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The Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation - The Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation (CFTC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1997, dedicated to the preservation and rehabilitation of tropical habitats, and the conservation of their plants and animals. Their mission is to sponsor scientific research, provide public education and support community-based actions that promote the conservation of ecosystem integrity and biodiversity. They emphasize projects which promote the empowerment of local landowners and communities, and encourage them to actively participate in the sustainable management of their land.
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund - The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is a joint initiative of Conservation International, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the World Bank. CEPF provides strategic assistance to nongovernmental organizations, community groups and other civil society partners to help safeguard Earth’s biodiversity hotspots. A fundamental goal is to ensure civil society is engaged in biodiversity conservation. The partnership invests in biodiversity hotspots, Earth's biologically richest and most threatened areas. CEPF focuses on hotspots in the developing world and strategically targets priority areas in the hotspots for maximum impact. CEPF provides funding and technical assistance to civil society groups. Each grant awarded helps implement region-specific strategies developed together with stakeholders, ensuring action toward a common vision.
Lou Jost and Fundacion EcoMinga - Lou Jost has been studying orchids and orchid habitat in Ecuador for more than 10 years. He is a physicist/mathematician by training but has worked in the US as an environmental consultant on endangered species of birds and plants, then as a photographer and guide in tropical forests, illustrator of a book on Amazonian birds, and finally as a full-time orchid researcher, investigating biogeographic patterns to provide guidance for conservation efforts and understanding of evolutionary processes. He has discovered about 70 new species of orchids, mostly in the valley of the Rio Pastaza in the eastern Andes of Ecuador, where he lives. Recently, he has established Fundacion EcoMinga, a conservation organization dedicated to the acquisition and preservation of threatened orchid habitat.
The Orchid Conservation Coalition - The Orchid Conservation Coalition is a grassroots organization made up of people, orchid societies, and orchid businesses dedicated to raising awareness and money for orchid conservation. The OCC has developed a trademark-licensing program called "1% for Orchid Conservation" that recognizes orchid societies and businesses that donate 1% or more of their revenue each year to in situ orchid conservation efforts.
The Rio Atlantic Forest Trust (Brazil) - The Riotrust, or RAFT for short, was set up as a charity in 1994 to support the conservation of two threatened original forest fragments in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. These forest fragments have been privately owned and protected by David and Izabel Miller since 1974. The Chairman of RAFT Trustees is Dr Richard Warren, who has worked together with the Millers since the 1970s in their passionate resolve to keep this forest intact.
The San Diego County Orchid Society - The San Diego County Orchid Society Conservation Committee was established to support projects that contribute to the conservation of orchids and orchid habitat. Since 1991, the SDCOS has awarded more than $100,000 to projects in 15 different countries. In 2004, the society's accomplishments in support of orchid conservation were recognized with the prestigious Conservation Award from the American Orchid Society.