Fiscal sponsorship for grantee's initiative in Future of Fish (FoF) to create a blueprint for implementing full supply chain traceability - tracing seafood from boat to plate - in the common hake fishery in Chile.
To produce a concise, clear survey of the legal landscape and the key processes that will shape the upcoming threats to environmental law; for use at the Environmental Grantmakers Association’s (EGA) 2017 Federal Policy Briefing.
Support for La Minga fund, a trust fund established to sustain a network of Colombian marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape (ETPS).
2017
Environment
$2,000,000
Mississippi's Lower Delta Partnership
To amplify the economic opportunities associated with transitioning frequently flooded land from row crops to forest
To support capacity building associated with nonpartisan advocacy and education in support of federal and state policies regarding agricultural water conservation
Support for grantee's initiative to build capacity for its Clean Water For All (CW4A) campaign, an outreach and education effort to coordinate work to demonstrate public support for federal programs that protect water resources.
Support for the Certification and Ratings Initiative in an effort to improve the impact of the current seafood sustainability certification and ratings systems and organizations
To foster innovations in fisheries management, particularly in catch share fisheries, such as development of more effective or affordable approaches to catch monitoring
To collaborate with partners to apply annual scorecards developed to assess the success of the foundation's efforts to establish effective restoration guardrails federally and in Louisiana.
To support grantee's Soil Health Partnership (SHP) initiative to develop, deploy and evaluate a social media campaign aimed at farmers to promote the use of practices that improve soil health.
Support for grantee's Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum (Fisheries Forum) initiative to continue to work with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Regional Fishery Management Councils (Councils) to strengthen the federal fisheries management process.
Continued support for the Soil Health Partnership (SHP) initiative, in consultation with the Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and co-funded by Monsanto.
