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Peru’s Natural Legacy has secured $37.5 million from the Green Climate Fund part of a broader $74.5 million effort to strengthen long-term protection of the Peruvian Amazon. This milestone reflects years of collaboration among the Government of Peru, Indigenous organizations and conservation partners working to improve how protected areas are managed and financed — while supporting Indigenous-led approaches across more than 15 million hectares. Through our Andes-Amazon Initiative, the Moore Foundation has supported Patrimonio Natural del Peru from the beginning, helping advance a model that pairs durable financing with strong local stewardship. Efforts like this are essential to keeping forests intact, strengthening communities and sustaining the Amazon’s ecological integrity. Congratulations to all the partners involved in reaching this important milestone! 👏 ➡️ See how this collaboration is supporting long-term conservation in the Amazon: https://lnkd.in/g5mkNwwG #EnvironmentalConservation #Philanthropy #ProjectFinanceForPermanence Avecita Chicchon | Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado - Sernanp | WWF Changing Climate | Profonanpe

Principles for Responsible Investment recently published an inaugural progress report from Spring, a stewardship initiative for nature that has brought together stakeholders in an effort to address the financial risks of nature loss. The report highlights sustained participation, early and incremental improvements in company performance, and the foundations that have been laid for further impactful engagement going forward. The Moore Foundation's work with the Conservation and Markets Initiative recognizes the importance of collaboration in addressing financially material nature and biodiversity risks. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/gPbTNJw7 Hear more information on PRI's latest podcast: https://lnkd.in/gTsJ3h_A #EnvironmentalConservation #Philanthropy #SustainableFinance #NatureRisk

Awareness of green chemistry varies, but it can influence how companies are viewed. Survey results show that 70% of consumers say they would view a company more positively if they knew it invested in green chemistry. 💡Why green chemistry matters. As understanding of the green chemistry field grows, consumer perceptions may play a larger role in how companies are viewed. These perspectives and expectations can impact how corporations approach transparency, trust, and long-term brand value. Read the full report on how green chemistry can unlock the next American industrial boom: https://lnkd.in/gaX4RaKe #GreenChemistry #SciencePhilanthropy #ChemicalSciences

Building on the strength of libraries as community hubs, we’re proud to support Arizona State University and SciStarter as they expand opportunities for people to actively take part in citizen science efforts. With support from our Curiosity-Driven Science Initiative, a network of volunteer science ambassadors has partnered with libraries all over the country, making doing science more accessible for youth and community members, fueling curiosity and learning while making contributions to science. We’re excited to see how this collaboration helps more communities participate in science — and strengthens connections across science and society. #CuriosityDrivenScience #CitizenScience #CommunityScience #ActsOfScience

The Amazon underpins some of the world’s most important forest and freshwater systems — supporting biodiversity, regulating climate and sustaining ecosystems far beyond the region. In the latest episode of IPAM Amazônia's Living Library series, researchers explore how protecting these interconnected systems is essential to the long-term health of the Amazon. The video highlights practical approaches to reduce deforestation while strengthening the ecological functions that forests and freshwater systems provide. IPAM’s work, supported through the Moore Foundation’s Andes-Amazon Initiative, contributes to ongoing efforts to secure biodiversity and ecosystem services across the Brazilian Amazon — recognizing that durable conservation depends on both strong science and coordinated action on the ground. Watch how this work connects forests, freshwater and long-term ecosystem resilience: https://lnkd.in/gfZUZh3X #EnvironmentalConservation #Philanthropy Maria DiGiano | Adilene Jezabel Moreno | Lucas Ramos

The American Physical Society has recognized Theodore Hodapp with its Excellence in Physics Education Award, honoring a sustained commitment to improving how physics is taught and who has access to it. Hodapp, who directs the foundation’s Experimental Physics Investigator Initiative, has spent nearly two decades advancing programs that strengthen physics education and broaden participation in the field. His work includes efforts that support undergraduates, improve departmental practices and expand pathways for students underrepresented in physics. This recognition reflects a career focused on building more inclusive and effective systems for learning physics across institutions and career stages. #MoorePhysics #SciencePhilanthropy #APSSummit26 | Brad Marston

In one of the most remote regions of the western Amazon, Indigenous experts and scientists worked together to document the biodiversity and cultural history of the upper Rio Içá. A new rapid biological and social inventory led by the Field Museum of Natural History combines Indigenous knowledge with biological and social science research. The findings reveal remarkable plant and animal diversity and strong evidence of long-standing Indigenous stewardship across forests, rivers and floodplains. The report provides critical data to inform land-use decisions in the Putumayo-Içá watershed, a region that connects multiple western Amazon landscapes. By documenting both ecological and sociocultural systems, the work helps strengthen efforts to conserve a biocultural corridor linking communities and ecosystems across national borders. The research contributes to the goals of the Moore Foundation’s Andes-Amazon Initiative, which supports efforts to maintain connectivity across freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems in the region. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/gSjC8Zuk #EnvironmentalConservation #Philanthropy Francisco J.B. Oliveira Filho | Adilene Jezabel Moreno 📸 Fernando Lessa

We were happy to lend our support to our partners at Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) to secure the acquisition of Mead Ranch in Santa Clara County. The ranch will be preserved as open space and is the latest property in recent years to be set aside for wildlife, farming or open space in and around Coyote Valley. Gordon Clark, president of the Peninsula Open Space Trust, said the purchase is the latest example of a wider strategy to provide places to roam for mountain lions, deer and other wildlife that are increasingly isolated by freeways and development across California. Read more about this exciting Bay Area acquisition from Paul Rogers in The Mercury News: https://lnkd.in/gXFNKwBa 📸 The Mercury News #BayArea #Conservation #Philanthropy Dan Winterson

The Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA) is launching innovation awards to help colleges and universities rethink hiring, promotion and tenure. This effort will explore how academic incentives can better reflect collaborative and open research.

➡️ Materials Synthesis Investigators and Moore Synthesis Fellows call from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative. We are inviting researchers who create and engineer new quantum and hybrid materials to apply for fully unconstrained, six-year research grants supporting ambitious, high-risk work at the frontiers of quantum materials science. 🔹 Investigator awards provide up to approximately $1.8 million in funding. 🔹 The Fellows track, designed to support early-career researchers in materials synthesis, provides approximately up to $1.4 million in funding. If your work aims to uncover, control, or explore emergent quantum phenomena through materials innovation, we encourage you to apply. Visit our website to learn more about eligibility, timelines, and how to apply: https://lnkd.in/gjfFWGQY #MoorePhysics #SciencePhilanthropy #QuantumMaterials #ResearchFunding #ScienceGrants Dušan Pejaković | Amalia Fernandez Panella, PhD |