The Equator Prize is awarded by the Equator Initiative to community groups in recognition and celebration of outstanding efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation of biodiversity. In addition to international recognition for their work and an opportunity to help shape international policy and practice in the field, all nominees for the prize become part of the Equator Initiative's global network and will be profiled in the Equator Initiative biodiversity best practice database. Twenty-five winners will be selected from a field of finalists to receive the Equator Prize 2008 and US$5,000 each. Five of these communities will receive special recognition and an additional US$15,000.

Special recognition will be given in the following categories: one for each region of eligibility (Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean), one to the initiative that best exemplifies community approaches to adapt to climate change, and one to the initiative that best exemplifies the conservation of agricultural biodiversity.


The deadline for application is May 31 2008.

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Nominations can also be sent via email, fax, or mail

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