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Protecting a Precious Kazakhstan National Park

Article by Ecological Society “Green Salvation,” Central Asia Board Grantee Partner Ile-Alatau National Park is one of fifteen national parks in Kazakhstan. It is located near the city of Almaty, on the slopes of Zailiski Alatau, a mountain range in the Northern Tien Shan mountain system. This pristine mountain sanctuary stands as a critical safeguard […]

Perspectives on Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation

Indigenous Peoples protect the environment worldwide, employing centuries of traditional and cultural ideals that honor the Earth. Yet around the world, Indigenous Peoples face dire threats to their livelihoods and connections to land from extractivism, deforestation, development, and climate change, as well as violence for their efforts to defend their land, in many cases. At […]

Disability Rights and Climate Justice: Closing the Information Gap

The Disability Rights and Climate Justice (DRCJ) Advisory Board at Global Greengrants Fund is a global board founded in 2022 that encourages intersectional connections between disability rights and climate justice movements. In this blog series, we hear directly from those grantee partners, digging deeper into their contexts, their strategies for supporting disability rights and environmental […]

A New Central Asia Advisory Board

By Sergey Solyanik, Central Asia Advisory Board Coordinator   In 2023, Global Greengrants Fund officially launched a new Central Asia Advisory Board to support, preserve, and develop environmental movements in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. In the board’s first year of pilot grantmaking, it awarded $250k to 35 groups across the region. Central Asia—made up […]

Sinegugu and Nonhle stand next to each other. Sinegugu is on the left. He is a Black man with a bald head. He is wearing a bright yellow shirt with colorful patterns embroidered onto it, and he is smiling slightly, his hands on his hips. On the right is Nonhle. She is a Black woman with curly hair cropped short. She is wearing a button up grey shirt and a more serious expression. Behind them is a lush and bright green field of grass.

Congratulations to the 2024 Goldman Prize Winners

Global Greengrants Fund congratulates the amazing activists from around the world who have received the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize. For 35 years, the Goldman Environmental Prize has recognized the achievements and leadership of activists who are on the frontlines of some of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. We are honored each year […]

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