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   Summary of BCN Implementation Grants
Country Lead Organization Collaborators Receiving BCN Funds Funds
U.S. $ 		Enterprise Component Policy/Technical Issues Threats to Biodiversity*
Nepal Appropriate Technology International Asia Network for Small-Scale Agricultural Biotechnologies

Humla Conservation and Development Association

$549,995 Aromatic plant collection and processing Community management plans for natural products

Keeping larger portion of NTFP collection taxes locally

  • overharvesting of NTFPs*, fodder, and fuelwood
    • King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation World Wildlife Fund - US $636,607 Ecotourism

    Rosewood plantations

    		Legislation for tourism tax recycling to local communities

    Buffer zone enhancement through plantations

  • poaching*

  • extraction of NTFPs & fodder

  • population growth

  • uncontrolled development of tourism
    • Country Lead Organization Collaborators Receiving BCN Funds Funds
    U.S. $     		Enterprise Component Policy/Technical Issues Threats to Biodiversity*
    India Appropriate Technology International EDA Rural Systems

    Kumaun University

    		$571,201 Harvesting and processing of tasar silk, and honey. Supporting local community forest resource management
  • overharvesting of NTFPs, fodder, & fuelwood
    • The Mountain Institute GB Pant Institute of Himalyan Environment and Development $449,465 Ecotourism Ecotourism policy

    Strong emphasis on private sector conservation efforts

  • overharvesting of NTFPs, fodder, & fuelwood*
    • University of Massachusetts at Boston Tata Energy Research Institute

    Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra

    		$610,404 Non-timber forest product collection and processing Building a case for local management of resources
  • overharvesting of NTFPs*
    • Country Lead Organization Collaborators Receiving BCN Funds Funds
    U.S. $     		Enterprise Component Policy/Technical Issues Threats to Biodiversity*
    Indonesia Biological Science Club Wildlife Preservation Trust International

    University of Indonesia

    Gunung Halimun National Park

    		$415,256 Domestic ecotourism Building a case for local management of resources

    Working with GOI (PHPA) on allowable access to protected area

  • agricultural encroachment

  • infrastructure development

  • overharvesting of NTFPs

  • gold mining*

  • illegal logging*
    • Harvard University Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology Ministry of Forestry $586,650 Sustainable timber harvesting Working with GOI to set precedent for community-owned timber operations

    Working in critical orangutan habitat

  • mechanised logging

  • handlogging*

  • agricultural encroachment
    • Yayasan Dian Tama P.D. Dian Niaga

    Appropriate Technology International

    		$490,829 Harvesting and processing of illipe nuts, damar, and rattan Working with SFDP project on community resource control in GOI recognized Protected Forest Management Area
  • overharvesting of rattan*

  • hunting

  • agricultural encroachment

  • unsustainable NTFP harvest
    • Country Lead Organization Collaborators Receiving BCN Funds Funds
    U.S. $     		Enterprise Component Policy/Technical Issues Threats to Biodiversity*
    Indonesia - Continued The Nature Conservancy Sobek Expeditions

    University of Guelph

    University of Hasanuddin
     Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation

    		$584,892 Ecotourism (rafting)

    Butterfly ranching

    Honey collection and processing

    		Building a case for local management of resources

    Working with Government of Indonesia (GOI) via PHPA on allowable access to protected area

  • agricultural encroachment

  • unsustainable NTFP extraction

  • rattan harvesting

  • infrastructure development*
    • World Wide Fund for Nature Indonesia Programme Yayasan Bina Lestari Bumi Cenderawasih $179,632 Butterfly farming Streamlining CITES permitting process
  • illegal butterfly capture/sale*

  • agricultural encroachment

  • rattan harvesting
    • Rumsram Foundation Hualopu Foundation

    Canadian University Service Organization

    		$312,529 Marine tourism
    		Developing legal mechanisms to integrate traditional marine tenure
  • overharvesting of marine species

  • cyanide/bomb fishing*
    • Country Lead Organization Collaborators Receiving BCN Funds Funds
    U.S. $     		Enterprise Component Policy/Technical Issues Threats to Biodiversity*
    Philippines Manila Observatory/

    Environmental Research Division

    		Southeast Asia Sustainable Forest Management Network $426,798 Abaca and rattan, and other NTFP harvesting and marketing Working to formalize community-controlled rattan concessions

    Tenure for local community seeking CADC

  • agricultural expansion*

  • migration*
    • World Wildlife Fund - Philippine Program Nagkakaisang mga Tribu ng Palawan

    Tanggapang Panligal ng Katutubong Pilipino

    Tribal Filipino Apostolate

    		$627,698 Rattan and almaciga product harvesting and marketing

    Honey Production

    		Building a case for local management of resources -- seeking CADC
  • overharvesting

  • agroforestry*

  • hunting
    • Kalahan Educational

    Foundation

    		Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology

    University of the Philippines, Los Banos

    Upland NGO Assistance Committee

    		$321,190 Forest fruits processing

    Small-scale timber

    		Timber stand improvement

    Site is formally recognized by GOP. Project is working on building case for local resource management

  • expansion of agriculture*

  • hunting*

  • road building and access*
    • Country Lead Organization Collaborators Receiving BCN Funds Funds
    U.S. $     		Enterprise Component Policy/Technical Issues Threats to Biodiversity*
    Papua New Guinea Research and Conservation Foundation Wildlife Conservation Society $498,107 Research-based ecotourism Community management of ecotourism business as an alternative to logging and mining
  • industrial logging

  • Oil palm plantations

  • hunting

  • mining*
    • Conservation International Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific

    Wau Ecology Institute

    		$355,487 Ecotourism Community management of ecotourism business as an alternative to logging
  • industrial logging

  • mining
    • Pacific Heritage Foundation Forest Research Institute $451,738 Small-scale timber harvesting with a credit facility to assist local landowners Demonstrating sustainability of small-scale timber operation
  • industrial logging*

  • mining

  • hunting*
    • Country Lead Organization Collaborators Receiving BCN Funds Funds
    U.S. $     		Enterprise Component Policy/Technical Issues Threats to Biodiversity*
    Solomon Islands The Nature Conservancy Ministry of Forests, Environment, and Conservation $545,372 Deep-water finfish enterprise
    		Establishment of community-sanctioned sanctuary and cooperatively managed marine conservation area
  • overharvesting of marine species*
    • Conservation International Maruia Society

    Solomon Islands Development Trust

    		$347,574 Ngali nut processing

    Ecotourism

    Honey processing

    		Assisting communities develop resource management plans

  • agricultural expansion

  • industrial logging*

  • overharvesting of NTFPs*
    • Fiji University of the South Pacific SPACHEE

    Rainforest Alliance

    		$348,045 Biodiversity prospecting for pharmaceutical compounds with an equitable prospecting agreement Policy framework for biodiversity prospecting in the Pacific Region
  • overharvesting of marine species*

  • overharvesting of NTFPs

    • * Refers to some reduction in that particular threat since the project's inception. It does not mean the threat is removed.

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