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RECENT GRANTS

Conservation of the Mesoamerican Reef

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Amigos de Sian Ka’an
Cancun, Mexico
$187,658 over one year (2006)
For the “Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative:” a multi-institutional effort to significantly reduce the tourism industry’s environmental footprint and maximize its contributions to the protection of the Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion.
www.amigosdesiankaan.org

Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental
Mexico City & Cancun, Mexico
$248,000 over one year (2007)
For protecting the Mesoamerican Reef through the application of law.
www.cemda.org.mx

Conservation International
Arlington, VA
$460,000 over one year (2007)
For the “Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative:” a multi-institutional effort to significantly reduce the tourism industry’s environmental footprint and maximize its contributions to the protection of the Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion.
www.conservation.org

The Coral Reef Alliance
Washington, DC
$57,385 over one year (2006)
For assisting marine recreation providers to conduct their businesses in a sustainable manner in the Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion.
www.coral.org

Environmental Defense Fund
New York, NY
$70,000 over six months (2007)
For assisting in the introduction of market-based solutions to the marine ecosystem protection on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System.
www.environmentaldefense.org

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
Eugene, OR
$150,000 over one year (2007)
For building capacity of environmental law groups in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
www.elaw.org

Haereticus Environmental Laboratory
Clifford, VA
$123,700 over two years (2006)
For the development of indicators of human health in relation to agro-chemical contaminants found in the breast milk of Belizean women.

Mesoamerican Reef Fund
Guatemala City, Guatemala
$248,510 over one year (2007)
For general support.
www.marfund.org

The Nature Conservancy
Arlington, VA
$222,705 over one year (2007)
For the protection of spawning aggregations and key nursery sites in the Mesoamerican Reef.
www.nature.org

Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
$190,648 over one year (2007)
For the Healthy Mesoamerican Reef Ecosystem Initiative.
www.healthyreefs.org

Toledo Institute for Development and Environment
Punta Gorda, Belize
$125,000 over one year (2007)
For general support.
www.tidebelize.org

Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, NY
$220,712 over one year (2006)
For research and conservation of spawning aggregations and sharks in Belize.
www.wcs.org

World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC
$430,144 over one year (2007)
For reducing agricultural effluent threats in the Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion through the adoption of ‘better management’ practices by agro-industry.
www.wwfus.org

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Global Population & Youth Leadership

Action Canada for Population and Development
Ottawa, Canada
$65,000 over one year (2007)
For support to the Youth Coalition.
www.youthcoalition.org

Advocates for Youth
Washington, DC
$125,000 over one year (2007)
For general support.
www.advocatesforyouth.org

Center for Resource Economics/Island Press
Washington, DC
$10,000 over one year (2007)
For the “Youth Convening on Population, Environment, and Justice” conference.
www.islandpress.com

Central American Women’s Fund
Managua, Nicaragua
$25,000 over one year (2007)
For the work to support young women leaders and to build local philanthropy in Central America.
www.fcmujeres.org

Equilibres & Populations
Paris, France
$45,000 over one year (2007)
For the project, “Investing in Youth to Build the Future.”
www.equipop.org

European Parliamentary Forum on Population & Development
Brussels, Belgium
$45,000 over one year (2008)
For continued support to the European Young Decision Makers Group initiative.
www.iepfpd.org

Family Care International
New York, NY
$40,000 over one year (2007)
To support young people’s participation in the “Women Deliver” Conference.
www.familycareintl.org

Feminist Majority Foundation
Arlington, VA
$45,000 over one year (2008)
For the campus-based Global Reproductive Rights Campaign.
www.feministcampus.org

The Guttmacher Institute
New York, NY
$65,000 over one year (2007)
For setting the evidence-based U.S. policy agenda needed to ensure sexual and reproductive health among youth
www.guttmacher.org

International Planned Parenthood Federation
Western Hemisphere Region
New York, NY
$40,000 over one year (2007)
For working with the Belize Family Life Association to increase access to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services
www.ippfwhr.org

International Planned Parenthood Federation
European Network
Brussels, Belgium
$40,000 over one year (2007)
For the project, “Joining Forces: Youth Advocates for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights.”
www.ippfen.org

Irish Family Planning Association
Dublin, Ireland
$45,000 over one year (2007)
For mobilizing young people to advocate for reproductive health and rights in Ireland and internationally.
www.ifpa.ie

PCI Media Impact
New York, NY
$35,000 over one year (2007)
For the Mesoamerican Leadership and Capacity Building Initiative,, which uses education-entertainment strategies to advance adolescent reproductive health in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Quintana Roo, Mexico.
www.population.org

The Population Council
New York, NY
$40,000 over eighteen months (2006)
For Reaching Young People Left Behind: Creating an Enabling Environment for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Guatemala.
www.popcouncil.org

Population Reference Bureau
Washington, DC
$37,000 over one year (2007)
For a knowledge sharing and networking meeting for Summit European grantees.
www.prb.org

Population Services International
Washington, DC
$170,600 over one year (2008)
For integrated adolescent reproductive health/STI/HIV prevention work in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Quintana Roo, Mexico.
www.psi.org

Public Health Institute/
International Health Programs

Oakland, CA
$1,890,000 over three years (2007)
For the continuation of the Youth Leadership in Sexual and Reproductive Health (GOJoven) Program, a leadership development program for young professionals involved in adolescent reproductive health in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Quintana Roo, Mexico.
www.ihp.org and
www.gojoven.org

Public Health Institute/
International Health Programs

Oakland, CA
$80,000 over eighteen months (2007)
For a partnership with the Comprehensive Center for Human Sexuality for Adolescents and Youth (CHISPAS) in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
www.ihp.org

Public Health Institute/
International Health Programs

Oakland, CA
$53,473 over eighteen months (2006)
For an academic scholarship program for GoJoven alumni fellows.
www.ihp.org and
www.gojoven.org

Puntos de Encuentro
Managua, Nicaragua
$160,000 over one year (2008)
For the promotion and defense of young people’s sexual and reproductive health rights in Honduras and Guatemala through the “We’re Different We’re Equal” program.
www.puntos.org.ni

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
Washington, DC
$80,000 over one year (2007)
For general support.
www.siecus.org

The Sierra Club Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$35,000 over one year (2007)
For the Campus Outreach Campaign of the Global Population & Environment Program.
www.sierraclub.org

Students Partnership Worldwide
London, England
$61,000 over one year (2007)
For young leaders to advocate for the United Kingdom to increase support for global sexual and reproductive health programs for youth.
www.spw.org

US Fund for UNICEF
New York, NY
$50,000 over one year (2007)
To empower adolescents in Belize to develop life skills required to prevent HIV/AIDS and make responsible choices about their lives.
www.unicefusa.org

World Population Foundation
Hilversum, The Netherlands
$52,287 over one year (2006)
For support to the European Youth Network on Sexual and Reproductive Rights (YouAct).
www.youact.org

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Spawning aggregation

Photo by Douglas Seifert


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Report from the Field,
the update from the Conservation of the Mesoamerican Reef Program

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