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Eco-lodges in Laguna San Ignacio, BCS, MexicoFundación Juconi in EcuadorCentro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, A. C. (CEMDA)(Mexico City, Mexico) for community consultation, strengthening theMexican environmental law, educating stakeholders, and doing legalresearch to benefit biodiversity conservation and environmentalissues in the Gulf of California region in Mexico – $200,000; fortechnical advice and direct expenses on the Puerto Escondidoproject in Loreto, BCS, Mexico – $4,500.Centro Mexicano para la Defensa del Medioambiente, A.C. (DAN)(Ensenada, BC, Mexico) to provide operational support to DAN toimplement its legal and organizational strategy specific to futuredevelopment efforts in and around Punta Colonet, B.C. including: 1)legal strategy, 2) environmental education and media, and 3) defenseof the natural resources – $20,000; to provide operational andprogram support to undertake environmental legal defense supportand training to environmental NGOs in Northwest Mexico –$120,000; to provide legal support, advice and training toenvironmental organizations (including local Waterkeepers) and localcommunities in the Gulf of California region – $14,000.Centro Mujeres, A.C.(La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to support the program “AdvocatesCOPADO”, aimed at reducing teen pregnancy and increasingindividual and community responsibility toward the exercising ofpositive sexuality by young people. This is done by working directlywith teens through leadership training, health prevention campaignsand outreach activities – $40,000.China Youth Development Foundation(Beijing, PR China) to provide charitable support for the Hope SchoolProject to build a “Hope Primary School” in Yao County in the Shan'xiProvince, China – $25,000.Chula Vista Nature Center(Chula Vista, CA) for general operating support – $250,000.Cleantech Education Foundation(La Jolla, CA) for general operating support – $10,000.Comunidad y Biodiversidad A.C.(Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico) to support the project: “Restoration ofmarine natural capital in the Mesoamerican Reef system usingcommunity-based marine reserves” – $74,074; to support alternativefisheries ecosystem based management in nine pilot sites over twoyears – $200,000.Corredor Historico CAREM, A.C.(Tecate, BCS, Mexico) to support the Mexican National Institute forAnthropology and History (INAH) to assist in publishing a magazinein Spanish and English about areas of history, archeology andanthropology of Baja California. CAREM will serve as the fiscalsponsor for INAH – $4,000; to CAREM for programs related to theKumiai indigenous community of Tecate, Baja California – $6,000; tofinance the publication of the book “The Land of Calafia – A briefhistory of Peninsular California (1533-1848) – $9,500.Eco-Alianza de Loreto, A.C.(Loreto, BCS, Mexico) to hire an executive assistant and for officeexpenses – $20,000; to support the organization's work as the LoretoBay Keeper – $15,730.Ecology Project International(Missoula, MT, USA) to provide three scholarships for Panamanianuniversity students to attend course with EARTH University in CostaRica – $1,500.Elementary Institute of Science(San Diego, CA, USA) for general operating support – $25,000.Entre Amigos de San Pancho, A.C.(Nayarit, Mexico) to support the “Riviera Recicla” Program whichaims to educate communities in Nayarit on sustainable wastemanagement, reduce the amount of roadside trash and decrease ourregion's energy/carbon footprint through coordination of recyclingefforts while ensuring that benefits are reaped locally – $6,300; tosupport the collection of recyclables and coordination with the RivieraRecicla Program in San Francisco, Nayarit, Mexico – $2,400.Comunidad Visión y Desarrollo, A.C.(La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to support increased civic engagement andpublic awareness in the city of La Paz, BCS, Mexico – $6,000; forgeneral operating support – $32,500.17