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We are a group of organizations that finance conservation efforts and sustainable use of natural resources in order to enhance our environment and allow humanity to inhabit this planet in harmony with other life forms .
We are a community involved in a dynamic process of capacity building and institutional strengthening. We are institutional donors at the local level representing various countries, with a deep knowledge of the diversity of social and cultural sectors and with the potential to ensure the continuity of our conservation efforts.
We are a group of 23 Environmental Funds (EFs) that has financed more than 3000 environmental projects at a regional level. All together, we manage approximately US$500 million dollar funds (endowment-, replenish-, & sinking funds) and have a combined annual operational budget of more than 70 million dollars for conservation activities in the region.
Enter here and know our [Executive Committee]
Mission
Our mission is to set up an effective system of learning, strengthening, training, and cooperation through a Network of National Environmental Funds aimed at contributing to the conservation and sustainable use of nature in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Objectives
To share knowledge, experience, best practices and methods
between Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Funds;
To interconnect the various Environmental Funds, within a framework
of inter-institutional cooperation, by the various physical and electronic
means available;
To establish strategic relations with other networks
and participate in international forums;
To develop a systematic and coordinated process for increasing
and improving the capacity and skills of individuals and institutions
in response to a changing and complex working environment;
To promote development by the Environmental Funds
of innovative mechanisms and specialized tools for nature
conservation and the services and functions which this provides;
To promote collaboration between Environmental Funds and government
authorities towards promoting environmental policies and joint
(transboundary) conservation activities between countries;
To support the efficient and effective functioning of
the Environmental Funds in areas such as information handling,
financial management, fundraising and project monitoring and evaluation;
To motivate the Environmental Funds to work on building more just
and sustainable societies;
To link the community of Environmental Funds with donor
bodies as a means of catalysing global efforts to resolve
environmental problems.
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