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ICFC's Project Partners

	The Alliance for Tompotika Conservation (AlTo) is a U.S. based nonprofit that works with its sister Indonesian organization to protect the endangered species, forests and ecosystems surrounding Mount Tompotika, Sulawesi. ICFC works with AlTo to protect Maleo and sea turtle nesting areas and build a local conservation ethic through public education programs. [project page]
	Asociación Ambiente Sur is an Argentinian conservation organization founded in 2007 by a group of local people who shared a concern about conservation and environmental protection in Patagonia, and who had a common vision of grassroots organization and involvement of local people. [project page]
	The Amazon Conservation Association (ACA) is a U.S. based nonprofit organization active in Peru and Bolivia. Founded in 1999, ACA works to create networks of state, community and private lands managed for conservation and sustainable resource use in the Amazonian forests of Peru and Bolivia. ICFC partners with ACA and its sister organization ACCA (see below) in the protection of the Los Amigos Conservation Concession in Peru. [project page]
	Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazonica (ACCA) is a Peruvian nonprofit organization promoting research and conservation in the Amazon Basin of Peru. Working in partnership with the Amazon Conservation Association, ACCA holds two conservation concessions, runs three biological research stations, and works with rural communities to develop micro-enterprise projects tied to sustainable forest management. [project page]
	Asociación Armonia is a Bolivian nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation of birds and avian habitat in Bolivia. ICFC partnered with Armonia in relation to its Barba Azul Nature Reserve, which protects the endangered Blue-throated Macaw. [project page]
	Founded in 2002, Associação Floresta Protegida (AFP) is a Brazilian non-governmental organization whose goal is to strengthen the autonomy of the Kayapó indigenous people in the protection and sustainable management of their territories. AFP works with Kayapó communites (mostly east of the Xingu River) to (1) monitor and protect Kayapó lands from illegal incursions (for logging, mining, clearing for agriculture, etc.); and (2) develop economic activities that are sustainable and culturally compatible. [project page]
	Conservation International works to protect natural resources and biodiversity "to ensure a healthy and productive planet for us all" through efforts to develop a "sustainable development path" around the world. ICFC partners with CI on strengthening a marine protected area in Brazil. [project page]
	Fundación Jocotoco is an Ecuadorian non-government organization established in 1998 to protect land of critical importance to the conservation of Ecuador's endangered birds and associated biodiversity. Jocotoco primarily achieves this by purchasing lands and managing them as ecological reserves. ICFC has partnered with Jocotoco in support of its Jorupe Reserve and further collaboration is in the works. [project page]
	Fundación para el Ecodesarrollo y la Conservación (FUNDAECO) is a Guatemalan conservation organization founded in 1993 that works to establish and manage protected areas, promote sustainable land management practices, and improve the lives of local rural communities. FUNDAECO will manage the Sierra Caral Reserve purchased by ICFC and other conservation organizations. [project page]
	The Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (GDFCF) is a U.S. based nonprofit that promotes conservation, education, science-based management and biodiversity development at Area de Conservación Guanacaste in Costa Rica. ICFC partners with GDFCF to support positions for several Parataxonomists — staff hired from the rural community who are trained to conduct taxonomic and ecological research and data collection. [project page]
	Instituto Kabu is a Brazilian non-governmental organization that represents indigenous Kayapó communities (west of the Xingu River) in the southeastern Amazon. Instituto Kabu works to: (1) monitor and protect Kayapó lands from illegal incursions (for logging, mining, clearing for agriculture, etc.); and (2) develop economic activities that are sustainable and culturally compatible. [project page]
	Nature and Culture International (NCI) protects important and vulnerable ecosystems in diverse landscapes throughout the Americas. Projects are guided by a respect for the people and cultures of the areas in which NCI works. ICFC is assisting NCI with groundwork in its effort to expand the Sierra de Alamos Reserve in Mexico. [project page coming soon]
	The Wild Foundation is dedicated to protecting wilderness around the world. WILD partners with local organizations and communities to establish long-term protected areas and integrative conservation strategies. ICFC partners with WILD in our joint Desert Elephants of Mali project. [project page]