Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Financing for Development:
External debt
Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
Mobilizing international resources for development
Sustainable Development:
Biodiversity
Capacity-building
Climate change
Finance
Forests
Freshwater
Indicators
International cooperation for an enabling environment
Oceans and seas
Partnerships
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
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Geographic scope: |
Regional
Latin America and Caribbean
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Country of activity: |
Panama
Paraguay
Dominican Republic
Costa Rica
Honduras
Ecuador
Colombia
Brazil
Suriname
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Mexico
Belize
El Salvador
Peru
Jamaica
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Ensure environmental sustainability
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Organizational structure: |
The network’s management is centralized based on the decision making and planning coordinated by the Executive Committee (EC) and on the organization of the Executive Secretariat (SE). The other members are invited to participate in all of the network’s activities and they approve the EC’s decisions in the Assemblies.
The operation of the regional or thematic sub-networks occurs in groups who are focused on specific discussions and on the joint implementation of projects.
Organization chart and functions
RedLAC is organized in the following instances:
• The Assembly
• The Executive Committee
• The President of RedLAC
• The Vice-President of RedLAC
• The Executive Secretariat
• Working Commissions |
Number and type of members: |
24 Members, all environmental funds from Latin America and the Caribbean. These organizations include private, public and private-public entities, all of which invest in biodiversity conservation. Some areas of investment include: management of protected areas, green markets, ecotourism, sustainable development and REDD among others.
Specifically, the members are the following:
PACT - Protected Areas Conservation Trust
FUNDESNAP - Fundación para El Desarrollo Del Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas
Fundación PUMA - Protección y Uso Sostenible de Medio Ambiente
PUMA Fondo Ambiental
Funbio - Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade
FNMA - Fundo Nacional do Meio Ambiente
FNDF - Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento Florestal
Fundo Amazônia
Fondo para la Acción Ambiental y la Niñez
Fondo para la Biodiversidad y Áreas Protegidas-Patrimonio Natural
FAN - Fondo Ambiental Nacional
Fondo de la Iniciativa para las Américas- FIAES
Environmental Foundation of Jamaica-EFJ
Jamaica Protected Areas Trust-JPAT
Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza-FMCN
Fundación NATURA
Fondo de las Américas- FONDAM
PROFONANPE - Fondo Nacional para las Áreas Protegidas por el Estado
FONAM- Fondo Nacional Ambiental
MAR Fund - Mesoamerican Reef Fund (Fondo SAM)
SCF - Suriname Conservation Foundation
Asociación Costa Rica por Siempre
Fundación Sur Futuro- Fondo Ecodesarrollo Sabana Yegua
Fondo de Conservación de Bosques Tropicales de Paraguay
Fondo para el manejo de Áreas Protegidas de Honduras |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Conservation Finance Alliance-CFA |
Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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