Socios técnicos | Initiative 20x20

Las organizaciones de la sociedad civil e academia que son socios de la Iniciativa informan y apoyan los procesos nacionales de restauración a lo largo de Latinoamérica y el Caribe.  Este grupo diverso de socios técnicos de la Iniciativa 20x20 trabaja a lo largo de la región para diseminar y fortalecer el conocimiento y desasrrollar capacidad técnica, avanzando así las acciones públicas y privadas en materia de restauración.

Tercer Planeta

3er Planeta

3er (Tercer) Planeta is a team of specialized professionals with more than 20 years of experience in sustainability at the intersection of finance and agriculture. The team is committed to generating financing and management …

Colombia
AIDER

AIDER (Partnership for Integrated Research and Development)

AIDER is a Peruvian NGO that works with local communities and stakeholders to promote sustainable development and environmental conservation in Peru’s forest landscapes. Since its founding in 1986, AIDER has managed initiatives for sustainable use…

Peru
IAVH

Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute (IAHV)

The von Humboldt Institute is a civil non-profit organization associated with Colombia’s Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development (MADS) founded in 1993 to be the biodiversity research arm of the National Environmental System (…

Colombia
ALIADOS LOGO

Aliados

Aliados Foundation's vision is to transform the way business is done in the Andes and Amazon ecosystems. It creates resilient bioeconomy enterprises to promote local stewardship of vulnerable ecosystems at the landscape level. Formed from the merger…

Ecuador
Alliance for Zero Extinction Logo

Alliance for Zero Extinction

The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) is a joint initiative of biodiversity conservation organizations to prevent species extinction. AZE encompasses over 115 partners, ranging from local organizations focused on conserving…

Uruguay, Peru, Panama, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina
logo

Amazon Conservation Team (ACT)

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) is a nonprofit organization that works in partnership with indigenous peoples and other local communities to protect the forests of tropical South America. ACT’s vision is for the vast, life-sustaining rainforests…

Colombia
ABC logo

American Bird Conservancy

ABC is the Western Hemisphere's bird conservation specialist — the only organization with a single and steadfast commitment to achieving conservation results for birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. Creating nature reserves is one…

Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia
ANCON

ANCON (National Association for the Conservation of Nature)

Founded in 1985 by a group of visionary citizens, ANCON is an NGO that works with national and international organizations, academic and research centers, local communities and businesses for protection and restoration of the natural resources and…

Panama
Apremavi

Apremavi

Apremavi's mission is to defend, preserve, and recover the environment and cultural values, seeking sustainability in all dimensions and improving the quality of life in the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil. Since 1987, Apremavi has led a great effort…

Brazil
logo

ARCAS

ARCAS is a Guatemalan NGO that was originally established to rescue and rehabilitate animals confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade. It operates in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in the Peten region of the country's north. Though it continues to…

Guatemala
Azuero Earth Project

Azuero Earth Project

In collaboration with local landowners, Azuero Earth Project (AEP) is restoring habitat along a corridor of more than 120 km in Panama. With an area of nearly 25,000 hectares that includes nearly 400 privately-owned properties, the…

Panama
Biodiversity Partnership Mesoamerica (BPM)

Biodiversity Partnership Mesoamerica (BPM)

Biodiversity Partnership Mesoamerica (BPM) was established in April 2012 in San Jose, Costa Rica with the mission of being a regional platform to involve the private sector in biodiversity conservation efforts and create a network of actors in…

Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica
Biohabitats logo

Biohabitats

With a mission to restore the Earth's natural and cultural resources and inspire ecological stewardship, Biohabitats is a values-driven, interdisciplinary company comprised of biologists, ecologists, geologists, landscape architects,…

Panama, Mexico, Costa Rica
Bioversity International-CIAT

Bioversity International-CIAT

Founded in 1974, Bioversity International is a global organization headquartered in Rome, Italy that focuses on research-for-development in agricultural and tree biodiversity to meet new global challenges. By delivering scientific evidence,…

Peru, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil
Canopy Energy

Canopy Energy

Canopy Energy is a company working to develop, finance and manage renewable energy projects. Its portfolio is for the most part focused on Africa and Paraguay. Canopy Energies has developed a partnership and investment relationship with Investancia…

Paraguay
Carbon Group

Carbon Group Agro-Climatic Solutions

Carbon Group Agro-Climatic Solutions is a consulting firm originally based in the southern cone of South America, and now working globally. It is internationally known for its experience in developing and implementing climate change adaptation and…

Cedarena

Cedarena

The Center for Environmental Law and Natural Resources or CEDARENA is an apolitical, non-profit association, founded in 1989 and declared of the public's interest with headquarters in San José, Costa Rica. As technical partners to Initiative 20x20…

Costa Rica
Celsia – ReverdeC

Celsia – ReverdeC

Celsia is the energy company of Grupo Argos (Colombia), and it is passionate about renewable energy and energy efficiency. It generates and transmits efficient energy from renewable sources with thermal backup. In 2016, after a strong El Niño event…

Colombia
CIMA

Center for Conservation, Research and Management of Natural Areas – Cordillera Azul (CIMA)

CIMA is a Peruvian non-profit organization founded in 2002 with the goal of making a difference in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Since 2008, CIMA has managed the Cordillera Azul National Park (PNCAZ) on a 20-year management…

Peru
Centro de Estudos Rioterra

Centro de Estudos Rioterra

Centro de Estudos Rioterra (CES Rioterra) is a non-profit institution created in 1999 and based in Porto Velho, Rondônia, in the southwestern part of the Brazilian Amazon. CES Rioterra believes that it can contribute towards restoring the Amazon…

Brazil
CIFOR

CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research)

Established in 1993, CIFOR is a non-profit scientific institution that operates across the globe, promoting “a more equitable world where forestry and landscapes enhance the environment and well-being for all.” Headquartered in Bogor Indonesia,…

Logo Cincia

CINCIA

Wake Forest University’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) was created in 2016 in Madre de Dios, Peru in partnership with international donors (USAID and WWF). CINCIA is a consortium of national and sub-national…

Peru
CIRAD

CIRAD (French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development)

Founded in 1984, CIRAD is a public-sector industrial and commercial enterprise (EPIC) under the joint authority of France’s Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. CIRAD is headquartered…

Peru, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil
Climate Focus

Climate Focus

Founded in 2004, Climate Focus is an internationally recognized leader on climate change and land use policies, law, project design, and finance, with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Washington D.C., and a Latin America headquarter in Bogotá, Colombia…

Peru, Colombia
Climate Institute

Climate Institute

The Climate Institute was founded in 1986 as the world’s first organization focused solely on climate change. Headquartered in Washington D.C., the Institute uses media such as symposia, conferences and briefings to inform decision-makers, heighten…

Mexico, Colombia, Chile
Colciencias

Colciencias

Colciencias (National Department of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia) is the institution in charge of promoting policy for science, technology and innovation in Colombia. Colciencias supports Colombian researchers through Ph.D.…

Colombia
Complex Forests

Complex Forests

Complex Forests' mission is to create a scalable, traceable and replicable business model for degraded land restoration in the Amazonian Biome that restores biodiversity, sequesters carbon and takes pressure off the natural environment, while…

Brazil
Condesan logo

CONDESAN

CONDESAN (Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion) is an environmental NGO based in Peru with a subsidiary office in Ecuador, with 25 years of experience working in the Andean region. CONDESAN's institutional core is the…

Peru, Ecuador
Conservation International

Conservation International (CI)

Founded in 1987, Conservation International is an American environmental non-profit that works to empower societies to protect nature and biodiversity as a source of food, livelihoods, and a stable climate. CI focuses on a range of topics around the…

Peru, Panama, Mexico, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil
Conservation Strategy Fund

Conservation Strategy Fund

Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF)’s mission is to sustain natural ecosystems and human communities through strategies powered by conservation economics. Our trainings, analysis, and timely expertise make development smarter, quantify the…

Peru, Panama, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil
Fundacion Corcovado

Corcovado Foundation

Fundacion Corcovado is a Costa Rican organization of activists dedicated to the preservation and conservation of the fragile biodiversity of Costa Rica. It does this by promoting environmental education, regenerative agriculture, ecosystem…

Costa Rica
logo

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a globally-focused institution for science, training, and outreach relating to birds and biodiversity. Its approach is to use the power of birds and other charismatic organisms to generate long-term impacts on…

Corporacion Ambiental Empresarial CCB

Corporacion Ambiental Empresarial CCB

The Corporación Ambiental Empresarial CAEM, a subsidiary of Bogotá Chamber of Commerce (CCB), is a nonprofit organization with 37 years of experience, its purpose is: "To help build a better environment and promote business environmental management…

Colombia
Cultivo

Cultivo

Cultivo is a data-driven company, using satellite technology and proprietary algorithms, coupled with environmental science capabilities, to accurately calculate, measure, and assess the full natural capital potential of a project and to monitor and…

Mexico
Defensores de la Naturaleza

Defensores de la Naturaleza

Established in 1983, DN is a Guatemalan NGO whose mission is the conservation of important ecosystems in Guatemala through sustainable natural resource use and active participation of society. DN primarily pursues its mission through the management…

Guatemala
Eco House Logo

Eco House Global

Eco House is a non-profit organization specializing in socio-environmental education, volunteering, conservation, and ecological restoration in Argentina and the region. Recognized as a Youth Leader by the United Nations Development Program, a co-…

Argentina

EcoAgriculture Partners

Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., EcoAgriculture Partners is a nongovernmental organization whose mission is to advance the practice of integrated landscape management and the policies that support it. By facilitating shared…

Ecodes Ingeniería

Ecodes Engineering

Ecodes is a business that specializes in development, management and implementation of technical studies that promote sustainable development in Colombia, Peru, and Argentina for the conservation of biodiversity. The company has worked on 200…

Peru, Colombia
logo

EcoPlanet Bamboo

As the largest owner of commercial bamboo plantations globally, EcoPlanet Bamboo is leading the industrialization of bamboo as a viable and environmentally attractive alternative fiber for timber manufacturing industries. The conversion of degraded…

EcoRestoration Alliance

EcoRestoration Alliance

The EcoRestoration Alliance (ERA) is a global network of scientists, storytellers, and practitioners working to restore the planet’s climate by restoring the biosphere. It has brought together 125 members representing 70 ecorestoration organizations…

Peru, Panama, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Brazil
logo

Ecosystem Restoration Camps

Founded in 2016, Ecosystem Restoration Camps is a growing member-based organization of ecosystem restoration sites (“camps”) who work with local and international volunteers to implement restoration activities in more than 19 countries around the…

Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Brazil
FACFOREN Logo

Faculty of Forest Sciences and Natural Resources of the Austral University of Chile (FACFOREN UACh)

The Faculty of Forest Sciences and Natural Resources, one of the founding faculties of the Austral University of Chile, is a pioneering institution of forestry education within Chile and in Latin America. It has historically been a…

Chile
logo

Fair Connection

Fair Connection is a Chilean company, founded as part of SSC Americas, that promotes responsible forest management. One of the main challenges Fair Connection focuses on is the restoration of landscapes in Latin America, integrating the objectives…

Chile
FEDECOVERA GUATEMALA LOGO

FEDECOVERA

Based in the city of Cobán in Guatemala, the Federation of Cooperatives of the Verapaces (FEDECOVERA, R.L.) is an autonomous second-level cooperative founded on February 23rd, 1976. Led by small producers organized in first-level cooperatives…

Guatemala
Fondo para la Paz

Fondo para la Paz

Fondo para la Paz, I.A.P (FPP) is a Mexican non-profit local development agency that since 1994, has increased the well-being of indigenous peoples living in poverty and extreme poverty through participatory projects and community organization that…

Mexico

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Achieving food security for all is at the heart of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO's) efforts, making sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. Established in 1945,…

FSC

Forest Stewardship Council

FSC is an independent, non-profit organization that protects forests for future generations. As a global membership organization, FSC gathers more than 1,000 members from the economic, social and environmental sector and has more than 60 FSC…

forest

Forestpa

Forestpa is a Colombian forestry and environmental services company that works with the private sector, state entities and civil society to efficiently improve the quality of life of communities and the environment. Forestpa prioritizes…

Colombia
Forliance logo

FORLIANCE

FORLIANCE has been an advocate of sustainable land use for more than 20 years. The company initiated, financed, developed and managed over 100 nature-based climate protection projects worldwide, including over 60 in Latin America and the Caribbean…

Uruguay, Peru, Panama, Guatemala, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Colombia
FUNDECOR

Foundation for the Development of the Central Volcanic Mountain Range (FUNDECOR)

Founded in 1991, FUNDECOR is an environmental NGO that seeks to be the primary promoter of Integrated Landscape Management in Costa Rica. FUNDECOR connects scientific research, local engagement, technical solutions, and policy to help create…

Costa Rica
Fucore

FUCORE

The Costa Rican Foundation for Ecological Restoration (FUCORE) is the first non-governmental organization in Costa Rica specialized in ecosystem restoration. The organization leads an active and participatory approach while seeking to …

Costa Rica
Fundacion Agreste

Fundación Agreste

Founded in Argentina in 1993, Fundación Agreste has worked for nearly 25 years to promote the principles of sustainable development with a focus on the environment and how ecological issues affect the quality of life and opportunities for both…

Uruguay, Argentina
Fundación Jocotoco

Fundación Jocotoco

Since 1998, Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco has focused on preserving some of the most threatened species and habitats on earth. The Foundation accomplishes its mission by purchasing strategic properties to establish protected areas, restoring…

Ecuador
Fundación Natura Colombia

Fundación Natura

Fundacion Natura is a non-governmental organization founded in 1984 in Colombia with a mission to conserve and recover biodiversity and the benefits it provides to society in natural and intervened landscapes. Fundación Natura promotes territories…

Colombia
FCDS

Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo Sostenible (FCDS)

The Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development (FCDS) is a non-governmental organization in Colombia that aims to promote the integrated land management. As part of Initiative 20x20, FCDS will bring its extensive experience implementing…

Colombia
logo

Fundacion Pasticultores del Desierto AC

Founded “by ranchers for ranchers,” Pasticultores del Desierto AC is a non-profit organization that uses planned grazing management and adaptive genetics to promote profitable and resilient ranching operations across arid landscapes. Pasticultores…

Mexico
Prisma

Fundacion PRISMA (Regional Program of Research on Development and the Environment)

PRISMA is a regional center for dialogue and research on development and environment, founded in 1992, with a mission to generate and mobilize knowledge to strengthen the livelihoods and territorial governance processes led by rural communities and…

El Salvador
Fundacion Vida Silvestre

Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina (FVSA)

Founded in 1977, FVSA is an independent NGO that promotes environmental conservation, sustainable use of natural resources, and sustainable behaviour in the context of climate change. The primary problem that FVSA works to remedy is the excessive…

Argentina
FUNBIO

Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade (Funbio) | Brazilian Biodiversity Fund

Founded in 1996 as a financial mechanism for Brazil’s implementation of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Funbio is an NGO with over 20 years of experience managing and distributing funds for hundreds of projects, investments, and…

Brazil
GFG logo

Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation (GFG) was founded in 2018 with the mission of delivering large-scale and long-term restoration of priority forest ecosystems by planting the right species in the right places. The focus of GFG is to overcome obstacles to…

Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Argentina
logo

GPS

Grupo de Países Productores del Sur (GPS) is a network of private institutions and experts from the agribusiness sector from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. As a network, GPS works jointly with public and private parties in the Southern…

Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
Green Gold Forestry Peru

Green Gold Forestry Peru

Founded in 2008, GGF is one of Peru's largest holders of production forest concessions with 254,000 hectares, mainly in the Rio Napa area in northeastern Peru. The group is a pioneer in applying forest management practices that focus on conservation…

Peru
Helvetas Peru

Helvetas

Helvetas brings to Initiative 20x20 its experience, programs and new opportunities for collaboration.  Its Sustainable Management and Protection of Andean Forests against Climate Change (ANFOR) is part of the Global Climate Change Programme of…

Peru, Ecuador
riabm logo

Ibero-American Model Forest Network (RIABM)

The Ibero-American Model Forest Network (RIABM) links landscapes that are leaders in responsible forestry and natural resource management initiatives. It is a voluntary alliance between Model Forests of Latin America and  Caribbean and national…

Peru, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina
Instituto Privado de Investigación sobre Cambio Climático (ICC)

Instituto Privado de Investigación sobre Cambio Climático (ICC)

ICC is an NGO that aims to be a leading private institution for research and project development to mitigate and adapt to climate change in communities, productive processes and infrastructure, specifically in the Pacific Slope of Guatemala. ICC’s…

Guatemala, El Salvador
ICV logo

Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV)

Founded in 1991, The Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV) is a leading environmental civil society organization in the southern Brazilian Amazon and the reference for restoration, conservation and governance of forests in Mato Grosso State. Its…

Brazil
logo

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is the international organization specialized in agriculture within the Inter-American System. Its mission is to stimulate, promote and support the efforts of the Member States to…

Uruguay, Peru, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
CIAT

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Founded in Colombia in 1967, CIAT is an international not-for-profit organization whose mission is to reduce hunger and poverty and improve human nutrition in the tropics through research aimed at increasing agricultural “eco-efficiency.” CIAT’s…

Peru, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia
International Society of Tropical Foresters

International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF)

Founded in the 1950s in response to a worldwide concern for the fate of tropical and subtropical forests, the International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) is committed to the protection, wise management and rational use of the world’s tropical…

Panama, Mexico
IUCN

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

IUCN is a membership Union composed of both government and civil society organisations. It harnesses the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1,300 Member organisations and the input of more than 10,000 experts. IUCN is the global…

Uruguay, Peru, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
logo

ISA Conexión Jaguar

ISA is a company that operates throughout Latin America in the electricity, transportration, and telecommunications fields. Its mission statement, “Connections that Inspire”, on the underpins its belief that sustainability underpins good business…

Peru, Panama, Colombia, Chile, Brazil
Land Life

Land Life

Land Life is a technology-driven reforestation company that does large-scale plantings where nature needs it most. Its largest hubs are in the United States, Spain and Australia. Land Life’s mission is to restore the 2 billion hectares of degraded…

Mexico
Latimpacto

Latimpacto

The Red Latinoamericana de Inversión Social y Filantropía Estratégica (also know as Latimpacto) is a network that belongs to a global community committed to unlocking capital towards impact. It pairs together with its sister networks in Europe…

National Audubon Society

National Audubon Society

The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need today and tomorrow. Through the Americas, the organization uses science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation to create a world in which people and wildlife thrive.…

Panama, Mexico, Colombia, Chile
Natural Capital Project

Natural Capital Project (NatCap)

The Natural Capital Project (NatCap) is a partnership combining research innovation at the University of Minnesota and Stanford University with the global reach of conservation science and policy at the Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund.…

Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil

Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV)

Founded in the Netherlands in 1965, SNV is a non-profit international development organization that focuses on capacity building to alleviate poverty. Headquartered in The Hague, SNV works with governments, local partners, businesses, institutes,…

OroVerde

OroVerde – The Tropical Forest Foundation

Founded in Germany by individuals from business and the natural sciences in 1989, OroVerde (“Green Gold”) is a non-profit foundation that initiates, supports, and promotes projects that conserve tropical forests. Though headquartered in Bonn,…

Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Dominican Republic
Osa logo

Osa Conservation

Osa Conservation (OC) was founded in 2003 to conserve the globally significant terrestrial and marine biological diversity of the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica by implementing ecosystem stewardship, enhancing scientific understanding, providing…

Costa Rica
logo

Ovis 21

Ovis 21 is a company that regenerates degraded grasslands and protects biodiversity so Patagonia's land can sustain people, their businesses and communities. By raising sheep across more than 500,000 hectares of well-managed land, the company is…

Uruguay, Chile, Argentina
Paso Pacífico

Paso Pacífico

As a Central America-focused nonprofit, Paso Pacifico seeks to restore and protect the dry tropical forests and coastal ecosystems of Central America and Mexico, and in doing so, contribute to the recovery of endangered wildlife, the well-being of…

Nicaragua, Mexico, El Salvador
Point Blue Conservation Science Logo

Point Blue Conservation Science

From writing the book on bird monitoring to preserving ocean food webs, Point Blue Conservation Science has been at the forefront of protecting nature for half a century. Point Blue develops climate-smart conservation science approaches to…

Peru, Nicaragua, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile
Preferred by Nature

Preferred by Nature

Preferred by Nature (formerly known as NEPCon) is a non-profit organization that supports better land management and business practices that benefit people, nature and climate. The organization does this through a unique combination of…

Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Argentina
ProAves Logo

ProAves

The ProAves Foundation was established in 1998 with the aim of protecting wild birds and their habitats in Colombia through research, strategic action, and community engagement. The Foundation has a free and open membership for…

Colombia
Pronatura Noreste

Pronatura Noreste A.C.

Since its creation in 1998 by a group of Mexican entrepreneurs and academics, the conservation NGO Pronatura Noreste has worked to conserve Mexico’s priority ecosystems while promoting social development in harmony with nature. To this end,…

Mexico
RfC logo

Rain For Climate

Rain for Climate (RfC) is a consortium of scientists and other experts focused on systematic landscape rehydration. RfC aims to restore stable weather patterns by mitigating flooding, droughts, wildfires and other weather extremes, building…

Rainforest Alliance

Founded in New York City in 1987, the Rainforest Alliance is an international NGO that leverages the power of agricultural and forestry supply chains in order to conserve nature and improve people’s lives. The Rainforest Alliance works on a variety…

Rainforest Foundation US Logo

Rainforest Foundation US

Rainforest Foundation US (RFUS) has worked with Indigenous Peoples on the front lines of the battle against deforestation for 30 years. RFUS supports a rights-based approach has been tested, and proven to deliver concrete results for…

Peru, Panama, Brazil
RP logo

Rainforest Partnership

Rainforest Partnership is an impact-driven international nonprofit organization that wields the power of collaboration to keep forests standing-- laying the groundwork for an abundant future for forests, climate, biodiversity, and all of us.…

Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina

Rare

Rare is an international conservation organization with a goal of scaling up community-based solutions that benefit people and nature. Rare and its partners have earmarked approximately $5M through 2020 for sustainable financing to restore cloud…

Reforestamos

Reforestamos

Established in 2002, Reforestamos Mexico is an NGO whose mission is to safeguard the forests and jungles that Mexico needs for its sustainable development. Reforestamos aligns actions that contribute the efforts of forest communities, the private…

Mexico
RenewWest

RenewWest

RenewWest is a business that specializes in connecting nature-based solutions to markets by supporting high-integrity projects. It was established in 2015 with a mission to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy by promoting natural…

Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil
SEEK Development

SEEK Development

SEEK Development is a strategic and organizational consulting group dedicated to global human development and social impact. It combines deep familiarity of the climate adaptation finance landscape with top-notch functional expertise in management…

Solidaridad South America

Solidaridad South America

Solidaridad is an international non-profit organization with 8 regional offices and projects in more than 40 countries. The organization has 50 years of experience in developing sustainable and socially inclusive supply chains in agro-commodities…

Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
Southern Wings

Southern Wings

Founded in 2009, Southern Wings is a partnership of U.S. state fish and wildlife agencies (agencies). It facilitates partnerships between these agencies and partners in Mexico, Central, South America and the Caribbean to successfully conserve shared…

Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia
logo

Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS)

Created in 2007 by the Amazonas State Government and Bradesco Bank, Fundação Amazonas Sustentável (FAS) is a private Brazilian non-governmental non-profit whose mission is to promote the sustainable development, conservation, and improvement in…

Brazil
Sustainable Harvest Initiative

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI)

In 1997, Sustainable Harvest Initiative (SHI) was established to help smallholder farmers in Honduras transition from slash-and-burn agriculture to more sustainable agricultural practices. After expanding to Panama, Nicaragua and…

Panama, Honduras, Belize
Taking Root Logo

Taking Root

Taking Root’s purpose is to accelerate the restoration of the world’s forests. They enable smallholder farmers to grow trees and earn money from the carbon they remove from the atmosphere. The organization's technology and support make it simple…

Nicaragua
Terraformation logo

Terraformation

Terraformation is a company composed of people committed to fighting climate change – a mix of environmentalists who have been doing work on the ground for decades, technology experts, and innovators. Together, they create…

The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is a global environmental conservation organization dedicated to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Guided by science, TNC creates innovative and practical solutions to the world's most difficult…

The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)

The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)

The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) convenes companies, CSOs, and governments in sustainable public-private partnerships. SDH’s goal is to of design, co-fund, and prototype new economically viable approaches to enabling green and inclusive growth…

dfg

The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)

Founded in 1942, CATIE is an international center dedicated to research and graduate education in agriculture and management, conservation, and sustainable use of natural resources in Central American and the Caribbean. The organization works in 14-…

Tompkins logo

Tompkins Conservation

Tompkins Conservation, founded by Douglas and Kristine Tompkins, is dedicated to conserving and restoring Chile and Argentina’s wild beauty and biodiversity by creating national parks, restoring wildlife, inspiring activism and ecological…

Chile, Argentina
Unique Land Use

UNIQUE Forestry and Land Use

UNIQUE strives for the development and implementation of intelligent and environmentally sound land use practices and policies that form the basis for sustainable rural development. Since our establishment in 1998, we have carried out over 500…

Peru, Nicaragua, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Argentina, Paraguay
Veritree logo

veritree

veritree is a planting management platform developed by tentree, a sustainable apparel company that plants ten trees for every item of clothing sold. Leveraging blockchain technology, veritree provides planting organizations with an…

Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil
verra logo

Verra

Since 2005, Verra has been committed to helping reduce emissions, improve livelihoods and protect natural resources across the private and public sectors. It supports climate action and sustainable development with standards, tools and…

Vielca

Vielca Medio Ambiente

Vielca Medio Ambiente SL is an environmental engineering and consulting firm that was founded in 2008. Development, according to Vielca, should be carried out in a sustainable manner, satisfying the economic, social and cultural needs of the…

Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador
ViridisTerra Logo

Viridis Terra International

Founded in Canada in 2015, Viridis Terra is a green technology company that brings together a multidisciplinary, innovative, and experienced team specialized in ecosystem restoration and sustainable management through large-scale reforestation.…

Peru
wetlands international logo

Wetlands International Latin America

Wetlands International provides advice and support to countries in their restoration goals and supports teams in changing the dynamics of degradation processes in Latin America and the Caribbean. Wetlands International is carrying out restoration…

Peru, Panama, Guatemala, Brazil, Argentina

World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) (www.worldagroforestry.org) is a centre of scientific excellence that harnesses the benefits of trees for people and the environment. Leveraging the world’s largest repository of agroforestry science and…

World Resources Institute

World Resources Institute (WRI)

World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research organization that spans more than 50 countries. More than 450 experts and staff work with leaders to turn big ideas into action to sustain the world’s natural resources – the foundation of…

Uruguay, Peru, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
WWF logo

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

WWF serves as a technical partner of Initiative 20x20 to to support the implementation of the Bonn Challenge and the New York Declaration on Forests in Latin America and the Caribbean. WWF relies on a global network that allows the organization to…

Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay