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Outstanding Nominations for the Equator Prize 2002

2002-08-02

After an extensive process of evaluation, the Equator Initiative's Technical Advisory Committee has selected an exceptional subset of 27 initiatives from the pool of 420 nominations from 77 Equator Belt nations.

AFRICA

• Cellule d'Appui à la Conservation et aux Initiatives
  de Développement Durable (CACID) - Cameroon
• Mohéli Marine Park - Comores
• Honey Care Africa Ltd. - Kenya
• Il Ngwesi Group Ranch - Kenya
• Association of Manambolo Natives (FITEMA) - Madagascar
• HASHI Soil Conservation Project - Tanzania
• Suledo Forest Community - Tanzania

ASIA AND PACIFIC

• Fiji Locally-Managed Marine Area Network - Fiji
• Medicinal Plants Conservation Centre - India
• Kerala Kani Samudaya Kshema Trust - India
• Tribal Communities of the Jeypore Tract of Orissa - India
• Uma Bawang Resident's Association (UBRA) - Malaysia
• CBIRD Center, Sub Tai - Thailand

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

• Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE) - Belize
• Associação Vida Verde da Amazônia (AVIVE) - Brazil
• Bolsa Amazonia - Brazil
• Cananéia Oyster Producers Cooperative - Brazil
• Couro Vegetal da Amazônia Project - Brazil
• Inter-institutional Consortium for Sustainable Agriculture on Hillsides / River Cabuyal Watershed Users Association (CIPASLA - ASOBESURCA) - Colombia
• Empresa Forestal Integral de Bayamo - Cuba
• Organización Manejo Y Conservación, S. C. / WCS-Guatemala - Guatemala
• Café de la Selva - Mexico
• Programa de Campesino a Campesino, Siuna (PCaC) - Nicaragua
• Ese'eja Native Community of Infierno - Peru

WORLD HERITAGE SITES

• Iniciativa Talamanca - Costa Rica
• Asociación de Comunidades Forestales de Petén (ACOFOP) - Guatemala
• Mosquitia Pawisa Agency for the Development of the Honduran Mosquitia (MOPAWI ) - Honduras

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