’s women to resist the expanding extractives sector. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-176
Amount: $5,500
West Africa Advisory Board
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| Africa : Guinea : 2010 |
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Centre du Commence International pour le Developpement
To educate communities impacted by the proposed Guinea Alumina Corporation project about their community and environmental rights in the context of natural resources exploitation. The project has already caused loss of farmland, water and soil pollution, displacement of hundreds of households, and has negatively impacted local flora and fauna. Activities include community consultations, three working sessions, an awareness-building workshop on community rights, and capacity-building training on international financial institutions, their policies, and recourse mechanisms. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-013
Amount: $4,800
IFI Advisory Board
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| Africa : Kenya : 2010 |
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Ndaire Youth for Change
To repair a public toilet and ablution block at the Dagoreti Market, of which the group will then be able to charge a small fee for its use to help cover the operational costs of the organization. Additionally, the toilet facility will be used to create awareness about environmental and social issues through murals that the group will paint on the walls of the toilet and by pinning up posters and announcements. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-081
Amount: $5,000
East Africa Advisory Board
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Friends of Ondiri Wetland Conservation
To create a participatory plan for conserving the Ondiri Swamp; to purchase indigenous tree seedlings; and to seek further funding from organizations like the Community Development Trust Fund, United Nations Environmental Program, United Nations Development Program and others. The group is a community-based organization that works to restore and conserve the Ondiri Wetland, which is a major water source for Nairobi and host to a wealth of biodiversity. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-080
Amount: $7,000
East Africa Advisory Board
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Friends of Lake Turkana
To provide general operating support to the organization. Friends of Lake Turkana aims to promote the conservation of Lake Turkana and its surrounding ecosystem. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-171
Amount: $3,000
Donor Advised
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Thogoto and Baraniki Villages
To hire a lawyer who will help the communities fight for compensation for the loss of income caused by raw sewage contamination of their farms over the last 10 years from the Kikuyu Campus of the University of Nairobi and the Nice View Apartments. Additionally, funds will be used to hire an engineer to investigate what type of sewage system is needed to permanently stop the leakage. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-082
Amount: $5,000
East Africa Advisory Board
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Association of Physicians and Medical Workers for Social Responsibility
To continue a campaign to oppose the re-introduction of DDT as an anti-malaria agent in Africa. Activities include meeting with representatives from academia, civil society, and the United Nations Environmental Programme in an effort to develop collaborative relationships and promote civil society participation in the continent wide DDT Alternatives Project. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-691
Amount: $30,000
Donor Advised
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| Africa : Liberia : 2010 |
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Foundation for Community Initiatives
To hold four community meetings and two leadership and development education trainings to involve women community leaders in promoting their rights and participating in natural resource management plans. Additionally, follow up meetings will be held to monitor the implementation of networking strategies and on site mentoring. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-292
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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| Africa : Malawi : 2010 |
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Farmers Forum for Trade and Social Justice
To develop locally-based policies and legislation on environmental protection and regulation; to establish a local, watchdog network for social justice; and to increase awareness of sustainable agriculture practices among 900 Chiwamba farmers. These goals will be reached through training workshops and practice forums. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-294
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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| Africa : Mali : 2010 |
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Groupe d'Action pour le Développement Intégré
To support community reforestation, soil restoration, and agroforestry programs in villages in rural Sanso. The organization will select sites for pilot programs and community trainings in agroforestry and restoration techniques. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-430
Amount: $4,854
West Africa Advisory Board
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ONG TAARE
To prepare communities for a World Bank consultative process, which will seek community views on the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of mining. The project will target the community of Kéniéba Loulo, and will yield a set of recommendations to be directed to the Ministry of Mines on concerns about mining activities in the area. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-118
Amount: $6,000
West Africa Advisory Board
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Association Malienne pour la Promotion Economique et Sociale
To convene a workshop that will bring together twelve villages that have been affected by gold mining operations in Kangaba Koulikoro. Specifically, the work shop will organize a federation of village environmental associations that will collaborate in ongoing advocacy efforts related to the negative social and environmental impacts of gold mining. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-087
Amount: $5,500
West Africa Advisory Board
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Institute for Research and the Promotion of Alternatives in Development
To establish a good analytical foundation for future engagement with the African Development Bank: first by researching policies, recourse for affected communities, and accountability mechanisms; and then providing recommendations for improved transparency, accountability, and environmental enforcement for future advocacy efforts. The study comes at a time when the Bank is increasing credit to cash-strapped African governments and increasing its investment in extractive industries and infrastructure. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-270
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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Réseau d'Appui au Développement Communautaire
To address the negative impacts of mining on groundwater resources in an area that's especially vulnerable to desertification, deforestation, and groundwater pollution - and expanding mining operations will worsen these conditions. The workshops will include learning discussions on climate change, and will lead to the development of community environmental management teams from the seven villages that comprise Morila. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-119
Amount: $5,000
West Africa Advisory Board
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Association pour la Promotion des Initiatives de Base Wuye Tégé
To support forty activists who will do community outreach and monitoring related to pesticide use in the local cotton industry. Additional activities include establishing community monitoring teams for production and packaging, as well as educating community members on relevant sections of international agreements on pesticides and toxics, such as the Stockholm Convention. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-881
Amount: $3,500
Pesticide Action Network
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Mali Mouvement d’Ensemble pour le Développement de l'Ouest
To build monitoring efforts as well as community awareness about deforestation and the use of toxics in the panning process in two small-scale gold mining communities. Activities include sharing information and materials on Mali’s environmental laws and organizing local teams to monitor and address these issues. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-459
Amount: $4,854
West Africa Advisory Board
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Cercle de Développement Participatif pour l'Enfance
To restore former mining sites in six villages to be suitable for agriculture, raising animals, and agro-forestry projects. Specifically, each village will help to establish community monitoring groups to lead the rehabilitation efforts and to protect the areas once productive activities have begun. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-088
Amount: $5,000
West Africa Advisory Board
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| Africa : Nigeria : 2010 |
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Alternative Information and Research Organization
To produce a publication entitled The Road to Cochabamba, which will be presented at the World Peoples' Conference on Climate Change in Cochabamba, Bolivia in April 2010. The publication voices the concerns of the Niger Delta communities in climate change negotiations. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-429
Amount: $5,024
West Africa Advisory Board
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Green Concern for Development
To support Greencode efforts to mobilize local communities in opposition to PAMOL Oil Plantation project in Bakassi, where the Cameroun-based palm oil company is planning to develop plantations that would deforest 3,000 hectares of land occupied by indigenous peoples and negatively impact mangroves critical to the local fishing economy. Greencode will mobilize seven communities in opposition to the project through workshops and strategy sessions, and letter-writing and media campaigns. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-001
Amount: $3,000
Rainforest Action Network
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Library Port Initiatives
To support the creation of environmental libraries in two secondary schools in Part Harcourt, which will serve as meeting spaces for the local eco clubs and will provide environmental education materials. The organization plans to replicate the libraries in more schools if this pilot program proves successful. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-488
Amount: $5,000
West Africa Advisory Board
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| Africa : South Africa : 2010 |
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South Durban Community Environmental Alliance
To educate the people of South Africa about the energy burden they bear in the form of exorbitant electricity tariffs; additionally, the alliance will campaign against the proposal to build a second nuclear power plant in South Africa. The alliance promotes a culture of environmental awareness, natural resource conservation, and sustainable development as a way to ensure environmental justice. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-477
Amount: $5,000
Southern Africa Advisory Board
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| Africa : Tanzania : 2010 |
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Mufundi Save Generation Association
To support a tree-planting project for nearly 20,000 hard and soft tree species in the villages of Itimbo, Rungemba, Ifwagi and Ikonongo as well as environmental education trainings for youth and community leaders. The organization seeks to ensure food security in the area by protecting the communities' forest, land and water resources. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-072
Amount: $4,500
East Africa Advisory Board
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Dawa ka Kiasili Kikatiti
To preserve the native forest through an integrated system of apiculture and forestry. Specifically, the organization will produce and sell propolis, bees wax, honey, and royal jelly from the apiaries. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-074
Amount: $4,500
East Africa Advisory Board
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Kilimanjaro Environmental Organization Trust
To improve agricultural production by planting various species of hard- and soft-wood trees. Specifically, the organization will purchase 19,200 seedlings and transport them to four communities, in addition to training community youth on environmental issues. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-071
Amount: $5,000
East Africa Advisory Board
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| Africa : Uganda : 2010 |
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Eco Development Foundation
To raise awareness about climate change adaptation and resilience strategies in the Bwikhonge sub-county, which is located in an ecologically fragile area that has suffered from severe biodiversity loss and climate variation. Additionally, funds will be used to educate the community about alternative energy technologies, and to help women’s groups improve their food security through home gardens and agro-forestry projects. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-078
Amount: $4,000
East Africa Advisory Board
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Environmental Conservation Effort
To educate students at 4 schools in Jinja about proper waste management practices, with an emphasis on the 3 'R's: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Youth make up a large percentage of the population in Ugandan communities and can play a key role in influencing change. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-079
Amount: $2,500
East Africa Advisory Board
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Youth Community Biodiversity Initiative
To plant trees and reduce deforestation through education and the implementation of energy saving stoves that burn rice husks and coffee. Specifically, the project will be implemented in collaboration with ten schools in communities throughout Nakisunga. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-002
Amount: $3,000
Rainforest Action Network
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Nyamirama 2015 Community Projects
To produce an educational video that will be distributed nationally and internationally about the organization's mission to eradicate poverty by the year 2015 through income generation and community conservation projects such as bee keeping. Funds will also be used to organize training workshops and exchange visits to teach member communities about sustainable agriculture and the impacts of climate change. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-075
Amount: $6,500
East Africa Advisory Board
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African Rivers Network
To support the organization's general operating expenses, including an effort to develop messaging on climate change. Funds will also support meetings related to the organization's participation in the third International Meeting of Dam-Affected Peoples and their Allies in November 2010. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-180
Amount: $4,000
International Rivers
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Ecological Christian Organization
To promote awareness of agrofuel activities in the Kangala district by providing training and networking opportunities, and by distributing informational materials on the subject. The organization works with vulnerable communities and promotes sustainable development, responsible resource management, and conservation. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-296
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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South Western Institute for Policy and Advocacy
To publish and disseminate a directory of non-governmental and community-based organizations in southwestern Uganda. Funds will also be used to organize a workshop that will improve networking among like-minded organizations in the region as well as to organize media talk shows on environmental advocacy. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-076
Amount: $5,000
East Africa Advisory Board
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Bunyoro Integrated Rural Development Organization
To organize a networking and capacity-building workshop for grantees in Uganda working to protect and sustainably manage their communities' natural resources. The workshop will provide an opportunity to share experiences and lessons learned, and include field visits to projects in the Ntungamo district. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-083
Amount: $15,000
East Africa Advisory Board
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| Africa : Zimbabwe : 2010 |
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Mother Touch Environment Club
To assist the student run group in raising awareness about human impacts on the environment and to increase the public's understanding of environmental issues, especially climate change. They will organize presentations about waste management, climate change, and water pollution; organize a clean-up campaign in the Tynwald South residential area; attend two environmental seminars in Harare; and conduct research about climate change adaptation that will be distributed to students at Mother Touch high school and the surrounding communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-469
Amount: $5,000
Southern Africa Advisory Board
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Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development
To translate two guides - Climate Change and Environment and Citizens Guide to Understanding Debt - into local languages to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change on the environment and the critical debate on creditor-initiated debt relief. Additionally the organization will hold public meetings and produce newspaper ads about the issues. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-504
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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African Forum and Network on Debt and Development
To gather information and track the debt of 54 African countries. This information will serve to monitor the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative. The organization will prepare country debt profiles for internet publication; 2 policy briefs on debt trends; and provide information to stakeholders about the debt crisis and effectiveness of multilateral initiatives. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-503
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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| Asia : Australia : 2010 |
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Mont Nancy Town Alice Spring
To preserve the native lands of the indigenous communities of Alice Spring from the harmful effects of current and future uranium mining operations. Currently the communities are suffering from a governmental intervention, in which the government took the indigenous communities' land rights to the northern territories of Australia. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-297
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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National Toxics Network
To build awareness about toxic threats in the Pacific and to strengthen local and regional capacity to address these threats. A major objective is to ensure that the organization's hub operations are equipped to provide improved networking and capacity-building support in the areas of environmental health and toxics reduction throughout Australia, the Pacific, and Papua New Guinea. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-135
Amount: $30,000
Donor Advised
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| Asia : Bangladesh : 2010 |
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Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment
To organize a training workshop to monitor World Bank projects, publish advocacy materials, and strengthen data collection and dissemination. The workshop will mobilize civil society organizations and raise critical awareness of the Bank's role in climate change. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-374
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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| Asia : China : 2010 |
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Nanling Action Team
To support a traditional foods program aimed at supporting local farmers, and promoting artisanal food production as an alternative to unsustainable and destructive agricultural practices. This group works to promote sustainable agriculture and wildlife conservation through a Community Supported Agricultural program in Nan Ling Nature Reserve. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-402
Amount: $1,000
China Advisory Board
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Green Kunming
To build staff capacity, organizational effectiveness, and to expand the organization's network among schools and the local public. Activities include management training for staff; environmental education workshops for local schools; mapping projects for the local community; and engagement with government offices on specific environmental issues. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-406
Amount: $3,000
China Advisory Board
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Blue Coastline
To hold forums and other events for university students along China's coast in order to raise awareness about marine conservation. The organization works to build an understanding of key marine issues among its members and mobilize activism among student groups. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-407
Amount: $700
China Advisory Board
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Wuhu Ecology Center
To support the organization's general operating expenses. The organization works to create greater environmental awareness in southern Anhui province by encouraging public participation in environmental policymaking; promoting recycling; increasing awareness of consumption issues; and advocating for sustainable development. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-408
Amount: $4,680
China Advisory Board
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Biological Society of China West Normal University
To support an effort to monitor and reduce the prevalence of wild bird poaching and trading in Nanchong. The organization will organize a survey that it will conduct in all markets in the Nanchong region to assess the volume of this illegal industry, develop a series of educational events to raise public awareness of this issue, and share the findings of its survey with the Nanchong forest bureau. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-243
Amount: $450
China Advisory Board
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Beijing Green Center
To provide general organizational support to the Beijing Green Center as it works to expand the resources and information it provides to student groups and organizations in the Beijing area. The grant will be used for general expenses, including staff training. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-410
Amount: $15,000
China Advisory Board
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Wuhu Ecology Center
To provide strategic support to Wuhu Green Center. Specifically, the grant will support staff training and capacity building opportunities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-194
Amount: $15,000
China Advisory Board
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Global Village of Beijing
To reduce negative human and environmental impacts from chemicals, and strengthen the capacity of Chinese non-profits who work on these issues. Specifically, the organization will maintain a website and target risks and industries associated with lead, mercury, and persistent organic pollutants. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-247
Amount: $30,000
Donor Advised
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Hunchun Tianhe Amur Tiger Conservation Association
To support an environmental education program aimed at preserving the habitat of the Amur tiger and promoting sustainable development in the region. Activities include compiling and disseminating materials to 19 primary and middle schools in Hunchun. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-246
Amount: $1,000
China Advisory Board
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China Development Brief
To print and publish four issues of the China Development Brief, an 80-page publication that promotes the development of an active and participatory civil society and increased transparency and independence in the Chinese media. The group will distribute 5,500 copies each issue, and also use the grant to cover website maintenance costs. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-245
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Green Camel Bell
To mobilize environmental activism and civil society development in Gansu Province, especially among students and youth groups. In addition, the organization will develop a Green Camel Bell Fund to offer smaller grants to youth groups; organize forums, meetings, and lectures on environmental issues; and lead activities such as tree plantings and clean-ups. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-244
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Green Hunan Alliance
To investigate pollution levels in the Liuyang river, the main water source for the city of Changsha. The group will disseminate its findings at a variety of public events in an effort to raise awareness about pollution reduction and promote the protection of the province's water resources. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-401
Amount: $4,000
China Advisory Board
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Shanghai Wild Bird Society
To create environmental education and bird rescue programs to increase the public's understanding of wild birds and their relationship with nature; additionally, the organization will publish and distribute a newsletter. The organization's programs include wild bird investigations, bird-watching excursions, and wild bird rescue. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-547
Amount: $2,900
China Advisory Board
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Wuhu Ecology Center
To publish a pamphlet on waste management in Anhui province and to hold public forums highlighting environmental events such as Earth Day. The center encourages public participation in environmental policymaking, recycling, and sustainable development. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-533
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Green Hunan Alliance
To enable the creation of a new Alliance office in Changsha, Hunan Province by providing funds for set up and for some operational costs. The office will serve as a resource and exchange center for many environmental groups. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-457
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Shanghai Grassroots Community
To develop a more effective recycling and trash collection system in two communities of Shanghai. After six months the organization will report on the outcomes of the new system and share recommendations with others interested in implementing similar projects. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-535
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Beijing Green Center
To provide general support of the Green Center and its work to raise environmental awareness among university students, including support of an internship program. Beijing Green Center promotes environmental activism and social change in China, and offers capacity-building support to newly formed environmental groups. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-764
Amount: $7,300
China Advisory Board
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Shining Stone Community Action
To publish and distribute four issues of the organization's newsletter to more than 2,000 NGOs, community groups, government offices, and universities. Additionally the organization will offer environmental education programs to the children of migrant workers. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-543
Amount: $4,900
China Advisory Board
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Youth Environmental Association of Chongqing
To investigate the pollution sources and impacts on the Liangtan River - a secondary branch of the Yangtze River. Treatment suggestions will be proposed to water conservancy and environmental protection agencies; additionally, public education events will be held to involve the local people in an effort to conserve the river. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-544
Amount: $650
China Advisory Board
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Dao Institute of Environment and Development
To upgrade the Information and Communications Technology Server for grassroots groups to use; this service has offered a free internet website for over 200 NGOs in China over the last 13 years. The institute promotes sustainable development and environmental protection all over China. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-531
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Green Stone
To expand the Green Center's environmental library and offer public events and training to student groups and community activists. The organization helps to establish and develop networks of student environmental groups, and to strengthen their collaboration |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-546
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Hainan Coral Redesign
To publish a report on the illegal trade of coral products in the Guangdong Province; additionally a study will be completed on the coral reefs of Guangxi. The organization leads education and research programs on the reefs, collaborating with like-minded individuals and organizations. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-534
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Shaanxi Youth and Environment
To conduct research on the local wetlands of the Shaanxi Providence with the intent of creating a map of the Chanba Ecological district. The group will also organize bird watching lectures and excursions. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-548
Amount: $4,870
China Advisory Board
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Green Longjiang
To register the organization as a legal NGO entity. Funds will also be used to improve the organization's ability to encourage university students to apply environmentally sound practices in their every day life. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-550
Amount: $4,600
China Advisory Board
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China Students for Birdlife
To establish the Xiamen Green Center, which will host lectures and public events on bird watching and conservation. The group works to develop educational education initiatives for primary and secondary schools throughout the Fujian Province. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-286
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Pesticide Eco-Alternatives Center Yunnan
To support an internet-based advocacy campaign aimed at securing a ban on the use of Paraquat, a toxic herbicide that is widely used in both agricultural and non-agricultural industries in China. Specific activities include creating a resource website, and engaging and educating policymakers about the environmental and health effects associated with the use of Paraquat. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-370
Amount: $20,000
Donor Advised
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Wild Bird Society of Dalian
To support the newly established Lvshun Green Center and support a conservation education program at Lvshun Laotieshan Nature Reserve. The organization with also work with Green Eyes, another China grantee on conservation programs targeting birds or pretty and report on bird migration patterns in the area. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-765
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Snow Alliance
To hold public events aimed at gaining public support for protection of northwestern China's high alpine ecosystem biodiversity. The organization also aims to highlight the impacts of climate change on the alpine regions and their communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-308
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Guilin Environmental Alliance
To build networks among student environmental associations and to create public awareness projects related to the unique Karst topography in Guilin. Specifically the group will investigate possible causes of environmental degradation of the area and publicize the findings. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-309
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Blue Dalian
To gather support for the conservation of the Black Reef by distributing leaflets to residents and tourists; organizing garbage clean-ups in the area; and encouraging the local Museum of Natural History to hold public events calling for heightened environmental protection of the reef. The organization offers a platform for regional college and university groups to collaborate on environmental projects and campaigns. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-545
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Snow Alliance
To enable campaigns for snow leopard conservation in Qinghai, snow lotus conservation in Xinjiang, and snow cock conservation in the Tibetan plateau. Snow Alliance will also conduct an awareness-raising campaign on the impacts of climate change in alpine areas of China and will launch an organizational website. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-491
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Chongqing Center for Youth Envrionmental Exchange
To offer general support to the organization as it promotes environmental conservation and sustainable development among youth in Chongqing through operation of an information and environmental film center. The organization hopes to expand its volunteer network through forums and other public events. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-458
Amount: $1,600
China Advisory Board
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Green Longjiang
To support a survey that will assess current salmon consumption habits as well as the major threats to salmon populations -- which include pollution, dam construction, and other factors -- and to engage paper mills in an effort to improve their practices and to reduce their environmental impact. Green Longjang will also launch a public campaign calling for improved forest protection. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-461
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Green Society Environmental Action Network
To relocate the organization's office from Chongqing to Chengdu so that the Green Society Environmental Action Network can better support regional non-governmental organizations working of environmental issues. Funds will also be used to facilitate the updating of their environmental health website. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-483
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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China Students for Birdlife
To create environmental education programs specifically designed to mobilize awareness and activism around bird protection and bird habitat conservation. Specifically, the organization will lead classes in Xiamen and Zhangzhou and establish an environmental resource center in Xiamen. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-761
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Shanxi Jinqing
To provide organizational support so that the group can expand the network of 'green reporters' and similar high school student activists who are committed to raising environmental awareness among their peers. The organization facilitates trainings, networking opportunities, and other capacity-building events for its members. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-490
Amount: $800
China Advisory Board
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Tongyu County Environmental Volunteer Association
To print environmental education books and to produce materials for students and volunteers participating at the Tong Fa Ranch, where Tongyu County Environmental Volunteer Association leads environmental education programs for students ranging from primary- to college-level age. The organization also offers field research opportunities and designs curriculum materials. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-521
Amount: $750
China Advisory Board
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Guizhou Green Home
To support an effort to reduce pollution in the Nanming River by building a coalition with the municipal government to assess major sources of pollution and other detrimental factors on the river ecosystem, and to organize teams to address these issues. Guizhou Green Home will also lead environmental education programs to raise awareness of sustainable development issues among the citizens of Guizhou. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-492
Amount: $1,000
China Advisory Board
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GreenSOS
To establish Chengdu Green Center, which will enable the organization to continue as a training resource for university students and groups in Chengdu. Specifically, the Center will serve as a base for environmental awareness projects and offer capacity building workshops for university students. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-193
Amount: $20,000
China Advisory Board
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Hainan Coral Reef Conservation League
To publish a report on the illegal trade of coral products via the internet, in an effort to target illegal trading in Haikou city and Guangdong province. Funds will also help with costs related to establishing the Haikou Green Center. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-756
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Green Camel Bell
To promote public participation in policymaking processes around hydropower development on the Yellow River, and to push for full public awareness of the potential social and environmental impacts of the medium- and large-scale dams that have been proposed for the river. Specific activities include leading a comprehensive impact evaluation of the proposed projects and publicizing the findings. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-759
Amount: $4,000
China Advisory Board
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China Mangrove Conservation Network
To establish a resource center in Xiamen, which will help to increase the capacity of the network of Chinese groups engaged in mangrove conservation. The group will organize environmental education programs and will lead conservation efforts in coastal wetlands. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-512
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Green Cross of China Academny of Fine Arts
To create a green map of Hua Jiadi highlighting the area's unique cultural and environmental resources. Specifically, the group will organize public environmental education exhibitions at three schools and create an environmental curriculum materials for local distribution. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-760
Amount: $150
China Advisory Board
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Guilin Environmental Alliance
To protect the Lijiang River from pollution and the negative impacts of tourism. The organization will conduct research and publish and disseminate pamphlets highlighting its findings while also offering capacity building support to local student groups. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-513
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Shark Warriors
To support an investigation on shark trading in Shanghai and Beihai with the aim of mobilizing public action to protect the region's sharks. The organization will conduct surveys to assess the major threats to shark populations as well as to study public consumption habits, and will disseminate information on its findings. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-514
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Wuhu Ecology Center
To support organizational capacity and building operations expenses of the Wuhu Ecology Center. The organization aims to create greater environmental awareness in southern Anhui province. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-755
Amount: $5,000
China Advisory Board
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Guizhouren Net
To support Guizhouren Net’s launching of campaigns for the protection of the Qingshui River and education about the impacts of a paper mill on the Wuyang River. Guizhouren Net will also establish an office in Guiyang. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-489
Amount: $3,000
China Advisory Board
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Dalian Environment and Resources Center
To support a restoration and public awareness campaign at Dalian Black Reef National Geologic Park, which has suffered substantial garbage and sewage pollution. Specific activities include, community seminars, monitoring legal enforcement of pollution standards, and beach clean-up days. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-192
Amount: $15,000
China Advisory Board
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| Asia : Cook Islands : 2010 |
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Pan Pacific & South East Asia Women's Association
To conduct clean up and restoration activities in the "Peace Garden," located within the grounds of the Cook Islands Library and Museum. The garden is a place for hosting local youth education events, such as reading programs and cultural celebrations. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-046
Amount: $3,000
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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| Asia : Fiji : 2010 |
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Suva Christian Community High School - Green Teens
To print and distribute a resource manual for students and teachers, a picture book for children, and a coloring book for preschoolers in Suva as a way of promoting the ecological importance of mangroves. Additional activities include seminars for school teachers on environmental education as well as mangrove replanting activities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-063
Amount: $5,000
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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| Asia : India : 2010 |
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Navjyoti Development Society
To raise national awareness about the dangers of working with silicate and the policies that are necessary to protect workers and care for victims of silicosis. Specifically, funds will be used to hold workshops and disseminate informational materials. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-041
Amount: $4,000
India Advisory Board
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United Artists' Association
To examine the relationship between the precautionary principle and the delivery of environmental justice, then to popularize and broaden the debate on the use of the precautionary principle to foster a more equitable management of coastal ecosystems. The precautionary principle states that if an action or policy has suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of a scientific consensus that harm would not ensue, the burden of proof falls on those who would advocate taking the action. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-042
Amount: $5,500
India Advisory Board
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Janhit Foundation
To elevate environmental awareness and quality in Meerut. Funds will be used to restore the local green belt; to educate community members about rainwater harvesting and the importance of water conservation; and to raise awareness amongst school children about the importance of planting and preserving trees in the area. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-043
Amount: $4,250
India Advisory Board
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Indian Social Action Forum
To study World Bank activities in Uttar Pradesh that directly affect local communities, then publish reports and hold workshops with 100 community organizations on the findings. Economic reforms initiated through World Bank Structural Adjustment Programs have affected the agricultural and local industry sectors, resulting in a loss of jobs and environmental degradation. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-108
Amount: $4,771
IFI Advisory Board
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Debjeet Sarangi
To research the underlying causes for the prevalence of farmer suicides in the state of Orissa, and to share the results of this research with relevant stakeholders. Debjeet Sarangi is an environmental activist who seeks to initiate a discussion about how the state’s agricultural system can be changed to lower the rate of suicide among small-scale farmers, which is tragically high. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-114
Amount: $2,000
India Advisory Board
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Prakash Tripathi
To help Prakash Tripathi ensure that a pipeline currently under construction to provide clean water to Bhopal survivors is completed properly; to set up a commission of Bhopal survivors and experts; to raise awareness about Dow's track record in Bhopal; and to form action committees in the 18 communities whose water is being contaminated by chemicals left in the abandoned factory. The 1984 Bhopal disaster leaked poisonous gas into the air, killed thousands and has left thousands more suffering from chronic illness, making it the worst industrial disaster in history. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-140
Amount: $2,000
India Advisory Board
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Malabika Dutta
To develop small vegetable gardens around households in a small tribal community in West Bengal, which will help provide a year-round supply of supplementary food for the community. Also, animal and bird shelters and feeding systems will be improved. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-035
Amount: $3,500
India Advisory Board
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Natabar Sarangi
To help Indian activist Natabar Sarangi to increase his collection of traditional seed varieties from 340 to 500 by 2012, by educating 300 neighboring farmers about the importance of seed variety; seed variety has decreased in India from many thousands to several hundred varieties with the introduction of chemically intensive agricultural systems and genetically modified seeds. This threatens the security of small-scale farmers and makes them vulnerable to a changing climate. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-456
Amount: $3,600
India Advisory Board
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Team for Reformation of Education and Environmental Services
To educate women who own small tracts of land on the implementation and management of organic farming techniques. Organic farming methods can improve food security and decrease pressures on the area's natural resources. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-452
Amount: $5,000
India Advisory Board
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Rural Volunteers Centre
To support a campaign to raise awareness about the environmental and social impacts of international financial institutions and multinational corporations as related to oil mining, and the Doyang Dam in Nagaland. Activities include seminars for people in affected areas, meetings with government agencies, and an environmental impact assessment of the Doyang Hydro-Electric Project. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-003
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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Putul Vidyaram
To research how drought, flood, forest degradation, and climate change in Bundelkhand has affected Kol women. Additional research will be done on the survival strategies that the Kol women are adopting as they adapt to the worsening conditions in the region, and how women are included in present forest conservation and reforestation projects. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-453
Amount: $3,300
India Advisory Board
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Anitha M
To stop the introduction of the genetically crop, Bt Brinjal, into Karnataka, uncontrolled release of which would contaminate traditional varieties of food crops. This activist will organize awareness-raising workshops, network with like-minded organizations, write a blog, manage a listserv, map brinjal varieties, and work to conserve the traditional brinjal seed. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-032
Amount: $3,600
India Advisory Board
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Saraswati Kavula
To support travel to coastal districts to raise awareness amongst farmers, fisherfolk and tribal people about the delicate ecosystems of the coast, the ways in which their livelihoods depend upon these ecosystems, and the effects that rapid industrialization will have on them. Saraswati Kavula is an environmental filmmaker in India, and will use film and other visual mediums as a means of outreach. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-036
Amount: $2,500
India Advisory Board
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BIRDS
To establish sustainable, citizen-run bamboo production centers in area villages. Specifically, funds will be used to identify and organize traditional bamboo workers, then train them on designing, finishing and packaging bamboo products. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-037
Amount: $4,400
India Advisory Board
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Gandhi Smaraka Seva Kendram
To conduct research on the effects of the East Coast Road project, translate this information to the affected communities and grassroots organizations, and publish it in various websites and printed media. The organization will also facilitate community meetings about the project, which has caused displacement of communities from the coast and degraded coastal ecology, increasing the vulnerability of communities towards natural and manmade disasters and intensifying the flood situation in these areas. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-011
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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Federation for Heritage and Environment Protection
To conserve water and reduce soil erosion and deforestation by planting bamboo along the watersheds of the Wayanad district in the state of Kerala; additionally, the bamboo will be used by local communities to produce handicrafts that can be sold at markets. The organization works to create alternative income projects and skill development trainings for women and indigenous communities of rural India. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-038
Amount: $3,000
India Advisory Board
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Kalpavriksh
To investigate why monkeys and wild boars have been damaging local crops. The organization, which works to empower local people to take an active role in the development of their community and natural resources, will disseminate information about this issue and help communities develop solutions to minimize the damage. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-039
Amount: $5,000
India Advisory Board
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Navachethana
To continue Navachethana’s campaign, "Save Water, Save Coasts and Save Environment," which works to empower women workers in the cashew, coir, and handloom sectors of the Kanyakumari district. The campaign also raises awareness about the negative environmental and health impacts of the cashew and rubber factories that are located in the area. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-040
Amount: $4,000
India Advisory Board
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Essomi Foundation Trust
To organize a 3-day consultation on dams that will bring together representatives from affected communities, activists, students, and women to discuss policy, technology, financing, energy alternatives, and community rights, such as resettlement and free prior and informed consent. Participants from other parts of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan will be invited, and a report on Dams in Northeast 2010 will be created to address the 160 mega-dams that have been proposed for construction in that region of India. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-375
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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| Asia : Indonesia : 2010 |
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Community Alliance for Pulp Paper Advocacy
To organize a workshop for 17 representatives of Central Kalimantan organizations, which will hold a facilitated discussion to share experiences, identify common objectives, and plan specific activities in support of community rights and sustainable land use. Central Kalimantan is one of the areas targeted for large-scale pulp industry expansion, which also brings with it the expansion of mining and palm oil plantations, devastating natural forest and peat lands. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-418
Amount: $1,500
Rainforest Action Network
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Wahana Bumi Hijau Foundation
To produce an updated field study of the Rimba Hutani Mas logging company's activities in the area, create information kits about the importance of peatlands, hold an open discussion forum on the issues with non-governmental organizations and college students, and carry out an educational road show focusing primarily on educating Islamic organizations to broaden stakeholder support. Local non-governmental organizations and community members are opposing the 40,012 hectare expansion of Rimba Hutani Mas's concession area, calling for a halt of operations until areas of high conservation value can be identified and excised from the existing concession area. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-417
Amount: $5,000
Rainforest Action Network
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Institute for Essential Services Reform
To carry out and publish a study to assess the ramifications of the World Bank Group's influence on the Indonesian energy sector. The study will investigate the socio-economic and environmental impacts that the Bank's energy investments have had on the country, including on the issues of development, climate change, debt, governance, and privatization. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-269
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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Balifokus Foundation
To develop the organization's website, as well as a campaign strategy around a new program initiative on toxics. The organization promotes and implements low-cost, decentralized wastewater treatment systems for small-scale industries and pig and cow farms in Bali and Nusa Tengarra Barat. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-185
Amount: $5,434
Donor Advised
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Akar Foundation of Bengkulu
To support public discussions in the Lebong district about forest governance, publications and advocacy about the challenges of Reduced Emission from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD), and to hold a workshop for communities on their rights within the context of REDD. The region is already characterized by conflicts over land and resource rights between local communities, logging and mining concessions, and protected areas; now those forests are being targeted for REDD financing, and forest-dependent communities are concerned about how this will affect their rights and livelihoods. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-265
Amount: $4,971
IFI Advisory Board
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| Asia : Kazakhstan : 2010 |
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Sergei Solyanik
To cover travel costs for several activists to attend the Chevron annual general meeting and related media events in an effort to pressure the company for its irresponsible practices around the world. At both the Tengiz and Karachaganak fields in Kazakhstan, local communities have long been denied basic access to information on field operations and environmental impacts and have suffered greatly from an unprecedented variety of illnesses, all of which medical specialists have determined to be directly related to the oil industry. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-519
Amount: $611
Rainforest Action Network
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Initiative Group "Ecom"
To host a conference on recycling and solid waste management to be held in Kazakhstan in June 2010. The conference will gather leaders from local, regional and international NGOs, government representatives, local activists. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-203
Amount: $3,000
Earth Island Institute
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| Asia : Malaysia : 2010 |
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Consumers' Association of Penang
To raise awareness about the adverse effects of toxins and pesticides on the environment and human health in Southeast and Northeast Asia. Activities include research, education, and advocacy as well as efforts to build the capacity of community-based organizations in the region. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-367
Amount: $25,000
Donor Advised
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Seka Development Centre
To establish the Seka Training Center, which will provide trainings in preschool and early childhood environmental education, habitat restoration and community gardening, microenterprise development, and health and hygiene. The center will also provide a physical address for their organization, and enable the group to open an international bank account, diversify fundraising potential and outreach, and strengthen networking possibilities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-204
Amount: $5,000
Earth Island Institute
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SCANE Network
To support a public awareness campaign targeting communities that face negative impacts from dam projects in Sarawek, Malaysia. Specifically, the organization will support capacity building and networking among community groups and non-governmental organizations working on dam-related issues and other destructive development projects in the region. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-116
Amount: $4,000
International Rivers
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Action Committee Against the Use of Cyanide at the Gold Mine in Bukit Koman
To bring a legal case to the High Court to stop pollution from a gold mining facility in the Bukit Komran village. The organization also will engage international mining experts to create reports to be presented with the legal case, and will conduct campaigns to mobilize community participation in the process. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-298
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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| Asia : Mongolia : 2010 |
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United Movement of Mongolian Rivers and Lakes
To organize meetings for organization members to develop a strategic plan for 2010-2012. Specific project activities include, cleaning up and restoring the Khuder River and raising awareness about the condition of the river among the local population. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-143
Amount: $5,000
Donor Advised
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Khuder River Movement
To raise awareness among youth in Mongolia and Russia (Buryat Republic) through a series of collaborative actions including monitoring the environmental condition of the Selenga River, which is a border river between Mongolia and Russia, and the biggest inflow into Lake Baikal. The organization will publicize the project results through local mass media outlets. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-142
Amount: $6,000
Donor Advised
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Toson Zaamar
To monitor the licensing procedure of extractive companies in accordance with new legislation that prohibits mineral exploration and mining development in the estuaries of rivers, protected zones of water reservoirs and forested areas in the Zaamar Tuul Rivers Basin. Toson Zaamar was founded in 2005 with a mission to promote community rights in the Zaamar region, especially as related to the impacts of mining operations. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-141
Amount: $5,000
Russia Advisory Board
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Ongi-River
To help Mongolian citizens evaluate the impacts of mining operations, understand their rights, and assist them in filing lawsuits in defense of their environmental rights in response to the rapid, uncontrolled, expansion of mining operations in Mongolia. The organization works to protect the rights of local residents affected by large-scale gold mining through training workshops and public monitoring programs. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-144
Amount: $4,000
Donor Advised
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| Asia : Nepal : 2010 |
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REDD Panda Network-Asia
To create a community-based monitoring and stewardship project in the Taplejung district of Eastern Nepal. Funds will be used to conduct the baseline ecological research necessary to assess data on red panda distribution, to identify and map existing and potential anthropogenic threats to red pandas, as well as to train, employ and support 12 "forest guardians" to monitor six forests. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-205
Amount: $5,000
Earth Island Institute
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| Asia : Palau : 2010 |
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Palau Conservation Society
To design and implement a watershed focused model for land use planning in Babeldaob, Palau. Specifically, the project aims to protect and and restore the island's watershed because it's residents rely entirely on surface groundwater run-off for their water supply, and this has been polluted by nearby landfills, and saltwater intrusion. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-249
Amount: $50,000
Donor Advised
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| Asia : Papua New Guinea : 2010 |
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Bismark Ramu Group
To support legal efforts to stop the MCC Ramu nickel mine and the proposed dump of the tailings into the Bismark Sea. The group wants to send lawyers to brief communities on potential impacts and prepare affidavits for court proceedings. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-354
Amount: $30,000
Donor Advised
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Turubu Eco Foresty Development Programme
To conduct a Marine Baseline Study of the Turubu Bay involving a survey of coral reef areas as well as the terrestrial mangrove habitats. This information is vital in educating communities in the Lower East Sepik area about the importance of protecting their marine resources. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-059
Amount: $5,000
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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Papua Hahine Social Action Forum
To support the ‘Community Participation in Protecting Community Rights’ project, which will endeavor to provide dialogue with stakeholders and network partners on developmental issues -- specifically the Liquidated Natural Gas Project that will be in full production from 2013 onward. The project will increase awareness within the project areas by informing people about the effects of the project and the prospected wealth it will generate for the country, while also aiming to help the community sustain their traditional way of life throughout the coming changes. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-415
Amount: $5,000
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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Lou Island Coastline Rehabilitation
To support a one-week awareness trip around Lou Island, taking group members to visit five villages in order to attract local support and to involve locals in developing a strategic plan for the organization. Also, funds will be used to carry out direct restoration activities along coastlines, such as building sandbag walls and planting mangrove trees. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-049
Amount: $3,800
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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Gahuku Forest Association
To convert a large grassland area in the Eastern Highlands into forest through restoration and reforestation activities. Funds will support purchasing and planting of seedlings; monitoring the new plantations; and conducting awareness campaigns to involve the local population in restoration activities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-050
Amount: $3,200
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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Guava Range Resource Owners Association, Inc
To promote environmental awareness about the impacts of mining and logging, and to enable landowners to make informed decisions about these activities. Due to the environmental threats posed by Australian mining companies and Malaysian logging companies in the area, the association is working diligently to inform local communities about the devastating consequences of such extractive industries. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-414
Amount: $4,500
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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Women in Oil Palm
To develop an organizational strategic plan, as well as a campaign strategic plan for the next two years. Funds will also be used to purchase office equipment for the organization, which works to expose the impacts of the oil palm industry on women and children in Papua New Guinea. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-413
Amount: $5,000
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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East Sepik Local Environment Foundation Association
To purchase a computer, printer, scanner, and other necessary office equipment for the organization. This group was established by the East Sepik Council of Women to raise local awareness on the impacts of large scale unsustainable logging and fishing in the area conducted by the multilateral companies. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-056
Amount: $5,000
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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Bangene Group
To purchase two laptops necessary to conduct fieldwork research in local communities, in order to better understand traditional practices of conservation, agriculture, forestry, and environmental management. The research will be used to educate local communities about the importance of setting aside the areas for conservation, and to establish a dialogue with local authorities about creating protected areas. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-052
Amount: $3,500
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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Krufinave Youth Group
To support reforestation activities, including purchasing seedlings and necessary equipment. The group is also planning a series of meetings to develop a strategic plan of its future actions. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-053
Amount: $3,000
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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Porgera Alliance
To send one member to Barric Gold AGM to meet with stakeholders, supportive nongovernmental organizations, and members of parliament to raise international awareness of the degradation of human rights and environmental impacts on the Porgera community as a result of mining activity. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-485
Amount: $4,700
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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Lupipi Reforestration and conservation Project
To rehabilitate and restore forests in the area that were completely logged 30 years ago, and have since been converted to grassland. Funds will be used to purchase seedlings and to create a plant nursery; to hire staff to manage the nursery; to conduct an awareness campaign and solicit support from the local community; and to set up a small office to coordinate the activities of the project. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-054
Amount: $4,300
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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Dadakul Wildlife Management Association Inc, (DWMA)
To allow a member of the organization to participate in a video documentary and editing training course so that they may develop local awareness materials (like video cassettes and CDs). The organization will also purchase video documentary equipments and conduct video documentary awareness on their project site. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-055
Amount: $4,500
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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| Asia : Philippines : 2010 |
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Panalipdan Youth
To support a direct action called Cultural Caravan for the Environment. The organization engages youth activists in a campaign to oppose destructive large-scale mining projects and other forms of development that bring negative environmental and social impacts to local communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-905
Amount: $524
Samdhana Institute Indonesia
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Computer Professionals Union
To document the changes happening in Filipino coastal towns due to climate change, including increased marine mammal sightings and beaching. Funds will also support the creation of an environmental monitoring system that communities can use to monitor and react to climatic changes, and use as an information sharing tool with other communities, NGOs and government agencies. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-195
Amount: $5,000
Earth Island Institute
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| Asia : Russia : 2010 |
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Initiative Group "Kovran"
To create a plastics recycling campaign in the Kovran village. The campaign will include clean-up days of the village; the purchase and placement of trashcans around the village; and the creation of a youth group to monitor and plan further actions for the campaign. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-166
Amount: $2,330
Russia Advisory Board
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Vesnyanka
To attract public and government attention to the destruction of public recreational areas caused by the industrial development in Pozharskyi District, Prymorie. The group will also conduct monitoring of a local reservoir and the area near the oil and gas pipeline construction site with the overall goal of developing a set of measures to protect local recreational areas. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-154
Amount: $3,000
Russia Advisory Board
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School Forestry "Lesovichok"
To organize a series of pine forest protection and restoration events for local students in collaboration with local forestry and state agencies. The group works with local students in conducting assessments, field trips, expeditions, clean ups, and reforestation activities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-160
Amount: $1,840
Russia Advisory Board
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The Evenki People Initiative Group of Ejantsy Village
To increase awareness about the proposed development of a polymetal deposit on the Hamna River - this is just one of ten megaprojects supported by the government. The group will organize a series of meetings with affected communities; conduct regular monitoring of the project's progress; address the state bodies with a request to increase state monitoring over the development activities; and to minimize the environmental and health impacts of the project. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-310
Amount: $1,213
Russia Advisory Board
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Tomsk Regional Public Organization Center of Ecological Policy and Information
To help implement a system for the recycling and proper disposal of used batteries in Tomsk City in order to prevent soil and water pollution. Activities include purchasing and placing receptacles for used batteries in shopping centers as well as working with local media outlets to promote a public awareness campaign about the issue. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-155
Amount: $2,930
Russia Advisory Board
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Buryat Regional Amalgamation of Lake Baikal
To develop public environmental expertise of the site of the proposed uranium development, Gornoe, in the valley of Chikoi River, near Baikalskaja protected area, which will be used in organizing public hearings and will be distributed to the relevant nature protection and state agencies. The organization will also conduct an evaluation of soil and groundwater, carry out radioactivity measurements, and lead training seminars in the nearby village Red Chikoi to educate local residents about their environmental and human rights in the area of uranium mining. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-147
Amount: $3,500
Russia Advisory Board
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EcoVoice
To conduct monitoring, community outreach, and public hearings regarding the construction of the Boguchanskaja Dam on the Angara River. Currently, the dam is under construction without a state Environmental Impact Assessment, and no compensation has been defined for people to be resettled. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-148
Amount: $1,400
Russia Advisory Board
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Initiative Group Black Stork
To continue a project from 2007 that focused on planting pine seedlings on sand bars to create a refuge for wild animals, especially the Siberian roe deer. Specifically, the group will organize and carry out public hearings on protecting the biodiversity in the flood lands of the Ob River and create a nature preserve to protect the remaining roe deer population. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-164
Amount: $2,321
Russia Advisory Board
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Center of Ecological Policy and Culture
To conduct a "Forum of Young Environmentalists of Siberia" for the purpose of gathering active youth from Siberia to raise awareness on climate change, water resources preservation, and alternative energy issues through a series of meetings and workshops. Based on the results of the forum, a brochure will be issued and distributed among schools and NGOs at local and regional levels. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-156
Amount: $2,300
Russia Advisory Board
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Tomsk State Univeristy Fund for Science and Culture
To address the issue of unauthorized gravel excavation on the shores of the Tom River by attracting local attention to the issue and establishing a dialogue between local government, businesses and organizations. The group will conduct series of field trips to evaluate the scale of ongoing excavation; publish results in the local mass media outlets; initiate public discussions through public meetings; and publish and distribute leaflets. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-157
Amount: $2,000
Russia Advisory Board
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Green Tomsk
To issue a booklet entitled "Rare and endangered types of plants in a Specially Protected Area of Akademgorodok Park." The funds will also be used to involve students of Tomsk schools in a series of restoration and cleanup activities, and to organize a roundtable discussion for activists, students and teachers of Tomsk city. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-214
Amount: $1,000
Russia Advisory Board
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Tahoe Baikal Institute/Russia
To undertake 3 projects in the Baikalski Nature Reserve to promote environmental education, sustainable trail management, and preservation of cultural heritage. The group will produce maps, brochures, and other tangible educational materials for future use by the Reserve staff and local teachers. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-197
Amount: $2,300
Earth Island Institute
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World of Tigirek Village
To conduct outreach and environmental awareness campaigns in Tigirek village and educate local residents on the importance of protected area preservation. Group members will conduct meetings with villagers and define scope of issues; consult community members on organizing small businesses (like beekeeping, weaving vines); pay for two village residents to participate in a regional craft fair; and establish dialogues between village residents and regional administration about the protected area. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-159
Amount: $1,620
Russia Advisory Board
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Svetoletie
To promote and support the construction of pressed straw eco-houses in Altai, which have a thermal conductivity that is 7 times less conductive than of brick houses, thus making them energy efficient. The group will organize events to demonstrate the construction and to allow participants to take part in the construction process; the project will also be covered in local and regional mass media. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-161
Amount: $2,700
Russia Advisory Board
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Ecological Team "Clean Planet"
To establish a monitoring plan of Inberen Lake in preparation for a campaign to obtain protected status for the area. Additional activities include raising the public's environmental knowledge and conducting public hearings in the area. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-168
Amount: $2,800
Russia Advisory Board
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The Community of Small indigenous Peoples “Takylgan”
To conduct clean up of the Arzhan Suu spring, which is thought to have healing properties and considered sacred by local indigenous peoples. Funds will also go towards establishing regular monitoring of the site; placing information boards on best practices for visitors; and reviving traditions which use the spring for healing purposes. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-163
Amount: $1,700
Russia Advisory Board
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Public Ecological Center Dauria
To organize a summer environmental camp for 40 Russian and Chinese kids with the purpose of educating youth about issues of the Dauria region and Argun River. In particular, this camp will create and organize youth monitoring of Argun river floodplains and promote Russia-China collaboration in addressing issues surrounding this transboundary waterway. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-149
Amount: $5,000
Russia Advisory Board
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Transbaikalian Regional Social Movement of Active Youth "Antei"
To monitor the content of heavy metals found in water, soil, food and children living in various parts of Chita city and create recommendations for the development of rehabilitation programs for pre-school children living in ecologically disadvantaged areas. Project results will be compiled with the help of local student-volunteers and sent to local and regional governments as well as publicized through regional mass media. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-165
Amount: $2,500
Russia Advisory Board
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Green Alatau
To educate local youth about the benefits of the Kuznetskyi Alatau nature reserve. Activities include building a trail and conducting a field study assessment to monitor the ecological condition of selected areas of the protected area. The organization works to protect and preserve the biodiversity and ecosystems of Altai-Sayany region. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-167
Amount: $1,996
Russia Advisory Board
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Wildplants
To raise awareness about the ongoing environmental and social violations by oil and gas development companies currently active in the Kargasok region. Specifically, the organization will conduct a local information campaign to attract local and regional attention to illegal waste dumping by industrial companies on indigenous peoples' traditional lands. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-158
Amount: $2,890
Russia Advisory Board
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Public Organization Ethnic Ecological Center of Small Indigenous Peoples of the North "Garpanga"
To start the process of obtaining protected status for the wetland area of Chibagalah River, an environmentally fragile area that is threatened by poaching and frequent geology expeditions. The organization will research current legislation on protected areas; identify the most acceptable form of protected zone for this specific territory; draft and submit necessary documents to the regional administration; and carry out local outreach and advocacy campaigns through the media. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-169
Amount: $2,200
Russia Advisory Board
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Baikal Environmental Wave
To provide general support of the organization, which has recently been intimidated by local authorities through a controversial search and seizure of their computers. The funds will also be used to establish monitoring over the re-opening of Baikal Pulp and Paper Plant and to initiate public discussion over this issue. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-170
Amount: $4,000
Russia Advisory Board
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Association of Small Indigenous People of the North of Republic Buryatia
To conduct two seminars in the Buryatia Republic to raise awareness of the local rights and the environmental and health impacts of a proposed gold mining operation in the Sojoty indigenous community. The association works to protect the Buryat traditions by organizing and conducting traditional holidays; carrying out environmental monitoring; and collaborating with local and regional governments to ensure the protection of environmental and indigenous human rights. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-150
Amount: $2,500
Russia Advisory Board
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Straw Chapiter
To enable the publication of a brochure on American, European and Russian experience in environmentally friendly housing construction techniques and to organize a conference entitled "Ecology as a factor of affordable housing" in the Altai Republic. Funds will also be used to conduct several practical workshops on environmental housing. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-162
Amount: $1,989
Russia Advisory Board
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The Evenks Association of Aldan “Sigun”
To educate representatives from 24 Evenks nomadic communities on public participation methods through a series of meetings and workshops. Additionally, funds will be used to raise public awareness about impacts of nearby development projects, including the Elkon Uranium Deposit project, the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline, and the Kankun dam. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-958
Amount: $2,000
Russia Advisory Board
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Baikal Environmental Wave
To set up a number of expositions and public seminars in the new interactive learning center in Irkutsk to inform the public about practices on the local level that can be used to combat climate change. The organization also encourages education, community dialogue, public awareness, and community participation in decision-making processes. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-198
Amount: $2,300
Earth Island Institute
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To save home land
To increase public ecological control over a forest and lake near Baturino Village that both suffer from solid waste pollution, poaching, and uncontrolled use of non-forest products (berries, herbs, etc). The organization will also conduct awareness campaigns, clean ups, and will create a nature protection-oriented website, which will cover urgent environmental issues at local and regional levels. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-216
Amount: $1,194
Russia Advisory Board
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Altai Ecological Fund
To work in collaboration with the local government to carry out a soil recultivation and restoration project at an abandoned gold mining site in the Altai region. The fund protects environmental rights by providing environmental consulting services for local residents, grassroots groups, and other nongovernmental organizations. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-212
Amount: $1,667
Russia Advisory Board
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Tomsk Regional Youth Social Organization "Otchiy cray"
To support reforestation as well as clean-up efforts around the Sun Meadow eco-settlement, created by locals who wanted to demonstrate the successful implementation of environmentally-friendly and energy-saving methods of housing construction. The organization works to promote environmental education and awareness among local youth. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-218
Amount: $690
Russia Advisory Board
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Biodiversity Center
To preserve the Russian Desman, who's population has been decreasing because of poaching and environmental degradation. The organization will conduct a series of educational campaigns, disseminate pamphlets, and perform anti-poaching spot checks. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-219
Amount: $1,667
Russia Advisory Board
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Siberian Ecological Agency
To support the 5th International Conference, "Siberian Rivers," which will take place in Tomsk in March of 2010. The conference will bring together experts and nongovernmental organizations that work to protect and preserve the world’s rivers in order to share knowledge and practical experiences, and to develop common solutions to the current environmental degradation of Siberia’s freshwater sources. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-954
Amount: $5,000
Russia Advisory Board
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Initiative Group "Pristine Angara"
To monitor and evaluate the environmental and health impacts of mining activities in the Motygino Region. Activities include public meetings and round tables in an effort to establish long term communication between the local population and government agencies. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-153
Amount: $2,800
Russia Advisory Board
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Public Ecological Monitoring Network of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
To support four seminars in Southern Yakutia intended to educate indigenous populations about pressing regional issues, especially rapid industrial development. The seminars will also discuss how to protect their lands and human rights, and introduce the basics of public monitoring and control. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-086
Amount: $5,000
Russia Advisory Board
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Initiative Group of citizens "Rainbow"
To clean up a one-hectare lake in Chilino Village, issue and distribute information booklets among local residents, and plants trees around the lake. Radugal (Rainbow) will also cover the project results in the local newspaper and create a video of the project results. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-215
Amount: $1,189
Russia Advisory Board
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Association of Small Indigenous Peoples of the North “Koryakia”
To address the potential impacts of pipeline construction projects Koryakia-1 and Koryakia -2 through a series of public awareness campaigns, monitoring activities and round table discussions. Funds will also be used to equip an office of the Olutorskaja Association of Small Indigenous Peoples with a computer and a phone, which works in a very remote region of Koryakia and lacks internet and phone connections. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-962
Amount: $3,000
Russia Advisory Board
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Edelweis
To hold eighty environmental lectures at twelve schools in three districts of the Chita region. The funds will enable members of the organization to travel to the designated districts for the lectures. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-965
Amount: $2,294
Russia Advisory Board
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Tomsk Children and Youth Public Organization "Ulei"
To improve the condition of the local nature monument "Camp Garden" through monitoring and restoration activities. Activities include constructing a scenic overlook area with information boards; and developing and carrying out regular eco-tourism educational tours in collaboration with experts from the local Geology Department. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-967
Amount: $1,750
Russia Advisory Board
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Amykta
To address the impacts of a proposed gas-chemical plant near the Pavlovsk settlement, and to involve the local population in the decision-making process. The group is planning to reach its goals by gathering and distributing information about plant construction, conducting public meetings and opinion polls, and increasing coverage in the local and regional mass media. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-969
Amount: $2,000
Russia Advisory Board
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World Around Us
To hold a contest of environmental oriented drawings involving all the schools of the Kamchatka region. Specifically, children will depict what they consider to be the most urgent environmental issues in their communities and the winning art will be used in a regional mass media campaign to attract government and public attention to the pressing oil and gas development issues in Kamchatka. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-971
Amount: $2,500
Russia Advisory Board
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Green Inventions
To partially cover travel expenses of students and teachers from remote regions of Tomsk Oblast, so they can participate in a regional youth contest of technical 'inventions' aimed at environmental protection and preservation - including resource- and energy-saving solutions. Participants are to define the most urgent environmental issues of Tomsk Oblast, and then identify a 'technical solution'; the best 'inventions' will be awarded certificates and winners will be encouraged to proceed with applying for patents. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-217
Amount: $1,665
Russia Advisory Board
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School Forestry "Formica"
To promote environmental awareness among local students in order to protect and preserve the taiga forests of northeastern Russia's Altai Krai region and Lake Svetloe. Activities include outreach programs, reforestation efforts, and monitoring activities in collaboration with local schools. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-957
Amount: $2,792
Russia Advisory Board
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Ecosphere
To address the issue of domestic waste pollution in Mikhailovskoe Village through a local awareness campaign, and also by planting bushes and trees on the perimeter of a local waste dumping site. This 'shield' is intended to stop soil erosion and the spread of waste beyond the borders of the dumping site. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-209
Amount: $1,000
Russia Advisory Board
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Association of Indigenous People of Irkutsk
To enable a plan to reintroduce several herds of reindeer into the Tuturo Evenki native territory. Their team leader will also work with a geo-botanist and a reindeer specialist to research the historical placement of reindeer herds in areas near to the headwaters of the Lena River. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-199
Amount: $2,300
Earth Island Institute
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OO "Arkhar"
To involve local residents in the protection of snow leopards in the Argut region in the Altai Republic. The organization will hire an experienced biologist; support educational events; and purchase a tarpaulin yurt to house a spiritual center and museum about snow leopards. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-200
Amount: $3,550
Earth Island Institute
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Foundation for Sustainable Development of Altai
To promote ecotourism as a source of income for five shepherd families living in Sailyugem National Park. Specifically, the shepherd families will serve as guides, develop trails, and produce local crafts as souvenirs for tourists to the local herder camps in Sailyugem and Ulandryk. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-201
Amount: $3,550
Earth Island Institute
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Integral
To create a database on all the protected areas in Altai Krai, to include the most updated information on their status and condition, and then to create a compact disk based on this database and distribute it to local schools, nonprofits, government agencies, tourist agencies and the general public. The group will also organize series of presentations and public meetings to educate local communities about the protected areas. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-206
Amount: $1,550
Russia Advisory Board
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Altai Krai Public Movement "Start With Your Own Home"
To improve the organizational website and to support the distribution of the environmentally-oriented newspaper, "Altai Nature," which promotes environmental mentality and awareness in Altai Krai. Funds will also be used to expand the network both of paid and volunteer journalists. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-208
Amount: $1,667
Russia Advisory Board
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"Researches"
To stop deforestation and poor forest management in Altai Krai by printing and distributing informational leaflets; organizing public discussions with forest experts, government representatives, and the mass media; and organizing several field trips to forest reserves in Altai Krai. The organization works to raise public awareness of environmental and social issues through advocacy and outreach. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-211
Amount: $1,667
Russia Advisory Board
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Ecoton
To film two educational videos about Altai ecosystems, especially focusing on their rare and endangered species of flora and fauna. The project will be completed in collaboration with Committee of Education of Altai Krai and will be distributed among local schools and non-governmental organizations. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-213
Amount: $2,160
Russia Advisory Board
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| Asia : Samoa : 2010 |
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Poutasi Youth Organization
To alleviate the shortage of safe, drinkable water in the Poutasi village by purchasing 10 water tanks. The Poutasi village was severely damaged by the September 2009 tsunami, in which over half the village lost their homes. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-484
Amount: $5,000
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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Aleipata District Marine Protected Area Committee
To clean up and restore a freshwater pool in the only mangrove area of Malaela, which serves as a drinking water source for the villagers, yet has been completely covered by debris from the recent tsunami. Funds will be used to remove debris from the pool and to demarcate and cement the boundaries of the drinking water source. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-421
Amount: $7,000
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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| Asia : Solomon Islands : 2010 |
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Network for the Indigenous Peoples-Solomon
To purchase office equipment needed to organize and coordinate an environmental education campaign in the Solomon Islands. Purchases will include computers, printers, and software programs, and will enable the organization to create and print out informational brochures, access the internet, and better connect with like-minded environmental groups. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-416
Amount: $5,000
Pacific Islands Advisory Board
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| Asia : Sri Lanka : 2010 |
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Center for Environmental Justice
To allow the organization to participate in Rivers for Life, to be held in October 2010. The conference will bring stakeholders interested in strengthening regional and international networks; creating new alliances and evaluation processes; to share information and skills; and finally to develop collective strategies that inspire and recharge the movement. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-344
Amount: $2,249
International Rivers
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| Asia : Thailand : 2010 |
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Project of Ecological Awareness Building
To cover travel costs for several activists to attend the Chevron annual general meeting and related media events in an effort to pressure the company for its irresponsible practices around the world, including several large projects in the Nakhon Srithammaraj Province. The organization monitors mega-projects under the country’s Southern Development Plan and uses its findings to raise public awareness, conduct advocacy campaigns, and initiate legal actions on behalf of impacted communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-518
Amount: $611
Rainforest Action Network
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Mekong Community Media Project
To produce a report and school education programs in both English and Thai on the downstream impacts of dams along the Upper Mekong River. These programs will highlight local concerns and experiences, including the recent drought and flood crises. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-337
Amount: $3,000
International Rivers
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| Asia : Vietnam : 2010 |
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Center for Water Resources Conservation and Development
To study the impacts of hydroelectric development, climate change, and environmental degradation in the Tan Chau district of An Giang Province in Vietnam. Specifically, the study will develop strategies for local communities to cope with the social and environmental impacts of recent and coming changes. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-117
Amount: $3,000
International Rivers
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Institute of Tropical Biology
To lead a review and public consultation on a proposal for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in Vietnam in an effort to ensure the interests of poor communities are included and the protection of local forests is improved. The organization will initiate a series of group discussions on the country's draft REDD-Readiness Plan Idea Note about the challenges of REDD; mobilize inputs from civil society organizations, mass organizations, academia, government agencies and communities; and produce an initial assessment of REDD and related issues such as land tenure, access to natural resources, and forest protection. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-268
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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| Central America/Caribbean : Costa Rica : 2010 |
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Red Indigena de Territorio y Biodiversidad
To strengthen and expand the network’s information dissemination system for resources related to the indigenous peoples' platform, and to extend the list of subscribers to 500 more during 2010. The group will also use funds to develop several investigative projects for themed editions of the electronic newsletter, and will generate 24 special issues of its newsletter. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-110
Amount: $5,000
Donor Advised
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Asociacion de Mujeres Indigenas Nogbes de Abrojo Montezuma
To reinforce the traditional knowledge of the Nogbes indigenous women to create sustainable livelihoods; additionally, the association will develop a newsletter on handicrafts and other products made by the indigenous women. The association works to empower indigenous women who often have no access to employment, education, or land ownership. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-303
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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| Central America/Caribbean : El Salvador : 2010 |
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Asocacion Comite Ambiental de Cabanas en Defensa del Agua y Cultura
To organize a campaign against metal mining and the Pacific Rim Corporation, which is actively threatening the environment and livelihood of the local indigenous communities. The organization will also take steps to advance legislation that bans metallic mining in the country. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-304
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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| Central America/Caribbean : Guatemala : 2010 |
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Asociación de Vecinos para el Desarrollo Integral de Champerico
To organize marine and coastal environmental education activities for fisherman, schools, and communities along the southern coast. Additionally, the group will strengthen the management of organization to include more members. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-336
Amount: $2,000
Central America Advisory Board
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Asociación Civil de Campesinas y Campesinos Unidos con la Sociedad
To establish a model of organic food production that will use environmental-friendly products and to construct greenhouses that will be used to grow oyster mushrooms for both consumption and sale. Additionally, funds will be used to strengthen the capacity of the organization. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-843
Amount: $3,000
Central America Advisory Board
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Asociación Ulew Che Ja
To do chemical and bacterial analysis and monitoring of 21 potable water systems, and to organize a workshop about the management and administration of water sources. The association implements reforestation and environmental education projects to conserve a healthy watershed. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-322
Amount: $3,000
Central America Advisory Board
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Vecinos de San Buena Ventura
To educate local community members about their rights and responsibilities as Guatemalan citizens, specifically focusing on the environment. Additionally, funds will be used to organize forums and workshops to better integrate the different Community Development Councils in the Chuarruancho area, as well as develop and print informational materials about environmental rights and the need to conserve and protect natural resources. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-842
Amount: $3,000
Central America Advisory Board
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| Central America/Caribbean : Haiti : 2010 |
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Lambi Fund of Haiti
To support Lambi Fund for Haiti's four phase earthquake recovery strategy, which aims to help rural communities cope with the mass exodus of people from Port au Prince. Specific phases involve, water and sanitation, rebuilding, sustainable agriculture, and developing economic opportunities for displaced peoples. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-139
Amount: $25,000
Donor Advised
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| Central America/Caribbean : Honduras : 2010 |
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Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña
To send a delegation of afro-descendant community leaders to Bolivia for the People's World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights in April. Specifically, funds will be used to organize meetings to prepare for the meeting, and to cover the transportation and lodging costs of the delegation. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-261
Amount: $3,500
Central America Advisory Board
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El Patronato Comunal de El Muñeco
To strengthen reforestation efforts in southern Honduras, especially in areas incorporated into the government’s desertification control program, as well as those that include valuable species such as quebracho, laurel, and caoba. The organization will also hold community workshops and meetings with other groups in its network. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-258
Amount: $2,500
Central America Advisory Board
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Comité de Protección de la Tortuga Golfina
To support the conservation of mangroves and marine resources in the Gulf of Fonesca. The group will work to develop the skill sets of several female community leaders; to strengthen the process of monitoring and protecting the Olive Ridley Turtles; and to organize a public awareness campaign. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-263
Amount: $3,000
Central America Advisory Board
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Comité de Ecoturismo Bahía de Chismuyo
To hold workshops in Playa Grande, Agua Fría, Nagarejo, Moropocay, and Puerto La Brea on using plastic waste to create artisanal crafts. By teaching community members about this important issue, the workshop will help eliminate plastic waste (which is prevalent in the area), and will provide an alternative source of income for these communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-262
Amount: $3,000
Central America Advisory Board
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Red de Desarrollo Sostenible - Honduras
To maintain and update the organization's climate change portal on their website. The portal includes information on climate change negotiations and agreements, mitigation and adaptation, and experiences and strategies of rural and indigenous communities of Central America. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-264
Amount: $3,000
Central America Advisory Board
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Asociación de Juntas Administradoras de Agua de Balfate
To hold workshops for local water committees in Balfate on climate change, policies around Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD), and adaptation technologies. Part of the grant will be used to develop a proposal to apply for REDD funding, and to implement to organization's strategic plan. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-260
Amount: $3,000
Central America Advisory Board
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Comité Pro Gestión para la Construcción de la Hidroeléctrica Mocal
To organize meetings and workshops with the Mocal region's stakeholders, who will work with the government to approve a small hydroelectric project on the Mocal River. This project will generate 12 to 15 megawatts of clean evergy that could be used to help decrease the poverty in more than 20 communities in the area. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-259
Amount: $3,000
Central America Advisory Board
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| Central America/Caribbean : Nicaragua : 2010 |
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Asociación Nacional de Cluster y Redes locales para el Desarrollo
To send three leaders from indigenous organizations from Nicaragua to the third Mesoamerican Protected Areas Conference in Mexico in March 2010. At this meeting, indigenous community representatives from throughout the region will convene to begin developing a common agenda for the next United Nations Climate Change Conference. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-174
Amount: $11,000
Central America Advisory Board
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Fundación Alianza para un Mundo Verde
To evaluate the condition of protected areas in Central America and the risks posed by climate change. Specifically, this assessment will be used to create adaptation strategies for communities located in buffer zones of the region's main protected areas. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-411
Amount: $6,000
Central America Advisory Board
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Red Indígena para Biodiversidad
To help organize and disseminate information about the negotiation processes of autonomous territories, including experiences and examples gathered from Nicaraguan communities over the past two years. Specifically, funds will be used to organize two meetings with community leaders and to design, publish and disseminate relevant informational material. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-850
Amount: $2,000
Central America Advisory Board
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| Europe : Albania : 2010 |
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Organic Agriculture Association
To conduct a public awareness campaign throughout the country by creating a website (www.klimapondryshon.com), and by distributing 1,000 promotional cloth bags. The group will also create an awareness campaign on carbon dioxide leakage from large international corporations. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-307
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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| Europe : Hungary : 2010 |
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Waste Prevention Alliance
To support collaborative efforts to oppose the construction of new waste incinerators or the establishment of municipal solid waste incineration power plants in Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, or Slovakia. Additionally, the organization will assist local governments and institutions that have expressed interest in Zero Waste projects and the inclusion of zero waste practices in regional waster management plans. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-132
Amount: $20,000
Donor Advised
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| Europe : Poland : 2010 |
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Inicjatywa AntyNuklearna
To publish a booklet entitled Nuclear Energy: The Way to Exit, which was originally issued by the French Network, Sortir du Nucleaire. The organization also works to present a critical analysis of nuclear energy to the Polish general public by conducting lectures; organizing public meetings; collaborating with mass media; and providing professional audio and video presentations. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-804
Amount: $2,500
Friends of the Earth
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| Europe : Ukraine : 2010 |
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The Green Movement of Zaporizhzhia
To support leaders of non-governmental organizations to participate in an Energy Efficiency Conference, in May 2010, with other organizational leaders, government officials, and the public. The organization promotes the development of public ecological movements in the Zaporozhye region through information and awareness campaigns, research, networking, and the publication of environmentally-focused materials. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-202
Amount: $3,000
Earth Island Institute
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| North America : Canada : 2010 |
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Grassy Narrows Women's Drum Group
To attract public attention in Toronto about the 1970s mercury contamination of the Grassy Narrows community from an upstream pulp mill by holding a public talk on the 40th anniversary of the poisoning, and organizing a public march (on World Health Day) to restart negotiations to strengthen Ontario's guidelines and polices around water protection. A recently published study on the health of Grassy Narrows residents showed that the health impacts of mercury poisoning are substantially worse than they were in the 1970s. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-420
Amount: $3,000
Rainforest Action Network
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Ts Wedi'Elh
To support a four-day Action Camp around several proposed pipelines that threaten several sensitive ecosystems, including those of the ‘Unist’ot’en territories. The Camp will bring together impacted community members and environmental groups from Alberta, Minnesota, and North Dakota and will focus on building a strategic action plan to stop the pipelines; train participants on Non-Violent Direct Action; and educate participants on carbon trading. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-506
Amount: $5,000
Rainforest Action Network
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David Suzuki Foundation
To support the foundation's sustainable aquaculture program, which aims to ensure that production practices in Canada’s fish farming industry carry as few negative environmental and biological impacts on wild fish populations and marine ecosystems as is possible. The organization is evaluating and improving species protection initiatives, and working to improve marketing, labeling, and purchasing practices in Canada’s seafood market. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-102
Amount: $50,000
Donor Advised
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RAVEN Trust
To support a documentary film project aimed at mobilizing opposition to the Taseko Mines Ltd.'s proposed Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine in British Columbia. The mine development would require complete drainage of Fish Lake, which sits at the headwaters of the Taseko River. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-111
Amount: $5,000
Donor Advised
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Salmon Coast Field Station Society
To support the organization as it transitions into a self-sustaining research facility. Additional activities include a fundraising campaign aimed at establishing an endowment and hiring an on-site manager. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-137
Amount: $20,000
Donor Advised
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| North America : Mexico : 2010 |
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Jittoa Bat Nataka-Weria
To support the establishment of a seed bank that will be managed by a coalition of indigenous communities. The organization works in the Sonora region to promote local biodiversity by preserving the cultivation of traditional medicinal plants and other native species and advancing alternatives to pesticide use in the area. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-098
Amount: $5,000
Pesticide Action Network
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Rural By-Products
To support the organization’s activities to increase the range of and further promote holistic cattle ranching through the creation of five new pilot demonstration farms. The organization seeks to decrease the impacts of cattle farming on the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, one of the most biodiverse and important protected areas in Mexico. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-196
Amount: $5,000
Earth Island Institute
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Sistemas Naturales y Desarrollo, A.C.
To support the organization's Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Education program in El Pescadero. Specifically, the organization will develop three subprograms focused on solid waste management, community involvement in environmental education, and youth environmental education. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-252
Amount: $15,000
Donor Advised
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Tierra Nativa A.C.
To file a land claim to stop the forced relocation of 19 Tarahamura families in Mogotavo, an unjustified process caused by the construction a luxury resort that would physically divide the community and destroy some of the most sacred sites in the area. In addition, Tierra Nativa will file legal claims to support the Pima community of Yepachi to cancel legal contract between a mining company and the community, which ceded traditional lands without free, prior and informed consent. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-464
Amount: $4,000
Rainforest Action Network
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| North America : United States : 2010 |
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Grantmakers Without Borders
To provide general support for this charitable organization, which reaches out to donors to leverage their entry into the field of social justice philanthropy. Grantmakers Without Borders uses several approaches to do so, including creating new international donors, moving current international donors into social justice philanthropy, and improving the quality and effectiveness of international giving. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-398
Amount: $3,000
Special Opportunities Fund
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| South America : Argentina : 2010 |
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Taller Ecologista
To support Taller Ecologista’s participation at the 3rd International Meeting of Dam-Affected Peoples (Rivers for Life 3), to be held in Temacapulin, Mexico in October 2010. The meeting will bring together hundreds of representatives of communities, NGOs, and other groups from around the world to share experiences, develop collective strategies, and strengthen the international movement to protect rivers and human rights. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-399
Amount: $8,480
South America Regional Fund
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Fundación Eco Urbano
To support free clinics and legal consultations on environmental justice for communities in the Mesopotamia region of Argentina. These workshops will enhance local capacity to effectively engage in natural resource-related conflicts and to defend their environmental rights. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-240
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Fundación Eco Urbano
To publish a book about the biodiversity of Paraná, Argentina, which will be distributed freely to educational institutions, libraries, community centers, and neighborhood groups in the region. This book, authored by Francisco Rodríguez, will include a combination of photographs, poems, and scientific data that will contribute to a greater cultural awareness of the local environment. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-067
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Taller Ecologista
To support a campaign to achieve a Zero-Waste law for Rosario city. Activities include raising awareness among key political, health, and community actors on pollution-related problems by holding training workshops, distributing relevant information, training volunteers, monitoring Zero-Waste law discussions, and networking with local groups. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-139
Amount: $25,000
Donor Advised
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BIOS Quilmes
To develop illustrated educational materials to distribute to schools, libraries, agricultural networks, and the internet that highlight the problem of the loss of food sovereignty among different communities and peoples of Argentina due to the spread of monocultures, agro fuels, and genetically modified seeds. Bios Quilmes will supplement the materials with interactive workshops and presentations. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-444
Amount: $4,900
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Fundacion para la Gestion e Investiagcion Regional
To conduct a community-based assessment and mapping of natural resources in the La Estrella region, with special emphasis to promote the participation of women and youth in the project. Capacity-building workshops on leather tanning, sustainable tourism, artisanal craft-making, and grassland management will also be held. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-019
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
To work with local recyclers and trash pickers of the city of La Plata to gather information about solid waste management; help cooperatives participate in decisions about waste management; and publish a manual for the public about trash separation before recycling. Additional activities include organizing a workshop to raise awareness in the public's role in waste management. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-446
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Centro de Políticas Públicas para el Socialismo (CEPPAS)
To resist the expansion of oil exploration in northern Patagonia. Specifically, funds will be used to create a daily communication and weekly newsletter that will disseminate information and updates about oil activities in this areas to create a publication titled, Agua Viva, that will address the uses, cultural value, and impact of the hydrocarbon industry. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-015
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Fundación para el Desarrollo Humano Sustentable de la Patagonia
To promote sustainable tourism as an economic alternative to fishing in El Riacho. Specifically, funds will be used to design a tourist brochure; to educate local fisherfolk and their families about the business of tourism; to inform and involve the local government in the project; and to expand the tourism infrastructure in the area. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-017
Amount: $3,600
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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| South America : Bolivia : 2010 |
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Observatorio Boliviano de Conflictos Mineros
To offer general support as the organization develops its programs. Specifically, funds will be used for regular organizational meetings; the convening of forums, meetings, and debates related to community participation in mining-related policies; and the publication and dissemination of informational materials. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-238
Amount: $5,000
South America Regional Fund
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Colectivo de Coordinación Socioambientales "Colectivo CASA"
To help ensure that environmental and social justice factors are taken into consideration as Bolivia works to reform its mining law. Specifically, funds will be used to write and publish articles and analyses, and to organize meetings and workshops that will raise awareness about environmental justice and the socio-environmental impacts of mining. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-092
Amount: $5,000
South America Regional Fund
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Confederación de Mujeres Indígenas de Bolivia
To support the organization's general operating expenses in their efforts to promote the rights of indigenous peoples in the Bolivian lowlands and protect and reclaim their native lands. The grant will be matched by a $4,000 grant from Land is Life which, together, will provide over nine months of operating funds. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-466
Amount: $4,000
Rainforest Action Network
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Juventud Ecologísta en Acción
To organize the 3rd Environmental Music Festival ILLAPA . The organization will also use funds to host environmental workshops and talks for other youth groups, develop reports, pamphlets, documentaries and TV shows on environmental problems and injustices in Oruro, Bolivia. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-423
Amount: $5,000
Andes Advisory Board
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Expedición Madidi
To organize a 15 person expedition of 15-20 days to visit isolated indigenous communities located along the Peruvian border and near the Absolute Reserve Zone of Toromona. The purpose of the visit is to check on and document the state of the reserve area and the remote campesino communities nearby. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-133
Amount: $5,000
Andes Advisory Board
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| South America : Brazil : 2010 |
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Centro de Apoio Sócio-Ambiental
To support Flow Fund Circle member Marcelo de Castro Cavalcati. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-403
Amount: $20,000
Donor Advised
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Combonianos Nordeste (Campanha Justiça nos Trilhos)
To enhance communication between the local movements of the Pará and Maranhão communities and the national and international activists. The group wishes to establish a common agenda that will help guarantee the socio and environmental rights of the communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-539
Amount: $6,514
South America Regional Fund
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Associação Nacional dos Atingidos por Barragens
To bring together dam-affected communities in the Amazon region by improving communication between communities and to organize actions to defend the rivers, people, and the biodiversity of the region. The organization fights against the construction of large dams in order to preserve traditional ways of life for riverbank communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-324
Amount: $5,077
South America Regional Fund
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Associacao Sociocultural Yawanawa
To mobilize community teams to protect and defend the borders of their ancestral lands against logging and game hunting. Specifically, the organization will purchase communication and transportation supplies, including GPS equipment, cameras, and a boat. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-132
Amount: $29,000
Donor Advised
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Associação Camponesa da Serra Catarinense
To increase awareness about the importance of sustainable agriculture and biodiversity conservation in rural communities. Additionally the organization seeks to advance the implementation of the Regional Damless Development Plan to stop the Brazilian Development Bank from funding major hydroelectric projects. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-537
Amount: $6,752
South America Regional Fund
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Movimento de Mulheres Trabalhadoras de Altamira Campo e Cidade
To enable indigenous peoples and traditional communities from the region to participate in the dialogue around the development of the Belo Monte hydroelectric project. The purpose of the grant is to ensure that the people who will be most impacted by the dam are included in the decision-making processes. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-172
Amount: $5,673
South America Regional Fund
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Associação de Defensa da Vida e da Natureza do Vale do Río Uruguai
To organize a regional conference that will continue a consultation and popular mobilization process aimed at developing a proposal for sustainable development in the region. Specifically, this proposal will be presented to the Brazilian Development Bank as an alternative to projects that the bank currently funds. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-173
Amount: $5,916
South America Regional Fund
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Movimento Xingu Vivo para Sempre
To organize a meeting of Xingu indigenous leaders with the purpose of sharing information; promoting communication amongst the different tribes of the region; and defining new strategies to address the Belo Monte Dam. The organization is a movement of over 150 local, regional, and international organizations that work to defend the Xingu River and the populations that depend on it. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-325
Amount: $10,000
South America Regional Fund
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Movimento de Mulheres Trabalhadoras de Altamira Campo e Cidade
To enable a caravan of farmers, indigenous people, and other members of the Xingu River community to attend a public hearing convened by the Federal Public Ministry and the Brazilian Electricity Sector on the impacts of the Belo Monter Hydroelectric Project. The organization works to address environmental food security issues. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-115
Amount: $5,000
International Rivers
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| South America : Chile : 2010 |
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Lof Epu Rewe Molco
To create an intercultural environmental education plan to preserve the Mapuche Indigenous People's sustainable way of life. Additional activities include developing an ecotourism sector, and encouraging intercultural participation based on local and ancestral Mapuche knowledge. The group is comprised of several local indigenous communities, which organized themselves in order to protect human and environmental rights. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-302
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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Red de Acción en Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas de América Latina
To enact country bans on the use of endosulfan in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, and to push for a global ban on the insecticide via the Stockholm Convention where Red de Acción en Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas de América Latina will coordinate with the Pesticide Action Network, the International Persistent Organic Pollutants Elimination Network members participating in the Convention’s Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee, and the Pesticide Working Group. Campaign work will seek to secure the support of more scientists, outline sound alternatives for crops currently favored for endosulfan spraying, and expand its media and public outreach efforts. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-250
Amount: $20,000
Donor Advised
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Comité Nacional Pro Defensa de La Fauna y Flora CODEFF
To support a campaign that aims to collect and disseminate information on the potential negative impacts of the Endesa and Colburn y Xtrata hydroelectric projects in Aisen Biological Reserve. Specifically, funds will be used for television and radio spots, the production and distribution of posters, and travel for interviews. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-095
Amount: $5,000
South America Regional Fund
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Escuela de Guias de la Patagonia
To mobilize community actions in defense of Patagonia’s rivers. The group will support communities working to prevent dam construction on several rivers, including the Palena, Manihuales, Murta, and Baker, and network communities in their defence of rivers. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-181
Amount: $4,000
International Rivers
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ONG Conservación Marina
To assist in developing a joint recovery plan of the small fishing cooperatives on Mocha Island, whose infrastructure was wiped out by the February 2010 tsunami in Chile. The cooperatives will reorganize themselves and purchase equipment for artisanal fishing. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-447
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Agrupación Ambiental y Sociocultural Antükülef
To organize a two day meeting comprised of organizations in the Aysén region involved in the Patagonia Sin Represas (Patagonia without Dams) campaign. There is currently a large-scale hydroelectric project being planned in the region that will involve the construction of 5 dams on the Baker and Pascua Rivers, which would have significant economic and environmental implications for the region. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-138
Amount: $2,700
South America Regional Fund
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Agrupación Ambiental Guanay
To mobilize the citizens of Los Molles to conserve and restore the costal wetland through promotional materials, organized clean-up days, and documentation of wetland protection. The wetland has become a garbage dump and faces a threat of being filled for new construction. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-134
Amount: $2,500
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Sindicato de Trabajadores Independientes Boteros de la Laguna de Cahuil
To repair boats that were damaged and to replace two boats that were destroyed in the February 2010 tsunami in Chile. The group works to conserve the traditional method of transport on Lake Cahuil by keeping the association's boats in good condition and by ensuring the security of their property and equitable distribution of natural resources. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-449
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Fundación Terram
To improve regulatory standards governing Chile's aquaculture industry, with specific emphasis on the salmon and mussel farming, both of which have been environmentally destructive to the coastal regions of Patagonia. Specifically, a monitoring and outreach program will be developed, in addition to a study on the impacts of mussel farming. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-104
Amount: $40,000
Donor Advised
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Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente
To provide general support to the organization and its programs to protect freshwater and marine ecosystems, promote biodiversity conservation, and support the empowerment of Chile’s rural communities. Special attention will be given to reconstruction and recovery efforts in coastal communities devastated by the February 27, 2010 earthquake and tsunamis. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-103
Amount: $65,000
Donor Advised
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Informativo Mapuche Mapuexpress - GTDC
To create a book that demonstrates the organization's over the last 10 years, including a general overview of the themes the newssource addressed, and articles written by correspondents and partners. Mapuexpress promotes unity of the Mapuche communities throughout Chile by gathering, compiling, and distributing pertinent information and current news to rural communities that do not have access to other information sources. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-495
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Comité de Defensa Valle Chuchiñi
To protect the natural, cultural and social resources of the Cuchiñi valley from the incursion of large-scale transnational mining companies. Funds will be used to conduct an environmental audit of the Vale-run 'Three Valleys' mining project; to perform a scientific assessment of health impacts on nearby communities; and to prepare a dossier documenting the impacts of the mine, which will support the work of local and international networks. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-096
Amount: $5,000
South America Regional Fund
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Grupo de Trabajo Mapuche por los Derechos Colectivos
To organize three trawünes, or meetings, that will bring together Mapuche leaders from the Los Ríos del Sur region of Chile to learn about Article 6 of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, which outlines a community or group’s right to participate in decision-making processes that may affect them directly. The meetings aim to ensure active participation in debates surrounding proposed development projects - such as large-scale hydroelectric dams - on Mapuche territories. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-020
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Fundación Terram
To assist communities affected by the Concepcion earthquake and tsunami in February 2010. The organization will work within its existing network of coastal community groups oriented around environmental and sustainable fishing issues. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-257
Amount: $15,000
Donor Advised
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Fundación Sociedades Sustentables
To continue the organization's campaign for a GMO Free Chile that was launched in 2009 with Global Greengrants' support. The organization will track the emerging GMO legislation; strengthen the Network for a Chile Free of GMO's; organize an event with farmers to exchange traditional seeds; and create a national digital registry of traditional seeds and plant variety in Chile. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-496
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Centro Ecoceanos
To use the Mapuche-Lafkenche indigenous group's knowledge of earthquakes, tsunamis, and natural catastrophes to improve the informational response and communication systems of coastal Chilean communities. The organization seeks to promote the protection of marine and freshwater environments of Chile by educating the public and assisting with implementation of conservation measures. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-256
Amount: $15,000
Donor Advised
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Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente
To support the Maule Itata Coastkeeper project which aims to reduce water pollution and protect coastal areas between the Maule and Itata Rivers. This area was heavily affected by the Concepcion earthquake in February 2010 and funds will help local fisherman purchase new equipment and resume their livelihood. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-254
Amount: $15,000
Donor Advised
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Centro de Conservación Cetacea
To secure the establishment of a comprehensive Marine Protected Area framework, which will offer the Chilean government an effective and responsive set of tools with which to meet its international commitments to marine conservation. Specifically, the organization will hold a workshop for domestic and international ocean policy experts to create a final report on the Framework, that will be presented at the Convention on Biodiversity in Nagoya, Japan. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-100
Amount: $25,000
Donor Advised
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| South America : Colombia : 2010 |
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Grupo Asociativo y Comunitario de Trabajo Sembradores de Vida
To conserve water and soil by implementing an environmentally sustainable, silvopasture, system of razing sheep - an alternative to the traditional culture of raising cattle - in the community of Nazarena. The group will buy supplies to build corrals and pastures, sheep, food, and vitamins. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-405
Amount: $5,000
Andes Advisory Board
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Asociación de Productores para el Desarrollo Comunitario de la Cienaga Grande de Lorica
To document and disseminate information about the impacts of mega-hydroelectric projects on communities of the Sinu River watershed, as well as the actions communities have take to protest against them. Specifically, this information will be shared with community-based organizations that work on similar issues so that they are able to learn from the experience of the Sinu River communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-091
Amount: $5,000
South America Regional Fund
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Wayuumunsurat
To cover travel costs for several activists to attend the Chevron annual general meeting and related media events in an effort to pressure the company for its irresponsible practices around the world. A local indigenous Wayuu from La Guajira will represent the organization, translated as Women Weaving Peace, and speak about the pipeline that goes through her community’s traditional territory and its social and environmental impacts. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-507
Amount: $611
Rainforest Action Network
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Asociación de Productores para el Desarrollo Comunitario de la Cienaga Grande de Lorica
To produce a documentary on the negative environmental and social impacts of the Urra I Dam on Colombia's Sinu River; this dam has displaced more than 12,000 citizens and compromised the lives of 60,000 fisherman. The organization seeks to give the local people greater decision-making power in their practices of sustainability. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-404
Amount: $2,000
International Rivers
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Asociación de Productores para el Desarrollo Comunitario de la Cienaga Grande de Lorica
To share information about the impacts of mega-hydroelectric projects on communities of the Sinú River watershed with other community-based organizations facing similar issues. Activities include redesigning the organization's website, creating and disseminating informational materials, and participating in regional and national forums in an effort to share lessons learned and successful actions taken. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-028
Amount: $3,500
International Rivers
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Grupo Semillas
To support the participation of civil society representatives from Latin American countries at the Inter-American Development Bank meeting in Cancun, Mexico. Attendance of civil society representatives is crucial as it is often the only source of contrary and critical perspectives of the Bank for local and international media. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-379
Amount: $5,000
IFI Advisory Board
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| South America : Ecuador : 2010 |
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Federación de Organizaciones Campesinas y Ingígenas de Azuay
To inform citizens about Ecuador's Constitution and proposed water law, community rights, and mechanisms that ensure that decisions about water rights remain in communities. The organization will share successful experiences in local water management and models that can be used in the region and country. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-427
Amount: $2,500
Andes Advisory Board
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ClimAmbiente
To support workshops in Puyo of 20 leaders of the Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de la Amazónia Ecuatoriana from the various indigenous nationalities it represents, along with the printing of a climate change brochure created for, and to be distributed among, local communities. The project will also strengthen Amazonian participation in international policy debates on adaption, mitigation, and the United Nation's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-419
Amount: $3,500
Rainforest Action Network
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Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon
To support two workshops in Orellana and Pastaza, Ecuador to raise awareness among indigenous communities of the potential impacts of government development initiatives. The workshops will specifically focus on the implementation programs related to the United Nation's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program and climate change, in order better equip local communities to respond to these initiatives, and to protect their cultural autonomy and local natural resources. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-024
Amount: $5,000
Andes Advisory Board
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Producciones Behiquealto
To create artistic materials that will document the struggle of Ecuadorian campesino communities as they fight for their rights to land, water, and food sovereignty. The organization seeks to spread information about and strengthen social movements in Latin America through the creation and dissemination of audiovisual and other creative materials. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-025
Amount: $5,000
Andes Advisory Board
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Latinoamerica Grupo de Objecón de Conciencia Ecuador
To send three representatives from Latin America grassroots groups to the War Resister's International Conference on Nonviolent Livelihood Struggle and Global Militarism: Links and Strategies, which took place in India in January 2010. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-066
Amount: $5,000
Andes Advisory Board
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Alternativas de Desarrollo Humano y Estudios Antropológicos
To organize and host three workshops on nutrition and food sovereignty for women from the Salango-Manabí and surrounding communities focusing on understanding food and nutrition issues at the local, national, and international level. The group stresses the important role women play in transferring knowledge about traditional foods, nutrition, and food sovereignty. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-425
Amount: $5,000
Andes Advisory Board
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Instituto de Estudios Ecologistas del Tercer Mundo
To support a study to evaluate the social and environmental impacts of a proposed petrochemical refinery, a joint venture by the Venezuelan and Ecuadorian governments planned in the coastal province Manabi, Ecuador. The study, whose findings will be disseminated among relevant parties, will investigate potential effects on nearby campesino and fisherfolk communities, as well as possible air, soil, and water pollution impacts. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-237
Amount: $5,000
South America Regional Fund
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Fundación Oilwatch
To organize several marches throughout the country to protest oil development in Yasuni National Park, including a march for youth in Quito. Additional activities include working with the local government of Tiputini to organize a fair to support local and sovereign energy development as an alternative to oil development. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-463
Amount: $5,000
Rainforest Action Network
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Nacionalidad Shiwiar del Ecuador
To organize a seminar for Shiwiar community representatives that will inform participants about the Circunscripción Territorial de la Nacionalidad Shiwiar (Autonomous Territory of the Shiwiar Nation). The seminar took place in Curintsa from April 5-7, 2010 and discussed the importance, objective, vision and mission of the Autonomous Territory, investigated the renewable and non-renewable natural resources that exist within it, and shared information on the Ecuadorian government’s policies and strategies for oil exploration and exploitation in the Ecuadorian Amazon. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-426
Amount: $4,250
Andes Advisory Board
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| South America : Paraguay : 2010 |
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Asociacion Indigenista del Paraguay
To hold a workshop for indigenous communities in Eastern Paraguay, where six people recently died from pesticide exposure, that will educate them about national laws and international conventions they can use as tools to help protect the rights of their people and their lands. The organization will present a document, advocating for the legal territorial rights of these communities to the press, the National Indigenous Institute, and governmental officials. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-089
Amount: $4,800
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Asociacion de Productores Agroecologicos de Luz Bella
To conduct a campaign against the soybean industry, which is causing deforestation of native forests, soil and water contamination, and health effects from pesticides. The association is planning on collaborating with radio stations, and creating workshops that encourage community participation. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-306
Amount: $5,000
Friends of the Earth
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| South America : Peru : 2010 |
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Acullicu Films
To raise awareness about the health and environmental impacts of the Cerro de Pasco mine, and to uphold a law that calls for the relocation of the Cerro de Pasco community. Activities include the creation and dissemination of a documentary as well as several educational workshops for local communities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-094
Amount: $5,000
South America Regional Fund
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Grupo de Formación e Intervención para el Desarrollo Sostenible
To enable participation at the International Meeting of Victims of the Vale Corporation, in Rio de Janeiro. The meeting provides an opportunity for communities in Perú, Chile, Canada, Argentina, Mozambique and others that have been affected by Vale’s operations, to discuss and expose the company’s history of intimidation and human rights violations, and to develop common strategies. The group seeks to promote gender equality, environmental conservation, and sustainable resource use. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-236
Amount: $2,870
South America Regional Fund
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Movimiento por la Salud de la Oroya
To organize a workshop for like-minded organizations to participate in discussions and disseminate information about public health issues, human rights violations, and environmental contamination resulting from Doe Run's metal smelter in La Oroya. The workshop will be used to develop strategic alliances, strengthen networks and social capacities, and promote leadership. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-097
Amount: $5,000
South America Regional Fund
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Consejo Shipibo Konibo Xetebo
To provide the Council of the Shipibo-Konibo with initial seed money for the new nonprofit to unite communities in their efforts to protect their collective territory from the encroaching world. The grant will be used to provide some administrative support and to purchase office equipment and supplies. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-177
Amount: $4,000
Rainforest Action Network
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Comité de Viginalncia del Presupuesto Participativo de la Provincia de Ilo
To reinstate the city’s environmental management plan, and to monitor the governance of the current mayor, who entered office after corruption scandals forced the resignation of his predecessor. The organization will hold workshops to build community monitoring and oversight teams, and will initiate public campaigns calling for improvement in the city’s environmental management plans. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-022
Amount: $5,000
Andes Advisory Board
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Centro De Promoción y Desarrollo Rural Amazónico
To create logistical support related to the "Extraordinary Congress of the Asháninkas Communities" held in March 2010 in Aerija, Peru. The aim of the meeting was to bring together more than 300 elected delegates from indigenous communities to discuss an array of issues, including floodplain management on the Urubamba and Ucayali rivers; the environmental and cultural impacts of oil operations in Atalaya; and other challenges to indigenous rights. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-422
Amount: $5,000
Andes Advisory Board
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Colectivo Comunal de Reflexión Sechura
To enable participation at the International Meeting of Victims of the Vale Corporation, in Rio de Janeiro. The meeting provides an opportunity for communities in Perú, Chile, Canada, Argentina, Mozambique and others that have been affected by Vale’s operations, to discuss and expose the company’s history of intimidation and human rights violations, and to develop common strategies. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-239
Amount: $1,900
South America Regional Fund
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Colectivo Manos Limpias
To create a Mining Truth Commission that will investigate the legitimacy of the activities of mining companies such as Yanacocha and Doe Run Perú. Raising awareness about the socio-environmental impacts that these companies have had on surrounding communities will help Colectivo Manos Limpias advocate for mining practices that respect human rights and the environment. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-021
Amount: $5,000
Andes Advisory Board
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Colectivo de Semillas de Diversidad Vs. Transgénicos
To organize six meetings of eleven organizations to develop a strategy to strengthen the collective's ability to educate decision makers about the dangers of transgenic seeds and the benefits of native seeds. Additional activities include raising awareness amongst the general public about the risks of transgenic seeds through activities, such as the development of a blog and DVD. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-023
Amount: $5,000
Andes Advisory Board
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Vicaría del Medio Ambiente
To create a training curriculum and organize sixteen capacity building workshops on the impacts of extractive industries for communities located in mine-affected areas. Efforts will be focused in the areas around the Rio Blanco, La Granja, Cañariaco, and Barrick Misquichilca mines, and include collaboration with organizations on the Peruvian-Ecuadorian border that are affected by mining activities. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-782
Amount: $3,870
South America Regional Fund
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| South America : Uruguay : 2010 |
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Asociación Bañados de Carrasco
To construct an interpretive center, walking trails, and bird watching areas in the Bañados de Carrasco watershed to protect it from social deterioration and rural abandonment. The center will serve as an educational meeting place for the community to hold talks and workshops about conserving the environment. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-441
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Movimento Agrario y Popular
To conduct educational workshops aimed at promoting both environmental awareness and sustainable agriculture in the local communities. The organization works to promote comprehensive agrarian reform in Paraguay by supporting family farming, protecting local farmers, and providing sustainable alternatives to large scale agriculture. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-798
Amount: $4,813
Friends of the Earth
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Grupo de Monte Nativo Caaobetí y Taller el Timón
To promote engagement and activism around community development and biodiversity conservation in Centurión. The groups will organize exchange workshops to raise awareness of local natural and cultural resources and sustainable management approaches, thus promoting community development, revitalizing local economies and preserving the local environment. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-018
Amount: $4,859
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Red Nacional de Productores de Semillas Criollas
To promote sustainable agriculture and promote greater diversity of native seeds through education and exchange programs for local farmers. Activities include providing technical advice and consulting to local farmers, and assisting in planting and monitoring crops. |
Year: 2010
ID: 53-800
Amount: $4,813
Friends of the Earth
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Instituto Río Negro
To purchase a vehicle that will enable six women fisherfolk to sell their fish in the tourist city of San Gregorio de Polanco. The organization, which works with fishing communities to improve their livelihoods while promoting sustainable resource management, will also help these women register their organization and organize capacity building workshops. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-090
Amount: $4,800
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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Red de Acción en Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas para América Latina Uruguay
To raise awareness about the detrimental impacts of pesticide use on humans and the environment, through three workshops for rural teachers, forest workers, and agricultural laborers. Specifically the group will focus on the health effects on children, women of reproductive age, and farm laborers. |
Year: 2010
ID: 54-440
Amount: $5,000
Southern Cone Advisory Board
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