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Fundacion Bahia y Ecosistemas de Colombia is a non-governmental non-profit organization created with the purpose of cleaning the bay of Cartagena and its surrounding bodies, protecting their ecosystems and promoting the adaptation of the city to climate change. We are an organization that brings together people and institutions with vast experience in the environmental and business sector of the city, committed to improving the bay of Cartagena and the city. The Foundation is guided by the best science available and seeks the financial sustainability of all the projects it undertakes. Our basic lines of action are: Improve water quality of the bay and surrounding bodies; Protection and restoration of key species and ecosystems for the health of the bay and nearby bodies; and Actions to adapt or mitigate climate change in the city.

Redress is an NGO with a mission to promote environmental sustainability in the fashion industry by reducing textile waste, pollution, water and energy consumption. We work along the fashion supply chain to achieve this and our work is grouped into our four key programmes; The EcoChic Design Award, The R Cert, Consumer Campaigns and Industry Engagement. Collectively, our four key programmes cover a sustainable fashion design competition, a recycled textile clothing standard, workshops, clothing campaigns, fashion shows, exhibitions, seminars and research. Our unique profile allows us to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders. We work with multiple fashion designers, textile and garment manufacturers, retailers, schools and universities, multilateral organisations, governments, NGOs, financial institutions and media organisations.

MRC Nepal's mission is to facilitate the process in establishment of sustainable and self reliant societies across Nepal. Through this mission, MRC Nepal have promoted more than 1,000 Community Based Organization (CBO) in an institutional manner.These CBO are the self reliant organization at grass root level capable of delivering any development services in the areas. MRC Nepal's program in the areas are Social mobilization, Institutional development,economic activities promotion,land management,biodiversity conservation,livelihood enhancement,water and sanitation,health,education,disaster preparedness,climate change,disaster relief activities for the victim and their families. MRC Nepal is non profit making, Non Government national organization have been devoting since 2002 for the socio economic improvement of the pro poor peasnt in the country.

The core areas of the organization are: Environmental monitoring -aquatic, terrestrial and marine habitats, invasive species, biodiversity, air quality and commercial and recreational fisheries. Habitat conservation -fish habitat restoration, riparian zone rehabilitation, fresh and salt marsh renewal, private stewardship agreements and sustainable agriculture. Pollution prevention -water conservation, management of on-site systems, engineered wetland wastewater systems, energy conservation and pesticide use. Climate change -climate change predications, coastal flooding, storm surge modeling and predictive and adaptive measures. Energy conservation -energy conservation planning, home energy audits, energy farm planning and anti-idling initiatives. Environmental education -school curriculum, community involvement, citizen scientist engagement, professional development and special interactive events like field days and community demonstrations.

TRACHOMA PROJECT: Trachoma is the largest preventable cause of blindness with the rate of infection in a typical village being as high as 45%. We have a program where we examine the children, provide medication where necessary, provide education as to good hygene and also clean water. THE CHISHAWASHA ORPHANAGE PROJECT: This orphanage is presently the home for 40 children and we are providing some buildings and covering some of their operating costs. THE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL PROJECT: We look after the cost of 100 operations each year and in 2006 we built a residence and we look after all of its annual expenses. CATARACT PROJECT: We continue to help with the children's cataract operations. COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROJECT: We are building two much needed small schools in the very remote Gwembe Valley in Zambia. CHISANGA HEALTH POST PROJECT: Also in the Gwembe valley we are building a health post in an area that is the home to over 4,500 Tonga.

Green Care Association(GCA) is a Cameroon-based non-governmental organization that, since its inception in 1998, has targeted the promotion of proper environmental management and sustainable agriculture in the region surrounding its base of operations in Shisong. GCA's focus is in proper environmental management through the nursing of indigenous tree species and fruits trees for out planting to protect water catchment sources and in degraded community forest sites. As well as demonstration sites for bee farming and non-conventional livestock farming of quails, cane rats and snails. As part of its mission to promote public understanding of environmental management and sustainable agriculture, GCA also offers workshops on sustainable agricultural practices such as bee farming, rapid yam set multiplication, and Cane Rat domestication. Also in the domain of education, GC works with environmental education (EE) clubs of local schools and operates an environment and development library with books on agriculture, conservation, forestry, environment and development for community use and also teaching sessions to interested farmers, groups and schools.

CEMINA ( Communication, Education, Information and Adaptation) is a not- for- profit organization founded in 1990 to empower women and communities through the use of the radio. Over the years CEMINA has created 400 women's radio programs and has been awarded with various prizes. The radio model, created by CEMINA, is considered a social technology and has been disseminated not only in Brazil but in other countries as well. Since 2007, CEMINA has shifted its focus from radio to the capacity building for social start ups and education for adaptation to climate change. One of its main projects is Adapta Sertao ( www.adaptasertao.net) which aim is to develop a social technology that benefits the population of small underserved towns in the semi-arid region of Brazil. The project consists in articulating a group of social technologies that use scare resources such as water and arable land to guarantee the livelihoods of the local communities especially small farmers. The project has received very prestigious awards such as the 2008 SEED Award. It has also been recognized as a best practice by UN Habitat. CEMINA also supports a children- youth program at Favela Julio Otoni. The program offers a series of benefits for children with ages between 6 and 14 years old. The idea is to offer these children the new possibilities of seeing and actualizing the world. The program is done with volunteers.

Coral Reef CPR was established to conserve, protect and restore the world's coral reefs through research, reef rehabilitation, education and outreach, and citizen involvement. Our aim is to create change in countries with coral reef environments. Our in-country programs involve: (i) habitat characterization, reef assessment and monitoring; (ii) reef clean-up activities and removal pest species (iii) ecological restoration; (iv) education and training of local communities, school children, resort and dive center staff and tourists; and (v) outreach and raising awareness. (vi) user group participation in conservation activities. Our goal is to enhance the capacity of local communities, tourists and various user groups so they can take ownership of their coral reefs better understand the problems facing reefs, and take simple steps to reduce the threats and enhance reef conservation. We achieve this through our education program and "citizen science" where we involve communities, students, local divers and dive operators, visitors, local marine biologists and resort staff in all our projects and initiatives. We engage various stakeholders, students and visitors in our coral reef workshops, and allow them to participate in our in-water monitoring and rehabilitation efforts. Our mission is to understand and reduce threats affecting coral reefs, promote sustainable management of reef resources and rehabilitate degraded reef ecosystems through scientific research, education, community involvement, and outreach.

MISSION To eradicate extreme poverty in rural areas of southern India. To improve the living conditions of India's most disadvantaged groups, enhance their dignity and self-esteem, and help them achieve the necessary means to combat poverty. To ensure sustainable development with the active involvement and leadership of the communities. To reach as many poor people as possible and help organize them both individually and as community-based organizations, affording them strength, confidence, and the ability to lead their own development. To transform the semi-desert land through a holistic approach involving land, water, vegetation, and livestock development and to ensure the people live in harmony with natural resources. To sensitize men and women to the inherent discrimination and violence against women in both family and society, and to develop appropriate support systems and networks to fight such discrimination. To help people with disabilities gain equal rights and opportunities in every area of development, as well as access to all resources and services related to health, education, livelihood, and rehabilitation, helping them live a dignified life. To build a dynamic and creative organization that strives to participate in all development efforts and is spiritual in its motivation, based on knowledge and skills, shares the aspirations and struggles of the poor, and, though permanent in time, adapts to the changing times and needs. To raise public awareness about the living conditions of the rural and urban poor and to promote a more caring society. VISION For everyone from poor and oppressed communities to live with justice, dignity, and socioeconomic equality, and for all people to live in peace and harmony with one another. For people to live in harmony with nature, on land capable of sustaining its population. VALUES Permanence: We are a long-term project. Respect: We respect the people's culture and customs. Participation: We encourage the active participation and leadership of our stakeholders. Action: We have an action-based work philosophy. Accountability: We believe in efficient and accountable program and financial management. Humanism: We are strong believers in people and their capacity to help others. OUR PRINCIPLES RDT-Vicente Ferrer believes that people are the main actors in their development process and ensures their active involvement and leadership in the programs. The organization endorses a multi-sectoral approach with a view to enhancing people's overall progress. As a result, RDT addresses all major areas of development, including access to quality education, improved livelihoods, ecologyand the environment, equal opportunities for people with disabilities, women's development and empowerment, and access to healthcare. We organize, at a grassroots level, women, men, andpeople with disabilities into groups to enhance their strength, confidence, and ability to resolve their own issues and problems. An important RDT-Vicente Ferrer approach is the continuous sharing of knowledge, skills, and awareness about all aspects of life. Collaboration with the government and other NGOs to draw maximum benefits from development. To raise people's awareness and support their use of government schemes and resources. Though the organization has a special program forwomen's development, it believes that women's progress should be a factor in every area of work and life, including education, where emphasis is placed on young girls, and healthcare, for the overall well-being of women and girls. We believe in continuous training and orientation for staff members and people. We also have an HR department that regularly organizes internal and external training sessions for staff members of all levels and people on leadership, group building, problem solving, and gender-related matters, among others. To create an efficient human organization capable of acting regardless of where the need arises, even in emergencies. We believe that we must have a strong organization focused on community development, yet flexible and able to accommodate the changing needs of the people. RDT-Vicente Ferrer also stresses continuous dialogue with people and seeks to ensure its programs are useful and practical. An empathetic approach to helping individuals in severe distress due to chronic or acute illness, abandonment, or abuse of any kind.

Action10 is a Swedish non-profit, non-religious and non-political membership organisation operating on a voluntarily basis and with charity funding. The vision of Action10 is a world free from extreme poverty, where everyone has access to education, employment, healthcare and social security as well as safe water, food, sanitation and energy. Countries are run by good governance and have sustainable economy. To pursue its vision the mission of Action10 is to be an independent initiative with a broad and flexible mandate to work with stakeholders and partners on projects and programs that address international development. Action10 operates in a sustainable, effective and efficient manner, through its unique strategy SEEDS (Sustainable Effective Efficient Development Strategy) The over-arching value platform of Action10 is that it is the Government at the macro level and the Civil Society Organsisations and the individual extreme poor at the micro level, who are the experts on the actions to be taken, and who have the capacity and knowledge to drive the development processes forward. But that the environment and the infrastructure where they operate hinder the process. The aim of the Action10 approach is therefore to offer support to Governments and to the extreme poor addressing the infrastructural and financial challenges to eradicate extreme poverty. It is the dreams of the extreme poor which is the core of the Action10 approach. Those dreams constitute the vision of each program. The mission is what needs to be done to address these dreams. After having identified the dreams the Action10 approach compiles the challenges that the extreme poor face. Those challenges describe the reasons for why they cannot reach their dreams. We call the compilation of challenges Outcome challenges. Linked to each Outcome challenge is a Progress marker. The purpose of the Progress markers is to enable evaluation planning of the program activities. Thus the Progress markers are well defined indicators which can be easily monitored and assessed. The Outcome Challenges also define the Strategy Map. The Strategy Map is a set of concrete activities that must be addressed to reach the dreams. The concept of Outcome Challenges, Progress Markers and Strategy Map were initially invented by Earl, Carden et al. in 2001 and are components of the Outcome Mapping tool. After the Strategy Map has been defined, a sustainable economy scheme is developed. The Programs are either a social enterprises or components of the national development program. A social enterprise shall generate revenue which covers all program costs, as well as pays company tax in the country of operation. If no revenue can be expected short term, which can be the case with for example basic education or social security programs, then the program is funded as a component of the national authorities development program. A crucial component is also that all partners have strong enough institutional capacity to manage the programs. Each partner are encouraged to annually assess and their own institutional capacity. Action10 is offering tools for the assessment as well as training and coaching on finance administration and accounting. All of the above aspects are, in the Action10 approach, subjected to real-time evaluation planning (EP). Action10 has developed a tool for the EP wich contains five steps. The first measures to what extent the progress markers have been achieved, the second the operational aspects, the third the strategy, the fourth the sustainable economy and the fifth the institutional capacity. The United Nations states that in 2013 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty. Extreme poor have been defined by the UN as those people earning an income of less than $ 1.25 per day. UN states that the Millennium Development Goals which were identified and agreed on in year 2000 by 197 heads of states and which were to be achieved in 2015, are far from being reached. The Action10 approach benefits from the lessons learnt from previous international aid programs. Through an analysis of previous aid programs, Ten Actions were identified which, if addressed thoroughly in all development programs, are expected to reduce and eventually eradicate extreme poverty. All the Ten actions are thoroughly captured in all Action10 activities. Our Ten Actions are based on these 10 principles; 1. Needs driven program 2. Equal partnership 3. Real time evaluation planning 4. Strategic partnership 5. Institutional capacity 6. Sustainable economy 7. Quality values 8. Resilience 9. Knowledge sharing 10. Visibility

Conserve Natural Forests (CNF) is a non-profit NGO based in the Pai District of Mae Hong Son in Northern Thailand and Krabi in Southern Thailand, and we have planting sites in over 7 provinces across the country. Our mission is to restore natural forest landscapes throughout Thailand in ways that protect and enhance biodiversity, self-regulate landscape ecological processes, and improve the livelihoods of local communities in the long term. Our work would not be possible without the invaluable support of the local community and Thai government, and we are thankful for their help and the help of other like-minded individuals who have facilitated our development these past years. FOREST RESTORATION CNF strives to meet global biodiversity and climate change mitigation targets in ways that sustain or improve local livelihoods. This includes the preservation of local old-growth forests and restoration of degraded landscapes. We also work with local communities to promote agroforestry and other sustainable farming practices through education, training, and capacity-building. With the help of our friends, we work year-round throughout Mae Hong Son and Chiang Mai Provinces to rebuild the beautiful and biodiverse tropical forests of Northern Thailand. CNF advocates a science-based holistic approach to forest landscape restoration. We employ a range of restoration strategies tailored to site characteristics, degradation level, disturbance regime, and the needs of the communities who stand to benefit the most from forest restoration. There are few one-size-fits-all solutions, and we believe that multifarious problems require multifaceted responses. In essence, we aim to plant the right trees in the right place at the right time. PROTECTED & ASSISTED NATURAL REGENERATION (ANR) Removing barriers to natural regeneration includes reducing competition through weeding, mulching, and planting fast-growing species with wide crowns and large leaves to shade out herbaceous grasses and weeds. Strategies to reduce disturbances include protection from livestock grazing and establishing fire breaks to minimize risk during the annual burning season. We also attempt to augment multiple regenerative pathways by attracting seed dispersers with fruits, nectars, and shelter structures like bird perches, as well as selecting sites within 5km of natural forest to enhance seed rain and dispersal. THE FRAMEWORK SPECIES METHOD The Framework Species Method is an accelerated forest restoration strategy that involves planting a mixture of 20-30 species of certain functional traits to promote vertically and horizontally complex, self-regulating, healthy regeneration. Our target planting density - based on the optimal balance between competition and facilitation during growth - is 3100 trees per hectare. In Northern Thailand, most of the species we plant using this framework display certain common traits: high survival rates (Ficus spp., Prunus cerasoides), rapid growth rates (Tectona grandis, Hopea odorata, Terminalia catappa), fire resilience through re-sprouting or coppicing (Tectona grandis, Caesalpina sappan), nitrogen-fixation (Fabaceae spp., Tamarindus indicus), rooting complexity (Bauhinia purpurea), and wide, dense crowns (Tectona grandis). Depending on the site, we plant a mixture of pioneer and late-successional species that capture a sufficient fraction of target biodiversity to stratify the forest structure and provide multiple ecological niches for seed dispersers from nearby forests and promote species recruitment. MANGROVE RESTORATION As of December 2021, we have expanded our work to include mangrove landscape restoration in the south of Thailand, fitting with Conserve National Forest's mission and vision. CNF has already restored mangrove sites in the provinces of Krabi and Satun where our work continues, and are currently working on restoring sites in Phang Nga Communities along the coast of southern Thailand depend on mangrove forests, as it protects their livelihood by maintaining healthy supplies of fish and shellfish while also functioning as a protective barrier from the ocean. Mangroves operate as hatcheries for invertebrates and a wide variety of fish species. They provide shelter for young fish from predators and a warm, calm aquatic environment for them to grow in. This, in turn, safeguards a steady population of fish that can be caught by the local fisherman. Mangroves are not only important but highly unique. They have adapted to grow where other trees are unable to. These adaptations are: Physical Stability: Mangroves have "prop roots" that descend from the trunk and branches that provide structural stability and anchor the tree to the ground. Additionally, pneumatophores are lateral roots that grow upwards out of the mud and water to allow for the intake of oxygen and, subsequently, respiration. Salt Tolerance: Mangroves' tolerance to salt means they are able to not only survive, but thrive in harsh saline environments. The red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle, has the ability to exclude salt uptake via a filtration process that takes place on the surface of the root while the white mangrove, Laguncularia racemose, excretes salt through its leaves. Reproductive Adaptation Mangroves have a unique way of producing, known as vivipary, whereby the seeds germinate into seedlings while still attached to the tree. Ensuring the conservation of mangrove forests is ensuring our own safety and livelihoods. A forest is more than just the trees - it is a complex tapestry spun by a dizzying array of plants, animals, insects, fungi, and bacteria. Thailand is a biodiversity hotspot and we would like to keep it that way - that's why the methods we use promote functional diversity and species recruitment. Some animals - like elephants - play an integral role in maintaining healthy ecosystems.We work with a broad coalition - including the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation, and more - to return these keystone species to protected areas where they can nurture the forest in ways we never could. LOCAL LIVELIHOODS One organisation is not enough to sustain significant, long-lasting change - we cannot overstate the importance of working with the local community toward sustainable development and environmental awareness. We host several large-scale tree planting events each year with the support of the Pai community. We also donate our seedlings for a variety of causes including land retention, watershed improvement, and urban greenery, and work with nearby villages regarding sustainable agriculture and agroforestry through education and capacity building. We also invite local primary and secondary students to our project site in order to provide education and cultivate empathy towards the environment among the people for whom climate change will matter most. SUSTAINABLE TOURISM Our land is a place where honest questions are met with honest answers. By joining us for a day on our project site, you will participate in a unique experience which combines education about Thailand's tropical ecosystems with an opportunity to give back by planting a tree and learning about low-impact travel. It's important to understand the diverse impacts - both positive and negative - that tourism may generate for local people and local ecosystems, and what we can do to minimize our travel footprint. We believe that education and awareness are critically important to a more fulfilling travel experience, whether here in Thailand or anywhere else.