by Mariah Ford, Greengrants Intern In July 2003, after many years of negotiating with officials in La Paz, the Comunidades Tacanas T.C.O. finally acquired title for the nearly one million hectares that they have traditionally occupied. This is a huge change from “business as usual,” in which indigenous communities have little control over the operations […]
The Garifuna, descendents of indigenous Caribbean islanders and African slaves, have lived for over 200 years along the Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Belize, and on the Hondurasí Bay Islands. In Honduras their numbers are estimated anywhere from under 100,000 to over 200,000. The Garifuna have maintained a strong cultural identity, retaining many […]
This past April, global and regional representatives of Greengrants’ network of advisors met in Amsterdam to share ideas, strategies and plans for the future.
The Southeast Asia tsunami struck at the heart of many of the communities with which we work. Global Greengrants Fund is offering a way for donors to get contributions to grassroots organizations in affected areas.
Nonette Royo, Greengrants Southeast Asia Advisory Board Coordinator and founding member of the Samdhana Institute(Greengrants’ Alliance Fund member) was recently selected to participate in the 2005-2006 Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows Program at the Su
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