Environment $1,768,000
United States
A. Conserving Forests and Wetlands
Northeast
Appalachian Mountain
Club: $45,000
For continued support of the Northern Forest Campaign, which provides
leadership in protecting wildlands, maintaining well-managed forests,
and promoting sustainable communities in the Northern Forest region. (First
installment of a two-year $85,000 grant.)
Appalachian Mountain
Club: $35,000
Recommended for continued support of the Northern Forest Alliance, a coalition
which works to protect wildlands, maintain well-managed forests, and promote
sustainable communities in the Northern Forest. (Second installment of
a two-year $75,000 grant.)
Forest Watch:
$20,000
For support of the Open Space Preferential Taxation Project, which seeks
to conserve open space in Vermont through research and advocacy for a
preferential taxation program.
Natural Resources Council
of Maine: $35,000
To support the North Woods Project whose goal is to protect the ecological
systems, wild character, and sustainable timber base of Maine's North
Woods, focusing on remote wildland regions. (Second installment of a two-year
$70,000 grant.)
Residents' Committee to Protect the Adirondacks: $30,000
For support of its Adirondack Park Sustainable Forestry Project, which
aims to make Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) certification affordable and accessible to independent, non-industrialized
forest owners in the Adirondack park, build a network of certified forestlands
across the Adirondacks, and organize a sustainable forestry marketing
cooperative in the area. (First installment of a two-year $60,000 grant.)
The Northern Forest Center:
$20,000
For the Northern Forest Wealth Index project, which provides a guide for
sustainable development in the Northern Forest region.
Southeast
Appalachian Voices:
$20,000
For support of its project to promote sustainable forestry on private
lands in the central and southern Appalachians.
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisana:
$25,000
For "No Time to Lose," a campaign for the restoration and stewardship
of the bays, wetlands and estuaries of coastal Louisiana.
Dogwood Alliance:
$50,000
For general support of this organization, which seeks to protect Southern
Forests by strengthening the network of forest protection advocates, challenging
new chip mill permits, building statewide coalitions in NC, TN, MO, VA,
organizing and overseeing the federal assessment of southeastern forests,
and educating landowners about alternatives to clearcutting. (First installment
of a two-year $100,000 grant.)
Gulf Restoration
Network: $25,000
For support of the Wetlands Defense Campaign, which aims to reform policies
and practices of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in an effort to stem
wetland losses in the Gulf region.
Save Our Cumberland Mountains:
$20,000
For the Forest Organizing Project, which promotes sustainable forest policies
and practices at a local, state-wide (Tennessee), and regional level.
Southern Environmental
Law Center: $45,000
For support of its Forest and Wetland Biodiversity Project, which seeks
to conduct legal and policy work to conserve forests and wetlands in six
southeastern states. (First installment of a two-year $90,000 grant.)
SouthWings:
$20,000
For general support of this organization, which uses data collection and
forest overflights as tools for promoting the preservation and restoration
of the forest ecosystems of the Southeast.
The Wilderness Society:
$30,000 For a project to promote forest certification (under
the Forest Stewardship
Council [FSC] system) in the southeastern United States, working with
private landowners, NGOs, foresters, universities and other organizations.
Wild Alabama:
$35,000
For general support of this organization, which seeks to protect the biological
richness of Alabama and other southeastern forests, both on public and
private lands.
WildLaw:
$30,000
For general support of this organization, which provides legal representation
to environmental and community organizations for protection of endangered
species and biodiversity, with special emphasis on the Southeast, national
forest protection, and assisting private landowners to manage their forests
sustainably.
Mid-Atlantic
National Environmental Education
& Training Foundation: $35,000
For support of its Watersheds and Television Weather Reporting: A Prototype
for the Chesapeake Bay Region project, particularly to develop a Potomac/Anacostia
River-based network of 'watershed watchers,' and thereby convert local
television Channel 4, DC weather reporting into broader environmental
reports.
National
American Lands Alliance:
$3,000
To support a meeting in Boulder, CO, to develop a statement of principles
of ecologically sound forest restoration practices across all forest landscapes.
Conservation Biology Institute:
$30,000
For the protected areas mapping project, to update CBI's U.S. protected
areas database (PAD) and maps to add in all new protected areas information
from across the U.S.
Forest Ethics:
$35,000
For support of The Paper Campaign, which aims to obtain a commitment from
a major office products supplier to require its suppliers to end purchases
of paper derived from ancient forests, reduce overall fiber consumption
and shift to post-consumer recycled, agricultural, and independently certified
fibers, and also to initiate a similar campaign focusing on the next largest
office products supplier.
Institute for Agriculture
and Trade Policy: $30,000
To support IATP's Community Forestry Resource Center, which provides outreach
and technical assistance to private forest landowners and their communities
and helps them establish Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified forestry cooperatives.
Meridian Institute:
$10,000
For support of its efforts to develop an action plan on how non-industrial
forest landowners and the conservation community can cooperate to address
forest fragmentation issues.
National Wildlife Federation:
$30,000
For support of its Emergency Wetlands Protection Project, which seeks
to respond to the Supreme Court ruling eliminating protection for isolated
waters; this is a multi-year project to bring greater public attention
to this ruling and to build support for state and federal solutions to
the conservation of these valuable systems.
Natural Resources Defense Council:
$60,000
To support its long-term initiative, "Forests for Tomorrow,"
which mobilizes consumer based market forces and public policy to make
the production, trade, and use of wood products more environmentally sound,
and which includes advancing all aspects of the FSC
certification movement. (Includes a $35,000 payment as the second installment
of a two-year $65,000 grant, plus an additional $25,000.)
Natural Resources Defense Council:
$70,000
For the Clean Water Network project, which will conduct an enhanced campaign
to protect and defend clean water and conserve wetlands.
Restore America's Estuaries:
$30,000
For general support of this organization, which seeks to restore coastal
habitats in the US working with a network of eleven community-based estuary
conservation groups.
The Forest Trust:
$40,000
Recommended for support of the Forest
Stewards Guild, a national association of foresters that promotes
more socially and environmentally responsible forest management. (Second
installment of a two-year $80,000 grant.)
Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC): $35,000
For support of its Strategic Plan for Social Involvement, which aims to
strengthen and expand implementation and promotion of the social values
of the FSC's system of certification of forest products.
World Wildlife Fund:
$30,000
To support WWF's project to promote certification of domestic and global
forest products to improve forest management, and promote markets for
FSC labeled products.
World Resources Institute:
$15,000
For a strategy planning retreat for the purpose of better defining the
roles of organizations involved in aspects of forest certification work
and engaging the commercial wood sector.
B. Strengthening Support for Biodiversity Conservation
Northeast
Environmental Law Institute:
$30,000
For the New Hampshire state biodiversity project, which will undertake
legal, institutional, program and policy research to assist the development
of a state biodiversity protection strategy for New Hampshire.
Southeast
Alabama Rivers Alliance:
$40,000
For general support of this organization, which seeks to protect Alabama's
aquatic biodiversity, focussing on rivers and watersheds (includes payment
of a $20,000 matching grant made in 2000; matching requirements were satisfied
in 2001).
Appalachian Sustainable Development: $25,000
For support of the Sustainable Forestry & Wood Products Project, which
aims to increase public commitment to sustainable forestry in the Central
Appalachian region, and develop markets for sustainably harvested wood.
Land Trust Alliance:
$20,000
For the Southeast Land Trust Capacity-Building Program, which aims to
strengthen land trusts in the southeastern United States through training
and assistance programs, promoting networking and coordination, and outreach.
(First installment of a two-year $40,000 grant.)
Pacific Rivers Council:
$45,000
For support of the Southern Appalachian National Forest Protection Project
to help protect and restore the biologically diverse Conasauga River and
other imperiled Southern Appalachian rivers and their watersheds.
South Carolina Coastal Conservation
League: $20,000
For support of its statewide educational effort to develop strong public
support for land protection by the state.
Western North Carolina
Alliance: $30,000
For support of its project to increase resources for land conservation
and reform development patterns to support community redevelopment rather
than sprawl in western North Carolina, working in coalition with affordable
housing advocates, environmentalists, members of the faith community and
others.
National
Center for Resource Economics(Island
Press): $25,000
For the State and Local Land Conservation project of Island Press, which
seeks to analyze successes at the state and local levels in generating
funding for land conservation, create a comprehensive source of information
on best practices, and publish a book on the results.
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity: $5,000
For general support of this organization, which informs foundations of
grantmaking opportunities and needs concerning biodiversity conservation
and assists foundations to work together strategically in this area.
Defenders of Wildlife:
$60,000
For the Endangered
Species Coalition project, which will carry out an expanded effort
to advocate for protection of endangered species at the national, state,
and local level.
Green Corps:
$40,000
For general support of this organization, whose Environmental Leadership
Training Program identifies aspiring young leaders and trains them as
activists to respond effectively to environmental problems.
Society for Conservation Biology
(SCB): $25,000
For support of the development of its Executive & Policy Office, whose
goal is to focus the collective voice and talents of SCB members to inform
policy debates and help solve real-world conservation problems, and to
manage the affairs of this professional society. (First installment of
a two-year $50,000 grant.)
The Biodiversity
Project: $25,000
For general support of this organization, which works to promote biodiversity
conservation by designing and implementing innovative communication strategies
that help people make the connection between their well-being and biodiversity.
The Natural Heritage Institute:
$35,000
For support of its project to Shape the Next Era of Biodiversity Conservation
in America, with the goal of establishing a Habitat Conservation Plan
(HCP) Resource Center to provide objective scientific advice to governmental
bodies in approving HCPs and regulations affecting the use of land and
waters subject to private property rights.
NatureServe:
$25,000
For support of its publications series designed to raise public awareness
of key biodiversity conservation topics.
C. Promoting Environmental Improvement
Alliance to Save Energy:
$60,000
For support of its enhanced Energy Efficiency Awareness and Education
Campaign, which aims to raise the level of understanding of key policymakers
regarding the crucial role efficiency can play in meeting the nation's
energy needs.
Natural Resources Defense Council:
$20,000
For support of its work to quantify the oil and natural gas resources
underlying public federal lands in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah,
and Wyoming, so that it can provide information on how the U.S. can meet
its energy needs without underminng environmental safeguards/wilderness
areas.
International
A. Conserving Forests and Wetlands
Center for the Support of
Native Lands: $45,000
For general support of this organization, whose mission is to protect
the land rights of indigenous groups in Latin America, map their territories,
and collaborate with them on environmental assessments. (First installment
of a two-year $90,000 grant.)
Harrop-Procter Watershed
Protection Society: $20,000
To support its efforts to demonstrate economically viable, community controlled
ecosystem-based forestry.
Indian Law Resource Center:
$30,000
To support the Center's work in Honduras and Nicaragua to protect and
strengthen the communities and cultures of Indian people, promote biodiversity,
help indigenous peoples attain legal rights to their lands as well as
political rights. (Second installment of a two-year $60,000 grant.)
Sierra Club - British Columbia:
$35,000
For support of its implementing the 2001, Landmark Agreement project,
which aims to preserve B.C.'s Central Coast (Great Bear Rainforest) and
develop ecologically-based forestry certification standards for British
Columbia.
B. Strengthening Support for Biodiversity Conservation
Amazon Watch:
$25,000
For general support of this organization, which works to defend tropical
wilderness areas and indigenous communities from industrial mega-projects
such as oil drilling, pipelines, and roads, through public education,
grassroots campaigns, and outreach to the investment community about the
financial risks of investing in projects that have negative social and
environmental impacts.
Center for Economic
and Social Rights: $30,000
Recommended for the Frente de Defensa de la Amazonía,
which works with indigenous communities to prevent or mitigate the social
and environmental impacts of oil exploration and industrial development
on the Ecuadorean Amazon and its people.
Rainforest Alliance:
$65,000
a) To develop a business plan for its Conservation Agriculture Program,
a green certification program for agricultural producers in Latin America
that reduces environmental impacts and improves the social aspects of
production ($25,000); and b) For continued support of a green certification
program for large and small agricultural producers in Latin America that
minimizes environmental impacts and improves the social aspects of production
(40,000). (Second installment of a two-year $80,000 grant.)
C. Promoting Environmental Improvement
Ecologia:
$20,000
For the Baltic Mini-Grants program, which finances small scale environmental
projects proposed by local organizations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania,
and to stimulate increased support of this program from in-country sources
and the Baltic community in the US. (First installment of a two-year $30,000
grant; $7,500 to be matched 1:1.)
International Rivers Network:
$25,000
For support of its Making the World Commission on Dams (WCD) Make a Difference
Project, which will increase the capacity of civil society groups around
the world to take advantage of the WCD report to promote decision-making
practices by IFIs (International Financial Institutions), industry and
governments in the energy and water sectors that promote human rights,
social justice and environmental sustainability.
Public Citizen:
$20,000
For support of its Global Trade Watch project, which seeks to fill a vacuum
in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) dialogue by adding more
precise legal and economic critiques of the agreement, through Public
Citizen's research, analysis and monitoring, public education, international
networking and press work.
Student Conservation Association:
$5,000
For support of the National Capital Region Urban and Diversity Program,
which aims to provide young DC residents with skills that enable them
to articulate and achieve their education and employment goals while working
on important conservation projects in the District.
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