Equator Prize Winners

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Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA TANZANIA) is a youth-led non-profit founded in 2020, working to restore Tanzania’s marine ecosystems and empower coastal communities. Covering 5,000 hectares and engaging…

Nature and People as One (NaPO) is a women- and youth-led Indigenous organization in northern Kenya empowering pastoralist communities to restore and steward their dryland ecosystems. Through its flagsh…

Founded in 2018 in Teertha, Karnataka, India, the Bibi Fatima Self Help Group (SHG) is a women-led grassroots initiative transforming rural livelihoods through sustainable agriculture, women’s empowerme…

Founded in 2016 in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Ranu Welum Foundation is a women- and youth-led Indigenous organization empowering Dayak communities through a blend of traditional knowledge and mo…

Mitra BUMMA is a women-led Indigenous initiative in Tanah Papua that works with Indigenous Peoples (groups) to create community-run enterprises (BUMMAs) that protect 100,000 hectares of rainforest while…

Sea Women of Melanesia Inc. (SWoM) is an Indigenous women-led organization in Papua New Guinea that empowers local women to lead marine conservation by blending traditional knowledge with modern science…

The Cooperativa de Mujeres Artesanas del Gran Chaco (COMAR) is a women-led cooperative that empowers over 2,600 Indigenous women from the Gran Chaco ecoregion in northern Argentina. Through its brand Ma…

The Andenes de Cuyocuyo Agrobiodiversity Zone (ZABDAC) is Peru’s first officially recognized agrobiodiversity zone, a groundbreaking achievement led by six Quechua communities: Puna Ayllu, Ura Ayllu, Co…

Fundación Hakhu Amazonía is a youth- and women-led Indigenous organization at the forefront of defending the Amazon and the rights of its peoples from mining and other extractive threats. Founded in 201…

Founded in 2022, the Associação Uasei dos Povos Indígenas de Oiapoque unites four Indigenous Peoples in Amapá, Brazil, to build a pioneering bioeconomy model rooted in sustainability, cultural preservat…

The La Planada Nature Reserve, located within the Awá Pialapí Pueblo Viejo Indigenous Reserve, has an impressive 3,200 hectares. Since 2010, this valuable ecosystem has been under the close custody of the Indigenous Council, which…

FEMNCAFÉ, comprised of 28 coffee associations, focuses on the economic, social, and community reintegration of the signatories of the 2016 Peace Agreement in Colombia and local communities. They have developed a new coffee model e…

Nestled in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta—the world's highest coastal mountain range in the tropics and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve—the Arhuacos, along with three other Indigenous Peoples, have protected their sacred lands for de…

Established in 2007 and formalized as a non-profit in 2010, UNIVAJA represents Brazil’s second-largest Indigenous territory, the 8.5-million-hectare Javari Valley. The organization advocates for constitutional rights, preserves tr…

CAIANAS, an Indigenous association from Cachoeirinha Indigenous Land in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, was formed in 2015 as the “GATI Family” collective. It focuses on enhancing quality of life and environmental protection in the Ce…

The Réserve Naturelle Communautaire de Dindéfélo (Dindéfélo Community Nature Reserve or RNCD), established by 12 local villages, seeks to safeguard their distinctive natural surroundings while securing their ongoing presence in th…

The Moroccan Biodiversity and Livelihoods Association (MBLA) was founded in 2014 to safeguard the natural and cultural heritage of Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains while promoting sustainable livelihoods for rural communities. Centr…

The Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partners (ILEPA) are united in a community-based, non-profit organization in Kenya, focusing on the Maasai pastoral community in Narok County. Established in 2008, ILEPA initially addressed l…