Equator Prize 2006 Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, initiatives must be located within the equatorial belt (23.5° latitude North and South of the Equator) and in a developing country.

Nominations may be submitted for:

1. Community-based organizations;
2. Biodiversity-based businesses;
3. Indigenous groups;
4. Non-governmental organizations; and
5. Initiatives associated with a UNESCO World Heritage site or other biological reserve

To view a list of eligible countries, please click here.

In addition to the prizes to be awarded to each region – Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and Asia and the Pacific – one prize will be awarded to a community-based project in a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one to the project that best exemplifies sustainable biodiversity-based business.

For further information/details on UNESCO World Heritage Sites please refer to the UNESCO website