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Pa rt n e r s i n C o n s e r vat i o n PMS 542 PMS 7519 PMS 7519
ICCF’s Partners in Conservation network
02 Introduction: it’s about people is unsurpassed in its scope of projects
06 conscorps and capacity to promote conservation
08 collaborating with policymakers
and sustainable resource utilization
18 partners
around the globe.
18 3M 64 Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation
20 Abercrombie & Kent
Philanthropy 66 National Geographic
22 African Wildlife Foundation 68 The Nature Conservancy
24 American Forest & Paper 70 Nestlé
Association 72 Ol Jogi
26 AngloGold Ashanti 74 Oserian
28 Barclays 76 Pacific Gas & Electric
30 Bumble Bee Foods 78 Prudential
32 Cheetah Conservation Fund 80 Qualcomm
34 The Coca-Cola Company 82 Rainforest Alliance
36 Corporate Council on Africa 84 Rare
38 The Dow Chemical Company 86 Rare Species Fund
40 ExxonMobil 88 Ringing Bros. and Barnum
42 FMC & Bailey
44 F
ood & Agriculture 90 Safari Club International
Organization of the U.N. Foundation
46 Fort Worth Zoo 92 SeaWorld Parks &
Entertainment
48 Frankfurt Zoological Society
94 Tudor Investment Corporation
50 Global Alliance for Clean
Cookstoves 96 Unilever
52 Global Environment Facility 98 Volkswagen Group of America
54 Hewlett-Packard 100 The WILD Foundation
56 International League of 102 Wilderness Foundation
Conservation Photographers 104 Wildlife Conservation
58 International Paper Society
60 Island Conservation 106 Wildlife Without Borders
62 Mars, Inc. 108 The Walton Family
Foundation
Introduction
2014 Partners
in Conservation:
It’s About People
T
he tsunami of December 26, 2004, was one of the most Unmeasured changes to ecosystems can shake the balance between
destructive natural disasters in recent history, killing disease carriers like mosquitoes and ticks and the natural systems that
some 230,000 people and causing more than $15 billion keep them in check. As much as a quarter of global disease, and 13
in damage in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Studies million deaths a year, is due to preventable environmental causes. The
following the devastation showed that areas with intact coastal forests outbreaks of malaria, Lyme disease, the Hendra virus, and babesiosis
were strikingly less damaged than areas without trees, and that the have all been tied to unsustainable modifications to natural systems.
destruction of coastal forests which had been converted to shrimp
As our understanding of nature’s value deepens, communities and
farms had led to substantial preventable damage.
businesses are finding that it costs far less to make high-priority
The following year, the U.S. coastal states’ own experience with conservation investments than to suffer the costs of losing these vital
Hurricane Katrina underscored the lesson that the conservation of ecosystem services. Green infrastructure - the natural systems of
vital ecosystems is essential to economic growth, social stability, and forests and wetlands, coral reefs, fisheries, and other ecosystems that
sustaining human welfare. purify our air and water, protect
our coastlines, produce food and
The links between healthy natural systems and our own well-being
We are in the midst of a conservation provide other vital functions
extend beyond protection from natural hazards. The vast majority
revolution that is changing the way - often costs less to build and
of medicines are derived from wild plant and animal species. It is
estimated that more than one-half of all medicines developed today
governments, communities, and maintain than traditional man-
are based on natural sources like rainforest plants and marine sponges.
businesses protect natural capital and made gray infrastructure. For
Most of the global population relies on medicines derived from nature, promote economic growth. example, New York City, which
draws 90% of its water from the
and one-third of all prescription drugs contain an active ingredient
Catskill Mountain watershed,
discovered in wild plant or animal genetic code.
saved more than $5 billion by restoring and conserving the wetlands
and forests around the watershed instead of building a traditional
water filtration plant.
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Partners // The Nature Conservancy
Introduction
The loss of ecosystem services can also exacerbate pressures caused A growing number of NGOs and government agencies are focusing
by migration, social and political tension, or ethnic rivalries, and can on conservation projects that deliver the most economic and social
lead to unrest and violence. Over the past 60 years, 40 to 60 percent of benefit to people and communities. This transition has helped capture
conflicts have had links to resource scarcity, and the same link doubles tremendous public interest and support for conservation and shed
the risk of a conflict relapse within five years of settlement. Military the perception that environmental initiatives are necessarily nature-
The only sustainable
and humanitarian responses, while important, often only address the versus-people or nature-versus-development. The future of the
surface of the issue; for the developing world, securing the natural
conservation conservation movement lies in embracing a theme of protecting nature
resource bases of local economies is necessary to ameliorate drivers programs, many for people, not from people.
of conflict and prevent the need for costly military and humanitarian now argue, are ones
The private sector is a vital partner
responses. The United States and its allies therefore have a that align with
of governments in cultivating
responsibility to share their resource management experience and people’s well-being The private sector is a vital partner of
healthy ecosystems to ensure the
expertise with developing countries, strengthening their conservation and material needs. governments in achieving balanced growth sustainability of economies and
institutions and helping to ensure the sustainable development of
that cultivates healthy ecosystems. safeguard human well-being. To
their economies.
this end, ICCF brings together
We are in the midst of a conservation revolution that is changing leaders at the highest levels of government, business, and the NGO
the way governments, communities, and businesses think about community so the public and private sectors can share information
natural wealth (i.e., natural resource wealth management™). As the and better leverage one another’s efforts to address threats to our
global population steadily climbs and global demand for food, water, natural security. Our Partners in Conservation collaboration consists
and energy are set to double by 2050, there is widespread public of more than 50 NGOs and businesses working together to address key
support for initiatives to prevent resource stress. Programs that seek matters of international conservation.
to conserve natural resources are increasingly recognized as sound This portfolio showcases projects of each of our partners that
investments, rather than simply philanthropy. promote conservation as a means of bettering the lives of people
around the world.
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Partners // The Nature Conservancy
ConsCorps
2014 Partners
in Conservation:
ConsCorps
T
he International Conservation Corps (ConsCorps) is ICCF’s Photos top: Officials from Saint Vincent its allies’ immense knowledge and experience in protected areas
program that provides nations with top-level conservation and the Grenadines with ConsCorps and natural resource management to strengthen capacity in local
veterans examine the threatened
expertise, delivered in the most effective and cost-efficient institutions to better steward natural wealth and lay the foundations of
Cumberland Forest Reserve. // View of
manner. ConsCorps leverages the conservation experience and the proposed marine park which will be sustainable prosperity.
best practices developed by the United States to build capacity in the gateway to Kingstown, the capital
developing nations to ensure sound management of their natural city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. ConsCorps has already begun a first round of projects to share the best
resources. // Retirees from the U.S. National Parks practices and advances in techniques the U.S. has gained over the past
Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the
100 years through natural resource management agencies.
As decision makers grapple with unsparing budget cuts that can provincial park system in British Columbia,
Canada.
seriously impair the United States’ efforts to promote stability and partners: In the Bahamas, two three-person ConsCorps teams of U.S.
prosperity, our nation’s leaders realize they must embrace innovative U.S. Bureau of Land Management National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, and Parks Canada and
ideas to achieve national ends with limited resources. The U.S.’s 21st- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
BC Parks veterans have laid the groundwork for the expansion and
century foreign aid strategy will have to do more while spending less, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Retirees
enhancement of the Caribbean nation’s national parks system.
Association
requiring American agencies to leverage allies, enable international After performing an assessment of the current state of the Bahaman
U.S. Forest Service
partners, and coordinate with private sector leaders. Through its protected areas system, ConsCorps and Bahaman government officials
U.S. Geological Survey Patuxent
International Conservation Corps (ConsCorps) program, ICCF delivers Center established priorities for terrestrial and marine national parks. Based
top-level resource management expertise to developing nations in the The Elders Council for Parks on those priorities, management plans were prepared for two national
most effective and cost-efficient manner, strengthening them to take Global Parks parks on New Providence Island, and park proposals were prepared for
more active roles in addressing the biggest natural resource challenges National Association of Forest Ser- three marine areas surrounding Grand Bahama Island. It is expected
of the 21st century. vices Retirees that not only will the implementation of these plans and proposals
U.S. National Park Service help conserve the Bahamas natural and cultural resources and provide
Public Lands Foundation recreation opportunities for both locals and international visitors, but
ConsCorps is the premier example of Americans Website also that the implementation will increase job-creating opportunities
www.conservationcorps.us for local communities.
volunteering abroad to transfer the knowledge, experience,
and best practices needed by partner nations to address In Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a three-person
host-country priority conservation needs. international team conducted a similar assessment, and ConsCorps is
planning three follow-up projects, including a marine and terrestrial
inventory that will guide the management of these resources, gain
support from local communities, and provide a foundation for
By drawing upon the wealth of retired conservation professionals and sustainable livelihoods.
the expertise of U.S. conservation agencies such as the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. National Park Service, One of the significant outcomes will be a showcase national marine
as well as ICCF’s corporate and NGO partners, ConsCorps creates park on the doorstep of the capital city of Kingstown. This proposal
opportunities for the United States to streamline its foreign aid and will provide marine recreation opportunities for the capital, protect
secure mutual interests in international development in partner the reef system of Indian Bay, preserve the cultural values at Fort
nations highly dependent on natural resources for livelihoods, food, Duvernette, support the many tourism facilities, and define the
fuel, and water. ConsCorps leverages the strength of America’s and anchorage at Blue Lagoon for visiting yachts.
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U.S. Congressional International Conservation Caucus
UNITED STATES SENATE 113th Congress Members Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL)
2014 Partners
INTERNATIONAL Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL) Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)
CONSERVATION CAUCUS Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA) Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY)
113th Congress Co-Chairs
in Conservation:
Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)
Collaborating with
Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM)
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
Former Co-Chairs Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL) Rep. David McKinley (R-WV)
Policymakers Gov. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME)
113th Congress Members
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Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI)
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
CCF acts as secretariat to conservation caucuses in the U.S. photo top: On November 15th, Rep. Ed Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Congress and international parliaments, directly supporting Royce (R-CA) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
Sen. John Barrasso (r-wy)
(D-RI), co-chairs of the International Rep. André Carson (D-IN) Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
caucus members with non-partisan, well-researched, and timely Sen. Michael Bennett (D-CO)
Conservation Caucus, held a bipartisan, Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R-MS)
educational resources from an unmatched network of corporate bicameral caucus hearing to address the
Sen. Roy Blunt (r-mo)
Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY)
and non-profit leaders. Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
global poaching crisis. Photo Credit: Marcy Rep. Donna Christian- Rep. Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR)
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (r-ga)
Mendelson / Cheetah-Watch.com © 2012 Christensen (D-VI) Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL)
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
ICCF established the caucus/foundation model in 2004, and has since Rep. David Cicilline (D- RI) Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
helped the U.S. Congressional International Conservation Caucus Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) Rep. David Price (D-NC)
grow to include 1/3 of the U.S. Congress. The caucus’s inclusive Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL)
nature attracts membership from across the political spectrum, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
the foundation’s pragmatic approach has made it a strong ally to its Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC)
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
policymaker counterparts. Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN)
Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE)
“In addition to the Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
U.S. Congressional International Conservation Caucus Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
importance of maintaining Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)
Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA) Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
The U.S. Congressional International Conservation Caucus, the oldest
and most developed conservation caucus in the world, benefits from
biodiversity and healthy Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL)
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
the wealth of knowledge gained by U.S. conservation agencies such ecosystems, the protection Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ)
Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN) Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-WI)
as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. National Park Service and sound management of Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)
Sen. John Thune (r-sd)
over the past 100 years, as well as ICCF’s corporate and NGO partners. natural resources around Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO)
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) Rep. Gregorio Sablan (D-MP)
The American caucus continues to be inspired by the belief that the the world is vital to our Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ)
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
U.S. has the opportunity, the obligation, and the interests to advance
the conservation of natural resources for this and future generations.
national security and the Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)
Its ambitious agenda includes driving an American response to the stability of other nations.” Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA) Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD)
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)
poaching and wildlife trafficking crisis that threatens to wipe out REPRESENTATIVES Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Rep. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM),
cornerstone species populations across Africa, undermine local INTERNATIONAL Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) (R-WI)
Founding ICC Co-Chairman Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Rep. José Serrano (D-NY)
economies and stability, and provide financial lifelines to terrorist CONSERVATION CAUCUS
Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA)
networks. The push from caucus leadership gained significant 113th Congress Co-Chairs
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
momentum with President Obama’s executive order to enhance our Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)
Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)
nation’s commitment to anti-poaching and wildlife trafficking efforts. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)
Rep. James P. Moran (D-VA)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA)
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) Rep. Melvin Watt (D-NC)
Former Co-Chairs Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
“America benefits from a more stable world. Laying the Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
framework for a comprehensive resource management Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) Rep. Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)
Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA)
strategy among nations... allows for better coordination Rep. Clay Shaw (M.C., Ret.) Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) Rep. Steve Womack (R-AZ)
in the resource-based international economy without Rep. John Tanner (M.C., Ret.) Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R-FL)
Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) Rep. John Larson (D-CT) Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
further indebting our nation during these fiscally Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) Fr. Patrick Conroy (Chaplain)
challenging times.” Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
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Oceans Caucus Foundation
UNITED STATES SENATE UNITED STATES HOUSE Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-NC)
2014 Partners
OCEANS CAUCUS OF REPRESENTATIVES Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA)
OCEANS CAUCUS Rep. James Langevin (D-RI)
Co-Chairs
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) Co-Chairs
in Conservation:
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)
Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)
Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Honorary Co-Chairs Rep. David Loebsack (D-IA)
Collaborating with Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MI)
Caucus Members
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Rep. Timothy Bishop (D-NY)
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
Rep. James McGovern (D-MA)
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
Policymakers
Caucus Members
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME)
Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
Sen. Michael Bennett (D-CO)
Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL) Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU) Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
The Oceans Caucus in the United States Senate and photo top: OCF is working to enhance Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO)
Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)
House of Representatives policymaker understanding of the Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) Rep. David Price (D-NC)
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)
threat domestic seafood fraud poses to Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
ICCF has institutionalized its focus on the essential nature of oceans Sen. Saxby Chambliss (r-ga)
consumers, responsible fishermen, and Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
resource conservation to American national and economic security in seafood businesses throughout the supply
Sen. Christopher Coons (D-DE)
Rep. Donna Christian-Christensen Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
the Oceans Caucus Foundation (OCF). The purpose of this program, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
chain, and the opportunity that nationwide (D-VI) Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
which is an extension of ICCF, is to galvanize Members of Congress traceability provides to protect law-abiding Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) Rep. John Runyan (R-NJ)
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
around maritime conservation. American fishermen, help keep illegally- Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
caught fish out of our market, and protect Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Rep. Gregorio Sablan (D-MP)
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)
consumer health and safety. © Cornelia Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)
OCF has cultivated membership in the House and Senate Oceans Pithart - Fotolia.com Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY)
Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)
Caucuses much the same way ICCF has done with the U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Congressional International Conservation Caucus: by focusing Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-CA) Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
recruitment on key Members who will attract engagement from a Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Rep. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D-AS) Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA)
broad array of their colleagues, and by ensuring the caucuses
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
quickly become bipartisan in their membership and stay that way. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)
Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA)
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA)
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI) Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA) Rep. Bill Young (R-FL)
OCF’s brain trust of corporate and NGO partners
is pursuing an educational agenda focused on the
risks posed to U.S. and international interests by
illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing.
Beyond the task of bridging partisan divides on ocean resource
management, OCF’s brain trust of corporate and NGO partners is
pursuing an educational agenda focused on the risks posed to U.S.
and international interests by illegal, unregulated, and unreported
fishing. Working with the leadership of the Oceans Caucus in both
Congressional houses, OCF is engaged in a sustained campaign to
educate Members of Congress and their staffs about the benefits of
a national traceability system and international leadership to curb
IUU fishing that threatens the livelihoods of American fishermen
and public health.
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Parliamentary Conservation Caucus – Kenya Chapter
Parliamentary Conservation Hon. Johnson Manya Naicca Hon. Joyce Akai Emanikor
2014 Partners
Caucus – Kenya Chapter (ODM – Mumias West) (URP – Turkana)
Hon. Andrew Toboso Anyanga Hon. Jacob Macharia
Members
(ODM – Butere) (TNA – Molo)
in Conservation:
Hon. Dr. Yusuf Hassan Abdi
(TNA – Kamukunji) Hon. Lisamula Silverse Anami Hon. James Opiyo Wandayi
(ODM – Shinyalu) (ODM – Ugunja)
Collaborating with
Hon. Benjamin Jomo Washiali
(UDFP – Mumias East) Hon. Shakeel Shabbir A. Ahmed Hon. Jude L. Kangethe Njomo
(ODM – Kisumu East) (TNA – Kiambu)
Hon. Hellen Jepkemoi Sambili
Policymakers (KANU – Mogtoio)
Hon. Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo
Hon. Irungu Kang’ata
(TNA – Kiharu)
Hon. Jessica Nduku Kiko Mbalu
(WDM-K – Kibwezi East)
(ODM – Emuhaya) Hon. Nicolas O. Gumbo Hon. Moses K. Lessonet
(ODM – Rarieda) (URP – Eldama Ravine)
Hon. Francis Chachu Ganya
(ODM – North Horr) Hon. Joseph M’eruaki M’uthari Hon. Aghostinho Neto Oyugi
Scaling Our Model To Meet the Global Challenge photo top: Members of the Parliamentary
Hon. Joseph Gachoki Gitari
(TNA – Igembe North) (ODM – Ndhiwa)
In 2013, ICCF replicated its successful model of caucus-based Conservation Caucus - Kenya Chapter at the
(TNA – Kirinyaga Central) Hon. Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed Hon. Jimmy Nuru Ondieki
first ICCF Kenya Member Briefing in October
educational support in Latin America and Africa. These regional (ODM – Wajir South) Angwenyi
2012. From left to right: Hon. Benjamin Hon. Joyce Cherono Abonyo Loboso
centers act as secretariats to active caucuses in Colombia and Kenya Jomo Washiali (standing); Hon. Benson (URP – Sotik)
(TNA – Kitutu Chache North)
Hon. Kathuri Murungi
while coordinating information and resources with neighboring Itwiku Mbai; Hon. David Koech, founder (TNA – South Imenti) Hon. Stephen Mutinda Mule
Hon. Joseph Lekuton
nations’ parliaments. of the PCC-K; Hon. Silas Ruteere; and Hon. (WDM-K – Matungulu)
(ODM – Laisamis) Hon. Francis Waweru Nderitu
Wilbur Ottichilo.
(TNA – Ndaragwa) Hon. Richard Momoima Onyonka
Parliamentary Conservation Caucus - Kenya Chapter Hon. Sunjeev Kaur Birdi
(ODM – Kitutu Chache South)
ICCF Kenya is collaborating with the leadership of the multiparty (URP – Nominated) Hon. Junet Sheikh Nuh
Parliamentary Conservation Caucus - Kenya Chapter to implement (ODM – Suna East) Hon. Abdikadir Ore Ahmed
Hon. Tiyah Galgalo Ali
(ODM – Wajir West)
innovative solutions for the natural resource challenges facing East (TNA – Isiolo) Hon. Irshadali Mohamed Sumra
Africa, and Kenya specifically, including the global poaching crisis, Hon. Alice Wambui Ng’ang’a
(ODM – Embakasi South) Hon. Peter N. Gitau
(TNA – Mwea)
which is threatening critically endangered species as well as local, (TNA – Thika Town) Hon. Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth
regional, and international security, economic development, human Hon. Dr. Reginalda Nakhumicha
(ODM – Kibra)
health, and livelihoods. Wanyonyi Hon. Julius Kibiwott Melly
(NFK – Bungoma) (URP – Tinderet)
After years of facilitating dialogue between American and African
KENYA
Hon. Tiras Nyingi Ngahu
leaders to develop coordinated approaches to conservation challenges,
(TNA – Kangema)
ICCF is now actively cultivating and mobilizing core groups of
Africa’s conservation-minded parliamentarians who can spur
legislative change. Ultimately, ICCF’s headquarters in Kenya will
create new channels for dialogue and resources that include caucus
members in Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia, so their coordinated
efforts ensure that East Africa’s future generations inherit the
usefulness of its unique natural capital.
ICCF Kenya is a collaboration of leaders in Kenya at
the highest levels of government, business, and the
NGO community working together to sustainably
develop East Africa’s natural wealth and create the
kind of jobs that will ensure continued prosperity
and stability for its citizens.
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Colombian Conservation Caucus // Conservation Caucuses Worldwide
Colombian Conservation Caucus House of Representatives
2014 Partners
Speaker of the House of Representatives (2012-2013)
Senate Hon. Augusto Posada Sánchez
Majority Leader, Senate (2012-2013) Partido Social de Unidad Nacional
in Conservation:
Hon. Roy Leonardo Barreras Montealegre
Partido Social de Unidad Nacional Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on
the Environment
Collaborating with Chairman, Senate Committee on the Environment
Hon. Nora García Burgos
Partido Conservador Colombiano
Hon. Juan Diego Gómez
Partido Conservador Colombiano
Policymakers Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on the
Environment
Vice Chairman, House of Representatives Committee
on the Environment
Hon. Alfredo Guillermo Molina Triana
Hon. Félix José Valera Ibáñez Partido Social de Unidad Nacional
Partido Verde
Colombian Conservation Caucus photo top: Launch Event of ICCF Chairman, Partido Liberal Colombiano
After several exchanges between leaders of the U.S. International Colombia in the Senate of the Republic on Chairman, Partido Social de Unidad Nacional Hon. Simón Gaviria Muñoz
May 27, 2013 Hon. Juan Francisco Lozano Ramírez Partido Liberal Colombiano
Conservation Caucus and Colombian parliamentarians with the
Partido Social de Unidad Nacional
objective of increasing cooperation on conservation challenges, ICCF Second Vice President, House of Representatives
seized the opportunity to foster the conception of the Colombian Hon. Mauricio Ernesto Ospina Gómez Hon. Carlos Andrés Amaya
counterpart to the American caucus. Capitalizing on widespread Partido Social de Unidad Nacional Partido Verde
public interest to develop world-class forestry and land management
institutions, ICCF enlisted several senior parliamentary leaders Hon. Antonio del Cristo Guerra de La Espriella Hon. Rosmery Martínez Rosales
Partido Cambio Radical Partido Cambio Radical
of Colombia’s Senate and House of Representatives, including the
Speaker of the House Augusto Posada, the Senate Majority Leader
Roy Leonardo Berraras Montealegre, the chairmen of the
environmental committees in both chambers, and the chairmen
of several major political factions to establish the Colombian
Conservation Caucus (CCC).
The CCC’s founding principles reflect a deep understanding of the
COLOMBIA
intrinsic economic value generated by ecosystem services. Its leaders’
enthusiasm to conserve the natural assets that underpin governance,
reduce poverty, and support human health make its members
attractive working partners for a broad set of businesses and NGOs.
In addition to its duties as the secretariat of the CCC, ICCF Colombia
convenes regional forums under the Pacific Alliance, and works with
its sister headquarters in Washington, DC and Nairobi and ICCF’s
global network of parliamentarians to share best practices and
coordinate efforts to effectively address the world’s largest natural Conservation Caucuses Worldwide
resource challenges. Canada Russia
All-Party International Conservation Caucus Environmental Policy and Nature Protection Club
Colombia Tanzania
“ICCF Colombia sets the stage for all parties in the Colombian Conservation Caucus Tanzanian Parliamentary Conservation Caucus
Congress to learn and exchange ideas that create a Costa Rica United Kingdom
consensus on strategies for the sustainable development Conservation Caucus of Costa Rica All-Party Parliamentary Group for Biodiversity
of natural resources with minimal environmental impact.” Kenya United States of America
Parliamentary Conservation Caucus - Kenya Chapter International Conservation Caucus
The Hon. Simón Gaviria Muñoz House Representative and Namibia Zambia
CCC Co-Chair Namibian Conservation Parliamentary Caucus Zambian Parliamentary Conservation Caucus
Paraguay
Paraguayan Conservation Caucus
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FOOD SECURITY
Ingenuity in farming and fishing practices is essential to feeding the
expected 9 billion people that will inhabit the planet in the year 2050.
Without taking a holistic view of the food economy, soil quality and
marine ecosystems may be degraded and overtaxed to levels from
which they cannot recover.
GLOBAL HEALTH
Biodiversity and natural services provide the support systems for all
life. We depend on them to purify our air and water, make soils fertile,
and provide the chemical and genetic material from which medicines
are derived. The accelerating loss of ecosystem services across the
world is endangering our access to these necessities for human health
and welfare.
NATURAL SECURITY
Long-term stability of political and economic systems hinges on the
reliable, affordable, and sustainable supply of natural resources. In the
21st century, pressures on the natural goods and services on which life
depends will be the most persistent and dangerous threat to nations’
security.
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
The economic costs of failing to conserve natural capital fall most
heavily on the world’s poorest communities, where 60-70% of the
population directly rely on forests, rangelands, fresh water, and
agriculture for their livelihoods and subsistence. Securing the resource
bases of developing regions is key to economic growth and establishing
political stability.
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
To secure and cultivate vital natural assets, development must take into
“Conservation means development as much as it does account its impacts and dependence on biodiversity and ecosystem
services. Sustainable economic development works with nature to
protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation improve people’s living conditions.
to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but WATER
Water scarcity affects one in three people on every continent of the
I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by globe. The situation is getting worse as needs for water rise with
wasteful means, the generations that come after us.” population growth, urbanization, and increases in household and
industrial use. Lack of access to clean water is emerging as one of the
Teddy Roosevelt most troubling challenges of our time.
16 // International Conservation Caucus Foundation 2014 Partners in Conservation // 17Partners // 3M
3M O
ver the past decade, 3M The 3M Foundation and The two of the largest conservation
has distinguished itself Nature Conservancy are also acquisitions in North American
as a supporter of efforts helping to launch a new program history. The project knits
to protect and restore vital that will enable indigenous together a 60-million-acre
A Global Approach to Conservation ecosystems around the world. people in Australia to earn carbon network of protected public
Since 2001, the 3M Foundation credits by reducing greenhouse lands across Montana, Idaho,
has supported various projects gas emissions on their land. Once Wyoming, and up into southern
centered upon key conservation earned, the community can then British Columbia.
priorities through over $21 sell those credits to people and
million in philanthropic giving. businesses wishing to offset their Through a $5.1 million grant to
emissions. The carbon credits The Nature Conservancy, 3M also
Indigenous territories occupy 22 will finance ongoing conservation helped to preserve and restore
percent of the Brazilian Amazon prairie in the Tallgrass Aspen
and many of its best-preserved Parkland region in northwestern
areas, but it suffers from illegal 3M has targeted its Minnesota. The grant also
encroachment from loggers. supported land acquisition and
grant programs to foster
This year, Brazil adopted its conservation efforts to connect
National Indigenous Territories community support of two existing preserves in the
Environmental Management vital ecosystems, with an Davis Mountains containing more
Policy to strengthen indigenous emphasis on ecosystem than 32,000 acres of rich natural
peoples’ control of their lands services that underwrite habitat in western Texas.
and direct millions of dollars to
safety and economic 3M also established a new grant
needed sustainable development
and conservation projects.
security, like maintaining program in 2012 to improve
3M provided a $500,000 gift watershed health and science-based environmental
to The Nature Conservancy reducing wildfires. and conservation education for
to support implementation youth in nature or environmental
of the Indigenous Territories learning centers in the U.S. With
Environmental Management a commitment of $400,000,
work on their lands—helping
Policy, which will help to address nine grants were awarded from
to simultaneously stop deadly
indigenous peoples’ rights, as Delaware to Washington with a
wildfires, reduce greenhouse gas
well as protect pristine habitat in grant range of $30,000 - $50,000.
emissions, and provide jobs for
the Brazilian Amazon. Many included partnerships with
indigenous people.
schools to get kids outdoors to
In Northern Australia, the 3M has also partnered with learn about science, technology,
3M Foundation is helping Conservation International to engineering, and math including
The Nature Conservancy take help restore threatened forests a watershed stewardship program
on conservation priorities in the mountains of Southwest and an immersion program at a
by supporting The Nature China. Much of this region, nature center.
Conservancy’s purchase of which is home to many rare
the 457,000-acre Fish River species, has become one of the
Station in 2010 and has since world’s most critically threatened
Counterclockwise from top: Conservancy staff (Geoffrey Lipsett-
begun working with Indigenous biodiversity hotspots. 3M
Moore, standing on vehicle), being driven by a member of the local
indigenous land management group, follow a dirt road still flooded after
Rangers and other partners to donated $4 million to support the
a long wet season at Fish River Station in Australia. Photo Credit © Ted remove more than 2,500 feral restoration of the forests, which
Wood // A wetland area on Fish River Station in Australia’s Northern animals from the property, will provide a global benefit by
Territory. Photo Credit © Ted Wood // Indigenous man gathering acai in reduce wildfires, and abate more helping to address greenhouse
Oaipoque, Brazil. Photo Credit Haroldo Palo, Jr. than 40,000 tons of potential Partners
gas, water filtration, and soil
greenhouse gas emissions. The The Nature Conservancy
erosion issues.
Fish River fire program serves as Conservation International
a model for other indigenous-run In North America, 3M donated Website
conservation programs across $1 million in 2011 for the Crown 3M.com
northern Australia. of the Continent, representing
18 // International Conservation Caucus Foundation 2014 Partners in Conservation // 19Partners // Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy
A Abercrombie
bercrombie & Kent More than $1.5 million dollars wildlife monitoring, education
Philanthropy (AKP) has been contributed by guests at and workshops addressing 21st
traces its beginnings to Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp to Century concerns—from HIV/
& Kent
1982. Founded and led by Jorie build a maternity ward, children’s AIDS & Sanitation Awareness
Butler Kent, Vice Chairman of ward, neonatal unit, operating to Wildlife Conflict Mitigation
international travel company theatre, and nursing school, and Conservation Enterprise
Philanthropy
Abercrombie & Kent, AKP has allowing the clinic to become a Training. AKP also sponsors FOC
been committed to sponsoring fully-fledged hospital serving “Rhino Watch” field-
grassroots projects dedicated over 40,000 patients annually. trips into the Masai
to preserving natural habitats, Today, thanks to support from Mara National
protecting wildlife and promoting
the welfare of indigenous
AKP, Sanctuary Gorilla Forest
Camp and our compassionate
Reserve giving
Maasai children, the
Helping Nature to Thrive
communities throughout the travellers, hospital staff test future stewards of and Cultures to Flourish SM
world for more than thirty years. for HIV from a community this global treasure,
Long before it became fashionable, ambulance and within minutes the opportunity to better
AKP and A&K became involved determine the status of a patient understand the economic benefit
behind the scenes in conservation and provide anti-retroviral that sustainable tourism provides
to protect wildlife and the treatment if required. This and and the importance of preserving
environment and insure local other efforts have reduced the their natural capital. AKP has
communities have access to health infant mortality rate for children created an integrated system
care, clean water and every benefit under the age of five by 50%. of resource management and
that sustainable tourism brings. community-building programs
In addition, gorilla tracking that ensure people are invested
Recognizing that conservation permits for guests at Sanctuary in the ecosystem services
does not protect nature from Gorilla Forest Camp contribute that support community and
people, but for people, AKP has almost $1 million dollars a individual health and prosperity.
pioneered a newly-evolving form year to the local economy,
of community development demonstrating firsthand how the
assistance by introducing protection of natural resources
compassionate travellers to can benefit communities and add
grassroots organizations making value to the marketplace. And
a difference in conservation, the mountain gorilla population
education, communities and in Bwindi Impenetrable
health. National Park has risen to 400.
The total world population
Maximizing the Benefits partners
People Draw from Nature
now stands at a minimum of
Allied Whale AKP and A&K understand that
880. The International Gorilla
In Uganda, where 15 out of 100 Conservation Program notes that
Antarctica Climate Change Project sustainable tourism and conservation
children die before the age of Birdlife International Save the Albatross
five from malaria, malnutrition,
this positive trend is due to the Bwindi Community Hospital programs are only durable when they
strong collaboration among the
tuberculosis or AIDS, Bwindi three countries where mountain
Chengdu Giant Panda Research Base
Elephant Partners
harness free market forces and support
Community Hospital started
in 2003 as a weekly clinic
gorillas live and the collective Friends of Conservation fieldwork, such as at their Sanctuary
efforts on the ground by park
under a tree, to provide health staff, surrounding communities
Hawk Conservancy Trust
Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project
Gorilla Forest Camp in Uganda,
care to some of the poorest and local government, and non- Kiwi Encounter fostering growth in health, education
people in the world, the Batwa
Pygmies. Displaced when
governmental organizations. Lizard Island Research Station
Plants and People Africa
and wildlife conservation.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest was Fostering a Constituency for Sam’s Brothers Clean Water Project
designated as a reserve area to Conservation Serengeti Cheetah Project
protect more than half the world’s In nearby Kenya, AKP support South Carolina Sea Turtle Hospital Counterclockwise from top: Funds collected for gorilla tracking permits
surviving mountain gorillas, the for the grassroots initiatives of Travel Operators for Tigers demonstrate firsthand how the protection of natural resources can benefit
people of the surrounding region Friends of Conservation (FOC) communities and add value to the marketplace. // Smiles abound as A&K Vice
PROJECT SITES
have been able to benefit from for more than three decades is Chairman Jorie Butler Kent and a group of young Maasai girls plant indigenous
Worldwide seedlings to help reforest Kenya’s Masai Mara.
nature to live healthier, more helping FOC foster a constituency
prosperous lives and to stabilize for conservation in the Greater WEBSITE
their community. Mara area. With tree planting, akphilanthropy.org
20 // International Conservation Caucus Foundation 2014 Partners in Conservation // 21Partners // African Wildlife Foundation
T African Wildlife
he Kazungula Heartland CECT is a community-based after the first quarter of
spans parts of four organization established to operation. Ngoma Safari Lodge
countries—Botswana, oversee the development and currently employs 16 full-time
Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe,
covering approximately 9 million
hectares along both sides of
sustainable management of the
rich and varied ecosystem and
natural resource endowments.
staff from the local community.
Meanwhile, the wildlife corridor
between Chobe National Park
Foundation
the mighty Zambezi River. This The community identified and the semi-protected areas Tourism Supporting Community
landscape is comprised of a
mosaic of land uses, including
the site for Ngoma Safari
Lodge that offers visitors an
surrounding Chobe Enclave is
now protected; elephants and
Livelihoods and Conservation in
state protected areas, communal exclusive and unforgettable other wildlife now have a larger Kazungula Landscape, Southern Africa
areas and private lands in the wilderness experience while also dispersal area, thus creating a
eastern Caprivi Strip in Namibia, contributing to the protection win-win situation for livelihood
Ngamiland in Botswana, Hwange of the area’s abundant wildlife improvement and conservation.
District in Zimbabwe and parts of through income generation.
Southern and Western Provinces The ‘enclave’ is a triangle of
in Zambia. land surrounded on two sides AWF is helping CECT
to realize direct benefits
This landscape contains globally
from commercially
significant wildlife and is one of
the most important terrestrial viable ecotourism, while
and fresh water ecosystems developing other
in southern Africa. With an
strategies to develop and
estimated 150,000-strong herd
of elephants, it has the highest manage its rich, varied
concentration of elephants on the ecosystem and natural
continent and is home to one of
resource endowments.
the greatest natural wonders of
the world, the Victoria Falls. As by the Chobe National Park
a result, the area hosts 350,000 and along the north by the AWF continues to support CECT
tourists annually, with a potential Linyanti marsh, consisting of 5 beyond the development of
to sustain over one million communities, namely Mabele, Ngoma Safari Lodge by providing
visitors per year. Kavimba, Kachikau, Satau business training and capacity Picture Top & right: Ngoma Lodge in Chobe Enclave Community.
and Parakarungu. The area is building for community members Photo by Becky Walter
As part of its conservation registered as a Community in order to ensure long-term
strategy, and to take advantage Trust, a structure that allows sustainability of the CECT
of the growing tourism sector, the local community to benefit organization. In this way, AWF is through this tourism enterprise drought and water stress,
the African Wildlife Foundation directly from tourism and natural supporting CECT to realize direct to build a sustainable future for overpopulation, unsustainable
(AWF) facilitated a mutually resource management within the benefits from commercially its communities. fishing methods, and others.
beneficial partnership between enclave and to have an active role viable ecotourism, while AWF continues to work in this
the Chobe Enclave Conservation in decision making. developing other strategies to Despite the success of Ngoma landscape, contributing and
Trust (CECT) and Ngoma Lodge leverage the land for conservation Safari Lodge, threats to wildlife supporting the Kavango-Zambezi partners
PTY (Ltd) to develop the Ngoma Following the Lodge’s successful and avoid conversion of the land and ecosystems continue to Transfrontier Conservation Africa Albida Tourism PTY (Ltd)
Safari Lodge . The facilitation opening in early July 2011, to other, often unsustainable, constrain the free movement Area initiative (KaZa TFCA), a Botswana Tourism Board Kasane Chapter
included a financial investment and dispersal of wildlife across large five-country (with Angola), Chobe Enclave Conservation Trust (CECT)
the occupancy rate averaged a uses. So while Ngoma Safari
the countries: poaching, poorly United States African Development Fund
of US$250,000 as part of the record 80% in the first season Lodge offers tourists beautiful cross-board program to protect
(USADF)
community capital investment and now averages 70%. The panoramas, spectacular game planned tourism and agriculture, biodiversity in the region.
to the lodge construction and, business subsequently remitted viewing, and a wide range of poor fire management, recurrent website
separately, the development of a ~US$8,000 to the community activities, the Chobe Enclave is awf.org
General Management Plan for the receiving the benefits needed
‘enclave’ area.
22 // International Conservation Caucus Foundation 2014 Partners in Conservation // 23Partners // American Forest & Paper Association
American T
oday, U.S. forests grow 70 companies to follow AF&PA’s recycling nearly doubled. By
percent more wood each Sustainable Procurement weight, more paper is recovered
year than is harvested, Principles. from municipal solid waste
Forest resulting in a more than 50
percent increase in standing
inventories in the past 60 years.
AF&PA is a strong proponent
of international efforts to
streams than plastic, glass,
aluminum and steel combined.
& Paper The forest products industry plays
an important role in facilitating
suppress illegal logging and to
safeguard against procurement
from illegally logged sources.
While paper recovery success is
due to the millions of individuals
who choose to recycle every day,
Association
the growth of U.S. forests. Without
a regular harvesting of trees to Trade in illegally sourced fiber the industry works to promote
manufacture products, managed is a serious detriment to the paper recovery through school
forestlands would likely be sold industry’s sustainability and programs that educate students
reputation. For these reasons, and their families about the
The U.S. Forest Products Industry or used for purposes such as
development or agriculture— AF&PA advocated for the 2008 importance of paper recycling;
Promotes Sustainability purposes that would not include Lacey Act amendments, which partnerships with government
the consistent replanting of trees. make it illegal to trade plants and and other organizations to
Along Its Supply Chain and plant products, including wood encourage paper recycling; and
in Its Manufacturing Facilities and paper, harvested or traded in
violation of the laws of a foreign
the annual AF&PA Recycling
Awards, which recognize
country. AF&PA continues to be outstanding school, community
To broaden and further the actively engaged with businesses, and business paper recycling
forest products industry’s ENGOs and government programs.
scope as a sustainability leader, policy makers to improve the
the American Forest & Paper implementation of the Lacey AF&PA looks forward to
Association (AF&PA) established Act amendments to ensure the continuing this proactive
the Better Practices, Better Planet U.S. is not a market of choice for approach to the long-term success
2020 sustainability initiative illegally harvested wood. of our industry, our environment
– and company members have and the communities where we
made significant, measurable Our members’ purchased energy live and work.
progress since the 2005 and 2006 efficiency improved by 8.1
baseline years. percent due to investments in
cost-effective energy efficiency
AF&PA members have increased projects. Improved energy
the fiber they procure through efficiency allows our industry to
certified fiber sourcing programs produce more with less, leaves
“AF&PA has been a key ally to 96 percent. The amount of fiber more natural resources for future
in worldwide efforts to stop members procure from certified use, and reduces costs, which
forest lands has risen to 24 keeps and creates jobs. Some of
illegal logging. AF&PA’s efforts percent. Most private U.S. forest our member pulp and paper mills
Project Sites
United States
with governments, industry landowners – approximately are largely energy self-sufficient,
and NGOs underscore the 10 million, owning over half producing nearly two-thirds of Website
the energy used for production afandpa.com/sustainability
direct connection between of U.S. forests – sustainably
manage their land, but many onsite, and in some cases
international conservation do not participate in a formal supplying excess energy to the
and America’s economic and forest certification program for electric utility grid.
national security interests.” reasons including costs and land
management objectives. AF&PA Our industry’s commitment to
- Justin Ward, Senior Director,
U.S. Government Policy, encourages sustainable forest sustainability extends beyond Scan the QR code for up-to-date
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24 // International Conservation Caucus Foundation 2014 Partners in Conservation // 25Partners // AngloGold Ashanti
T AngloGold
he gold mining project of effective allocation of financial The people’s voice
La Colosa (LCP) is located resources from the corporate “Being able to harvest and collect
in the region of Cajamarca, sector to the communities where rainwater in the rainy season
Ashanti
Tolima, in the Colombian Andes. the mining project is housed. to use it in farming activities
The Iguá tree is native to the area. during the dry season was a
In the language of the aboriginal very beautiful idea,” said María
pijaos that lived in the place Verónica Ávila, a grower of
AngloGold Ashanti Iguá Fund: Our Tribute to Water
when the Spaniards arrived, Iguá aromatic plants.
means “the root of water.” Colombia’s Iguá Fund
finances innovative “Wastes from households
Problems with water quality and and effluents from the coffee
water supply in this mountainous
solutions to water- farms did not undergo a proper
region and specifically in the related problems in the biodegradation process; all
Coello river basin are pressing. Coello River Basin in discharges were flowing into the
Local communities are dealing Anaime River and then into the
with the consequences of
Cajamarca, relieving Coello River. The introduction of
excessive use of agrochemicals water stress issues that biodigestors allowed us to treat
and direct discharges of have affected farms and transform waste and to use
untreated residual waters from it in the farm. Now, organic waste
households that pollute the
and households for is not being dumped in the river,”
Coello River. Moreover, conflicts decades. commented Camilo Ernesto
are beginning to appear as a Arévalo, a hog farmer.
result of increasing demands for
water by diverse users coupled The Iguá Fund was designed “It was a very good project
with inefficient use of the to finance five local projects. because it allowed us to reduce
precious liquid. However the first call for water contamination. And we
proposals revealed that also benefited because we now
The Iguá Fund was created in this the mechanism was highly cook with gas. Using wood as
complex context by AngloGold valued by the local grassroots fuel is a thing of the past. We will
Ashanti Colombia (AGAC) and organizations. Ten projects were stop cutting trees,” added Fidel
the Fund for Environmental assessed by the Iguá technical Miguez, another beneficiary.
Action (Fondo Acción), an committee as feasible solutions.
environmental NGO. Local This led AGAC to increase its
consultation of key stakeholders financial contribution by 80%
allowed AGAC and Fondo Acción (from $220,000 to $397,000) in
to identify water quality and order to fund the ten projects.
efficiency as the main objective
for the Iguá Fund. This project portfolio has solved
social and environmental
Iguá is a competitive grants fund issues that had affected local
Partners
that finances innovative solutions communities for a long time. In
Fondo Accion Counterclockwise from top: Organic waste is not dumped in the
to water-related problems in the a short period of time, ranging
river Coello anymore, and wood has been replaced by gas for cooking. //
Coello river basin in Cajamarca. from four to six months, and with Website
180 families from the Coello River Basin have benefited of the Iguá Fund,
Local communities and NGOs a modest investment (an average anglogoldashanti.com.co
with an average investment of USD 2,200 per family. // Biodigestors
identify and propose practical of $35,000 per project), local enabled a cleaner and more efficient waste treatment process. Waste is
environmental solutions for organizations were able to adapt transformed and used on farms. Photo Credit for all goes to AngloGold
an efficient use and enhanced Ashanti Colombia
and implement best practices and
quality of water. This mechanism benefit over 180 families.
allows the transparent and
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