W. Alton Jones Foundation
Sustainable World Program
1996 Grants for Maintaining Biodiversity in the Pantanal/Paraná-Paraguay River Basin
- Ecologia e Açao * May 1996 - $25,000
Ecology and Action
Campo Grande, MS, BRAZIL - For public education regarding the implications of the Hidrovia navigation project in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
- Environmental Defense Fund * May 1996 - $60,000
New York, NY - To assemble a panel of technical experts to provide independent analysis of official studies about the environmental impacts of the Hidrovia project.
- Instituto Centro de Vida * May 1996 - $20,000
Life Center Institute
Cuiabá MT, BRAZIL - For public education in Mato Grosso, Brazil, about the Hidrovia project, and for participation in the Rios Vivos Coalition.
- International Rivers Network * May 1996 - $75,000
Berkeley, CA - To develop and maintain a regional and international network to address the Hidrovia project and its potential threat to the Pantanal.
- Rios Vivos, Coalizao Parana Paraguay Prata * May 1996 - $59,000
A Project of Ecologia e Açao
Campo Grande, MS, BRAZIL - To coordinate a five-nation coalition of nongovernmental organizations to monitor and address issues related to the Hidrovia project and conservation of the Pantanal.
- Sobrevivencia * May 1996 - $20,000
Asuncion, PARAGUAY - For public education in Paraguay about the Hidrovia project, and for participation in the Rios Vivos Coalition.
Rev. 97.7.01
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