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Sustainable Agriculture Network MembersThe agricultural certification program is managed jointly by the Rainforest Alliance and a network of Latin American partner organizations. Our partners are local conservation groups committed to community-based conservation initiatives and research.
Conservation and Development (CyD) is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental citizen's group, with headquarters in Quito, Ecuador. Its volunteer and paid staff include biologists, engineers, and lawyers. The group collaborates with government agencies and the private sector to promote sustainable development and the rational use of natural resources, and to raise public consciousness about resource management. CyD focuses on agriculture, ecotourism, and community-based projects. They work with several international organizations and are working with the government of Ecuador to develop a national policy for sustainable agricultural production. Co-Executive Directors: Mauricio Ferro Rettig and Jose Valdivieso Interamerican Foundation of Tropical Research (FIIT), is a nonprofit research and environmental organization in Guatemala. It seeks mutually beneficial links between conservation and business to make both more sustainable. For more than six years, FIIT biologists studied the effects on biodiversity of different management regimes in coffee plantations. FIIT works with communities to improve the quality of life through environmental education, sustainable agriculture, hunting regulations, and the development of eco-friendly micro-businesses. Executive Director: Luis Gaitán; Projects Coordinator: Lucía Jurado
Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Management and Certification (Imaflora) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit association founded with the objective of promoting sustainable development through good forestry and agricultural management. Imaflora employs techniques such as certification, applied research, and public policy advocacy. Imaflora's main activities are the development of guidelines for certification of timber, non-timber, and agricultural products. Executive Director: Luis Fernando Guedes Pinto Institute for Cooperation and Self-development (ICADE), is a legally registered non-profit development organization of technical and social character, that seeks to elevate the wellbeing of the population, especially those sectors that are marginalized from the benefits of society. Executive Director: Leónidas Avila
Nature Foundation has conservation projects in several different regions of Colombia, including the Choco region of the Pacific Coast, the eastern cordillera of the Andes and the Colombian Amazon. The nonprofit group works with government agencies to support and enlarge the park system, with communities to improve management of natural resources, and with companies to reduce environmental impacts. Fundación Natura also conducts ecological research and develops conservation strategies. Executive Director: Elsa Matilde Escobar ProNatura Sur, a leading conservation group in southern Mexico, strives to protect cultural and biological diversity in a state that has record numbers of both. The group manages protected areas, conducts research, and helps indigenous peoples improve their farming and sustainably manage forest resources, such as bromeliads, which are used in religious ceremonies. As part of the Sustainable Agriculture Network, Pronatura Sur is working with coffee farmers around the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve. Co-directors: Rosa María Vidal; Romeo Domínguez Barradas
Established in 1986, the Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of tropical forests for the benefit of the global community. It develops and promotes economically viable and socially desirable alternatives to the destruction of tropical forests -- an endangered, biologically diverse natural resource. The Rainforest Alliance pursues its mission through education; research in the social and natural sciences, and cooperative partnerships with businesses, governments, and local peoples. The Rainforest Alliance has offices around the world. Office in New York Office in San José, Costa Rica Office in Amsterdam Office in London Rainforest Alliance Auditing Services SalvaNATURA is a non-profit environmental organization, created in San Salvador in 1990. Its mission is to contribute to the recovery and conservation of the environment and natural resources, in order to achieve sustainable development and improve the quality of life in El Salvador and the Mesoamerican region. One of its main priorities is the conservation and management of natural areas, particularly El Imposible and Los Volcanes National Parks, both via cooperative agreements with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. Through its innovative partnership with the Rainforest Alliance, the organization carries out a sustainable agriculture program for coffee producers and provides certification services to hundreds of coffee farms and processors. Executive Director: Juan Marco Alvarez
Toledo Institute for Development and Environment is a grass roots non-government organization dedicated to conservation and development in the Toledo District. The overall goal of TIDE is to protect Toledo's natural resources through conservation and the Promotion of sustainable development, Especially those within the Maya Mountain Marine Corridor and to ensure a sustainable high-quality livelihood for local residents. Executive Director: Celia Mahung
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