MacArthur Foundation: Conservation and Sustainable Development, Recent Grants

MacArthur Foundation Recent Grants for Conservation and Sustainable Development

Asia - Eastern Himalaya
$200,000 to complete biodiversity surveys of the Gaoligong Mountain Range in collaboration with Chinese partner agencies in Yunnan Province (over two years). (2008)
 * California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco, California)

$225,000 to undertake biodiversity surveys of the Gaoligong Mountain Range in collaboration with Chinese partner agencies in Yunnan Province (over three years). (2005)
 * California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco, California)

$400,000 to strengthen the management and conservation capacity of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve in Yunnan Province (over three years). (2005)
 * Columbia University in the City of New York, Center for United States-China Arts Exchange (New York, New York)

$350,000 to develop a regional community forestry policy framework for the states of Northeast India (over three years). (2008)
 * Community Forestry International (South Lake Tahoe, California)

$350,000 in support of developing a regional community forestry policy framework for the states of Northeast India (over three years). (2005)
 * Community Forestry International (Santa Barbara, California)

$250,000 to create new protected areas in eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India (over three years). (2008) $320,000 in support of developing new protected areas by working with local communities and the state government of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India (over three years). (2005)
 * Inner Asian Conservation (West Windsor, New Jersey)
 * [[Inner Asian Conservation (Hamden, Connecticut)

$400,000 to support transboundary landscape conservation policy and institutional innovations in the Eastern Himalaya (over three years). (2008)
 * International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (Katmandu, Nepal)

$150,000 to support an assessment of climate change vulnerability of mountain ecosystems in the Eastern Himalaya. (2007)
 * International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (Katmandu, Nepal)

$315,000 in support to strengthen institutional and policy innovations for conservation across international boundaries in the Eastern Himalaya region, using the Kangchenjunga landscape as the case study (over three years). (2005)
 * International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (Kathmandu, Nepal)

$250,000 to support community conservation in the transboundary region of the Khangchendzonga region between Nepal and Sikkim, India (over three years). (2008)
 * Mountain Institute (Washington, D.C.)

$300,000 to promote effective conservation management of the Kangchenjunga landscape in eastern Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim through directed community participation (over three years). (2005)
 * Mountain Institute (Washington, D.C.)

$150,000 to provide scientific and technical training and support for conservation organizations in the Eastern Himalaya (over three years). (2005)
 * Resources Himalaya Foundation (Kathmandu, Nepal)

$200,000 to implement the management plan for Phobjikha Conservation Area in cooperation with the local community (over three years). (2008)
 * Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (Thimphu, Bhutan)

$215,000 in support of implementing the management plan for Phobjikha Conservation Area in cooperation with the local community (over three years). (2005)
 * Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (Thimphu, Bhutan)

$200,000 to study and learn from the traditional ecological knowledge systems of the indigenous peoples of Northeast India (over three years). (2005)
 * United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (New Delhi, India)

$200,000 to develop and deliver an integrated and applied conservation education program at the Ugyen Wangchuck Environmental and Forestry Institute, Bhutan (over three years). (2008)
 * University of Montana, College of Forestry & Conservation (Missoula, Montana)

$145,000 to develop guidelines for good environmental governance to assist the processes and institutions involved in decision making in Yunnan Province, China (over two years). (2005)
 * World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C.)

$300,000 in support to facilitate the formal establishment of the first-ever community-managed protected area in Nepal (over three years). (2005)
 * World Wildlife Fund (Washington, D.C.)

$700,000 to assist the Royal Government of Bhutan in strengthening the corridor system that connects the protected areas of Bhutan into a single continuous landscape (over three years). (2005)
 * World Wildlife Fund (Washington, D.C.)

$750,000 to strengthen biological corridors for biodiversity conservation in Bhutan (over three years). (2008)
 * World Wildlife Fund Bhutan Programme (Thimphu, Bhutan)

$450,000 to prepare the KCA Management Council for the sustainable management of the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area (over three years). (2008)
 * World Wildlife Fund Nepal Program (Katmandu, Nepal)

$25,000 in support of the collection and documentation of information on traditional ethnic design and clothing manufacture of the ethnic minority groups residing in Yunnan Province, China. (2007)
 * Yunnan Nationalities University (Kunming, China)

Asia - Lower Mekong
$325,000 for support to build local capacity in conservation planning and biodiversity monitoring in Vietnam and Lao PDR (over three years). (2006)
 * American Museum of Natural History (New York, New York)

$325,000 in support of research and monitoring of the changes in forest quality and land use patterns resulting from revised forest and land tenure policies and new infrastructure projects in Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam (over three years). (2006)
 * Asian Institute of Technology, School of Environment, Resources and Development (Pathumthani, Thailand)

$250,000 to strengthen the management effectiveness and local level capacity for newly created protected areas in central Vietnam and eastern Cambodia. (2006)
 * BirdLife International (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

$200,000 in support of building organizational capacity to achieve improved biodiversity conservation and human well-being outcomes in Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR (over three years). (2006)
 * Center for International Forestry Research (Jakarta, Indonesia)

$380,000 to support community-based conservation and forest management in Cambodia and to further implementation of the Cambodian National Forest Sector transition (over three years). (2006)
 * Community Forestry International (Santa Barbara, California)

$305,000 for support to investigate amphibian and reptile biodiversity of the Lower Mekong area and to enhance national capacity in herpetological research (over three years). (2006)
 * Field Museum (Chicago, Illinois)

$150,000 in support of improving management of the protected area system in central Vietnam through a comprehensive research and survey process (over three years). (2006)
 * Forest Inventory and Planning Institute (Ha Noi, Vietnam)

$200,000 to support collaborative training and research for improved biodiversity conservation monitoring and forest management in southern Vietnam (over three years). (2006)
 * Institute of Tropical Biology (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

$250,000 in support of strengthened conservation and management of the essential wetland habitats of the Lower Mekong focal area (over three years). (2006)
 * International Crane Foundation, World Center for the Study and Preservation of Cranes (Baraboo, Wisconsin)

$135,000 to strengthen the environmental media capacity in the Lower Mekong (over two years). (2006)
 * Internews Network (Arcata, California)

$200,000 to strengthen forest management and protection in the forest reserve system of Quang Nam Province, Vietnam (over three years). (2006)
 * Quang Nam Forest Protection Department (Tam Ky, Vietnam)

$200,000 to extend the use of co-management systems and the use of community-level ecological planning at Phong Dien Nature Reserve in central Vietnam (over three years). (2006)
 * Thua Thien-Hue Forest Protection (Hue City, Vietnam)

$150,000 to develop provincial-level mechanisms for protected area management at the recently established Da Krong Nature Reserve, Quang Tri Province in central Vietnam (over three years). (2006)
 * Vietnam National University, Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies]] (Ha Noi, Vietnam)

$250,000 in support for conservation of the moist forests lands in southern Lao PDR through village and district-level development, capacity building and legal reform (over three years). (2006)
 * Village Focus International (Portland, Oregon)

$600,000 to support biodiversity conservation in the Annamite Mountains in Lao PDR and Cambodia through management planning, biodiversity surveys and monitoring (over three years). (2006)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

$250,000 in support of an assessment of climate change vulnerability and impact of the freshwater and forest ecosystems in the Lower Mekong focal area (over two years). (2007)
 * World Wildlife Fund (Washington, D.C.)

$575,000 to improve the forest allocation and management process in southern Lao PDR and to build long-term capacity in forest management and planning in the Lower Mekong focal area (over three years). (2006)
 * World Wildlife Fund (Washington, D.C.)

Asia - Melanesia
$250,000 to develop protected area capacity in the Solomon Islands. (2007)
 * American Museum of Natural History (New York, New York)

$290,000 to support an assessment of climate change vulnerability of coastal and marine ecosystems in Melanesia (over 18 months). (2006)
 * Bernice P. Bishop Museum (Honolulu, Hawai'i)

$225,000 to defend and protect communal land, sea and natural resources through legal and policy tools (over three years). (2007)
 * Center for Environmental Law and Community Rights (Boroko, Papua New Guinea)

$250,000 to enhance the ability of locally managed marine areas to develop and operate efficiently for greater conservation impact in New Guinea (over three years). (2007)
 * Community Conservation Network (Honolulu, Hawai'i)

$250,000 to provide litigation support and technical assistance for protecting Papua New Guinea's customary landowners (over three years). (2007)
 * Environmental Defender's Office Limited (Sydney, Australia)

$350,000 to expand community-based coastal resources management approaches in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (over three years). (2007)
 * Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific International (Suva, Fiji)

$225,000 to develop conflict management models to advance sustainable management of biodiversity in the Solomon Islands (over three years). (2007)
 * Live and Learn Environmental Education - South Pacific (Suva, Fiji)

$250,000 to implement industry standards and a certification process for the aquarium fish trade in a manner that supports conservation, resource management, and sustainable livelihoods (over three years). (2007)
 * Marine Aquarium Council (Honolulu, Hawai'i)

$325,000 to strengthen marine conservation in the Solomon Island Archipelago (over three years). (2007)
 * Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Virginia)

$225,000 in support of communications training to enhance ocean conservation in Fiji by expanding the reach of lessons learned from the Locally-Managed Marine Area Network (over three years). (2007)
 * SeaWeb (Silver Spring, Maryland)

$350,000 to promote sound national government policies and effective capacity in fisheries management that meet local needs for sustainable marine resource use across the region (over three years). (2007)
 * Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia)

$165,000 to strengthen the capacity of national government and local communities in Vanuatu to respond more effectively to climate change impacts in coastal areas (over three years). (2007)
 * Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (Apia, Samoa)

$250,000 to develop and field test community management systems to protect the coral reefs and marine ecosystems of Marovo Lagoon in the Solomon Islands (over three years). (2007)
 * University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia)

$800,000 to develop and implement successful community-based marine management in the South Pacific region by acting as the focal point for the Locally-Managed Marine Area Network (over three years). (2007)
 * University of the South Pacific (Suva, Fiji)

$350,000 to enhance the ability of locally-managed marine areas in Fiji and the Solomon Islands to develop and operate efficiently and independently as a model for greater conservation impact across Melanesia (over three years). (2007)
 * World Wide Fund for Nature, South Pacific Programme (Suva, Fiji)

Africa - Madagascar
$300,000 in support of curriculum development and training for universities and conservation professionals in Madagascar (over three years). (2007)
 * American Museum of Natural History (New York, New York)

$200,000 in support of conservation of the Mangoky-Ihotry complex and building the capacity of a Malagasy NGO (over three years). (2007)
 * Asity (Antananarivo, Madagascar)

$280,000 in support of community managed coastal and marine protected areas in southwest Madagascar (over three years). (2007)
 * Blue Ventures Conservation (London, United Kingdom)

$115,000 to establish field-based training programs in southern Madagascar (over three years). (2007)
 * Centre Ecologique Libanona (Fort Dauphin, Madagascar)

$270,000 to build capacity for the application of public interest law to environmental law and to improve community governance and management of natural resources in Madagascar (over three years). (2007)
 * Development and Environmental Law Center (Fianarantsoa, Madagascar)

$325,000 in support of an assessment of the impact of climate change on the elevational distribution of Malagasy land vertebrates and building capacity in conservation biology (over three years). (2007)
 * Field Museum (Chicago, Illinois)

$125,000 in support of primate research and conservation planning in Makira Protected Area by a Malagasy NGO (over three years). (2007)
 * Groupe D' Etudes Et De Recherche Sur Les Primates De Madagascar (Antananarivo, Madagascar)

$300,000 to assess impacts and mitigate consequences of climate change upon Madagascar's plants (over three years). (2007)
 * Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis, Missouri)

$350,000 to strengthen the Trust Fund capacity to support community management of conservation areas (over three years). (2007)
 * Tany Meva Foundation (Antananarivo, Madagascar)

$150,000 in support of the establishment of field-based training sites for marine protected areas (over three years). (2007)
 * Universite De Toliara Institut Halieutique Et Des Sciences Marines (Toliara, Madagascar)

$300,000 in support of increasing the understanding of the types and qualities of governance for protected area management in Madagascar (over three years). (2007)
 * University of Antananarivo Department of Forestry (Antananarivo, Madagascar)

$390,000 in support of technological innovations for biodiversity conservation in the face of climate change in Madagascar (over two years). (2006)
 * University of California Berkeley Natural History Museums (Berkeley, California)

$50,000 to expand scientific research for conservation decision making in Madagascar using the REBIOMA database (over three years). (2007)
 * University of California, Berkeley Deparment of Environmental Science, Policy & Management (Berkeley, California)

$230,000 to expand scientific research for conservation decision making in Madagascar using the REBIOMA database (over three years). (2007)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

$500,000 in support of the consolidation of an integrated strategy for conservation and sustainable natural resource use in Madagascar's Antongil Bay Landscape (over three years). (2007)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

$300,000 in support of research on coral reef vulnerability and resilience to climate change in order to guide the establishment of marine protected areas in Madagascar (over three years). (2007)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

$300,000 in support of the creation of resilient marine protected areas in the northwest and southwest regions of Madagascar (over three years). (2007)
 * World Wide Fund for Nature Madagascar and West Indian Ocean Programme Office (Antananarivo, Madagascar)

Africa - Albertine Rift
$450,000 to strengthen long-term management capacity for conservation and to provide short-term emergency support in the Virunga-Bwindi transboundary region of the Albertine Rift (over three years). (2005)
 * African Wildlife Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

$190,000 in support of building Uganda Wildlife Authority]]'s capacity for wildlife health monitoring (over three years). (2005)
 * Conservation Through Public Health (Port Townsend, Washington)

$50,000 in support for the protection of mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. (2007)
 * Fauna & Flora International (Washington, D.C.)

$370,000 in support of enhanced protected area management in Uganda through the incorporation of local cultural values (over three years). (2005)
 * Fauna & Flora International (Washington, D.C.)

$280,000 in support of capacity building for Ugandan judicial and law enforcement officers (over three years). (2005)
 * Greenwatch (Kampala, Uganda)

$325,000 in support of integrating peace and conflict impact assessments into conservation interventions in the Albertine Rift (over two years). (2005)
 * International Institute for Sustainable Development (Winnipeg, Canada)

$220,000 in support of building capacity for conservation training in Uganda (over three years). (2005)
 * Makerere University, Institute of Environment and Natural Resources]] (Kampala, Uganda)

$270,000 in support of strengthening adaptive management of conservation landscapes in the Albertine Rift (over three years). (2005)
 * Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (Kabale, Uganda)

$390,000 to provide quality conservation sciences courses and training for undergraduate students from Rwanda and neighboring countries in the Albertine Rift (over three years). (2005)
 * National University of Rwanda, Department of Biology (Butare, Rwanda)

$500,000 in support of the establishment of a conservation training center (over three years). (2005)
 * Office Rwandais du Tourisme et des Parcs Nationaux (Kigali, Rwanda)

$215,000 in support of improved management of Rwenzori Mountains National Park (over three years). (2005)
 * Uganda Wildlife Authority (Kampala, Uganda)

$160,000 in support of developing models for cross-scale conservation partnerships in Rwanda (over three years). (2005)
 * University of East Anglia, Overseas Development Group (Norwich, United Kingdom)

$570,000 to secure and conserve priority landscapes in the Albertine Rift region (over three years). (2008)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

$250,000 in support of an assessment of the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Albertine Rift region (over two years). (2007)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

$470,000 in support of planning, capacity building and coordination for landscape-level conservation across four nations of the Albertine Rift (over three years). (2005)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

$300,000 in support of regional collaboration and NGO capacity building in the Albertine Rift region (over three years). (2005)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

Latin America - Insular Caribbean
$58,000 in support of conservation and management of Cockpit Country Forest Reserve, Jamaica (over two years). (2005)
 * BirdLife International (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

$350,000 to strengthen governance and build effectiveness of key civil society conservation organizations in the Caribbean (over three years). (2007)
 * Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)

$475,000 in support of training and monitoring for conservation and management of natural resources in Cuban protected areas (over three years). (2007)
 * Cornell University Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology (Ithaca, New York)

$350,000 to protect coastal marine biodiversity in Monte Cristi National Park, Dominican Republic (over three years). (2007)
 * Counterpart International (Washington, D.C.)

$300,000 to build the capacity of public interest lawyers in the Insular Caribbean to protect the region's threatened biodiversity (over three years). (2007)
 * Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (Eugene, Oregon)

$200,000 to develop judicial education programs on biodiversity conservation in Hispaniola and Jamaica (over three years). (2007)
 * Environmental Law Institute (Washington, D.C.)

$270,000 in support of a plant conservation strategy for the Cockpit Country of Jamaica (over three years). (2007)
 * Fairchild Tropical Garden (Miami, Florida)

$345,000 in support of conservation of the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve in the Dominican Republic (over three years). (2007)
 * Grupo Jaragua (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

$300,000 in support of plant conservation and sustainable management of the Jaragua-Bahoruca-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve, Dominican Republic (over three years). (2007)
 * New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)

$250,000 in support of applied research that contributes to the conservation of Cockpit Country and Black River Morass, Jamaica (over three years). (2007)
 * University of the West Indies, Mona Department of Life Sciences, Mona (Kingston, Jamaica)

$300,000 in support of conservation of Ciénaga de Zapata wetlands and building capacity for management of Cuba's protected areas system (over three years). (2007)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

$150,000 to strengthen technical capacity and policy frameworks for marine conservation in Cuba (over three years). (2007)
 * Wildlife Trust (New York, New York)

$320,000 to establish economic incentives for and strengthening community involvement in conservation of the Cockpit Country and Martha Brae Watershed, Jamaica (over three years). (2007)
 * Windsor Research Centre (Trelawny, Jamaica)

$250,000 to develop a species-centered approach to understanding adaptation to climate change in the Insular Caribbean (over three years). (2007)
 * World Wildlife Fund - Canada (Toronto, Canada)

Latin America - Northern Andes
$225,000 in support of establishing the Chiles-Mataje Biological Corridor in Northern Ecuador (over three years). (2006)
 * Altropico (Quito, Ecuador)

$145,000 in support of building indigenous capacity to conserve territories, protected areas, and livelihoods threatened by extractive industries in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (over three years). (2007)
 * Amazon Alliance for Indigenous and Traditional Peoples of the Amazon Basin (Washington, D.C.)

$200,000 in support of strengthening and enforcing the application of environmental laws in Ecuador and Colombia (over three years). (2006)
 * Asociacion Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (Oakland, California)

$250,000 in support of enhancing payments for environmental services in Ecuador and Colombia (over two years). (2006)
 * Center for International Forestry Research (Jakarta, Indonesia)

$235,000 in support of strengthening community involvement in environmental protection of Northwest Ecuador (over three years). (2006)
 * Corporacion de Gestion y Derecho Ambiental (Quito, Ecuador)

$300,000 in support of consolidating a conservation corridor in Northwestern Ecuador (over three years). (2006)
 * Corporacion Grupo Randi Randi (Quito, Ecuador)

$215,000 in support of combining traditional ecological knowledge with technical science to conserve territory of the Cofan in northern Ecuador (over three years). (2006)
 * Field Museum (Chicago, Illinois)

$125,000 in support of mobilizing a fundraising strategy for Ecuador's national protected areas system (over three years). (2006)
 * Fondo Ambiental Nacional (Quito, Ecuador)

$70,000 in support of strengthening corporate assistance to conservation in Colombia (over two years). (2006)
 * Fondo para la Accion Ambiental y la Ninez (Bogata, Colombia)

$55,000 in support of a workshop on decentralization of natural resource management governance in Latin America. (2007)
 * Fundacion Ecuatoriana de Estudios Ecologicos, EcoCiencia (Quito, Ecuador)

$250,000 in support of building capacity for management of natural resources in the Condor Bioreserve, Ecuador (over three years). (2006)
 * Fundacion Ecuatoriana de Estudios Ecologicos, EcoCiencia (Quito, Ecuador)

$250,000 in support of strengthening environmental governance in Ecuador (over three years). (2006)
 * Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano (Quito, Ecuador)

$300,000 in support of securing altitudinal connectivity between protected areas in the Choco Andean Corridor of Northwest Ecuador (over three years). (2006)
 * Fundacion Maquipucuna (Quito, Ecuador)

$300,000 in support of research and management of oak forests and the conservation of altitudinal corridors in Colombia (over three years). (2006)
 * Fundacion Natura Colombia (Bogota, Colombia)

$240,000 in support of the Cofan Park Guard Program and the development of future Cofan leadership in northern Ecuador (over three years). (2006)
 * Fundacion para la Sobrevivencia del Pueblo Cofan (Quito, Ecuador)

$250,000 in support of market strategies for protecting high conservation value forests in Ecuador (over three years). (2006)
 * Pinchot Institute (Washington, D.C.)

$350,000 in support of building scientific capacity for implementing a regional system of protected areas in central Colombia (over three years). (2006)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

$300,000 in support of enhanced governance and technical capacity to manage public and private conservation areas in the Upper Putumayo watershed in Colombia (over three years). (2006)
 * World Wildlife Fund (Washington, D.C.)

Latin America - Southern Andes
$200,000 to build conservation capacity within the Tacana indigenous community to protect the Pampas de Heath wilderness in Northern Bolivia (over two years). (2008)
 * Amazon Conservation Association (Washington, D.C.)

$250,000 in support of research and conservation of the Pampas del Heath in Madidi National Park buffer zone, Bolivia (over three years). (2005)
 * Amazon Conservation Association (Washington, D.C.)

$270,000 to expand implementation of region-specific curricula for graduate programs in environmental science in Peruvian and Bolivian universities (over three years). (2008)
 * American Museum of Natural History (New York, New York)

$225,000 to develop and test a set of training modules in biodiversity and conservation science targeting conservation professionals and university educators to strengthen conservation management in the Southern Andes (over three years). (2005)
 * American Museum of Natural History (New York, New York)

$160,000 in support of expanding local capability to map forest disturbances in Peruvian forests. (2005)
 * Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Global Ecology (Stanford, California)

$250,000 to strengthen the management and protection of Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru (over three years). (2008)
 * Centro de Conservacion, Investigacion y Manejo de Areas Naturales, Cordillera Azul (Lima, Peru)

$300,000 in support of the management and strengthened protection of Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru (over three years). (2005)
 * Centro de Conservacion, Investigacion y Manejo de Areas Naturales, Cordillera Azul (Lima, Peru)

$275,000 to consolidate local participation in the management of Machiguenga and Megantoni protected areas in Central Peru (over three years). (2008)
 * Centro para el Desarrollo del Indigena Amazonico (La Perla, Peru)

$275,000 in support of conservation and management of Machiguenga and Megantoni protected areas in Central Peru (over three years). (2005)
 * Centro para el Desarrollo del Indigena Amazonico (La Perla, Peru)

$240,000 to build the legal capacity of native peoples of the Ucayali Basin to protect vulnerable biodiverse homelands (over three years). (2008)
 * Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Lima, Peru)

$150,000 to provide technical assistance and capacity building for communities effected by oil and gas development projects in the Southern Andes (over three years). (2008)
 * E-Tech International (Santa Fe, New Mexico)

$231,000 to strengthen indigenous organizations in the Andean foothills and Amazon lowlands of Peru (over three years). (2008)
 * Field Museum (Chicago, Illinois)

$200,000 in support of training conservation communicators in priority protected areas of Bolivia and Peru (over three years). (2005)
 * Field Museum (Chicago, Illinois)

$245,000 to design a conservation plan for the Llanos de Moxos Plains in Eastern Bolivia (over two years). (2008)
 * Fundacion Amigos de la Naturaleza (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

$250,000 in support of buffer zone management of Amboro National Park, Bolivia (over two years). (2005)
 * Fundacion Amigos de la Naturaleza (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

$325,000 in support of the Cayetano Heredia University's multidisciplinary graduate program in conservation and sustainable development (over three years). (2008)
 * Fundacion Cayetano Heredia (Lima, Peru)

$250,000 in support of establishing the first graduate program in conservation science in Peru (over three years). (2005)
 * Fundacion Cayetano Heredia (Lima, Peru)

$170,000 to improve forest management of Amboró National Park and the Cruceño Valley's Natural Area in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, through development of payment for ecosystem services incentives (over three years). (2008)
 * Fundacion Natura Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

$150,000 in support of strengthening local fundraising capacity in priority protected areas and implementing a fundraising program for university conservation training programs in Bolivia (over two years). (2005)
 * Fundacion Para el Desarrollo del Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas (La Paz, Bolivia)

$225,000 to strengthen community-based conservation of Manuripi Wildlife Reserve and buffer zone in Western Pando, Bolivia (over two years). (2008)
 * Fundacion Yangareko (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

$300,000 in support of strengthening local capacity to co-manage Manuripi Wildlife Reserve and buffer zone in Western Pando, Bolivia (over three years). (2005)
 * Fundacion Yangareko (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

$185,000 to use small grants to strengthen organizational capacity of indigenous communities to conserve biodiversity in Peru and Bolivia (over three years) (2008)
 * Global Greengrants Fund (Boulder, Colorado)

$325,000 to integrate management of the Pachitea watershed (over three years). (2008)
 * Instituto del Bien Comun (Lima, Peru)

$235,000 in support of improving fisheries management and building local capacity to protect the Pachitea watershed of central Peru (over three years). (2005)
 * Instituto del Bien Comun (Lima, Peru)

$225,000 to understand the impact of rapid infrastructure development on the environment in the Southern Tropical Andes (over three years). (2008)
 * International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Washington, D.C.)

$100,000 in support of widely disseminating information, research and analysis about biodiversity conservation and sustainable development that should be considered in the drafting of the new Bolivian Constitution (over two years). (2005)
 * Liga para la Defensa del Medio Ambiente (La Paz, Bolivia)

$240,000 in support of building capacity within municipal governments for planning and implementing conservation initiatives in Bolivia (over three years). (2006)
 * Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Virginia)

$275,000 to link training and research to conservation practices in the Southern Andes (over three years). (2008)
 * Organization for Tropical Studies (Durham, North Carolina)

$200,000 in support of establishing field courses for conservation practitioners in Peru (over three years). (2005)
 * Organization for Tropical Studies (Durham, North Carolina)

$90,000 in support of implementing a fundraising strategy for Peru's protected area system and conservation training programs in national universities (over two years). (2005)
 * PROFONANPE (Lima, Peru)

$300,000 to develop institutional and legal frameworks for effective management of biodiversity in a decentralized context (over three years). (2008)
 * Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (Lima, Peru)

$400,000 in support for the development and application of legal tools and policies for effective protection of Peru's biological diversity at the regional and municipal levels and within the protected area system (over three years). (2005)
 * Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (Lima, Peru)

$200,000 to strengthen an interdisciplinary graduate program for conservation professionals in the Peruvian Amazon (over three years). (2005)
 * Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Escuela de Post Grado (Iquitos, Peru)

$245,000 in support of conservation of migratory fish in the Madre de Dios watershed in Peru (over two years). (2005)
 * University of Florida, Geography Department (Gainesville, Florida)

$300,000 to consolidate indigenous participation for conservation in the Greater Madidi landscape of Bolivia and Peru (over three years). (2008)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

$350,000 in support of strengthening community natural resource management in the Greater Madidi Landscape, Bolivia and Peru (over three years). (2005)
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, New York)

$235,000 to implement sustainable mechanisms for indigenous communities to protect resources in the Abanico de Pastaza wetland from hydrocarbon exploration (over three years). (2008)
 * World Wildlife Fund (Washington, D.C.)

$200,000 in support of improved fisheries management and protection of Abanico del Pastaza wetlands in Northern Peru (over three years). (2005)
 * World Wildlife Fund (Washington, D.C.)