Equator Prize 2017 Award Ceremony

An evening to celebrate the achievements of local communities and indigenous peoples in managing nature for sustainable development

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 Meet the Winners

Meet the winners of the Equator Prize 2017
Recognizing outstanding community and indigenous initiatives that are advancing nature-based solutions for local sustainable development.
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Food resilience: A local catalyst for accelerating biodiversity conservation and sustainable development
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 Solutions Database

Nature-Based Solutions
Learn how outstanding local communities and indigenous peoples make possible the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals through nature-based actions.
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The Equator Initiative provides opportunities for indigenous peoples and local communities around the world to address the challenges of land degradation, biodiversity conservation and livelihood improvement in a socially equitable manner

 

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Featured Community

The Kuruwitu Conservation & Welfare Association
The Kuruwitu Conservation and Welfare Association is the first locally managed marine area in Kenya, a 'small but beautiful' initiative
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Meet all the Equator Prize Winners

E-Library

We believe in the power of knowledge sharing, Equator Initiative's E-Library provides a series of publications, case studies and other resources specifically created to be shared among the communities, partners and  government. Explore our E-Library

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Explore our media library, discover hundreds of pictures and videos from the local communities and indigenous peoples . Discover our Multimedia Archives

Partners

The Equator Initiative is a multi-sector partnership that brings together the United Nations, governments, civil society, and grassroots organizations. Meet Our Partners 

 

Since 2002 Equator Initiative has been supporting 208 local communities and indigenous peoples from 70 countries  that are advancing nature-based solutions for local sustainable development.

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