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Earthwatch
Institute: Research, Conservation, Education,
Volunteer
Earthwatch Institute engages people worldwide in scientific
field research and education to promote the understanding
and action necessary for a sustainable environment.
Darwin
Initiative Promoting biodiversity conservation
and the sustainable use of resources
The
Darwin Initiative is a small grants programme that
aims to promote biodiversity conservation
and sustainable use of resources around the world.
The Initiative is funded and administered by the
UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
(Defra)
University
of Leicester
The
University of Leicester is a prominent member of
the academic community with an established reputation
for teaching and research. Almost all the scientific
equipment of the project, which is kept in Kenya
has been donated by the University.
Vodafone
Foundation Working together for a better world
The Vodafone Group Foundation is driven by a Passion
for the World Around Us. The Foundation makes social
investments that help the people of the world to
have fuller lives by:
• Sharing the benefits of developments in mobile communications technology
as widely as possible;
• Protecting the natural environment
• Supporting the local communities in which Vodafone's customers, employees,
investors and suppliers live
Wildfowl
and Wetlands Trust Saving wetlands for wildlife
and people
The
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust is the largest
international wetland conservation charity in the
UK.
Founded in 1946 by the artist and naturalist Sir Peter Scott (1909 - 1989), WWT
has 9 visitor centres around the UK, where people can get closer to wetland birds
and enjoy spectacular wetland landscapes
The
Brock Initiative
" We've been celebrating nature by bringing its wonders
to the TV screen all over the world. Now that world
is changing, faster and faster, and nature needs
help. Films can do that, at a local level, be it
with decision makers in the government or in the
village." Richard Brock
Homepage
of Lanette Woo
Experiences
of an Earthwatch volunteer on the "Lakes of the Rift
Valley project"
Eldar Mamedov's volunteer experience
RAE
Trust - The Rehabilitation of Arid Environments
Trust
The
RAE Trust works with local communities to transform
degraded drylands into sustainable rangelands. For
two decades, RAE and the agro-pastoralists
of the Rift Valley, have developed appropriate
land
reclamation techniques and viable community-based
strategies for the long-term management of drylands
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