Traditional U’wa Authority and the U’wa Defense Working Group
$5,000 to help define the boundaries of the larger U’wa Reservation in order to secure legal title as a step towards community control and protection of the forest.
Grants in South America
Rescate del Bosque Tropical (Rainforest Rescue)
$4,000 to support a reforestation project in the subtropical humid region of Pinchincha, Ecuador aiming to restore 25 acres of forest to its natural state, with the involvement of local families who will also reforest an acre each of their own land, replanting it with native species, including non-timber forest products which may be sold to replace income that would have been generated by the sale of wood and agricultural products.
National Interprovincial Achuar Federation of Ecuador (FINAE)
$3,500 for a grassroots organizing and media campaign, and coordination with national and international organizations to create a powerful joint effort to stop oil exploration on Indigenous territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon.