Southern Cone Advisory Board Launched
In December of 2005, Greengrants celebrated the fruition of several years of planning with the first meeting of the new Southern Cone Advisory Board.
Interview with Chip Fay, Executive Director of the Samdhana Institute
Paul C. Fay Jr, more popularly known as Chip, is a Senior Policy Analyst at The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), and Executive Director Samdhana, one of the Greengrants Alliance Funds.
Greengrants in the News
Recently Greengrants made its “Colorado Match” of $100,000 has been organizing panels on “Intuition in Grantmaking” and “Funding on the Edge”, and will host a reception on April 24 in San Francisco.
Kenya: Local Fishermen Unite Against Environmentally Destructive Trawlers
The Malindi Marine Association (MaMa) began its existence in 1999 in a donated office space, with borrowed furniture and a budget which extended only as far as two volunteers could contribute from their personal bank accounts. However, thanks in part to funds from Greengrants, MaMa has been able to make a real difference in preserving […]
Papua New Guinea: Kimbe Bay Community Sets Aside Marine Protection Areas
With the help of Greengrants funding, Mahonia Na Dari, a community-based organization in Papua New Guinea’s Kimbe Bay, has brought together community members, educators and international researchers to establish 23 protected marine areas. They have also started an education program so successful that Papua New Guineaís government integrated it into the national school curriculum. In […]