There are 463 projects that match your search.
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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32,182.86
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/26 |
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During this project's execution, an alternative technology center for dealing with drought and desertification will be implemented with the objective of capacity building for young adults and women from rural families to recover, through the work of ( ... )
oung adults, four sources of rivers that run through communities in the area and form the Araçuaí River sub-basin. A plant nursery, a creole seed bank, and a honey house will be implemented and 8 small dams will be built. Training and capacity building for 30 multiplying agents will take place for dissemintation of the project's
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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33,609.76
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/19 |
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This project seeks to adapt the "Agroforestry Educator" methodology and didactic materials for social-cultural and environmental use of the Cerrado by its traditional populations, translating this biome's reality and the positive interaction between ( ... )
ture of these people and their sustainable lifestyles into a tool for recovery of degraded areas in the Cerrado. Organizations and communities will receive instruments for recovery and reconstruction of degraded areas in the Cerrado through a participative, dynamic and interactive methodology and the confection of didactic materials based on principles and concepts of ecology and rescuing of
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/06 |
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The main objective of this project is the creation of strategies for conservation of the remaining Cerrado areas in the state of São Paulo through the mobilization of civil society and through a state run environmental education program. The ( ... )
nmental organizations in the state will be mapped, research and events eill subsidize an action plan for conservation of the biome, and didactic materials will be
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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26,999.99
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/05 |
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The consolidation of activities in the Andalucia Agrarian Reform Settlement is the goal of this project. The relationship between this settlement and other settlements as well as other organizations in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, will be ( ... )
thened, promoting a synergy for the isolated and asynchronous sustainable intiatives. More specifically, wild collection of native species will be strengthened, making use of the mapping of species and study of productive potential done in the Andalucia settlement, autonomy for weavers will be encouraged, certification for the production from the settlement nucleus will be sought, tourism will be
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/29 |
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The objective of this project is to replenish the vegetation in degraded areas in the Buritirana Stream springs located in the Buritirana village, and the Peixe River, a Balsas River tributary. Environmental awareness building for the community and ( ... )
ighbors is also an objective. The sustainable use of native Cerrado species will be proposed by ACA, suggesting the replacement of conversion of forest by alternative technologies for smallholder farming, introducing vegetables in the
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/32 |
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This project will develop environmental management capacity building activities for Krikati and Apinajé indigenous environmental agents. A plan for recovery of degraded areas and installation of demonstration modules in the Krikati area, as well as ( ... )
semination of agroecologic management practices are all means to that end. Furthermore, the maintenance of a plant nursery in Carolina, state of Maranhão, implementation of permanent cultures and the preparation of a monitoring plan for the Apinajé area will be carried out. The formation of critical thinking in young adults is of paramount importance, for identification of negative impacts
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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20,096.06
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/13 |
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Practical proposals for social-economic diversification of smallholder production through the sustainable use of land are the main objective of this project. It is hoped that it will serve as a basis for multiplication of the productive and ( ... )
zational experience for other groups and organizations not yet aware of the possibilities brough about by specialization. The recovery of degraded areas is sought through the proposal of an agroecology plan. Small and medium-sized animals will be raised and vegetables will be grown, in an attempt to show the smallholders the environmental and social-economical benefits of diversfication of
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/34 |
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Technical support for starting a pilot evaluation, awareness-building, design and implementation program for activities linked to the recovery and management of areas explored for the production of traditional medicine and sweets are the main ( ... )
ives of this project. Sustainability of this strategy is largely dependant on community integration through the participative planning and evaluation activities, as well as environmental education, capacity building in new planting techniques and land use, and construction of a business plan for commercialization of the products. This pilot initiative is believed to serve as stimulus for the
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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18,735.19
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/08 |
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This project aims to produce and commercialize sustainable managed handcrafts from the Buriti palm (Mauritia vinifera), using its stem, leaves and bark. This will contribute to income generation in the community and will help to avoid deforestation ( ... )
municipality of Monte Alegre. Capacity building workshops will be offered in gender relations and Buriti management, which will provide the basis for good project execution and will result in development for the communities
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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33,613.24
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/04 |
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This project aims to protect the genetic heritage of traditional seeds in smallholder farms in the Southwestern Mato Grosso, involving eight municipalities. It will ensure peasant control of seed multiplication, guaranteeing family sustainability ( ... )
oviding diffusion of the activities through seed exchanges among communities and regions in the state. A seed bank will be created for environmentally sound creole varietal
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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33,400.94
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/15 |
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FrutaSã is a fruit pulp factory owned by indigenous associations and operated by the local smallholders. Fruit is bought from a wide variety of suppliers and transformed into pulp for juice at the factory. This helps generate income for the ( ... )
ional populations living in the area, which provides an alternative to giving in to the pressure of the expanding agricultural frontier and subsequent deforestation. The current project seeks to help FrutaSã increase its volume of production and fruit processing. The municipality of Carolina, state of Maranhão, has many Timbira Indians and various smallholders inhabiting its surroundings, and
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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29,230.38
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/03 |
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This project seeks to create a means for industrialization and commercialization through the construction of an agor-industry in the Carlos Lamarca Agrarian Reform Settlement. Capacity-building is also planned for the community members on ( ... )
vation and sustainable use of the biodiversity, with purposes of economic and ecological use of Cerrado fruits such as Pequi, Baru, etc. Another activity planned is incentives for production and commercialization of handcrafts by community men, women and children. Harmonic coexistence with the environment is thus
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/12 |
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This project is aimed at identification, analysis and dissemination of lessons learned by the Small Grants Programme in its nine years, by means of providing support for graduate students researching the programme and its projects, which further ( ... )
to foster future projects and proposals for public policy.
Financial support will be granted to cover students? expenses for studies which are relevant to the programme. Socioenvironmental, economic, social and cultural aspects must be part of the selected
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Brazil
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Multifocal Area
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2004
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3,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/18 |
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The project will start a mapping of local populations that keep the Cerrado standing in the states of Goiás, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. Emphasis will be put on social diversity, lifestyles, relationship with ( ... )
l resources, particularly water and biodiversity, social-environmental conflicts and challenges faced. The purpose is to show that the Cerrado has a wide diversity of environments, as well as a wide social, cultural and lifestyle diversity, and that conservation of the biome depends largely on the local populations. Public discussion on the importance of these populations will help strengthen
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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33,229.97
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/02 |
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The project aims to create an improved process for oil extraction of Cerrado plants, using the Macaúba (Acrocomia aculeata) nut as the key species in a region of semi-arid cerrado fields. Located in the Riachão Valley, part of the São Francisco ( ... )
this region hosts activities such as extensive cattle raising and irrigated agriculture, which privatize the land and require deforestation. With the possibility of social and economic use of the coconut groves and disseminating proposals for agroforestry and wildlife management systems, the project will contribute to higher income for traditional populations in the region, as well as helping to
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Brazil
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Land Degradation
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2004
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33,282.23
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/24 |
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The project seeks to build capacity for the inhabitants of the Wederã Xavante Village in the Mortes River Indigenous Reservation for extensive white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) management. Sustainability for game is sought, in an attempt to ( ... )
e the indigenous tradition of hunting. Telemetry will be used for control of the specimens. A decrease in the pressure on the natural resources of the reservation is one of the main goals of the project. The use of fire for obtaining food is slowly becoming a common practice in the village, and the reversal of this tendency is important.
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/07 |
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This project aims to bring together organizations with activities in the Cerrado for the establishment of rules and practices which can guide the collective conservation and management of the biome and its culture. Credibility for such activities is ( ... )
with the participative certification, which will promote the organization and communication among the participating organizations and related groups, as well as the optimization of processes and techniques. Organizations with potential for certification will be identified. Organizations of producers, technicians and consumers will be mobilized for an increase in the number of paticipants in the
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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24,361.76
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/04 |
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Emu will be reaised by the Krikati Indigenous Community in an attempt to recover the population of this Cerrado species. Social and environmental conditions will thus be improved, with the generation of alternate sources of income and alternative ( ... )
s of food, as well as a recovery of traditional knowledge and habits of this indigenous community located in Montes Altos, state of Maranhão. More specifically, awareness building and mobilization for the community are sought on the subject of the social-environmental importance of emus. Participation of the school children in the project for environmental education is another objective. The
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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13,009.05
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/04/06 |
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This project is a community initiative seeking to gather different species of plants in a medicinal garden, which the families in the Olhos d'Água Community, in the rural area of Turmailna, used to have in their backyards and gradually lost over ( ... )
The community will thus better know the therapeutic strength of the herbs and will better explore the local Cerrado environment, improving quality of life for the families in the
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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3,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/01 |
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The Xakriabá Indians live in a dry, degraded area, in São João das Missões, state of Minas Gerais. Riverbeds and springs will be enhanced with the re-introduction of native species. Riparian woods will be recovered with fruit-yielding pequi ( ... )
a and murici trees. Sweets, oils and medicaaine production from these fruits will be encouraged in the community. The project will htus assist in fighting fires, illegal wood extraction by trespassers, and training young adults in defending the
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