International Conservation & Development

Leadership Grant Grant

Capacity Building for IRRI-Mexico

To provide capacity-building funds and support for a collaboration between Mexican-based International Renewable Resources Institute (IRRI) and its U.S.-based partner organization, Solar Energy International. Solar Energy International (SEI...
March 31, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Illegal Logging Worldwide, Year 2

To provide continued support for Andrea Johnson in her new role as Director of Forest Campaigns, having primary responsibility for the overall direction and management of the the Environmental Investigation Agency's worldwide Forest...
March 31, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Risks of Importing Live Animals as Pets, Year 2

To continue funding for Kate Smith's position as Consulting Senior Research Scientist so she can complete the risk analysis on diseases and live animal importation, with the end goal of improving wildlife trade regulations at a critical...
March 31, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Forest Conservation Planning in the Ecuadorian Choco Forest, Year 2

To continue Amy’s position as a Research Fellow with the Pinchot Institute, focusing on reforestation ecology and community forest-based economic development in Esmeraldas Province in Ecuador. Amy received a Leadership Grant last year to...
March 31, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Service Learning Coordinator for Green Empowerment, Year 1

Green Empowerment (GE) hired Jason Selwitz as their first Service Learning Coordinator to oversee projects and fundraising in the newly created Service Learning Department of the organization. GE has recently expanded its activities to...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Risks of Importing Live Animals as Pets, Year 1

To hire Kate Smith as Senior Research Scientist with the Consortium for Conservation Medicine (CCM), Wildlife Trust, to oversee three projects, all aimed at preventing negative outcomes associated with the importation of live animals into...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Participatory Action Research Director

To hire Chris Bacon as full-time Participatory Action Research Director, to continue his prior years of academic work on small-scale coffee farmer livelihood improvements and biodiversity conservation measures with shade coffee production...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Illegal Logging in Latin America, Year 1

To move Andrea Johnson into the role of Latin America Forest Campaigner, taking the lead on building and strengthening the organization's ability to document and build awareness around the issue of illegal logging in Latin America. The...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Director of Service Learning for Green Empowerment, Year 2

To provide a second year of funding for Jason Selwitz as Director of the Service Learning Department. Green Empowerment (GE) works with NGO partners in developing countries in southeast Asia and Latin America to develop renewable energy and...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia

Chris Greacen will work with rural villages in southeast Asia to design and build renewable energy systems, and to work with government policy makers and local & international NGOs to challenge environmentally destructive energy development...
March 29, 2010