27 FINALISTS FOR THE EQUATOR PRIZE 2002

After an extensive process of evaluation, the Equator Initiative's Technical Advisory Committee has selected an exceptional subset of initiatives from the pool of 420 nominations from 77 Equator Belt nations.

Representatives of each of the 27 communities have been invited to attend the World Summit and participate in the "Community Kraal" at the Ubuntu Village, hosted by the Equator Initiative and other partners. The "Community Kraal" will be a venue for learning and dialogue between communities.

2002 Finalists: One-Page Summaries

AFRICA

• Support Group for Conservation and Sustainable
  Development Initiatives (CACID) - Cameroon
• MohØli Marine Park - Comores
• Honey Care Africa Ltd. - Kenya
• Il Ngwesi Group Ranch - Kenya
• Association of Manambolo Natives (FITEMA) - Madagascar
• HASHI Soil Conservation Project - Tanzania
• Suledo Forest Community - Tanzania

ASIA AND PACIFIC

• Fiji Locally-Managed Marine Area Network - Fiji
• Medicinal Plants Conservation Centre - India
• Kerala Kani Samudaya Kshema Trust - India
• Tribal Communities of the Jeypore Tract of Orissa - India
• Uma Bawang Resident's Association (UBRA) - Malaysia
• CBIRD Center, Sub Tai - Thailand

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

• Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE) - Belize
• Associa¨æo Vida Verde da AmazŽnia (AVIVE) - Brazil
• Bolsa Amazonia - Brazil
• CananØia Oyster Producers Cooperative - Brazil
• Couro Vegetal da AmazŽnia Project - Brazil
• Inter-institutional Consortium for Sustainable Agriculture on Hillsides / River Cabuyal Watershed Users Association (CIPASLA - ASOBESURCA) - Colombia
• Empresa Forestal Integral de Bayamo - Cuba
• OrganizaciÜn Manejo Y ConservaciÜn, S. C. / WCS-Guatemala - Guatemala
• CafØ de la Selva - Mexico
• Programa de Campesino a Campesino, Siuna (PCaC) - Nicaragua
• Ese'eja Native Community of Infierno - Peru

WORLD HERITAGE SITES

• Iniciativa Talamanca - Costa Rica
• AsociaciÜn de Comunidades Forestales de PetØn (ACOFOP) - Guatemala
• Mosquitia Pawisa Agency for the Development of the Honduran Mosquitia (MOPAWI ) - Honduras