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Grants Awarded 2009
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Please Note: An asterisk (*) indicates a grant that is shared by multiple program areas. For the purpose of the total number of grants, such a grant is only counted once.
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Organization Name
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Grant Purpose
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Grant Amount
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Term
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African Rift Valley
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Arba Minch University
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To underwrite efforts to build a consensus among scientists, government elite and farmers to establish Enset National Parks in Ethiopia to conserve the enset ecology and to strengthen the agricultural system that has given birth to this crop benefitting communities.
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$33,660
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24
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months
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Association for Research and Conservation of Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Landscape
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To underwrite the building of ARCCIKCL 's capacity to map sites of spiritual, archeological and cultural value with local experts as well as to strengthen links between leaders and stewards of diversity and for publishing southern Ethiopian Histories.
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$175,000
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24
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months
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Both Ends*
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To underwrite the strengthening of Christensen Partners in the African Rift Valley and Central Asia through needs assessment analysis of their strengths with the aim of helping them to diversify their funding and institutional networks.
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$30,000
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12
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months
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Center for Indigenous Questions
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To underwrite capacity building and networking of associations, and to facilitate the transfer of a very important weaving tradition to Christian spiritual centers in Ethiopia's southern montagnard region.
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$320,000
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24
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months
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Center for Indigenous Questions
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To underwrite a food festival of sixty-five Ethiopian traditions in Addis Abeba to celebrate the country's vibrant agrobiodiversity, cooking and cultural traditions at the national level; and also to host a bio-cultural diversity workshop for local organizations to share practical experience.
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$95,000
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10
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months
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Centre d'études des monds africains (CEMAF)
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To support a multi-sited historical study of Ethiopia's Southwest in an effort to reconstruct the region's history based on written, oral and archeological information by two Ethiopian students of Sorbonne University, France.
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$20,000
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12
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months
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Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
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To underwrite the digitizing of oral records, authoring a book about story collecting, creating awareness on the value of cultural resources for the transmission of heritage and to repatriate a large body of digitized record to the country of origin.
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$50,000
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12
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months
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Goldsmiths, University of London
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To edit and publish recordings and film of the performances during past 1000 Stars Music Festivals in the context of cultural life in the diverse landscapes of Southwest Ethiopia, and provide DVDs, CDs and postcards to these communities and performers for heritage transmission and local pride.
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$106,600
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19
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months
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Initiative for Living Community Action
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To support the cataloguing of stories, proverbs and other oral literary forms and weaving designs of the Montagnard Gamo of Ethiopia's southwest for publication, for promoting cultural expression and to consolidate local identity.
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$25,000
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12
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months
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Institute of International Education*
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For enabling participation by stewards and allies in special conferences including the Indigenous Climate Change Summit in Alaska and the UNFCC in Copenhagen as well as collaborative events that cross regions or countries or provide unique opportunities for sharing and learning.
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$26,000
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18
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months
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Kivulini Trust
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To underwrite the backing of traditional stewards in northern Kenya to achieve capacity to effectively revive indigenous knowledge, to facilitate traditionally based interethnic dialogue, to promote place-based culturally-informed education and lifeways.
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$159,000
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12
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months
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Local Earth Observation
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To compile a report on the conservation visions of Southern Ethiopian pastoralists in and around designated parks and conservation areas to support policy reforms and planning processes towards more effective ways to craft sustainable conservation with local communities.
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$10,000
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4
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months
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London School of Economics
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To underwrite a collaborative funding for the training of an Ethiopian student at a Masters level at the London School of Economics to build local capacity in the area of culture in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, of Ethiopia.
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$22,950
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12
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months
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School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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To compile a Gamo-English bilingual dictionary and the writing of the "grammar" of one of the important languages of the Omotic family spoken in Ethiopia's southwest, to help with the transmission of cultural knowledge and to contribute to linguistic knowledge.
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$54,000
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16
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months
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Social Justice Forum
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To underwrite the dissemination of ideas of justice and the law among civil servants, communities and other stake holders and to provide free legal service to benefit vulnerable groups in the southern Regional State of Ethiopia.
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$15,000
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6
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months
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SOS Sahel International UK
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To underwrite a contribution by SOS International UK towards a two years secondment of an adviser to the Ministry of State for the Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands as it prepares to respond to the needs of pastoralists of this large region.
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$50,000
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14
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months
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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To underwrite research in the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia to identify farmers' access to genetic resources to provide insight into both the ecology of these ancient agro-ecosystems and their vulnerability to environmental or land-use change.
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$20,000
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10
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months
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University of Kent
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The grant underwrites training two southwest Ethiopian students at Masters level in community and biodiversity conservation in order to provide future leadership to community-based conservation in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region.
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$101,190
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12
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months
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Waso Trustland Project
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Work with four community-based organizations of the pastoralist peoples of Isiolo to organize the annual Cultural Festival, to fund performers to travel to the 1000 Stars Festival in Ethiopia, to promote inter-group peace and to support a local ethno-botanic garden for community education about Ewaso Nyiro conservation in Northern Kenya.
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$95,540
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24
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months
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Total African Rift Valley (19 Grants)
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$1,408,940
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Central Asia and Turkey
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Aigine Cultural Research Centre, Public Fund
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To strengthen dissemination of traditional wisdom and practices associated with sacred sites, empower and network their guardians through joint spiritual actions, explore the feasibility of community conserved areas in collaboration with partners from the Altai Republic, and support efforts for legal protection of Kyrgyz sacred sites at the national level.
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$330,000
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24
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months
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Anatolia Foundation
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Supplementary support for the revival, production, processing and organic certification of heirloom grain and of traditional apiculture of wild honey production in the North-East Turkey.
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$40,000
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8
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months
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Anthropology Center
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Supplemental support for the strengthening of understanding and the protection of sacred places in Tajikistan through research of sacred sites of Zeravshan, Fergana and Istaravshan valleys.
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$40,000
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12
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months
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Ballet Afsaneh Art and Culture Society
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To underwrite activities of Afsaneh Art & Culture Society to continue efforts to build capacity of the Tajik Dance Initiative, a newly established Tajik organization promoting sustainability and revitalization of Central Asian dance culture.
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$40,000
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12
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months
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Bishkek Art Center
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To encourage artistic exploration of the concept of biocultural diversity and relationships between landscapes and cultures through convening of Nomadic Art Camp on Lake Issyk-Kul followed by open-air exhibitions of its work in communities of Bokonbaevo and Ton, local jailoos and Bishkek.
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$50,000
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12
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months
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Both Ends*
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To underwrite the strengthening of Christensen Partners in the African Rift Valley and Central Asia through needs assessment analysis of their strengths with the aim of helping them to diversify their funding and institutional networks.
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$20,000
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12
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months
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Central Asian Crafts Support Association's Resource Center in Kyrgyzstan - CASCSARC-kg
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To support field research in rural communities of Kyrgyzstan and Kyrgyz diasporas in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkey and China on semantics of Kyrgyz folk ornaments, identification of local stewards of unique nature-based craft technologies and associated traditional knowledge and skills and creation of relevant database and educational materials.
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$125,000
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24
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months
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Community Based Tourism, Karakol
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To support a community initiative for organization of the Cuisine and Folklore Festival for promotion of inter-cultural dialogue among various ethnic groups in Kyrgyzstan, diversity education and revival of traditional food culture of local communities
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$2,000
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3
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months
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Cooperation for Development
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To support traditional horticulture and sustain agrobiodiversity in the Rasht and Gissar valleys of Central Tajikistan through establishing nurseries for the endemic varieties of fruits, community seed banks and traditional farmer led educational and training programs in local schools.
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$90,000
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24
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months
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Earth Island Institute*
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To underwrite production, post-production and distribution costs for the Losing Sacred Ground film series as well as online resources that bring the struggles and insights of the guardians of sacred natural sites to a global audience.
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$20,000
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24
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months
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Educational and Advocacy Centre for Woman “Anakhita”
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To support efforts on revitalization of Yagnobi language and culture (Central Tajikistan) through enhanced intergenerational transmission of traditional knowledge, language and creation of folklore and dance group.
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$50,000
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12
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months
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Global Music Centre
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Co-funding for the Central Asian Music Initiative to sustain diverse musical expression in Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic, by organizing training to build capacity in musicianship, archive/library operation and recording/ production, and plan future cooperation strategies with European partners.
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$15,000
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9
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months
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Institute of International Education*
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For enabling participation by stewards and allies in special conferences including the Indigenous Climate Change Summit in Alaska and the UNFCC in Copenhagen as well as collaborative events that cross regions or countries or provide unique opportunities for sharing and learning.
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$80,000
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18
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months
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International Humanities Center
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To underwrite production of a complete special issue "Understanding Afghanistan" on the socio-political and cultural situation of contemporary Afghanistan, to foster awareness of rich, shared heritage of Greater Central Asia, celebrate diversity and seed peace for the future generations.
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$16,500
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5
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months
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Kuzeydoga Society
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To continue implementation of the Kars and Igdir biocultural initiative (NE Turkey), including ethnobiological training, on-going bird research and public education, a student illustrated guide to local plants, restoration of critical habitats, and development of ecotourism as the means to improve livelihoods of local communities.
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$175,000
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24
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months
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Kyrgyz Agrarian University
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To establish a Biocultural Diversity Center at the Kyrgyz Agrarian University to initiate academic research on traditional knowledge and the interplay between biological and cultural diversity and to develop experimental curriculum integrating modern agricultural science with traditional perspectives.
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$75,000
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14
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months
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NGO "Nakukor"
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To support a collaborative effort with women’s groups in Rudaki and Vanj districts of Tajikistan to restore endemic varieties of fruits, vegetables and crops to increase resilience through agrobiodiversity and improve livelihood and develop traditional pottery skills by rehabilitating a pottery workshop.
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$44,000
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12
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months
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Public Fund - Central Asia-Arts Management (CAAM)
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To support the art and tradition of musical improvisation in Central Asia through the ethno-jazz program of the Fourth International Festival "Jazz-Bishkek-Jaz" and creation of a school for women-akyns, the Kyrgyz traditional improvisers.
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$12,000
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5
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months
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Public Organization "LATIF"
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To support participatory research on traditional and modern pasture management patterns, trainings in conflict prevention and mediation and community mobilization for collective action (hashars) around issues of resources on summer and winter pastures of Faizabad and Dangara in Tajikistan.
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$42,000
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12
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months
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Public Organization "NISO"
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Revitalization of traditional Tajik food culture and use of medicinal herbs through support of women groups of healers, traditional cooks, collectors and growers of herbs and active educational campaigns conducted by these groups in Rasht and Varzob valleys of Tajikistan.
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$35,000
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12
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months
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Stanford University
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Conservation science fellowship for a Senior Research Scientist to implement ornithological and bio-cultural diversity field research, education and local partnerships in Kars and Idgir, Turkey
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$50,500
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12
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months
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Taalim-Forum Public Foundation*
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To underwrite convening of 25 grantee organizations from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in Kok Oirok community, Kemin region, Kyrgyz Republic to facilitate horizontal learning and collective thinking about advancing common objectives and themes of biocultural diversity in the region.
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$9,481
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8
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months
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United Nations University
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To support a collaborative project with local Central Asian NGOs and academic partners on raising awareness about climate change in the Pamir, Tien-Shan and Altai Mountains, stimulating community dialogue towards early traditional knowledge adaptation measures through the production of local Climate Change videos and screening forum events.
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$50,000
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7
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months
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Worldwide Indigenous Science Network
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Development of an innovative program applying the best combination of western science and conservation with traditional indigenous knowledge for restoration of snow leopards to the landscapes of Central Asia as keystone species and one of the sacred totem forms of life.
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$80,000
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12
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months
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Total Central Asia and Turkey (24 grants)
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$1,491,481
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Collaborations & Opportunities
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Americans for Oxford
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Seed support for a fund in honor of the late Professor Southwood to assist graduate students in the Department of Zoology undertake field work in the arena of biodiversity, in particular when this connects with cultural aspects of biodiversity.
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$30,000
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24
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months
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Bismarck Ramu Group*
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To support the development of a regional network and plan of action on land issues in Melanesia, and an environmental and social assessment of the Ramu River system in Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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$10,000
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15
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months
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Community Initiatives
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To convene a small workshop of leading thinkers from foundations, indigenous communities and intermediary organizations to reflect upon the lessons learned from effective partnerships between philanthropy and indigenous groups to inform a strengthening of this growing field.
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$50,000
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12
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months
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Institute of International Education*
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For enabling participation by stewards and allies in special conferences including the Indigenous Climate Change Summit in Alaska and the UNFCC in Copenhagen as well as collaborative events that cross regions or countries or provide unique opportunities for sharing and learning.
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$266,000
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18
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months
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Taalim-Forum Public Foundation*
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To underwrite convening of 25 grantee organizations from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in Kok Oirok community, Kemin region, Kyrgyz Republic to facilitate horizontal learning and collective thinking about advancing common objectives and themes of biocultural diversity in the region.
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$12,500
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8
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months
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Zero1
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To review foundation and other programs that explore how contemporary artists may engage with biological and cultural diversity in a changing world to document, develop theory and practice, and disseminate learning from such activities.
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$41,000
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4
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months
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Total Collaborations & Opportunities (6 grants)
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$409,500
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Global Biocultural Initiative - Institutions and Policies
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Asia Indigenous Peoples' Pact Foundation
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Underwrite the participation of Indigenous Peoples at the Bangkok Pre-sessional Meeting of the UNFCCC for generating interest amongst policy makers on the need to support shifting cultivation as a mitigation measure for climate change.
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$49,840
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5
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months
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Bioversity International
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To continue support for a web-based collection of experiences of indigenous communities in using agrobiodiversity as part of their response to climate change and to develop new partnerships to address key knowledge gaps and research questions including the critical role of seed saving communities
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$195,000
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15
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months
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Center for International Environmental Law, Inc.
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To support collaborative advocacy efforts towards a strong and binding commitment of the World Bank Group to the realization of the rights articulated in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other human rights with a focus on how those rights are implemented in the context of infrastructure and agriculture projects
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$100,000
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12
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months
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ETC Group
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Partially underwrite the attempts of ETC Group to strengthen resilience of indigenous and local communities by providing research and information that will help them to establish their own policies and to help governments to establish geopolicies that will be for the well being of all.
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$50,000
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12
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months
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Forest Peoples Programme
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Support to provide advocacy, legal and technical advice to indigenous communities for promoting self-determined development focusing on peoples' rights to self-determination, free, prior and informed consent, collective rights to lands, forests, natural resources and cultural heritage.
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$100,000
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24
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months
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Institute of International Education*
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For enabling participation by stewards and allies in special conferences including the Indigenous Climate Change Summit in Alaska and the UNFCC in Copenhagen as well as collaborative events that cross regions or countries or provide unique opportunities for sharing and learning.
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$10,000
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18
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months
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International Forum on Globalization
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To support IFG's advocacy work to re-shape the debate on the global food system by getting alternative narratives in front of policy makers and the public so that local communities can demand their own right to food.
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$100,000
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12
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months
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International Funders for Indigenous Peoples*
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Core support for an important funders' association closely linked to the mission of The Christensen Fund.
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$10,000
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12
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months
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International Indian Treaty Council
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To underwrite IITC's continuing field testing of Cultural Indicators through the conduct of five community training workshops for providing a practical framework for indigenous communities to assess the impacts of new programs and the resilience of traditional foodways.
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$40,000
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12
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months
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International Institute for Environment and Development
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Underwrite the continuing scaling up of the on-going action research program of IIED that is attempting to explore ways of democratizing the governance of science and technology so that bio-culturally diverse and localized food systems can be sustained in the twenty-first century
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$220,000
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15
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months
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LifeMosaic
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To develop community supported audio-visual resources for providing a platform for indigenous voices to share their experiences locally, nationally and globally of the changing climate and of compelling examples of resilience based on stewardship of bio-cultural diversity.
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$100,000
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24
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months
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Slow Food International
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To underwrite the plan of the Slow Food network to develop its capacity to manage international stakeholders and to evolve deeper relationships with indigenous communities in certain selected geographical areas.
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$250,000
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11
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months
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SONIA
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Underwrite activities to support the participation of 10 indigenous young women and men at the forthcoming January 2009 World Social Forum in Belem do Pará, Brazil and thereby build alliances between young emerging indigenous leaders and progressive social movements.
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$49,900
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6
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months
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Stanford University
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To underwrite a 2009 international meeting of INTIRUNA, the Indigenous Ecotourism Network of the Americas in Mexico and to support institutions in regions where Christensen Fund is active to develop teaching, research, and policy-related studies of sustainable tourism.
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$100,000
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24
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months
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Tebtebba Foundation
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Develop a core of young indigenous women and men who will be equipped to sustain the indigenous peoples' movements for the protection of their rights and the promotion of the role of indigenous peoples as stewards of biocultural diversity.
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$200,000
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24
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months
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United Nations Development Programme
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Underwrite UNDP-RIPP's attempts to provide new spaces to build greater awareness and understanding of indigenous stewardship in the promotion of biocultural diversity with emphasis on traditional agriculture systems.
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$81,855
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12
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months
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United Nations University*
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To support an important new global institution and its activities around Indigenous peoples and climate change, biodiversity and water management, and traditional knowledge maintenance globally including Christensen's regions.
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$50,000
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24
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months
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University of Kent
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To underwrite the expansion of the contacts and networking of pastoralists for learning skills to conduct self assessment and audio-visual documentation so that their collective stories will become the subject of advocacy at the higher international level.
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$150,000
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24
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months
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Total Global Biocultural Initiative –
Institutions and Policies (18 grants)
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$1,856,595
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Global Biocultural Initiative - Wisdom and Practice
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Collective Heritage Institute
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To grow and deepen global exchange and cross-pollination among best practices, successful innovations, and practical and visionary solutions to sustaining biocultural diversity, through generating and disseminating cutting-edge content at the annual Bioneers Conference and international outreach.
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$120,000
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24
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months
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Community Development Institute
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To support the consolidation of experiences, techniques, learning, and materials developed and tested during 2007-2008 pilot activities to enable technology prototyping, communication, and dissemination of low-cost digital solutions to maintaining oral transmission of traditional knowledge.
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$70,000
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9
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months
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Connexus Communications, Inc.
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Underwrite the production, broadcast and Educast of a four-part radio series and related materials on traditional knowledge, biomimicry, climate change and Indigenous Peoples.
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$120,000
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26
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months
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Dartington Hall Trust
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Supporting dissemination of holistic science, resilience thinking and biocultural diversity principles and practice through an Open Learning Platform that will make Schumacher's resources and expertise available to stewards and scholars of biocultural diversity worldwide, including a pilot project in Kyrgyzstan.
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$180,000
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23
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months
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Earth Island Institute*
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To underwrite production, post-production and distribution costs for the Losing Sacred Ground film series as well as online resources that bring the struggles and insights of the guardians of sacred natural sites to a global audience.
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$320,000
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24
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months
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Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation
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To bring together Hawai'ian Elders to discuss how to sustain traditional cultural and environmental practices, in preparation for Beyond Sustainability Initiative international gathering in 2010, aimed at helping create a global shift toward more sustainable future.
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$10,000
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4
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months
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InsightShare
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Core and operational support for providing tools and training for a developing network of Indigenous media hubs producing participatory videos in order to enable indigenous communities to share their powerful stories of sustaining biocultural diversity and experiencing and adapting to climate change with the global audience.
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$299,000
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24
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months
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Institute of International Education*
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For enabling participation by stewards and allies in special conferences including the Indigenous Climate Change Summit in Alaska and the UNFCC in Copenhagen as well as collaborative events that cross regions or countries or provide unique opportunities for sharing and learning.
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$83,000
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18
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months
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International Funders for Indigenous Peoples*
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Core support for an important funders' association closely linked to the mission of The Christensen Fund.
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$10,000
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12
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months
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Kua'aina Associates, Inc.
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To underwrite the planning stage of an intensive cultural immersion program at the Hui No`eau Visual Arts Center on Maui` that will enable a carefully selected international group of talented young indigenous artists to explore their own indigenous identity.
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$25,000
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12
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months
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Land is Life, Inc.
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To provide core support to strengthen the network and enable its efficient participation in Conversations with the Earth and Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment global collaborative projects, as well as its participation in international climate change fora with indigenous peoples.
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$299,000
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23
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months
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Terralingua
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To support education, capacity building, and outreach activities based on a Global Sourcebook for Biocultural Diversity, in order to improve outreach and expand network of collaborators.
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$50,000
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12
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months
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Tides Center
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To support at-large editing services of the Native Voices program, to effectively convey the stories, insights, and worldviews of Indigenous communities and their leaders about climate change to the widest possible global and local audiences, primarily through print journalism.
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$100,000
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24
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months
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Tofino Botanical Garden
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To underwrite the planning and capacity building for the 12th International Congress of Ethnobiology to be held in Tofino, Canada (2010) that will be aimed at promoting a dialogue among indigenous peoples, the scientific community and decision-makers on sustaining biocultural diversity.
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$35,000
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12
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months
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Triad Institute
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To support the development, research, and publication of stories about Indigenous peoples experiences of climate change, with particular focus on displacement of climate refugees.
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$20,000
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12
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months
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United Nations University*
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To support an important new global institution and its activities around Indigenous peoples and climate change, biodiversity and water management, and traditional knowledge maintenance globally including Christensen's regions.
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$350,000
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24
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months
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Total Global Biocultural Initiative –
Wisdom and Practice (16 grants)
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$2,091,000
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Grantmaking Association
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American Littoral Society
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Support for a collaboration of North American foundations that share a programmatic interest in the Arctic.
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$1,000
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12
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months
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Community Partners
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General support over two years.
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$10,000
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24
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months
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Council on Foundations
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General support and dues for the Council on Foundations, a membership organization of grantmaking foundations and giving programs worldwide that provides leadership expertise, legal services and networking opportunities to members and to the general public.
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$9,860
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12
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months
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Environmental Grantmakers Association
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General support to strengthen the field of environmental grantmaking and support toward the 2009 Fall Retreat in Anchorage, Alaska.
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$20,000
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12
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months
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Grantmakers in the Arts
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General support and dues for this national association for arts funders.
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$2,500
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12
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months
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International Funders for Indigenous Peoples*
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Core support for an important funders' association closely linked to the mission of The Christensen Fund.
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$22,500
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12
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months
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Northern California Grantmakers
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General support and dues for this regional association of foundations, corporate contributions programs and other private grantmakers committed to enhancing the effectiveness of philanthropy and strengthening the ties between philanthropy and its many stakeholders in Northern California.
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$12,000
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12
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months
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TechSoup Global
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To support the detailed planning and phase I development of the NGO repository of equivalency determination information, a philanthropic sector-wide effort around centralizing foreign equivalency qualification.
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$5,000
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12
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months
|
|
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Total Grantmaking Association (8 grants)
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$82,860
|
|
|
|
|
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Greater Southwest
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|
|
|
|
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A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center
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To advance Zuni farming knowledge through youth education, celebration and by studying ancient agricultural landscapes at Mesa Verde.
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$16,100
|
5
|
months
|
|
Arizona Board of Regents
|
Support to strengthen Hopi youth's connection to the landscapes of the Colorado Plateau through intergenerational learning and community service around Hopi language, heritage and natural resources, leading to a multimedia product and museum exhibit.
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$40,000
|
13
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months
|
|
Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A. C.
|
To amplify the voices of indigenous communities in Sonora, Mexico, to direct their own development agenda through a multifaceted informational platform and publication detailing this agenda.
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$60,000
|
24
|
months
|
|
Consultoría Técnica Comunitaria, A.C.
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Support to increase food security and sovereignty in the Sierra Tarahumara through advocacy for public policy, by increasing sustainable, traditional food production, and through community based education for self governance, a maize festival, photographic exhibits and youth theater.
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$100,000
|
24
|
months
|
|
Developing Innovations in Navajo Education, Inc.
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To unify and focus efforts at establishing local food sovereignty to restore agrobiodiverse landscapes in western Navajo Nation by assisting with the development a local Food Council and a farm equipment cooperative, and supporting a food system review for this area.
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$30,000
|
16
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months
|
|
Fuerza Ambiental AC
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Continued support to facilitate Rarámuri appropriation of alternative ecotourism projects in order to preserve their culture, landscape and natural resources in three municipalities in the Sierra Tarahumara region of Chihuahua, Mexico: Guacochi, Bocoyna and Urique.
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$50,000
|
12
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months
|
|
Fundación del Empresariado Chihuahuense
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Continued support enables a full time coordinator to facilitate inter-institutional initiatives and understandings aimed at culture and education, human rights and natural resources supporting indigenous peoples in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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$30,000
|
24
|
months
|
|
Fundacion Tarahumara Jose A Llaguno A B P
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Underwriting to initiate a community based indigenous secondary school in community of Huicorachi and to strengthen the Bocoyna governors' association and traditional ceremonial center in the Sierra Tarahumara.
|
$100,000
|
24
|
months
|
|
Grand Canyon Youth, Inc.
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Underwriting strengthens a Native American Youth program through their participation in educational rafting trips, outreach and through a stakeholder planning process to develop service learning projects on Native lands along the rivers and canyons of the Colorado Plateau.
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$15,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Harvard University
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Support for a biocultural study of ant diversity on Dine lands that will provide training for students in local schools, colleges and universities.
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$28,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples*
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Core support for an important funders' association closely linked to the mission of The Christensen Fund.
|
$5,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Lore of the Land, Inc.
|
Continued support for documentation and educational activities around the foodways history and culture of Rio Arriba in New Mexico and the Camino Real, a migration route connecting the region with Chihuahua Mexico.
|
$20,000
|
24
|
months
|
|
Native Movement
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Continued support to help youth re-learn and adapt the place-based knowledge of their ancestors around the primary lifeways of food, shelter, and clothing in three communities on the Colorado Plateau: Kykotsmovi (Hopi), Pinion (Dine), and Flagstaff, Arizona.
|
$130,000
|
24
|
months
|
|
Naturalia, A.C.
|
Continued support for a partnership with Yaqui communities in Sonora Mexico to protect their natural heritage through women's leadership development, work on traditional foods and medicines, training in wildlife and resource management, and establishment of a jaguar reserve in Sierra Bacatetee.
|
$120,000
|
24
|
months
|
|
Ocean Foundation*
|
Continued support linking sea turtle cultures of the Comcáac of Sonora, Mexico with Kuna Indians in Panama and Traditional Owners of Northern Australia and Torres Strait with peoples of Papua New Guinea to strengthen traditional practices and capacity for sea turtle protection and management of coastal territories.
|
$40,000
|
18
|
months
|
|
Pueblo of Pojoaque
|
Continuing support to revitalize lost and traditional agricultural practices on Tribal lands to enable expansion of crop cultivation, community participation and marketing opportunities.
|
$25,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Sierra Madre Alliance
|
To address the root causes of the loss of biocultural diversity in the Sierra Madre through securing indigenous land tenure, sustainable forest resource management, ecological restoration and economic development in collaboration with indigenous pueblos in the southern part of the Sierra Tarahumara.
|
$150,000
|
24
|
months
|
|
Tierra Lucero
|
Continued support to further sustainable agriculture and education initiatives in the Upper Rio Grande and Colorado Plateau regions and for four field trips of Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section of the Ecological Society of America's conference to be held August 2009.
|
$33,050
|
12
|
months
|
|
United Nations University*
|
To support an important new global institution and its activities around Indigenous peoples and climate change, biodiversity and water management, and traditional knowledge maintenance globally including Christensen's regions.
|
$20,000
|
24
|
months
|
|
University of Colorado Foundation
|
Support to improve Southwest tribal capacity to plan for climate change in light of their current state of water rights development, and to influence policy development at the national level.
|
$30,000
|
13
|
months
|
|
World Wildlife Fund, Inc.
|
To empower Rarámuri inhabitants of Ejido Panalachi (Bocoyna, Chihuahua) to participate in planning and decision-making for sustainable livelihoods and in protecting biodiversity.
|
$75,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
|
Total Greater Southwest (21 Grants)
|
$1,117,150
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Local Charitable Giving
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business United Investing Lending & Development
|
Support for the Ninth-grade Program of this entrepreneurship-focused college preparation program for under-served youth.
|
$6,250
|
12
|
months
|
|
Collective Roots
|
General operating support.
|
$5,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Downtown Streets, Inc.
|
To develop a Downtown Street Team manual to help the homeless to get off the streets and engage them in employment, for both internal use and for sharing with other cities that are keen to replicate the program.
|
$5,000
|
4
|
months
|
|
East Palo Alto Kids Foundation
|
To support new teachers joining the Ravenswood City School District by providing supplies and teacher materials to create a conducive classroom environment, and to continue support for the Street Soldiers Program at Belle Haven Elementary in Menlo Park, CA.
|
$13,750
|
9
|
months
|
|
Sustainable Community Gardens
|
To partially fund personnel expenses for an Assistant Farm Manager at Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale, CA.
|
$7,500
|
12
|
months
|
|
Women's Recovery Association
|
Support for the Children's Center, a healing and safe place for children whose lives have been affected by substance abuse.
|
$6,250
|
12
|
months
|
|
Zohar Dance Company
|
General support for dance programs throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo counties for at-risk and special education children.
|
$6,250
|
10
|
months
|
|
|
Total Local Charitable Giving (7 grants)
|
$50,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Melanesia
|
|
|
|
|
|
AID/WATCH
|
To support an advocacy and outreach campaign carried out in collaboration with partners in PNG and Vanuatu to investigate and expose where Australian aid practice in Melanesia undermines customary land tenure and community land management to the benefit of commercial interests.
|
$50,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Alliance française de Port Moresby
|
To support printing of a publication on Papua New Guinea bilums (string bags) which is the result of a research project developed and conducted by University of Papua New Guinea students.
|
$15,000
|
6
|
months
|
|
Alotau Environment Ltd.
|
To underwrite a program of community awareness training on a range of related biocultural issues in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
|
$20,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Barnard College, Columbia University
|
To underwrite the completion of the first phase of eco-anthropological research regarding local perceptions of the social, environmental and economic effects of the growth of the Oil Palm plantation sector in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, carried out in collaboration with local organizations in Papua New Guinea.
|
$75,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Bismarck Ramu Group*
|
To support the development of a regional network and plan of action on land issues in Melanesia, and an environmental and social assessment of the Ramu River system in Madang, Papua New Guinea.
|
$125,000
|
15
|
months
|
|
Earth Island Institute*
|
To underwrite production, post-production and distribution costs for the Losing Sacred Ground film series as well as online resources that bring the struggles and insights of the guardians of sacred natural sites to a global audience.
|
$50,000
|
24
|
months
|
|
Erromango Cultural Association
|
To support documentation and promotion of the unique language, culture and customs of Erromango Island in Vanuatu through production of early reader books in vernacular language and about Erromangan customs and culture, and through other activities aimed at revival of the traditional system of governance.
|
$25,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Fest Napuan Association
|
To support the showcasing of performances of traditional music and dance as part of the popular Fest'Napuan regional music festival in Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu.
|
$30,000
|
27
|
months
|
|
New Guinea Binatang Research Center
|
To support a survey of biodiversity distribution of selected plant, invertebrate and vertebrate taxa at eight sites along a rainforest transect from sea level in the Sepik-Ramu lowlands to the tree line of Mt. Wilhelm in Papua New Guinea.
|
$30,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Ocean Foundation*
|
Continued support linking sea turtle cultures of the Comcáac of Sonora, Mexico with Kuna Indians in Panama and Traditional Owners of Northern Australia and Torres Strait with peoples of Papua New Guinea to strengthen traditional practices and capacity for sea turtle protection and management of coastal territories.
|
$30,000
|
18
|
months
|
|
Pacific Islands Museums Association
|
To strengthen the joint Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Museums Association (PIMA) and ICOMOS Pasifika, which forms the basis for the strategic regional alliance of the Pacific Heritage Network.
|
$40,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
PNG Institute of Biological Research
|
To provide core support to the newly formed PNG Institute of Biological Research as it seeks to continue its biological research and training efforts, and thereby contribute to the emergence of a national indigenous conservation strategy.
|
$80,000
|
10
|
months
|
|
Projections Network
|
To support three stewards' initiatives related to rehabilitation and revitalization of biocultural diversity in Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea -- including establishing a Living Learning Centre, and documenting ethnobotanical knowledge while establishing nurseries for endangered species of culturally important plants.
|
$22,500
|
12
|
months
|
|
Rainforest Action Network
|
To support a Rainforest Agribusiness Campaign on PNG through deepening relationships with NGO and community allies in PNG, bringing international attention to issues surrounding oil palm plantation expansion in Melanesia using online, media, and grassroots organizing strategies.
|
$35,000
|
6
|
months
|
|
Restoring Eden
|
To underwrite a planning and skill-sharing process in order to assess the possibilities for development of a Christian "Creation care" collaboration between Christians in Papua New Guinea and the US.
|
$25,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
|
To support a program of community awareness and establishment of community genebanks in Malaita, Solomon Islands, aimed at increasing understanding of the links between banana diversity and nutrition, while restoring pride in local food crops.
|
$25,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Tura Nambe Association
|
To support research carried out by urban-based youth who will travel back to their native Penama Province to participate in and document Sawagoro cultural practices, thereby strengthening connections between rural and urban areas and engaging youth in cultural revitalization processes.
|
$40,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
United Nations University*
|
To support an important new global institution and its activities around Indigenous peoples and climate change, biodiversity and water management, and traditional knowledge maintenance globally including Christensen's regions
|
$75,000
|
24
|
months
|
|
University of Goroka
|
To underwrite ethnomycological and taxonomic documentation of the endemic mushroom diversity of five provinces in Papua New Guinea -- Southern and Eastern Highlands, Simbu, Morobe, and Madang -- as well as assessment of their nutritional and medicinal properties.
|
$20,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Vanuatu Cultural Centre
|
To assist continued implementation of the Vanuatu Government's Traditional Economy initiative through incorporating indigenous knowledge into the school science curriculum, public education on land issues, traditional management of reefs and shell money production at Rowa Atoll, kastom food programs, and opening of a cultural center on Tanna.
|
$167,300
|
12
|
months
|
|
Vanuatu National Cultural Council
|
To underwrite the planning process for a proposed international convening regarding possible development of new indicators of wealth and well-being for Melanesia.
|
$30,000
|
8
|
months
|
|
Wantok Musik Foundation
|
To raise the profile of cultural music as "cool" by supporting the efforts of the Wantok Musik Foundation to further develop its Melanesian cultural music record label -- run by and for Melanesian artists -- through recording, releasing and marketing six cultural music CDs of international standard.
|
$50,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
Wide Bay Conservation Association
|
To support a program of critical awareness, networking, and strategic planning on the issue of seabed mining to connect communities in the New Guinea Islands region of Papua New Guinea so that they can participate in decisions about their traditional seascapes.
|
$18,500
|
12
|
months
|
|
Wildlife Conservation Society
|
To support an innovative approach to community-based conservation in Papua New Guinea, which aims to strengthen biological and cultural diversity by integrating terrestrial and marine resource management, while blending western science and indigenous ecological knowledge.
|
$40,000
|
12
|
months
|
|
|
Total Melanesia (24 grants)
|
$1,118,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Northern Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australian Human Rights Commission
|
To promote awareness and engagement among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through the production and delivery of community education materials, toolkits and programs.
|
$90,017
|
10
|
months
|
|
Girringun Aboriginal Corporation
|
To continue to build on an earlier Christensen-funded project to enable the permanent recording of traditional environmental and cultural knowledge from the Elders of the Girringun region for transmission, understanding and use by their younger generations.
|
$149,507
|
27
|
months
|
|
Griffith University |
