Equator Initiative
Initiative I0006
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| Implementing org | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Development organisation (UN)) |
Summary
Coordinated by UNDP, the Equator Initiative is a partnership that brings together the United Nations, civil society, business, governments and communities to help build the capacity and raise the profile of grassroots efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The Equator Initiative’s work is organized around four themes:
- The Equator Prize is a prestigious international award that recognizes outstanding local efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
- Equator Dialogues is an innovative programme of community and local-global dialogues, learning exchanges and meetings
- Equator Knowledge is a research and learning initiative dedicated to synthesizing lessons from local conservation and poverty reduction practice
- Equator Ventures is an investment programme focused on blended finance and capacity development for biodiversity enterprises in the most biodiversity-rich locations of the world.
Outputs
1. Equator Prize: 2006 marked the third round of the prestigious Equator Prize. This time 309 nominations were received from 70 countries, which are currently being reviewed and scored.
2. Equator Knowledge: Amongst 2006 major efforts is the publication “Community Action to Conserve Biodiversity: Linking Biodiversity Conservation with Poverty Reduction”, which highlights lessons from the successes of community-based biodiversity enterprises.
3. Equator Dialogues: The Equator Initiative hosted the Community Taba in Curitiba, Brazil in 2006 and the Fordham Lecture Series “People and the Environment: The Role of Environment in Poverty Alleviation”.
4. Equator Ventures: A review of Equator Ventures projects in 2006 showed that the four projects in Mozambique, Guatemala, Bolivia and Chile are strongly benefiting from the program’s grant and loan capital.
Geographic coverage
Africa
Americas
Asia
People
Eileen de Ravin
E-mail: eileen.de.ravin@undp.org
Phone: +1 212 457 1829
Web URL
www.EquatorInitiative.org
Related records above this one:
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Organisation O0146)