We were thrilled to receive notification of this honor, along with an invitation to attend a REDD+ special event at the IPCC summit in Copenhagen next month. The WIM Foundation exists to "help protect habitat and safeguard biodiversity through diverse public education and awareness efforts."
An example of their awareness efforts is founder Maya Lin's What is Missing? memorial, "a tribute to vanished (and vanishing) parts of our natural world and a call to action to help reverse the trends."
We look forward to connecting with our fellow WIM Foundation honorees:
- Dr. Wangari Maathai and the Sankuru “Fair Trade” Community Carbon Initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Dr. Jane Goodall and her new forest offset project in the Gombe Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania
- Chief Almir and the indigenous Surui reforestation effort in the Brazilian Amazon
- Iman Sapari and the Yayorin Orangutan habitat protection project in Indonesia
- Tengchong Conservation Carbon Project in the Yunnan Province of China
The WIM Foundation will honor Paso Pacifico founder Dr. Sarah Otterstrom because they consider the Return to Forest project to be "an exemplary model of forest-offset projects that help tackle climate change, protect biodiversity, and advance the well being of local communities."
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