W. Alton Jones Foundation

Sustainable World Program

1996 Grants for Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems in Siberia

Friends of the Earth Japan * Feb 1996 - $80,000
Tokyo, JAPAN

To monitor the Japanese government's bilateral and multilateral development bank aid policies, and to conduct a Siberian forest "hotspot" study.

Friends or the Siberian Forests * Feb 1996 - $20,000
A Project of the Tides Center
Morgantown, WV

To develop a set of criteria for sustainable forest management in Siberia.

Pacific Environment and Resources Center * Feb 1996 - $100,000
Sausalito, CA

To promote sustainable forestry policies and practices and advocate for new protected territories in Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Wildlife Foundation of Khabarovsk * Feb 1996 - $30,000
Khabarovsk, RUSSIA

To promote the creation of new protected territories and to create models of sustainable development in the Russian Far East.

Zov Taigi * Feb 1996 - $20,000
Center for the Defense of Wild Nature
Vladivostock, RUSSIA

To educate citizens and policymakers in the Russian Far East about environmental law and to publish the journal Zov Taigi.

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