Grantee Profile

Environmental Defense Fund

Grants to Environmental Defense Fund

  • $120,000Active Strategy

    2013 (Duration 1 year)

    Conservation & Sustainable Development

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) works on conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems, fisheries science and management, ocean energy and other projects in Cuba. The purpose of this grant is to support three workshops in the United States and Cuba for project leaders, participants and policymakers on right-based fishery management tools, and community-based coastal management project design.

  • $220,000Active Strategy

    2010 (Inactive Grant)

    Conservation & Sustainable Development

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK — To improve cooperation between the United States and Cuba on natural resource management and environmental protection (over two years).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Environmental Defense Fund $340,000 between 2010 and 2013.

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