Advancing knowledge in the field of conservation and sustainability through fellowships to outstanding academics and practitioners.
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Active from 2004-2009, the Alcoa Foundation's signature Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program focused on advancing the knowledge and support for exemplary work in the field of conservation and sustainability through fellowships to outstanding academics and practitioners from non-governmental organizations (NGOs). By bringing together the academic, NGO and business communities, Alcoa Foundation’s program represented a new model of effective private philanthropic action to address urgent problems of global concern. This program is now closed.
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Alcoa Foundation is a nonprofit U.S. corporate foundation with assets of approximately US$370 million. Its mission is to actively invest in the quality of life in Alcoa communities worldwide. Throughout its history, Alcoa Foundation has been a source of positive community change and enhancement, with over US$490 million invested since 1952.
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Monica Gruezmacher is an Alcoa Foundation Fellow who did groundbreaking work in Colombia's Amazon region.
Pieter van Eijk, an Alcoa Foundation Fellow at Wetlands International, is piloting four conservation projects in Indonesia and Mali.
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