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Conservation International Foundation

$5,018,474

Total funding

10

Grants

Funding over time

peak $1.9M · FY2008–20

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Funding mix

By agency

NASA$3,320,811 · 8

DOE$1,697,663 · 2

By mechanism

—$5,018,474 · 10

Investigators at Conservation International Foundation

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CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL HAS DEVELOPED A SUITE OF NEAR REAL-TIME FIRE AND DEFORESTATION MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS THAT CHANNEL SATELLITE O$1,163,737

· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

SUSTAINABLE BIOFUEL CROPS PROJECT.$1,083,919

· FY2008 · Department of Energy

ON OCTOBER 19 2015 GOVERNOR ABRAHAM ATARURI DECLARED WEST PAPUA TO BE INDONESIA S FIRST CONSERVATION PROVINCE. THIS VISION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WENT BEYOND POLICY TOWARDS PROVINCIAL LAW THAT ELEVATES BOTH ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION AND COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS FOUNDATIONS OF FUTURE GROWTH. IN SUPPORT OF THE WEST PAPUA GOVERNMENT S CONSERVATION PROVINCE INITIATIVE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL (CI) IS SUBMITTING THIS PROPOSAL TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECOSYSTEM ACCOUNTING SYSTEM TO ENABLE BETTER PLANNING PRIORITIZATION OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GREEN INVESTMENTS AND PROVIDE FOUNDATIONAL SCIENCE TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EXISTING AND NEW REGULATIONS WHILE MONITORING PROGRESS FOR THE CONSERVATION PROVINCE VISION. THE DELIVERABLES IDENTIFIED IN THIS PROPOSAL IF APPROVED WILL EFFECTIVELY DEMONSTRATE EARTH OBSERVATIONS (EO) FOR ECOSYSTEM ACCOUNTING EO4EA (GEO WORK PROGRAMME ELEMENT 3.8) THROUGH 1) THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECOSYSTEM EXTENT ACCOUNT FOR THE PROVINCE OF WEST PAPUA IN INDONESIA AND 2) OUTLINE A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR CREATING OF AN ECOSYSTEM CONDITION ACCOUNT. THE ECOSYSTEM EXTENT ACCOUNT AND PRELIMINARY ECOSYSTEM CONDITION ACCOUNTS WILL BE A PRECURSOR AND REQUISITE TO DEVELOP ECOSYSTEM SERVICE FLOW ACCOUNTS AND WHICH CAN THEN BE USED TO CALCULATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF ECOSYSTEMS TO THE WEST PAPUA ECONOMY AND HELP DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF ECOSYSTEM ACCOUNTING IN INDONESIA MORE BROADLY. ECOSYSTEM EXTENT WILL BE DELINEATED USING A COMBINATION OF INPUTS BASED ON ECOREGIONS LANDFORMS AND VEGETATION COVER. ECOREGION ARE MACRO-ECOSYSTEM DELINEATIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATIC DATA SOURCES. ECOREGIONS REPRESENT AREAS WITH HOMOGENEOUS CHARACTERISTICS AND ARE OF IMPORTANCE TO BOTH BROADER PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. INFORMATION ON LANDFORMS REPRESENT THE EFFECTS THAT GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY HAVE ON LANDSCAPE PROCESSES AND THE SUBSEQUENT ECOSYSTEMS THAT EXIST WITHIN THESE GEOGRAPHICAL SETTINGS. VEGETATION COVER AND LAND-USE DERIVED FROM EO DATA ARE REPRESENTED IN THE NATIONALLY PRODUCED INDONESIA LANDCOVER PRODUCT WHICH IS CONSISTENTLY UPDATED AND WILL BE ADAPTED TO ACCOUNT FOR CHANGES IN THE ACTUAL EXTENT OF ECOSYSTEMS OVER TIME. TO ADVANCE THE METHODS FOR DEVELOPING AN ECOSYSTEM CONDITION ACCOUNT IN WEST PAPUA A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK WILL BE CREATED AND KEY CONDITION INDICATORS WILL BE IDENTIFIED. THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND EXPERT OPINION TO ENSURE THAT IT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE NEEDS WITHIN WEST PAPUA. THE KEY INDICATORS WILL BE ASSESSED BASED ON THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND WILL HEAVILY DEPEND ON EO DATA. THE ECOSYSTEM EXTENT ACCOUNTS AND PRELIMINARY CONDITION PRODUCTS WILL BE SHARED WITH BOTH NATIONAL AND REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS. REGULAR CONSULTATION AS WELL AS UPDATES WILL ENABLE FURTHER VALIDATION OF PUBLISHED WORK AND HELP TO ENSURE THE UPTAKE OF DATA AND PRODUCTS BEYOND THE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM. PUBLICATION OF REPORTS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND INDONESIAN WILL HELP ENSURE THE DATA IS SHARED AND PRESERVED MORE WIDELY.$806,764

· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

SUSTAINABLE BIOFUEL CROPS PROJECT.$613,744

· FY2009 · Department of Energy

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ARE A KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUP FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT AND ADDRESSING GLOBAL CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS. THERE IS A NEED TO ENHANCE THE MONITORING CAPABILITIES OF INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN READILY ACCESS TECHNICAL TOOLS AND INFORMATION TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR TERRITORIES ENSURE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LIVELIHOODS AND PROTECT THEIR INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RIGHTS. WE PROPOSE TO STRENGTHEN THE TECHNICAL CAPACITIES OF INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AMERICAS TO HARNESS THE POWER OF EARTH OBSERVATION (EO) DATA FOR ENHANCED SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT ACROSS INDIGENOUS LANDS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE ONGOING GROUP ON EARTH OBSERVATIONS (GEO) WORK PROGRAMME AMERIGEOSS INITIATIVE TO INCREASE THE REGIONAL CAPACITY FOR SUSTAINABLE LAND USE DECISIONS AND DATA INFRASTRUCTURE UTILIZING EO DATA BY PROMOTING TOOLS AND DATA PLATFORMS DEVELOPED BY COLLABORATORS INVOLVED IN THE AMERIGEOSS INITIATIVE TO NEW AUDIENCES (INDIGENOUS GROUPS) AND NETWORKS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THREE MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND WILL LEVERAGE CURRENT CI INITIATIVES IN THE FOCAL GEO COUNTRIES BY FOCUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES WITH INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN ECUADOR PERU AND COSTA RICA. FIRST WE WILL DEVELOP METHODS FOR AN INNOVATIVE PARTICIPATORY NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO UNDERSTAND HOW A SELECTION OF INDIGENOUS GROUPS CURRENTLY APPROACH SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT DECISIONS RELATED TO THE FOUR AMERIGEOSS FOCAL SOCIETAL BENEFIT AREAS (I.E. FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE DISASTER RESILIENCE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY) AND HOW THE USE OF EO DATA AND TOOLS COULD IMPROVE DECISION-MAKING. SECOND IN COLLABORATION WITH NASA S APPLIED REMOTE SENSING TRAINING (ARSET) PROGRAM WE WILL DESIGN TARGETED TRAINING MATERIALS AND CONDUCT WEBINARS AND ON-SITE TRAININGS TO IMPROVE LAND MANAGEMENT UTILIZING EO DATA PRODUCTS AND TOOLS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. TO FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGES THESE TRAININGS WILL ALIGN WITH GLOBAL INITIATIVES ENGAGING INDIGENOUS GROUPS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT (E.G. THE WORLD BANK S DEDICATED GRANT MECHANISM FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES THE INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FORUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IIPFCC) AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ACTIVITIES UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE). THE ANTICIPATED RESULTS FROM THIS WORK ARE: 1) A NOVEL FRAMEWORK FOR ENGAGING VITALLY IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS -- INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS -- TO UTILIZE EO DATA TO INFORM DECISIONS AND ACTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; 2) ENHANCED CAPACITY OF INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATIVES FROM AT LEAST THREE AMERIGEOSS COUNTRIES TO ASSESS AND USE EO DATA IN DECISION-MAKING; AND 3) INCREASED KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE OF EO APPLICATIONS WITHIN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE AMERICAS AND GLOBALLY. THE PROJECT WILL ENABLE PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) AND THE SOCIETAL BENEFIT OBJECTIVES OF NASA S EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION APPLIED SCIENCES PROGRAM AND GEO. ULTIMATELY WE HOPE TO EXPAND THE UNDERSTANDING AND ACCESS OF EO DATA AND TOOLS BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO HELP INFORM DECISIONS AND ENABLE ACTIONS TO PROTECT AND SUSTAINABLY MANAGE INDIGENOUS LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES.$530,144

· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

OUR PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL PIONEER THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE-SPACE MODELS THAT CONNECTS SATELLITE TIME SERIES DATA ACROSS DIFFERENT SENSORS TO A NETWORK OF FOREST INVENTORY PLOTS TO QUANTIFY FOREST CARBON DYNAMICS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE.$429,544

· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

THE INTERNATIONAL BLUE CARBON SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP HAS IDENTIFIED ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND CATALYZED INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EFFORTS TO INCREA$108,795

· FY2016 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE INTERNATIONAL BLUE CARBON SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP HAS SUPPORTED AND CATALYZED INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EFFORTS TO INCRE$105,900

· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

FUNDING WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED TO SUPPORT THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF THE IBCSWG ADVANCE BLUE CARBON SCIENCE PARTICULARLY AS NEEDED TO FACILITATE CLIMATE-RELEVANT POLICY AND MANAGEMENT TO EXPAND BLUE CARBON RESEARCH COLLABORATION AND TO ENSURE THE INTEGRATION OF BLUE CARBON INTO INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS. NASA FUNDING WILL SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING IBCSWG PRIORITIES: 1. COORDINATING AND NETWORKING SCIENTISTS AND COASTAL MANAGERS GLOBALLY TO FACILITATE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ACCELERATE EXCHANGE OF DATA AND BLUE CARBON-RELATED MANAGEMENT APPROACHES BETWEEN REGIONS AND SUPPORT CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE GROWING PORTFOLIO OF BLUE CARBON PROJECTS 2. DETERMINING THE VIABILITY AND PROCESS FOR INTEGRATING COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS OTHER THAN MANGROVE SEAGRASSES AND TIDAL MARSHES INTO CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY APPROACHES AND CLARIFYING AND ACCELERATING THE SCIENCE NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THIS PROCESS (FOR EXAMPLE CONSERVATION OF MACROALGAE FOR CLIMATE MITIGATION) 3. CLARIFYING AND MODELING THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF A CHANGING CLIMATE (E.G. SEA LEVEL RISE OCEAN TEMPERATURE CHANGES) AND ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES ON CARBON ACCUMULATION IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP BEST MANAGEMENT ACTIONS TO MAINTAIN AND PROMOTE NATURAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION NOW AND IN THE FUTURE AND 4. IMPROVING GLOBAL COVER AND TIME SERIES MAPS OF BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS TO SUPPORT COUNTRIES IN INTEGRATING BLUE CARBON INTO GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNTING AND MONITORING. THE MAIN CHANGES TO THE PROPOSAL INCLUDE DIVERTING ALL NASA SUPPORT TO THE 2020 IBCSWG MEETING TO BE HELD IN MEXICO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEXICO S NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE (INECC) AND OTHER REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS. THIS MEETING WILL BE VITAL FOR COORDINATING AND SUPPORTING WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE ABOVE PRIORITIES IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN REGION. THE WORKSHOPS WILL BE DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT OF BLUE CARBON AS NEEDED TO DIRECT AND ADVISE CLIMATE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT. THE WORKSHOPS WILL ALSO BE LOCATED AND COORDINATED WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS SO TO ADDRESS BLUE CARBON SCIENCE GAPS AND PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE IBCSWG AND RECENT SIGNIFICANT REPORTS AND ANALYSES INCLUDING SOCCR2 AND CCARS. MEXICO WAS SELECTED FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING COASTAL CARBON SCIENCE AND RELATED CONSERVATION CAPACITY IN THE REGION AND AS A RESULT OF THE INTEREST SHOWN BY THE LOCAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO HOST THE IBCSWG.$99,999

· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL (CI) HAS DEVELOPED THE TRENDS.EARTH (HTTP://TRENDS.EARTH) TOOL TO SUPPORT COUNTRIES IN MEETING THEIR COMMITMENTS TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (UNCCD) AND TO FACILITATE CALCULATION OF THE INDICATOR FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG) 15.3. TRENDS.EARTH IS AN INNOVATIVE TOOL THAT LEVERAGES GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE TO ALLOW USERS EVEN THOSE WITH LIMITED REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) EXPERTISE TO PROCESS AND USE EARTH OBSERVATION (EO) DATA SUCH AS LANDSAT AND MODIS IMAGERY TO CALCULATE SDG INDICATORS. TO FURTHER ENABLE THE USAGE OF EO DATA IN SUPPORT OF THE SDGS CI WILL WORK WITH NASA TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN APPROACH FOR CALCULATION OF SDG INDICATOR 11.3.1 THE RATIO OF LAND CONSUMPTION RATE TO POPULATION GROWTH RATE . CI WILL WORK WITH 10 PILOT COUNTRIES (ECUADOR BRAZIL MOROCCO UGANDA TANZANIA KENYA SOUTH AFRICA MADAGASCAR CAMBODIA AND INDONESIA SEE FIGURE 1) IN WHICH NASA AND CI HAVE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS TO PILOT THE METHOD. CI WILL THEN IMPLEMENT IT IN THE TRENDS.EARTH TOOL TO ALLOW CALCULATION OF INDICATOR 11.3.1 GLOBALLY FROM 30 M LANDSAT IMAGERY AND POPULATION DATA DEVELOPED BY THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION NETWORK (CIESIN).$75,926

· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration