• $600,000Active Strategy

  2012 (Duration 3 years)

  Conservation & Sustainable Development

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — Conservation International (CI) works to empower societies to responsibly and sustainably care for nature and global biodiversity for the well-being of humanity. The purpose of this grant is to design appropriate incentives for small scale farmers to adopt sustainable agricultural practices that improve the health of ecosystems in three key watersheds in the Great Lakes region which are targeted for agricultural intensification under the second Green Revolution. Within the selected watersheds, CI will establish models for incentives that promote environmental stewardship that is widely applicable in the Great Lakes region and to Sub-Saharan Africa more broadly; monitor the status and trends in the health of ecosystems and the services they provide across landscapes that are undergoing agricultural intensification; and share this information with a broad audience, including policymakers in the region.

• $425,000Active Strategy

  2012 (Duration 2 years)

  Conservation & Sustainable Development

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — Conservation International administers the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). CEPF is a donor partnership to which MacArthur has contributed $37M for CEPF to date. The grant will support local civil society through CEPF's existing small grants mechanism with grants up to $20,000 in the four countries of the Lower Mekong Region (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam).

• $410,000Active Strategy

  2012 (Duration 1 year)

  Conservation & Sustainable Development

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — The purpose of this grant is to create a platform for discussion among African heads of state and the private sector on the subject of the role of natural capital in sustainable development. This platform and dialogue will continue over the next three years, and funds from the Foundation will support an initial six-month phase, including the convening of a high-level Summit for Sustainability in Africa and follow-up activities that support the long-term development of the dialogue.

• $500,000Active Strategy

  2011 (Inactive Grant)

  Conservation & Sustainable Development

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — To launch and place into operation the Pacific Oceanscape Framework, a large-scale ocean management initiative endorsed by leaders of fifteen Pacific island countries.

• $100,000Active Strategy

  2011 (Inactive Grant)

  Conservation & Sustainable Development

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — To update the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund Ecosystem Profile for Indo-Burma.

• $600,000Active Strategy

  2011 (Duration 3 years)

  Conservation & Sustainable Development

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — To monitor biodiversity and ecosystem services in the context of climate change and agricultural intensification (over three years).

• $200,000Active Strategy

  2010 (Duration 2 years)

  Conservation & Sustainable Development

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — To design, test, and monitor the effectiveness of site based ecosystem based approaches to climate change adaptation in Cambodia (over two years).

• $500,000Active Strategy

  2010 (Duration 3 years)

  Conservation & Sustainable Development

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — To safeguard globally threatened amphibians through the creation and improved management of protected areas designed to incorporate gradients of altitude and landscape features that will allow for adaptation to climate change (over three years).

• $250,000Active Strategy

  2010 (Inactive Grant)

  Conservation & Sustainable Development

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — To foster the sustainable development and financing of Fiji's Locally Managed Marine Areas network through targeted research, monitoring, and outreach (over three years).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Conservation International $3,585,000 between 2010 and 2013.