Equator Prize 2012 Winners

The Equator Initiative chose 25 winners from a total pool of over 800 nominations from 113 countries.


Asia & the Pacific

• Chunoti Co-Management Committee – Bangladesh
• Kangmei Institute of Community Development and Marketing (KM) – China
• Namdrik Atoll Local Resources Committee – Marshall Islands
• Pemuteran Bay Coral Protection Foundation, Bali (Yayasan Karang Lestari Teluk Pemuteran Bali) – Indonesia
• Shashwat – India
• Sisi Initiative Site Support Group – Fiji
• Tetepare Descendants’ Association (TDA) – Solomon Islands

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

• Women and Earth (Zan va Zamin) – Tajikistan

Latin America & the Caribbean

• Association of Water Committees of the Southern Sector of Pico Bonito (Asociación de Juntas Administradoras de Agua del Sector Sur del Parque Nacional Pico Bonito – AJAASSPIB) – Honduras
• Centro Alexander von Humboldt – Nicaragua
• Environmental and Social Studies Group (Grupo de Estudios Ambientales y Sociales, AC) – Mexico
• Ixpiyakok Women's Association (Asociación de Mujeres Ixpiyakok – ADEMI) – Guatemala
• Pacari Network (Articulação Pacari) – Brazil
• United Women Artisans' Association of Los Límites (Asociación de Artesanas Unidas de Los Límites – ASOARTESANAS) – Colombia

Middle East & North Africa

• Association Amsing – Morocco
• Medicinal Plants Association, St. Catherine – Egypt
• Zenab for Women in Development – Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Abrha Weatsbha Natural Resource Management Initiative – Ethiopia
• Association Anja Miray – Madagascar
• Fishers' Association of the Rural Community of Mangagoulack (Association des Pêcheurs de la Communauté Rurale de Mangagoulack – APCRM) – Senegal
• Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT) – Kenya
• Swazi Indigenous Products (SIP) – Swaziland
• TRY Oyster Women's Association – Gambia
• Village Development Committee of Ando Kpomey (Comité villageois de développement d’Ando Kpomey) – Togo 
• West Africa Initiative of Liberia (WAIOL) – Liberia