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Building Capacity and Alliances for International Financial Institutions Monitoring: Sobrevivencia
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Building Capacity and Alliances for International Financial Institutions Monitoring
September, 2011
Amount: $150,000
Grant Period: 9/1/2011 to 8/31/2013
Program: Environment
Program Area: International Finance for Sustainability
Geographic Focus: Paraguay
Promoting Sustainability in Energy and Infrastructure Investments in Latin America: Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense
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Promoting Sustainability in Energy and Infrastructure Investments in Latin America
May, 2011
Amount: $150,000
Grant Period: 4/1/2011 to 3/31/2013
Program: Environment
Program Area: International Finance for Sustainability
Geographic Focus: South America (At Large)
Holding Amazon Megaprojects to Account: Friends of the Earth - Brazilian Amazonia
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Holding Amazon Megaprojects to Account
March, 2011
Amount: $250,000
Grant Period: 2/1/2011 to 1/31/2013
Program: Environment
Program Area: International Finance for Sustainability
Geographic Focus: South America (At Large)

For the past decade, South America has experienced a massive development wave, accompanied by considerable investments in regional transport and energy infrastructure that has begun to traverse sensitive Amazonian ecosystems. Friends of the Earth - Brazilian Amazonia is working to ensure there is improvement in the public review and project finance requirements for these projects, as well as requiring a more robust environmental and social impact assessment and the application of environmental and social safeguards policies. The principle focus of this work will be increasing sustainability criteria for the investments of the Brazilian National Development Bank, which is currently the largest public funder of energy and infrastructure projects in South America.

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Latin America

The Mott Foundation's Environment program, through its International Finance for Sustainability focus, supports nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working to shape international trade and investment strategies to support sustainable development, reduce environmental degradation in the region, and offer local economic opportunities.

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Helena Monteiro explains WINGS' role in philanthropy
Helena Monteiro
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Helena Monteiro explains WINGS' role in philanthropy
January, 2012

The Worldwide Initiative for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) was formally established in 2000, the same year the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation made its first grant to the organization. To date, Mott has provided seven grants, totaling $2.2 million, for WINGS’ support. During a recent visit to Mott’s home office in Flint, Michigan, Helena Monteiro – who became WINGS’ executive director in January 2011 – sat down with Communications Officer Maggie Jaruzel Potter for a brief chat. What follows is an edited version of that interview

Interview with Amy Shannon about Mott’s work in Latin America
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Interview with Amy Shannon about Mott’s work in Latin America
November, 2011

In this interview, Shannon discusses examples of Mott grantees’ work – their challenges and successes – in helping move the Foundation toward its IFS goal: “to shape international investment and trade to support sustainable development and reduce environmental degradation.”

Brazil's development: Is it sustainable for people and planet?
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Brazil's development: Is it sustainable for people and planet?
November, 2011

Sustainable development in Brazil is the focus of Mario Osava’s reporting for the Inter Press Service, a Mott Foundation grantee.

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Small hydroelectric plants are spreading across Brazil
While small hydroelectric plants are being built throughout Brazil as a way to meet increased energy needs, many groups, including the Socio-Environmental Institute, a Mott grantee, are concerned about the resulting social and environmental damage.