The receiver of this Award is SGP grantee partner Green River that has implemented the GEF SGP funded project CPR/SGP/OP5/CORE/CH/11/01. 

Another SGP grantee partner Blue Ribbon Ocean Conservation Society was one of the nominees for this Award. Blue Ribbon Ocean Conservation Society has implemented the GEF SGP funded project CPR/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/BD/13/03.

SGP grantee partner Laozhai Community Conserved Area Management Committee is the receiver of this Award.

Laozhai Community Conserved Area Management Committee has implemented the GEF SGP funded project CPR/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/BD/13/02 . 

SGP grantee Weihai Whooper Swan Protection Association was the receier of this award. This grantee worked at  the Rongcheng Swan Lake located at Chengshan Township, Rongcheng city, Shandong Province. Solutions offered to protect endangered species : 1. Rescue the perching birds; 2.Provide training on swan protection and build village-based and township-based rescue station; 3.Restore wetlands ecosystem; 4.Research on oviposition and incubation of swans Anticipated results/immediately outputs of this project: 1.Around 60 swans are rescued 2.about 200 persons know the knowledge of swan proetction,2 village-based and township-based rescue stations are established 3.about 50 Mu wetlands ecosystem has been restored 4. one research report on oviposition and incubation of swans is completed.

The National Public Welfare Figure Prize of Water Protection is an annual award presented by China Foundation for Glory Society, Beijing Normal University and China Environment News. The award was established since 2010 to acknowledge great contributions in water protection by outstanding public organizations, individuals and university student groups to help the public understand the current situation and issues on water protection. This year NGO "Green River Environement Protection Association of Sichuau" was awarded this prize for its SGP funded project: " Project on Reduction of POPs at the Source of Yangtze River and Development of Alternative Livelihood to Achieve Sustainable Grassland Management".

 The National Public Welfare Figure Prize of Water Protection is an annual award presented by China Foundation for Glory Society, Beijing Normal University and China Environment News. SGP China International Water Portfolio is the receiver of this 2012  award.

SGP grantee partnerBeijing Sansheng Environment and Development Research Institute (BSEDRI) is the receiver of this national Award.

BSEDRI has implemented the GEF SGP funded project  CPR/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/BD/13/06 . 

Botanic Garden Conservation International (BGCI) is an international organization that exists to ensure the world-wide conservation of threatened plants, the continued existence of which are intrinsically linked to global issues including poverty, human well-being and climate change. Every year BGCI launches a range of new projects from local initiatives to global campaigns. China is a key region for BGCI's conservation work. BGCI's China programme focuses on conserving threatened plant species, increasing the effectiveness of plant conservation, and enhancing environmental education and public awareness. Xinjiang Botanical Society successfully applied fund form BGCI China to replicate SGP project to conserve Haloxylon ammodendron and grow parasitic medical plant Herba Cistanchis in the roots of Haloxylon ammodendron forestry to prevent the death of Haloxylon ammodendron vegetation resulted from the over-chopping of Herba Cistanchis, and excessive exploitation of Haloxylon ammodendron forestry for firewood using.

Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. By linking local individuals and communities with new ideas and technology, Winrock is increasing long-term productivity, equity, and responsible resource management to benefit the poor and disadvantaged of the world. Deqin County Baima Community Co-management Association uses the fund from Winrock International to replicate the SGP project experiences on eco-tourism development and alternative livelihood promotion.

The Shangri-la Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC) is a local non-profit organization and designed to facilitate community-empowerment by providing opportunities for communities to extensively participate in sustainable development through strengthening the capacity of local communities; acknowledging traditional sustainable lifestyles; protecting the environment and disseminating experiences and influencing policy. The Deqin County Baima Community Co-management Association successfully applied the fund from SISC to replicate SGP project at Xiaruo village in Yunnan. 

The China Gender Facility (CGF) was set up in September 2004 by the UN China Theme Group on Gender (UNTGG) with the objective of advancing gender equality and women's empowerment in China. The CGF is supported by UN Agencies (UNICEF, UNFPA, ILO, UNDP, UNESCO, WHO, UNAIDS and UNIFEM), and bilateral donors (AusAID, CIDA, SIDA and France). The CGF awards grants through an open and competitive process. The Facility provides grants of up to 30,000 USD to government, local and national civil society organizations and academic institutions in mainland China to fund innovative and catalytic proposals that support research on contemporary gender issues, and/or advocacy and dialogue leading to integration of gender into Chinese development plans, policies and programmes. The SGP grantee Zhuhai Biological society's project 'Enhancing Women's Role in Wildlife Protection and Promoting Gender Equality in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province wins the grant under the theme of Gender and climate change/environment/disaster risk reduction. View Fact Sheet.

Since 2007, Lenovo initiated Venture Philanthropy programme to support grass-roots non-profit organization with funding and capacity building. The 2011 Lenovo Small Public Welfare Competition started on 18 July and included four stages: 'call for proposals'; intensified training; practice and final round oral defense. In sep. 2011, the experts' panel selected 17 organizations from 41000 competitors as the winners with total grant of 1.39 million RMB. Their projects range from environmental protection, education, community development to reduction of digital wide gap. Beihai Civil Volunteers Association is one of the 17 winners and they will use the fund to replicate the SGP project on avian conservation and raise public awareness on bird's protection.

Ford Motor Company announced the winners of its 2010 Conservation and Environmental Grants, China (CEGC) program at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, and awarded the cash grants totaling RMB1.5 million to 28 Chinese environmental NGOs and individuals to fund the further development of their projects. The project site is located in the western part of China, southern edge of Mu Us Desert and at the junction zone of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and inner Mongolia. It is a typical semi-arid area of semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral areas. Drought, water shortage, desertification, and over consumption of natural resources are the main problems that the local farmers are facing. The project aims to promote an environmental sustainable development way to the local farmers by a series activities: 1) Promote rural environment-friendly facilities including energy-saving stoves, energy-saving heatable brick beds, solar heating houses, solar stoves and "trinity" biogas facilities to help farmers to establish various household ecological model. 2) Implement alternative livelihood activities such as building sheep stall and microbial storage feed tank, artificially planting grass and planting economic forest with the purpose to reduce human destroy behavior on the grassland.3)Plant windbreak to reduce wind and sand damage to crops and to increase the rate of forest coverage and farmers' income.4) Support women and family industry development through providing local women with micro-credit finance to promote farmers' income. 5.) Establish New Energy Facility Maintenance Group in the project area. 6) Raise farmers' environmental awareness, especially on renewable energy using and climate change thorugh training and workshop.