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Reaching Toward a Vibrant and Sustainable Coastal Louisiana through Enhanced Strategic Partnerships, Bolstered and More Effective NGOs, and Coordinated Philanthropic Investment
Organization
Environmental Defense Fund
Website
http://www.environmentaldefense.org
Date Awarded
June 22, 2010
Geographic Area
North America\Gulf Coast
Description
To support strategic engagement of on the ground partners in the Gulf to bring together, engage, and lead Coastal Louisiana recovery and resilience efforts.
Jefferson School Neighborhood Engagement Study
Organization
Jefferson Area Board for Aging, Inc.
Website
www.jabacares.org
Date Awarded
June 22, 2010
Geographic Area
North America\Chesapeake-Appalachia
Description
To support community engagement in discussions concerning programs to be offered at the Jefferson School City Center and incorporating these discussion into the overall development of the Center.
Sustain the Lower 9: Vision to Action
Organization
Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development
Website
None
Date Awarded
June 9, 2010
Geographic Area
North America\Gulf Coast
Description
To support CSED as a central organizing and communications hub for the lower 9th ward of New Orleans in light of the BP oil spill.
Integrating Conservation Incentive Agreement into Forest Tenure Reform Policy and Ecological Forest Compensation Program in China
Organization
Shan Shui Conservation Center
Website
http://www.shanshui.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Asia\China
Description
To support China's forest protection program by promoting the conservation incentive agreement model as a vehicle for the distribution of government eco-compensation funds.
Habitat Restoration through Eco-Finance in Costa Rica's Balsa River Watershed
Organization
Nectandra Institute
Website
http://www.nectandra.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Tropical Americas\Mesoamerica
Description
To support eco-financing as a model approach to protect and restore forests and secure water resources.
Community-based coastal restoration and sanitation in the Golfo Dulce
Organization
Asociacion Centroamericana para la Economia, la Salud y el Ambiente
Website
http://www.acepesa.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Tropical Americas\Mesoamerica
Description
To support creation of a regional model of sustainable management of solid and liquid waste in coastal communities of the Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica.
Scoping Trip for Southern Peruvian Amazon
Organization
CAVU
Website
http://www.cavusite.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Tropical Americas\Andes-Amazon
Description
To support creation of a database of aerial still and film photography of Madre de Dios's unique geography to assist in the mapping and monitoring of growing environmental threats.
Climate Action Planning Technical Exchange between China Provinces and U.S. States
Organization
Center for Climate Strategies
Website
http://www.eesi21.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Asia\China
Description
To support US-China cooperation on climate change by supporting a US educational study tour for a Chinese delegation of NDRC and provincial leaders to learn about existing state climate action planning initiatives.
Creating Nested Models for REDD with Significant Social and Environmental Benefits
Organization
Conservation International Foundation
Website
www.conservation.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Tropical Americas\Andes-Amazon
Description
To support development of 'nested' models for REDD systems that integrate site-based activities for private sector investment within national-level frameworks.
Capacity building for implementing indigenous REDD in the Pan-Amazon
Organization
Environmental Defense Fund
Website
http://www.environmentaldefense.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Tropical Americas\Andes-Amazon
Description
To support indigenous groups of the Amazon Basin on advancing forest conservation through Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) programs
Nexus, Carbon for Development: Bringing Fairness and Transparency to the Carbon Market
Organization
Group for the Environment, Renewable Energies and Solidarity
Website
http://www.geres.eu and www.nexus-c4d.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Asia\Himalayas
Description
To support Nexus Carbon for Development to provide energy and development practitioners greater access to carbon markets and to help establish an innovative funding mechanism dedicated to low carbon development projects.
Addressing China's Global Environmental Footprint and Rivers, Dams & Climate Change
Organization
International Rivers
Website
http://www.internationalrivers.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Asia\China
Description
To support strong environmental standards by targeting the role of dam builders and financiers, and limiting the use of hydropower carbon offsets.
Appalachian Harvest Expansion
Organization
Appalachian Sustainable Development
Website
http://www.appsusdev.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
North America\Chesapeake-Appalachia
Description
To support the long-term viability of the Appalachian Harvest program by executing targeted program enhancements aimed at increasing market opportunities and on-farm productivity.
Sustainable Management of Alto Huayabamba Conservation Concession--Phase II
Organization
Amazónicos por la Amazonía
Website
http://www.ampaperu.info
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Tropical Americas\Andes-Amazon
Description
To continue support for the community-based management of the Alto Huayabamba Conservation Concession in northeastern Peru.
Verified Conservation Performance on Farms in the Muddy Creek Watershed, VA with Water Quality Monitoring to Document Impacts
Organization
Water Stewardship
Website
http://corporatewaterstewardship.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
North America\Chesapeake-Appalachia
Description
To support improvements in water quality in the Muddy Creek watershed of the Shenandoah Valley by working with farmers to implement holistic on-farm best management practices including monitoring water qualityimprovements in water quality.
Building Capacity to Implement REDD Projects: Catalyzing Action in Lao PDR
Organization
Wildlife Conservation Society
Website
www.wcs.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Asia\Greater Mekong Subregion
Description
To support the long-term conservation of Lao PDR's forest by building government capacity to launch a national REDD strategy built on the existing system of National Protected Areas.
Securing Governance and Leveraging Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Sustainable Development of the Rio Madeira Complex
Organization
World Wildlife Fund, Inc.
Website
www.worldwildlife.org
Date Awarded
June 8, 2010
Geographic Area
Tropical Americas\Andes-Amazon
Description
To support the environmental impact monitoring of the construction of the Madeira dams complex and to develop ecologically rigorous methodologies for mitigating impacts from hydropower development.
Dragon Run Forest Conservation
Organization
The Nature Conservancy
Website
http://www.nature.org
Date Awarded
April 6, 2010
Geographic Area
North America\Chesapeake-Appalachia
Description
To support protection and restoration of the ecologically unique Dragon Run watershed in eastern Virginia through land acquisition and sustainable forest management.
The European Union and China Collaboration to Drive the International Process on Climate Change
Organization
The Climate Group
Website
http://www.theclimategroup.org
Date Awarded
April 6, 2010
Geographic Area
Asia\China
Description
To support the EU-China leadership on energy security, climate change and low carbon development by deepening bilateral collaboration in clean and alternative energy, environmentally-friendly technologies, and energy and environmental service industries.
Renewing U.S.-China Climate Relations After Copenhagen
Organization
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Website
http://www.carnegieendowment.org
Date Awarded
April 6, 2010
Geographic Area
Asia\China
Description
To support continued Track II communications between the United States and China and to provide technical assistance in support of an international agreement on energy-related climate policy measures.
Shifting China's Power Sector toward a Low Carbon Future
Organization
China Research Center for Public Policy, China Society of Economic Reform
Website
http://www.crcpp.org
Date Awarded
April 6, 2010
Geographic Area
Asia\China
Description
To support a low-carbon transformation of China's power sector by determining the policy and structural adjustments needed to help reduce power sector carbon intensity, to reach low carbon power generation targets, and to make recommendations regarding new regulatory instruments and clean technologies.
Building an Economic and Institutional Basis for Smart Grid Development in China
Organization
Energy Transition Institute
Website
None
Date Awarded
April 6, 2010
Geographic Area
Asia\China
Description
To support the launch of an initiative with the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) to identify and address China's institutional and economic needs for smart grid development.
Investigation and Research into China's Forest Management Policies
Organization
Green Beagle
Website
http://www.bjep.org.cn
Date Awarded
April 6, 2010
Geographic Area
Asia\China
Description
To support in-depth research and investigative environmental journalism into the on-the-ground results and efficacy of China's existing policies on forest conservation and management.
Development of Standards and Sustainability for Global Biochar Deployment
Organization
International Biochar Initiative
Website
http://www.biochar-international.org
Date Awarded
April 6, 2010
Geographic Area
Asia\China
Description
To support universal sustainability guidelines for biochar production and utilization systems, and to enhance interactions between the IBI and colleagues in China in support of biochar research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) in China.
Development of Amazon Hydroelectric Dam Program
Organization
International Rivers
Website
http://www.internationalrivers.org
Date Awarded
April 6, 2010
Geographic Area
Tropical Americas\Andes-Amazon
Description
To support baseline analyses for program development focused on countering major hydroelectric dams planned for Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.