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Changing Unsustainable Trade Contest

Solution Search: Changing Unsustainable Trade has unearthed existing and successful solutions that are reducing the illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade by changing people's behaviors. The top 10 Finalists have been announced!
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Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center
New York, NY, USA
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Foundation for Ecodevelopment and Conservation -FUNDAECO-
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Genesis group patrolling
Fudena
Caracas, Venezuela
Hawksbill turtle nesting at Los Garzos beach
Instituto de Ecología Regional
Yerba Buena, Argentina
PATA-NOA, hilando coexistencia, inclusion social y Sustentabilidad ambiental
Natura y Ecosistemas Mexicanos A.C.
Mexico City , Meksiko
Artificial nest box placed by Natura Mexicana´s scarlet macaw conservation team
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Grand Prizes

One Earth Conservation
Hollis Hills, NY, USA
ProDelphinus
Paita, Peru
Size data collection of landed species
Profonanpe
Madalena del Mar, Peru
En la feria "A comer pescado!"
Temp - Grand Prize

Grand Prizes

Provita
Caracas, Venezuela
Tree planting at Chacaracual, Macanao, Venezuela
SEE Turtles
Portland, OR, USA

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