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The SEED Award is one of the most motivating thing
that has happend to us this year
It was one of those: "FINALLY somebody realizes that what we do has significant global benefits!"
The SEED Award and the initiative as a whole
has truly emerged as a gem
in this array of international awards
that recognizes the pioneering efforts of individuals
and organizations that often begin with an idea,
struggle for years to try and find the support and the means by which to realize that vision
and ultimately through these Awards are able to receive at least some recognition
for their extraordinary role in trying to help build
what we in UNEP would often refer to as the Green Economy
The enterprise that I'm representing here today is called Trees for Global Benefits
It's a tree-planting project
This scheme mobilizes farming communities
to integrate tree-planting as one of their livelihood strategies
As they go about improving their own livelihoods
using trees
We recognize that the same activities also generate environmental services
that are enjoyed by the entire world
So, what we do as Trees for Global Benefits is to quantify those environmental services
and trade them on the voluntary carbon market
It is the income from the sale of those environmental services that we give back to the communities
to invest in the livelihood improvements on their land
SEED Awards 2014
Accepting applications until 08 April 2014
www.seedinit.org