To provide technical expertise and assistance for the completion and publication of a study by Seafood Legacy that identifies mislabeling and fraud in the Japanese market.
To conduct scientific analysis, provide technical support and advocate for strong management and recovery plans for two overfished fisheries in Chile - common hake and anchoveta/sardine
Support for grantee's special initiative surrounding education and outreach through its partnership with the Colorado Agricultural Water Alliance (CAWA).
Support for a project entitled "The Ag Water Network," which will support the education of agricultural water rights holders and the development of technical tools to assist agricultural water rights holders in analyzing the impacts and benefits associated with water sharing and water leasing possibilities
To support grantee's initiative to allow CoLab (FishLab) – a unit within the grantee, one of Chile's largest universities – to deploy its expertise around multi-stakeholder collaboration and use social innovation laboratories to improve two artisanal fisheries in communities in Central Chile.
Support for the Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), to help advance scientific research and analyses that support program strategies of the new Chile country level strategy for the Foundation
Support for the development of an Indonesian Tuna Fisheries Strategy and assist with a series of meetings and field visits in Indonesia in conjunction with the February 2017 Economist World Oceans Summit in Bali, Indonesia
Sponsorship of grantee's conference and briefing paper used to educate and inform decision-makers about the importance of sustainable water management practices within the Colorado River Basin, and in particular, the importance of proactively supporting implementation of Salton Sea mitigation.
Support to lead a team to assess the motivations for and barriers to farmers adopting improved practices, and to recommend ways to overcome the barriers
Support for the University of Minnesota's Green Lands Blue Waters program to improve conservation programs in the Midwest, with a focus on Illinois, Iowa and Indiana
To incentivize the creation of new fisheries improvement projects (FIPs) within Chile, Peru and Mexico and also to support basic capacity building within the local NGO communities related to the design and implementation of FIPs
To support grantee's initiative to develop a strategy to address the cash-flow challenges of the 15-year payout period of the Deepwater Horizon settlement, in order to accelerate implementation of priority projects, especially diversions.
To educate river and water managers on how to support water management practices through guided water markets in the upper Colorado River Basin and through stream management planning in Colorado.
To facilitate learning through two guided field trips, agricultural/conservation webinars/phone meetings, and the development of online tools that can be shared among Environmental Water Transaction (EWT) practitioners in the Colorado River basin over the next nine months