South America

North America
Eurasia
Africa

All Protect-An-Acre Grants

Chief Paiakan (fiscally sponsored by Green Sphere Inc.)
1999
South America
$5,007 in legal support for Kayapo Chief Paulinho Paiakan to help defend him against politically motivated harassment due to his involvement in environmental and Indigenous rights activism.
National Council of Rubber Tappers
1999
South America
$5,008 in general support for Chico Mendes' Sustainable Rainforest Campaign and its effort to create and gain legal recognition for a 1.7 million-acre reserve on the Tapajos River in the state of Para.
Acción Ecológica
1999
South America
$5,000 to help defend Yasuni National Park and the Cuyabeno Reserve from the proposed ITT oil project through non-violent direct actions, letter writing campaigns, political pressure, media work, and national and international pressure on oil companies.
Project Underground
1998
North America
$5,000 in support of the First International Gold Summit, organized with regional NGOs and communities that are affected by gold mining.
CED
1998
Africa
$5,169 towards efforts to protect 2,500 hectares of the last remaining forests in central Cameroon, the protection of the only river providing water to Bougnougoulouk and neighboring villages, the protection of wildlife of the Bougnougoulouk forest from poachers, and the halt of the desertification process of Central Cameroon.