The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has provided funding to several organisations to carry out conservation work in Haiti. From PANOS Caribbean via the Jamaica Observer:
Eleven non-governmental organisations from Latin America and the Caribbean, and parts of the United States have been given grants by the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation to help with reconstruction work in Haiti.
The 11 grantees met in Haiti on February 9 to 10 to share information on their projects. The meeting was organised by the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation to encourage collaboration and partnership among the grantees so that more strategic interventions can be designed to meet the needs of Haiti.
The 11 grantees are: Birdlife International, Conservation International, Panos Caribbean, Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, Reef Check Foundation, Cornell University & Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Counterpart International in collaboration with Agrofrontera, Environmental Law Alliance worldwide in collaboration with L’association Haitenne de Droit de l’Environnement, the Environmental Law Institute, Grupo Jaragua, and The Nature Conservancy.
“It was an extremely useful meeting for us and Panos has already started discussions with Cornell University & Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Conservation International to see if we can work more closely on the ground in Haiti,” said Indi Mclymont-Lafayette, regional director for media, community and environment at Panos Caribbean.
Visit the Observer website for the complete news release.
A number of these projects have been previously mentioned on Green Antilles, as you’ll see if you browse through the archive of posts about Haiti.
[Photo: Dr. Robin Moore via about.com]
