Appendix A: Summary of BCN Implentation 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	$448,430	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	$547,560	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	$466,249	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
	Hualopu Foundation	Rumsram Foundation Canadian University Service Organization	$295,843	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*
	Nagkakaisang mga Tribu ng Palawan (NATRIPAL)	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

^* The "*" next to a specific threat refers to some reduction in that particular threat. It does not mean the threat is removed.

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