Comunidad y Biodiversidad
(COBI) (Guaymas, Son., México)
COBI, a Mexican civil society association, supports and
promotes the directed local efforts to protect and preserve
the area's marine and coastal natural resources.
· Grant funding
provided for the design and evaluation of no-take (no
fishing) marine reserves: a strategy to help manage the
Gulf of California marine ecosystem.
$20,000
Conservación del Territorio
Insular Mexican
(ISLA) (La Paz, B.C.S., México)
Formed in 1995, ISLA's mission is the conservation of
the diversity of the surrounding coastal and marine ecosystems.
· Funding provided
to work with the communities and sport fishing stakeholders
to obtain the basic information to involve them in the
conservation, management and appropriate economic activities
related to marine protected areas. $20,000
Conservation International
(CI)
(Washington, DC, U.S.A./Guaymas, Son. Mexico)
CI applies innovations in science, economics, policy and
community participation to protect the Earth's richest
regions of plant and animal diversity in the hotspots,
major tropical wilderness areas and key marine ecosystems.
Grant funding to support
work aimed at creating five new protected marine areas
in the Gulf of California or Sea of Cortez. $645,403
El Colegio de la Frontera
Norte (COLEF)
(Tijuana, B.C., México)
· Two grants
provided for Ecoparque: one for the creation of two temporary
open classrooms to hold session for children visiting
Ecoparque and the other to develop a strategic plan for
a) land use and build infrastructure for the Environmental
Education Center at Ecoparque.
$10,000
· Grant funding to cover expenses related to the
seminar "Regional Reflections on the 2002 World Summit:
Equity and Sustainable Development in the U.S.-Mexico
Border Region." $6,853
· Grant funding to support research that will examine
the social and economic linkages that the migrant and
settled populations of Tijuana maintain with San Diego
County. The findings will be integrated and combined with
the findings of an existing study. $13,000
Fundación del Empresariado
Chihuahuense
(Chuhuahua, México)
In 1996, the Fundación del Empresariado Chihuahuense
was established to serve as the philanthropic vehicle
of the trust fund. It focuses its giving in the areas
of health, education, income-generation and promotion
of philanthropy
· Grant funding
given to purchase different kinds of trees for the project
"Vamos Juntos Arbol por Arbol", an initiative
supported by the City Council of Chihuahua and whose main
objective is reforestation of a designated area of the
city of Chihuahua. $5,000
Fundacion Mexicana para la
Educacion Ambiental A.C. (FUNDEA) (México, D.F.,
Mexico)
FUNDEA is a Mexican charitable organization focused on
protecting and preserving and educating others about the
environment.
· Grant funding
for was provided to secure the expropriation of Isla Espirtu
Santo in the Sea of Cortez for long term conservation.
$250,000
Grupo Ecologista Antares
(GEA) (Loreto, B.C.S., México)
GEA is a private association, formed in 1996, due to the
concern of a group of Loreto citizens for the care and
protection of the marine resources and ecosystems that
have been exhausted and destroyed by uncontrolled human
activities.
· Grant funding
given to provide funds for one of three monitoring stations
within the Park to aid in effective enforcement of fishing
and other use regulations. $20,000
Intercultural Center for the
Study of Deserts and Oceans (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
The Intercultural Center is a nonprofit Natural History
Resource Center and Biological Field Station focused on
developing and implementing research, conservation and
environmental education programs, and materials that enhance
the protection of these ecosystems.
· Grant funding
for preparation of a bilingual comprehensive resource
book on the Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River
Delta Biosphere Reserve. $20,000
Investigación y Conservación
de Mamiferos Marinos de Ensenada (ICMME) (Ensenada, B.C.S.,
México)
Founded in 1997, ICMME was established to protect and
manage marine mammals and their environment in Mexico's
northwest through research and education. ICMME projects
include: disentanglement and stranding response to mammals,
environmental education, and marine mammal research. The
organization's primary objective is to evaluate if a mammal
is stranded and to assist it accordingly.
· Grant funding
given to assess the diversity, distribution and abundance
of cetaceans and to initiate an environmental education
programs. $20,000
Los Niños (Chula Vista,
CA, U.S.A.)
· Grant funding
given to support the Aldea Ecologica program in Tijuana.
This grant will provide operational support paying staff
and materials, as well as $1,000
towards a van.
$7,500
Los Niños de Baja
California, A.C. (Tijuana, B.C., México)
Founded in 1974, the mission of Los Ninos de Baja California
is to promote self-sufficiency and community participation
through educational and developmental projects on both
sides of the border
· Grant funding
provided to support the purchase a van to transport people
form the various neighborhoods to the Aldea Ecologica
and Los Niños projects at Ecoparque.
$6,853
North Coast Cetacean Society
(Qualicum Beach, B.C., Canada)
As non-profit conservation, education, and research organization,
the goal of the North Coast Cetacean Society is to achieve
on a global basis a "utilization of cetacean resources.
· Grant funding
provided to support the construction of a laboratory facility
for whale research. $30,000
Observadores
de América (La Paz, B.C.S., México)
Obervadores de America was formed
to promote the conservation of the environment and the
sustainable development of Southern Baja California, specifically
the Sea of Cortes.
· Grant funding
provided to buy camera equipment and to produce public
service announcements with an environmental message.
$6,000
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Pro
Esteros (Ensenada, BC)
Founded in 1988, Pro Esteros is a
binational grassroots organization dedicated to the protection
and conservation of the coastal lagoons along the Baja California
Peninsula. One of the principal objectives is to achieve equilibrium
between development and conservation by means of research
and education.
· Grant funding provided
to support the establishment of a community group to protect
the Mona Estuary of Bahía de Los Angeles.
$20,000
Pro
Peninsula (San Diego, CA, U.S.A.)
Pro-Peninsula's mission is to strengthen
the effectiveness of organizations on the Baja peninsula by
establishing links with funding sources, providing technical
assistance and organizational development, fostering collaboration,
and increasing public awareness of the organizations and the
issues they address
· Grant funding provided
for the establishment of a Bahía de Los Angeles Park
Visitor/Community Center.
$20,000
Pronatura Nacional (México,
D.F., México)
Pronatura's mission is to conserve
biodiversity through integrated sustainable development projects
adapted as models that are replicable at a regional level.
· Grant funding provided
to support the 5th Inter-American Congress on Private Land
Conservation to be held on January 27-31, 2003. Also to support
scholarships for two people from Pronatura Noroeste Mar de
Cortés to attend the conference.
$4,680
Pronatura Noroeste Mar de Cortés
(Ensenada, B.C.S., México)
· Grant funding provided
to train local residents from Bahía de los Angeles
to serve as managers of the proposed Bahía de Los Angeles
National Park. $20,000
Proyecto Fronterizo de Educacion
Ambiental, A.C. (PFEA) (Tijuana, B.C., México)
PFEA was founded in 1991 by a group
of Tijuana professionals and residents out of a concern regarding
the growing rate of industrial pollution in the framework
of NAFTA. The organization is dedicated to developing a process
that generates changes in environmental practices and policies
in the region, in order to develop a more sustainable society.
· Grant funding for
final payment for conducting phase #1 and #2 of the needs
assessment of the non-profit environmental organizations in
Baja California.
$2,000
· Grant funding to
support the design and production of a bi-lingual “Field
Trip Binder” that will be carried out by Consejo de
Educación Ambiental para las Californias (CEAC)/Environmental
Education Council of the Californias (EECC). $500
· Grant funding to complete the cost of providing a
buffet lunch on Saturday 17th of May for the IV Meeting on
the Border Environment participants (200), in Tijuana, Baja
California. $1,000
San Diego Natural History Museum
(San Diego, Ca, U.S.A.)
· Grant funding provided
for the purposes of carrying out support/administrative tasks
associated with the "Por un Planeta Limpio para Todos"
environmental poster/poetry contest in La Paz, B.C.S.
$4,700
Siempre Semillas (La Ribera,
B.C.S., México)
Siempre Semilla is an ecological foundation
based at the botanical garden, "La Fortuna," whose
activities are focused on biodiversity preservation.
· Grant funding provided
to help with the expenses of the workshops given to the children
and teenagers of the local communities at Buena Fortuna Botanical
Garden in La Rivera, Baja California Sur. The grant shall
be to purchase didactic materials and chairs for the workshops.
$XXXX
· Additional grant for land acquisition to expand the
botanical garden for diversity preservation and teaching.
$9,000
Sociedad de Historia Natural
Niparaja A.C.
(La Paz, B.C.S. México)
Niparaja is a non-profit organization,
established in 1991, that is focused on conserving the natural
capital of Southern Baja California through collaborative,
science-based actions for the present and future benefit of
local communities.
· Grant funding provided
for restoration work at Hacienda de los Dolores in Baja California
Sur. $20,000
· Additional grant funding for support their work with
the annual festival of vaquitas, sharks, bill fish and turtles
during the months of April through July 2003. $5,000
Terra Peninsular A.C. (Ensenada,
B.C., México)
Created in 2001, Terra Peninsular
is focused on conserving the landscapes of the Baja California
Peninsula, specifically through the application of legal mechanisms.
· Grant funding provided
for general operating costs that support Terra Peninsular's
programs institutional development and administration. $40,962
· Two additional grants for general operation costs
to support Terra Peninsular's programs, institutional development
and administration. $48,670.
United Nations Foundation (Washington,
DC, U.S.A.)
Through the organization's grantmaking
and building if new and innovative public-private partnerships,
the United Nations Foundation acts to meet the most pressing
health, humanitarian, socioeconomic, and environmental challenges
of the 21st century
· Grant funding for
the purposes of re-granting to FUNDEA to support conservation
management in Isla Espíritu Santo and Isla Partida
in Baja California Sur. $125,000
Foro Ensenada, A.C. (Ensenada,
B.C.S., México)
Foro Ensenada, A.C. is a non-profit
organization created in 1999 to promote a process known as
Vision Ensenada 2025. Foro's mission is for Ensenada to grow
under a long-term strategic plan to ensure that the people
will have better paying jobs as well as a better quality of
life.
· Grant funding to
support the planning and community outreach necessary to establish
a natural protected area for San Quintin Bay, Baja California,
Mexico. $38,500
Wildcoast (Imperial Beach, CA,
U.S.A.)
Grant funding to undertake
the communications effort at the local, state and national
level to build a constituency in favor of the establishment
of the Bahía de los Angeles National Marine Park. The
organization is an international conservation team, dedicated
to the preservation of endangered species and threatened coastal
wild lands of the Californias.
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