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Date
Article Title& link (News Source)
Organization/Community Referenced

20 December 2008
Indigenous insights help save coral reefs (Austrailian Broadcasting Corporation)
Fiji Locally-Managed Marine Area Network

16 December 2008
In pictures: Conserving Madagascar's coast (BBC News)
The Village of Andavadoaka


28 November 2008
Ministerio y FEPTCE suscriben convenio para fortalecer turismo comunitario
(Ministerio de Turismo del Ecuador)
Federación Plurinacional de Turismo Comunitario del Ecuador

25 November 2008
Tanzanian travel charity organization scoops global Equator Prize 2008
(Global Travel Industry News)
Ujamaa Community Resource Trust (UCRT)

24 November 2008
KENVO wins Equator Prize (Wildlife Direct)
Kijabe Environment Volunteers (KENVO)
8 November 2008
Tanzania: Local Trust Wins 'Equator Prize 2008 (Arusha Times)
Ujamaa Community Resource Trust (UCRT)

7 November 2008
Ecotourism, Indigenous Peoples, and the Peruvian Amazon
(Indigenous Peoples: Issues and Resources)
Ese'eja Native Community of Infierno

6 November 2008
Unocar gana dos premios en Barcelona (Hoy.com.ec)
Unión de Organizaciones Campesinas e Indígenas de Cotacachi

6 November 2008
Borracha e urucum protegem AC (Povos Indigenas)
Pólo de Proteção da Biodiversidade e Uso Sustentável dos Recursos Naturais (Poloprobio)

5 November 2008
Processamento da borracha transforma vida de homens da floresta
(Revista Fórum e Fundação Banco do Brasil)
Polo de Proteção da Biodiversidade e Uso Sustentável dos Recursos Naturais
(Poloprobio)

2 November 2008
La cultura en Cotacachi se siembra (El Telegrafo)
Unión de Organizaciones Campesinas e Indígenas de Cotacachi

November 2008
A winning combination for community conservation (New Agriculturist)
Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary

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2 October 2008
Bangladesh: A floating future (IRIN)
Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha

16 October
Premio mundial para proyecto comunitario de agricultores de Cotacachi
(el Nuevo Empresario)
Unión de Organizaciones Campesinas e Indígenas de Cotacachi

15 October
Artesanas que rescataron cultivos milenarios de algodón ganan premio (El Comercio)
Asociación de Artesnas de Arbolsol y Huaca de Barro del Distrito de Mórrope

14 October 2008
Senegal: Protecting livelihoods through mangroves (Reuters Foundation)
Fédération Régionale des Groupements de Promotion Féminine Ziguinchor

13 October 2008
Norwegian supported biodiversity program receives international prize for its achievements (Norway-Zambia Development Corporation)
Community Markets for Conservation program (COMACO)

13 October 2008
Equator biodiversity prizes for Africa (Flow: Informatin for Okavango Delta Planning)
KENVO, Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary, CADIM, Ketu Training Centre for Sustainable Development, Ujamaa Community, N≠a Jaqna, COMACO

10 October 2008
Equator Initiative announces five communities receiving 'special recognition' for the Equator Prize 2008 (Agriterra)
UNDP Equator Prize

9 October 2008
Colombia entre los 25 ganadores del Premio Ecuatorial 2008 (CECIDIC - Toribio Cauca)
Asociación de Productores Indígenas y Campesinos de Riosucio Caldas Asproinca, Corporación Serraniagua

9 October 2008
Dos Organizaciones Colombianas recibieron premio ambiental de la ONU (ecoestrategia.com)
Asociación de Productores Indígenas y Campesinos de Riosucio Caldas Asproinca, Corporación Serraniagua

9 October 2008
Sri Lankan grassroots group wins special recognition UN biodiversity prize (Asia Tribune)
Community Development Centre, Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary, Artisans Association of Arbolsol and Huaca de Barro, Community-based Marine Management Foundation, Union of Farming and Indigenous Organizations of Cotacachi

9 October 2008
UNORCAD Galardonada a Nivel Mundial (UNORCAC)
Union of Farming and Indigenous Organizations of Cotacachi

8 October 2008
Equator Prize 2008 winners announced (Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog)
Union of Farming and Indigenous Organizations of Cotacachi

8 October 2008
Ações brasileiras disputam prêmio da ONU (RTS)
COOPYAWA, POLOPROBIO

8 October 2008
ONU premia a dos iniciativas colombianas sobre medio ambiente (elmercuriodelmedioambiente)
ASPROINCA, Corporación Serraniagua

8 October 2008
Colombia entre los 25 ganadores del Premio Ecuatorial 2008
(Indigenous Association of Northern Cauca)
ASPROINCA, Corporación Serraniagua

8 October 2008
The movers and shakers (IUCN TV)
UNDP Equator Prize

8 October 2008
Expanding nature-based enterprises can increase income for the world's rural poor
(Media News Wire)
UNDP and UNEP

8 October 2008
Save a hippopotamus, and get development (TerraViva)
Ghana

7 October 2008
Proyecto productivo PNUD Perú gana premio de iniciativas ambientales en Barcelona(Andina) Asociación Artesanas de Arbosol y Huaca de Barro de Morrope

7 October 2008
San conservancy honoured for ecological management (Namibia Economist)
N#a Jaqna Conservancy

7 October 2008
To build a school, save a hippo (Inter Press Service News Agency)
Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary

7 October 2008
TK-using communities among Equator Initiative winners (Traditional Knowledge Bulletin)
UNDP Equator Initiative-Summary of 2008 Winners

7 October 2008
Rural communities best equipped to cope with climate change: UN Report (Guardian)
UNDP and UNEP

7 October 2008
Five communities awarded for climate change, biodiversity initiatives (UNDP Newsroom)
UNDP Equator Initiative

7 October 2008
Equator Initiative selects winners for global biodiversity conservation Prize (TK Bulletin)
UNDP Equator Prize

6 October 2008
Winners of the 2008 Equator Prize Announced (Climate-L.org)
UNDP Equator Initiative

6 October 2008
Announcing the winners of the Equator Prize 2008 (Wild Asia)
UNDP Equator Initiative

6 October 2008
Prix de la conservation de la biodiversit (NewsPress)
UNDP Equator Initiative

3 October 2008
U.N. Announces Equator Prize Winners (Planetwize.com)
UNDP Equator Initiative

3 October 2008
Equator Initiative selects winners for global biodiversity conservation prize (YubaNet.com)
UNDP Equator Initiative

3 October 2008
Equator Initiative selects winners for global biodiversity conservation Prize (Wow Gambia)
UNDP Equator Initiative

3 October 2008
Le PNUD lance le Prix Equateur 2008 (Newspress)
UNDP Equator Prize

2 October 2008
KENVO, CWY partner in Kenya, winner of a 2008 Equator Prize (Canada World Youth)
Kijabe Environment Volunteers

2 October 2008
Ecuadorian farmers’ efforts rewarded (Biodiversity International)
Unión de Organizaciones Campesinas Indígenas de Cotacachi

2 October 2008
UN-led initiative announces 25 winners of prestigious biodiversity prize (UN News Centre)
UNDP Equator Initiative

1 October 2008
Namibia: Conservancy Wins International Prize (The Namibian)
N#a Jaqna Conservancy

28 September 2008
Wildlife society wins top UNDP award (The Colombo Times)
Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society

24 September 2008
Ujamaa Community Resource Trust receives the prestigious Equator Prize!
(Tanzania Natural Resource Forum)
Ujamaa Community Resource Trust

23 September 2008
Las guardianas del gran algodón nativo de Morrope (Elcomercio.com)
Asociación Artesanas de Arbosol y Huaca de Barro de Morrope

12 September 2008
Importante reconocimiento a iniciativa promovida desde el Proyecto Gestión Participativa de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (GPAN)
Asociación de Pobladores por el Progreso y Desarrollo de Campo Amor - Zarumilla (ASPOPRODECAZ)

11 September 2008
Sri Lankan NGO honoured for wildlife conservation (One World South Asia)
Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (SLWCS)

8 September 2008
United Nations-led Equator Initiative Selects Winners For Global Biodiversity Conservation Prize (UNDP Press Realease)
UNDP Equator Initiative

8 September 2008
Arnavon’s Conservation Work Wins Equator Prize(Solomon Star)
Arnavon Community Marine Conservation Area

1 September 2008
Solomons, FSM, Vanuatu Environment NGO's win ‘Equator Prize'
(Secretariat of the Pacific Community)
Arnavon Community Marine Conservation Area

29 August 2008
Solomons, FSM, Vanuatu Environment NGO's Win 'Equator Prize' (Pacific Magazine)
Arnavon Community Marine Conservation Area

29 August 2009
Solomon Islands Conservation Project wins "Equator Prize" (TARD Blog)
Soloman Islands

31 May 2008
Uganda: Bigodi Swamp Uproots Poverty (New Vision)
Kibale Association for Rural and Environmental Development (KAFRED)

27 May 2008
Norway Joins Equator Initiative (UNDP Newsroom)
UNDP Equator Initiative and REDD

April 2008
Equator Prize 2008: Invitation to Nominate Community-based Enterprises and Grassroots Organizations (UN-Business Focal Point, issue 8)
Shompole Community Trust, Comunidad Indigena de N.S.J.P., Aharam Traditional Crops Producers' Company

13 March 2008
Le PNUD lance le Prix Equateur 2008 (ECOtourisme)
UNDP Equator Prize

11 March 2008
Sierra Leone: UNDP Launches 2008 Equator Prize (Concord Times)
UNDP Equator Initiative

6 March 2008
Prix Équateur 2008 (IUCN)
UNDP Equator Prize