CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Annual Report 1993

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1993the

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worlds

“hotspots‘

wlu’re

ecosisteuisare

atthe

givatestrisk

of destructionam

!otlu’r

regionsofthe

1)011its

itsw

ell,w

eblend

conservationtam

iddevelop

ment

to1tiovide

solutunis

forboth

load

conununitmes

andtheir

surronmulitig

habitats,O

urpta—

grainsart’

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contribu

teiltui

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aeResnick

and

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6

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TIV

EO

R

4c/o

4”

—f

thereis

oneunassailable

truth

we

haveabsorbed

fromthe

practiceof

conservation,it

isthat

we

cannotseparate

hum

anso

ci

etyand

itseconom

icw

ell-beingfrom

thehealth

ofthe

planet.In

eachtropical

rainforest,

temperate

forest,savanna,

wetland,

and

coralreef

thatC

onservationInternational

(Cl)

is

work

ing

toprotect,

we

seethat

thecauses

ofecosystem

destruction—poverty,

unso

un

d

businesspractices,

short-sightedgovern

men

tpolicies—

arerooted

ineconom

ics.

Cl

perceivesdeteriorating

enviro

nm

ental

conditionsas

sym

pto

ms

oflarger

economic

and

socialproblem

s.W

ehave

shap

edour

responsesto

addressthe

economic

needsof

localcom

munities

asw

ellas

theecological

health

ofth

eirsu

rrou

nd

ings.

By

integrating

conservationscience,

economic

initiatives,an

dco

mm

unity

development,

we

createm

odel

pro

gram

sdesigned

toachieve

abalance

betw

eenhum

anendeavor

and

thebiological

healthof

theplanet.

Four

yearsago,

CI

publish

ed“T

heR

ainF

orestIm

perative”defining

theparam

eters

forour

pro

gram

ofecosystem

conservation,an

dthat

land

mark

docu

men

thas

beenour

road

map

forconservation

eversince.

Annual

Report

1993m

ightw

ellbe

calledC

l’s

“Econom

icIm

perative7for

itlays

outthe

economic

ramifications

forour

pro

gram

of

ecosystemconservation.

Toget

tothe

heart

ofthe

economic

causesbeh

ind

enviro

nm

ental

destruction,C

I

works

with

comm

unitiesto

developth

eireconom

icpotential

andbecom

eresponsible

stewards

fortheir

lands.T

hefoundations

ofthis

prografrirest

ontw

oessential

principles:

TH

RE

E

First,

allof

Cl’s

initiativesare

basedon

sus

tainability—using

natu

ralresources

that

canbe

harvestedw

ithout

harm

ing

the

ecosystem.

Second,

theeconom

icbenefits

thatare

generatedfrom

enterp

risesm

ust

return

tothe

localcom

munities.

Only

by

meeting

thesetw

oreq

uirem

ents

canw

e

ensu

rethat

economic

solutionsw

illre

in

forceecosystem

conservation.

INN

OV

AT

IVE

PR

OG

RA

MS

FOR

1993

Inthe

pagesthat

follo

Iw

ant

toexam

ine

threem

odelsC

Ihas

developedto

dovetail

economic

and

enviro

nm

ental

solutionsin

our

pro

gram

sall

overthe

world.

Each

one

isbased

ona

partn

ership

thatchannels

the

rightpeople,

theright

ideas,and

theright

resourcesinto

successfulconservation.

One

The

firstsuch

project—A

misconde—

grows

directlyout

oftraditional

agricu

ltural

com

munities’

needto

developalternative

eco

nomic

and

enviro

nm

ental

strategiesfor

managing

theirlands.

Through

Am

isconde,

CI,

McD

onald’sC

orporation,an

dC

lemson

University

haveestablished

aw

ork

ing

partn

ership

with

localcom

munities

sur

roundin

gL

aA

mistad

Biosphere

Reserve

in

Costa

Rica

andP

anama.

This

com

preh

en

siveconservation

and

dev

elopm

ent

project

intro

duces

small

farmers

and

localco

m

munities

tonew

pro

ducts,

sustain

able

farming

techniques,en

viro

nm

ental

educa

tion,and

conservationstrategies

thatp

ro

tectthe

nearbyreserve.

Inaddition,

the

pro

gram

providesaccess

tocredit

forp

ar

ticipantsand

identifiesnew

regionalm

ar-

ketsfor

sustainablygrow

nproduce.

Jobs,

com

munity

stability,an

dpro

gram

sthat

restorean

dprotect

theen

viro

nm

ent

are

theresult.

Two

The

Sham

an’sA

ppren

ticeP

rogramhas

an

impact

reachingfar

beyondits

original

objectives.T

hisim

aginativep

artnersh

ip

was

designedto

givesu

pp

ort

toyoung

Indiansstudying

ethnobotanicallore

with

theirtribal

sham

ans—

or

medicine

men—

thus

ensu

ring

thatinvaluable

knowledge

ofrain

forestplan

tsis

passedfrom

tribal

eldersto

thenext

generation.

But

thepro

gram

hasgrow

nan

off

shootthat

may

ultimately

overshadow

it:C

l’snew

Su

rinam

eB

iopro

spectin

g

Agreem

ent,a

powerful

partn

ership

with

Bristol-M

yersS

quibb,the

Virginia

Po

ly

technicInstitute,

theM

issouriB

otanical

Garden,

and

thegovern

men

tan

dpeople

ofS

uriname.

Using

theethnobotanical

knowledge

ofthe

Tirio

and

otherS

un

nam

esetribes

asa

foundation,our

part

nersw

illresearch

and

testflow

eringplan

ts

fromthe

forestsof

sou

thern

Surin

ame

for

poten

tialm

edicalapplications.

Any

phar

maceutical

pro

ducts

developedfrom

the

enterp

risew

illpay

royaltiesto

allpart

ners.A

ndthere

areadditional

benefitsfor

theS

uninamese

asw

ell,including

transfer

ofU

.S.tech

nolo

gy

and

exp

ertiseto

Su

rinam

e’sem

ergin

gpharm

aceutical

industry,creation

ofa

nationalin

ven

tory

of

nativep

lant

specimens,

directsu

pp

ort

to

localnongovern

men

talorganizations,

and

jobsfor

thepeople

ofS

uriname.

Without

FØ

uR

theS

haman’s

Apprentice

Pro

gram

opening

thedoor,

thefar

more

sophisticatedan

d

influentialbioprospecting

pro

gram

would

nothave

beenpossible.

Three

One

more

pro

gram

with

far-reachin

g

implications

hastaken

rootin

1993.C

Ihas

always

explorednew

ways

tochannel

natio

nal

resources

into

conserv

ation,

beg

innin

gw

ithdebt-for-nature

swaps

in

1987.In

1993,C

Ibegan

tobro

aden

the

financialbase

forconservation

bybuild

ing

nationalcoalitions

ofbusiness

executives

around

the

wo

rld.

The

notio

nof

CI

National

Advisory

Councils

grewout

of

therealization

that,if

we

areto

succeed,

support

forconservation

must

existat

all

levelsof

societyin

thecountries

where

we

work.

The

men

andw

omen

composing

thesecouncils

areconcerned

indiv

iduals

who

will

helpgive

our

conservationo

bjec

tivesnational

acceptancean

dvisibility.

Andrés

Sada,

oneof

Cl’s

board

mem

bersfrom

Mexico,

was

responsiblefor

organizingthe

firstadvisory

council.L

ast

sprin

g,

heassem

bled

ag

rou

pof

30

Mexican

businessleaders

tom

eetw

ith

President

Salinas

deG

ortari,w

hoasked

theassem

bledgro

up

tom

akea

long-term

comm

itment

toconservation

intheir

coun

try.T

heirresponse

was

overwhelm

ingly

positive.S

incethen

we

havelaid

the

gro

undw

ork

forsim

ilaradvisory

councils

inB

razil,C

olombia,

Madagascar,

andP

eru

which

will

supplynew

avenuesof

sup

po

rt

tothese

in-co

untry

pro

gram

sin

theyears

tocom

e.

TH

ER

IGH

TS

TU

FF

By

far,the

most

criticalin

gred

ient

inthese

andin

allC

Ipro

gram

sis

people.W

ithout

the

rightp

eop

le—in

spired

,co

mm

itted

people—even

thebest

ideasand

resources

donot

addup

tosuccessful

conservation.

Tw

osuch

peoplew

ereT

edP

arkerand

Al

Gentry,

fieldbiologists

whose

tragic

deathsin

aplan

ecrash

inE

cuadorlast

August

stillbring

usgreat

sorrow(See

CI

Mem

bers’R

eport,F

all1993).

We

will

always

miss

thesefriends

who

gaveus

som

uchas

scientists,teachers,

and

conservationists.

Ted

andA

lblazed

atrail

farinto

the

rainforest.

Considering

thescope

oftheir

achievement,

theconservation

com

munity

isboth

awed

and

gratefulfor

thelegacy

theyleft

behind.F

orm

e,personally,

these

two

extrao

rdin

arym

enhave

beenm

odels

ofin

div

idual

com

mitm

ent—

two

lives

dedicatedto

exploringan

dunderstan

din

g

theN

eotropics.

Toall

ofus

atC

I,1993

will

berem

em

beredas

theyear

we

andthe

entiretropical

conserv

ation

movem

ent

losttw

odear

friendsan

dtireless

campaigners

dedicated

topro

tecting

biodiversity.T

edan

dA

l

shared

Cl’s

desireto

instillour

societyw

ith

ecologicalrespect

byaltering

our

economic

practices.It

isonly

thro

ugh

partn

ership

s

built

onsustainability—

inw

hichboth

peo

pleand

natu

recan

pro

sper—

that

societies

canbegin

toad

dress

thesy

mpto

ms

under

lyingen

viro

nm

ental

destruction.

PE

TE

RS

EL

IGM

AN

N

Chairm

anof

theB

oardand

CE

O

uIN

GB

IO

DIV

ER

nm

ylast

tripto

Surinam

e,I

paid

avisit

toone

ofm

yold

haunts,the

Raleighvallen-V

oltzbergN

ature

Reserve

onthe

Coppen

ame

River.

This

spectacularlow

landrain

forestw

asthe

siteof

my

doctoralresearch

from1975-77,

where

I

studied

thesynecology

ofeight

differentspecies

ofn

onhu

man

prim

ates—how

theylive

togeth

eran

dinteract

with

theenvironm

ent.Y

oucan

travelthe

entireextent

ofthe

Coppen

ame

River

and

neverencounter

more

than

adozen

Indian

families,

allliving

ina

timeless

cycle,gathering

what

theforest

provides.T

hisp

artof

centralS

urin

ame

isone

ofthe

lasttru

ew

ildern

essareas

leftin

thew

orld.

Itfelt

goodto

beback.

Inthe

company

ofC

IS

uriname

staffm

ember

Kam

ainja

Pan

ashek

ung,

aT

irióIn

dian

fromso

uth

ernS

uriname,

and

Pete

Myers,

directorof

theW

.A

lton

JonesF

oundation,I

climbed

the250-m

eterV

oltzberggranite

dome

towering

overthe

rainforest.

From

thetop,

we

couldsee

360degrees

ofunbro

ken

wilderness.

Sofar,

noroads,

loggingopera

tions,hydroelectric

dams,

ban

ana

plantations,or

cattleranches

havecarved

up

thisforest.

In

fact,there

were

nosigns

ofh

um

ans

atall.

But

backin

thecapital

ofP

aramaribo,

CI

Surinam

eD

irectorS

tanM

alonean

dI

met

with

President

Ronald

Venetiaan,

who

informed

usthat

hisgovern

men

tw

asselling

loggingco

nces

sionsto

Indonesia.T

houghS

urin

ame

hasbeen

oneof

thefew

tropicalcountries

with

noin

ter

nationaltim

berconcessions,

direeconom

icconditions

haveforced

thisdeveloping

country

—

likeso

many

others—to

expen

dits

resourcesfor

foreignexchange.

Sadly,past

experiencehas

SV

F\

shown

thischoice

tobe

ashort-sighted

one:

The

benefitspro

vid

edby

timber

salesare

fleeting,an

dthe

enviro

nm

ental

damage

is

long-lasting.

The

economic

realitiesfacing

Surin

ame

todaym

irrorconditions

invirtu

allyevery

tropicalco

untry

inthe

world.

The

truth

is

thatm

anynations

viewtheir

forestsas

ab

ar

rierto

progressthat

must

becleared

for

futu

redevelopm

ent.If

conservationistsare

goingto

protectecosystem

san

dtheir

wealth

ofspecies

forfu

ture

generations,w

em

ust

developnew

ways

ofvaluing

biodiversityan

d

usingit

ina

trulysustainable

manner.

At

CI,

our

scientistsan

deconom

icsp

e

cialistsare

doingjust

that.In

thepast,

eco

nomic

analysisof

thevalue

ofbiodiversity

recognizedthe

income

generatedby

ah

and

fulof

pro

ducts

ininternational

trade

(e.g.,

timber,

rubber,rattan,

Brazil

nuts)or

some

vaguefu

ture

potentialfor

man

kin

d(b

iodiv

er

sity’srole

inm

aintain

ing

climate,

futu

red

rugs

and

medicines

fromthe

rainforests,

etc.)—

acategory

Irefer

toas

“globalintangibles.”

How

ever,the

actualcu

rrent

useof

bio

div

er

sityis

much,

much

more

significant;in

deed

,

peopleeveryw

heredep

end

onbiodiversity

in

itsm

anym

anifestationsfor

most

oftheir

daily

needs.H

owever,

theseuses—

atthe

national,

regional,local,

and

householdlevels—

are

almost

neverexpressed

ineconom

icterm

s,as

ifthey

formed

some

sortof

un

derg

round

,

shadoweconom

y,an

dnever

enterinto

natio

n

alincom

eaccounting

procedures.

Toconserve

anduse

biodiversityeffec

tively,w

em

ustrecognize

thefull

rangeof

contributionsthat

biodiversityalready

makes

toour

society.C

Iis

involvedin

severalpro-

jectsthat

will

enableus

tom

akea

more

realis

ticassessm

entof

what

biodiversitym

eansin

theecosystem

sin

which

we

work.

At

thesam

etim

e,given

thepressing

eco

nomic

need

sof

countrieslike

Surinam

e,w

e

must

come

up

with

alternativesto

thetra

di

tionaldestructive

exploitationof

forestsand

othernatu

ralsystem

s,alternatives

thatw

ill

pro

duce

benefitsover

boththe

short-and

med

ium

-termas

well

asthe

long-term.

CI

has

beenengaged

insuch

activitiessince

itscre

ation,starting

with

nontim

ber

forestpro

d

uctslike

tagua.O

verthe

pastyear,

we

have

launch

edseveral

newinitiatives

toprovide

evenm

oresustainable

alternativesfor

the

countriesin

which

we

work.

Idiv

ide

these

intofour

categories:nontim

ber

forestpro

d

ucts,sustainable

timber,

ecotourism,

andb

io

prospecting.

NO

NT

IMB

ER

FOR

EST

PR

OD

UC

TS

Beginning

in1990,

CI

became

oneof

thefirst

organizationsto

linkthe

sustainableh

arvest

ingof

tagua,an

ivory-likepalm

nut,

fromthe

forestcom

munities

ofE

cuadorto

pro

min

ent

clothingan

djew

elrym

anufactu

rersall

over

thew

orld.A

sso

many

ofC

l’sprojects

since

then

haveshow

n,conservationists

todaym

ust

promote

anew

ethicof

sustainabledev

elop

ment,

which

requiresnot

onlyecological

accountabilitybut

financialaccountability

as

well.

Whereas

conservationistshave

long

dem

onstrated

theirskills

intracking

anim

al

populationsor

legislatingw

etlands

pro

tec

tion,today,

CI

staffm

embers

arealso

likelyto

understan

dthe

bottomline

and

howto

write

abusiness

plan.

TE

NE

LE

VE

N

c1P

RO

FIL

ES

Fo

1

—o

intro

duce

Cl’s

supporters

tosom

eof

our

newest

initiativesin

ecosystemconservation,

thisyear’s

projectprofiles

sectionfocuses

onseven

inno

vativeprojects

thathave

justcom

einto

theirow

n.

Still,

we

wan

tto

update

our

supporters

onthe

most

recentaccom

plishments

offour

ofC

l’strad

emark

programs.

The

following

highlightsshow

therap

id

expansionof

Cl’s

innovativeundertak

ings.

RA

PIDA

SSESSM

EN

TPR

OG

RA

M(R

AP)

Inthe

fourshort

yearsof

thisprogram

’sexistence,

RA

Pscien

tistshave

made

nineexpeditions

topreviously

un

stud

iedsites

inB

olivia,E

cuador,P

eru,B

elize,

Mexico,

and

Colom

biaand

pu

blish

edfive

reportson

theirscientific

findingsan

dconservation

recom

mendations

inthe

seriesR

AP

Working

Papers.F

ollowing

lastyear’s

trips

toE

cuadorand

Guyana,

the

teamhopes

toexpand

itsinvestigations—

particularlyof

thebord

erregion

ofE

cuadoran

dP

eru—

in

thecom

ingyear.

Despite

thetragic

deathsof

keyR

AP

teamscientists

Ted

Parker

andA

lG

entry

last

August,

theR

AP

pro

gram

will

expan

dits

geographicrange

in1994,b

egin

nin

gw

iththe

participation

ofL

ouiseE

mm

onsand

Robin

Foster

inan

expeditionled

byB

ruceB

eehierto

Papua

New

Guinea’s

un

stud

iedw

ildernessareas

inN

ewIreland

inearly

January.

SEEDV

EN

TU

RE

ST

helatest

customers

inSeed’s

pro

gram

tom

arket

theivory-like

taguanut

fromrain

forestcom

munities

tobutto

nan

djew

elrym

anufactu

rersw

orld

wid

einclude

theG

AP,

am

ajorb

utto

n

man

ufactu

rerin

Japan,and

anE

cuadoriancom

panym

anufactu

ring

carvingsan

djew

elry.B

eyond

tagua,S

eedhas

goneinto

theB

raziln

ut

business,helping

our

Peru

vian

partner,C

andela,purch

asea

processingfactory

forits

Brazil

nu

tharvesters

inthe

Tam

bopataC

andamo

Reserved

Zone.

Seed

is

alsow

orkingon

potentialnew

rainforest

ingred

ients

forpersonal

carepro

ducts

asw

ellas

our

new

line,C

hry

salis”P

eténA

llspiceP

otp

ourri,

sched

uled

tobe

launch

edat

theN

ewY

orkG

iftS

howin

early1994.

With

adozen

new

pro

ducts

under

development,

includingcocoa

fromG

han

aan

d

carageenanfrom

theP

hilippines,S

eedw

illopen

severalnew

enterp

risesin

thecom

ingyear.

CIS

IG—

CI’s

GE

OG

RA

PHIC

INFO

RM

AT

ION

SYSTEM

Because

ofits

usefu

lness

inconservation

plan

nin

g

and

decisio

n-m

akin

g,

Cl’s

com

pu

tersy

stem,

CISIG

,rem

ains

one

ofth

em

ost

soug

ht-after

sup

port

pro

ducts

forour

pro

gram

san

dco

unterp

artorganizations

inthe

field.In

1993,135

CIS

IG-users

join

ed

tog

ether

tofo

rma

wo

rldw

ide

com

puter

netw

ork

,S

IGN

AT

UR

A.

Th

rou

gh

SIG

NA

TU

RA

,C

ISIG

-users

canco

mm

unicate,

share

data

and

analy

sis,an

dpro

vid

eassistan

ceto

less-experien

cedusers.

CISIG

is

nowavailable

inS

panishan

dP

ortu

guese

asw

ellas

inE

nglish.

CO

NSER

VA

TION

PRIO

RIT

YW

OR

KSH

OPS

CI

continuesto

bethe

driv

ing

forceb

ehin

dthe

conservation

prio

rityw

ork

shops

that

hav

etak

enplace

inth

ep

astth

reeyears.

At

the

firstw

ork

shop

inM

anau

s,

Brazil,

in1990,

conservationp

lanners

andscientists

recognizedthe

potentialC

ISIGoffered

forin

te

gratin

ga

range

ofbiological,

social,political,

and

econom

icdata.

The

resultin

gC

ISIGm

aps

clarify

vastq

uan

titiesof

info

rmatio

nan

dh

elpdeterm

ine

con

servatio

np

riorities

forlarg

ereg

ions

and

entire

countries.

Inth

epast

two

years,

CI

particip

atedin

con

servatio

np

riority

wo

rksh

op

sfor

the

cou

ntry

of

Pap

ua

New

Gu

inea

and

the

Atlan

ticF

orestreg

ion

ofB

razil.F

utu

rew

ork

shops

aresch

eduled

for

Mad

agascar

and

the

Cerrad

oreg

ion

ofB

razil.

TH

IR

TE

EN

peccary(T

ayassupecan),

tapir

(Tapirus

terrestris),

jaguar(P

antheraonca),

and

cracidbird

s(guans

andcurassow

s).S

uchhealthy

habitatsreflect

lowh

um

anpopulation

density(the

Kayapo

are

about4,000

strong)an

dhow

theK

ayapohave

protectedtheir

landagainst

ranchers,m

iners,

andcolonists.

How

ever,pressu

refrom

outsid

eeconom

ic

interestsis

beg

innin

gto

overw

helm

theK

ayapo

andthreaten

their

land.In

particular,the

finan

cialbenefits

fromgold

andm

ahogan

yextraction

arepro

vin

girresistible

tosom

eK

ayapóco

mm

u

nities.

Alth

ough

the

selective

loggin

gof

mahogany

appears

tohave

had

alow

impact

sociallyan

denvironm

entally,it

hasopened

the

doorto

goldmining—

afar

greaterthreat

to

Kayapó

societyan

dlocal

ecosystems.

Fortunately,

inover

adecade

ofsuccessfully

defendingtheir

rightsan

dland,

theK

ayapo

haveattracted

theattention

ofthe

international

conservationm

ovement.

Working

with

enviro

n

men

talgroups,

severalK

ayapócom

munities

became

aware

ofalternative

economic

dev

elop

men

tstrateg

iesb

asedon

renew

able

forest

resources.

For

thepast

two

years,C

I,in

collaboration

with

theD

avidS

uzukiF

oundationof

Canada,

hasassisted

theK

ayapoof

theA

ukreco

mm

u

nityin

establishinga

fieldresearch

centerfor

conservationbiology,

forestm

anagement,

and

tow

ork

ing

with

researchers,the

Kayapó

com

munity

will

generateincom

efrom

guid

ean

d

man

agem

ent

activities

and

accom

mo

datin

g

researchersand

visitinggroups.

The

Kayapo

Centre

forE

cologicalS

tudiesis

locatedapproxim

ately15

kilometers

up

river

fromthe

villageof

Aukre.

The

centeropened

in

June1993,

andthe

com

munity

experiencedits

firsttaste

ofecological

researchby

participating

ina

reptilean

dam

phib

iansurvey

with

Dr.

Miguel

Rodriguez

fromthe

University

ofS

ão

Paulo.

Three

gro

ups

ofvisitors

followed

in

August,

andthe

com

munity

realizedits

first

profitsfrom

theproject.

Tw

ograd

uate

studen

ts

aresch

eduled

toarrive

inJan

uary

1994to

begin

long-termprojects.

From

thisscience

centerthe

Kayapo

will

receivebenefits

likehealth

and

education,w

ith

outthe

lossof

cultu

ralid

entity

orbiological

her

itage.W

ithinvestm

entin

education,research,

mark

etdevelopm

ent,and

sustainableharv

est

ing,it

isnot

toolate

tohelp

theK

ayapoconserve

their

ecosystems

andcontrol

thechanges

facing

their

society.

BA

RB

AR

AZ

IMM

ER

MA

N,

Ph

.D.

ProjectD

irector,Kayapd

Centre

forE

cologicalStudies

RA

ZI

LT

heK

ayapóIn

dian

nationcontrols

more

than

10,000,000hectares

of

rainforest

and

cerrado(scrub

forest-savanna)habitat

inthe

south

easternA

mazon

ofB

razil.T

houghlarge

areashave

beenlogged

form

ahogany,m

ostof

theforest

and

cerradoecosystem

inhabitedby

theK

ayapórem

ainsintact,

with

flourishingpo

p

ulationsof

animals

likethe

giantotter

(Pteronura

brasiliensis),w

hite-lip

ped

educationin

tropicalecosystem

s.In

addition

FIF

TE

EN

CI

Canada’s

JohnK

elson.A

fterhis

third

sum

mer

trackingthe

world’s

most

mysterious

and

secretiveseabird,

thisw

asan

easycall.

Like

thesalm

onthat

plyfrom

foreststream

s

tothe

openocean

and

backagain,

them

arbled

murrelet

isem

blematic

ofcoastal

temperate

rain

forest,w

herethe

meeting

ofland

and

seap

ro

ducesan

ecosystemof

imm

enseproductivity.

Marb

ledm

urrelets

main

tainan

un

usu

al

lifestyle,feeding

eachday

atsea

yetnesting

secretivelyon

thelim

bsof

massive

old-growth

conifersin

temperate

rainforest.

Until

Kelson

turn

edhis

mountain

eering

skillsto

climbing

thesegiants,

nom

arbled

murrelet

nesthad

ever

beenfound

inC

anada.S

incethen,

Kelson

has

foundseveral

nests—all

ofth

emin

theheart

of

old-growth

forest.

InC

layoquotS

oundon

theouter

coastof

Vancouver

Island,K

elsonresu

rvey

edthe

mar

bledm

urrelet

populationlast

censu

sedten

years

ago.H

efound

thatthe

species,already

listedas

endangeredin

California

and

threaten

edin

Washington

and

Oregon,

isalso

insteep

decline

inC

layoquotS

ound,disap

pearin

gat

thesam

e

rateas

coastaltem

perateforests.

Working

with

theC

layoquot

Biosphere

Project,

alocal

nongovernmental

researcho

rga

nization,K

elsonhas

shown

thatm

ature

forest

supports

murrelets’

nestingactivity,

while

they

avoidrocky

andbog

(orsecond-grow

th)forest

areas.T

hus,w

hen

theB

ritishC

olumbia

govern-

men

tan

nounced

itsdecision

toprotect

some

of

Clayoquot

Sound,

CI

pro

mptly

un

derto

ok

ab

io

logicalim

pactassessm

entof

itsland-use

plan.

Using

Cl’s

geographicinform

ationcapacity,

CI

conservationplan

ner

Andy

Mitchell

showed

thatm

ostof

thepro

posed

protectedarea

ism

ar

ginalbog

forest—of

littleuse

tow

ildlifelike

marb

ledm

urrelets.N

ext,C

l’sC

omm

unications

Dep

artmen

tdistrib

uted

theanalysis

andm

aps

graphicallyillustrating

theconservation

imp

lica

tionsof

thegovern

men

tproposal.

At

thesam

e

time,

Cl’s

Legislative

Program

sD

irectorIan

Bow

lesw

ork

edw

iththe

Natu

ralR

esources

Defense

Council

toorganize

meetings

fornative

peoplesfrom

theC

layoquotarea

with

go

vern

ment

officialsboth

inB

ritishC

olumbia

andin

Washington,

DC

.

Recen

tly,

the

go

vern

men

tof

British

Colum

biareopened

negotiationsw

ithnative

comm

unitiesreg

ardin

gC

layoquot’sforests,

due

tothe

actionsof

many

gro

ups

and

individuals.

Working

inW

ashingtonan

din

thefield,

CI

is

combining

science,policy,

and

publicopinion

to

helpdeterm

ine

thefate

ofthe

marb

ledm

ur

reletsan

dthe

magnificent

foreststhat

sustain

them.

AD

RIA

NF

OR

SY

TH

,P

h.D

.

Director, C

onservationB

iology

AN

AD

AO

na

brightau

tum

nday

alongthe

British

Colum

biacoast,

we

drifted

and

fishedan

dw

atchednine

ottersnose

theirw

ayacross

theglassy

greenbay.

Bright

orangesu

nstars

biggerth

andin

ner

platesbrow

sedon

therocky

bottom,

andat

theedge

ofthe

bayw

herethe

breezeruffled

thew

ater,

tw

ostrang

eblack

......

andw

hitebird

ssw

amand

dovefor

fish.“M

arbledm

urrelets’

ann

oun

ced

S£

\£

T£

I-

known

factabout

thisan

dother

ofM

adagascar’s

forëfsclassées,

orclassified

forests:D

espite20

yearsof

neglect,m

anyof

theseforests—

roughly

synonymous

with

U.S.

nationalforests—

arestill

largelyintact.

Established

byF

renchcolonial

forestersin

the1930s,

forêtsclassées

havenot

receivedthe

same

carean

dattention

asM

adagascar’spark

s

and

integ

ralreserves,

althou

gh

theycover

almost

fourm

illionhectares,

anarea

aboutfour

times

largerth

anthe

park

andreserve

system.

CI

was

thefirst

gro

up

tocall

attentionto

the

importan

ceof

theseforests

forprotecting

bio

diversityin

Madagascar.

Through

anin

nova

tivedeb

tsw

apfu

nded

bythe

United

Nations

Developm

entP

rogramm

e,C

Iand

theM

alagasy

Dep

artmen

tof

Water

and

Forests

created

CO

EFO

R(C

ontributiona

I’Etude

desF

orêts

Classées),

apro

gram

designedto

protectthis

valuablenational

heritage.

In1992,

Vincelette,

Cl’s

projectm

anagerfor

CO

EFO

R,

beganto

assessthe

conditionof

the

stringof

forétsclassées

andto

designm

anag

e

ment

plan

sin

partn

ership

with

localco

mm

un

i

ties.T

heybeg

anby

map

pin

gthe

boundaries

of

allthe

forêtsclassées

and

arefollow

ingu

pw

ith

aseries

offield

surveysto

do

cum

ent

theco

ndi

tionof

theforests.

Increatin

gth

em

anag

emen

tp

lanfor

Ankeniheny,

theteam

will

assessthe

valueof

forestresources—

interm

sof

medicines,

water-

shedprotection,

ecotourism,

and

nontim

ber

and

timber

forestpro

du

cts—dep

endin

gon

critical

input

fromlocal

comm

unities.C

l’sgoal

isto

enlistlocal

comm

unitiesin

activelyprotecting

forêtsclassées

byin

troducin

gthem

tothe

bene

fits—econom

icand

oth

erwise—

from

thesta

nd

ingforest.

Once

localparticipation

isestablished

atA

nkeniheny,C

OE

FOR

will

repeatthe

model

atother

forêtsclassées

thro

ug

hout

thecountry.

Indeterm

inin

gthe

“bestland

use”for

eachof

thecountry’s

forêtsclassées,

CO

EF

OR

will

address

theissue

atthe

heart

ofconservation

in

Madagascar:

How

totu

rnlocal

useinto

local

protectionof

thenation’s

biodiversity.

LIH

EH

AN

NA

H,

Ph.D

.

Technical

Advisor, M

adagascarP

rogram

AD

AC

AS

CA

RM

anonV

inceletteeased

herL

andC

ruiser

down

thelast

ofthe

redclay

ruts

andp

ulled

toa

stopat

theedge

ofa

small

stream.

Where

theroad

ended

,the

rainforest

ofA

nkenihenybegan.

Vincelette

andher

team

offoresters—

fourM

alagasy,one

Can

adian

,an

done

Chilean

—piled

outof

the

vehicleto

begintheir

biologicalinventory.

They

sharea

valuableb

ut

little-

RO

DE

RIC

B.

MA

ST

Vice

President, M

adagascarand

A;ideai

Program

s

Madagasn,r’s

ForJIsC/G

SSCL’S

NN

El

EE

N

resettlemen

taw

ayfrom

theirhom

es.N

otsu

r

prisingly,local

sentim

ent

weighed

againstthe

1.5m

illion-hectareprotected

area.

Three

yearslater,

Tam

bopataC

andamo’s

pro

posed

protectedstatus

haseveryone’s

bless

ing,m

arkin

gthe

firsttim

ein

Peru

thatlocal

comm

unitieshave

un

itedin

their

sup

po

rtfor

thecreation

ofa

nationalpark.

Cl’s

model

of

“particip

atory

plan

nin

g”

was

acritical

factorin

negotiatingthat

un

anim

ous

localsu

pp

ort.

Tam

bopataC

andamo

liesin

theA

mazo

nian

lowlands

atthe

baseof

theA

ndes,an

areathat

holdsam

azinglyrich

biodiversity—as

many

as

500different

bird

species,14

kin

ds

ofm

onkeys,

and

more

than

1,200butterfly

species.It

isalso

anarea

ofsu

bstan

tialcu

ltural

diversity.

Shortly

afterT

ambopata

Can

dam

ow

as

declareda

reservedzone,

former

CI

Andean

Regional

Coordinator

Liliana

Cam

pos

help

ed

organizea

publicfo

rum

inP

uerto

Maldoriado

to

allowthe

region’speople

toshare

their

visionsof

thefuture.

Everyone

came

toexpress

concerns.

Could

theyco

ntin

ue

tocollect

Brazil

nu

ts—an

importan

tsource

ofincom

eto

many

local

inhabitants?W

ouldland

beavailable

forgrazin

g

cattle?W

erethey

gettingp

ush

edout?

Many

oftheir

fearsw

erejustified;

infact,

thegovernm

ent’sp

relimin

arypro

posal

wou

ld

havem

ade

forestproducts,

includingB

razil

nuts,off-lim

its.C

Icom

mitted

itselfto

work

ing

thro

ugh

conflictsbetw

eengovern

men

tau

thori

tiesand

localinhabitants.

After

thefirst

forum,

thegovern

men

tban

was

annulled

,research

objectivesw

eredefined,

and

thepeople

beg

an

toexplore

howthe

protectedarea

couldhelp

to

improve

theirlives.

Over

thenext

two

years,th

rough

aseries

of

regionalm

eetings,en

viro

nm

ental

impact

stud

ies,an

dco

mm

unity

workshops,

CI

help

edcraft

anag

reemen

tthat

tookinto

accountpeople’s

actual(and

potential)uses

ofthe

landan

do

ut

linedthe

basisfor

aprotected

aream

anag

emen

t

plan.T

ambopata

Candam

ow

asdesignated

a

multip

le-use

reserve,w

hichincludes

alarge

nationalpark

toprotect

theregion’s

crucialbio

logicaldiversity.

Equally

importan

t,m

anyco

m

mu

nity

problems

arebeing

transfo

rmed

into

promising

com

munity

projects.C

Iis

coo

per

atingw

iththe

farmers’

union,FA

DE

MA

D,

on

projectsto

studysoils

andvegetation.

And

a

Seed

Ventures

projectprom

isesto

revitalizethe

region’slan

guish

ing

Brazil

nut

trade.

Inthe

word

sof

Avecita

Chicchón,

directo

r

forC

l’sP

eruP

rogram,

“Inthe

areaaro

und

Tam

bopataC

andamo,

we

realizethat

we

haveto

work

with

preciselythose

peoplew

hohave

the

greatestim

pacton

theenvironm

ent.B

utby

strength

enin

gtheir

institutions,they

canev

en

tuallybecom

eour

greatestallies

inprotecting

thebiological

diversityof

thereg

ion

’

JAM

ES

D.

NA

TIO

NS

,P

h.D

.

Vice

President,M

exicoand

Central

Am

ericaP

rograms

ER

UW

henthe

Peru

vian

govern

men

tdeclared

theboun

daries

ofthe

Tam

bopata

Candam

oR

eservedZ

onein

1990,ap

preh

ensio

nrip

pled

thro

ugh

thecom

munities

surro

undin

gthe

regionalcapital

ofP

uerto

Maldonado.

For

theindigenous

people,

cattlemen,

merchants,

and

newly

settledfarm

ersfresh

fromthe

Andes,

theg

ov

ern

ment’s

move

raisedthe

specterof

prohibitionson

landuse

or—even

worse—

forced

TW

EN

TY

ON

E

applicationsof

rainforest

plantsfrom

Surinam

e.

Traditional

ethnobotanicalknow

ledgefrom

rainforest

cultureshas

onlyrecently

beenreco

g

nizedas

avaluable

keyin

thedrug

discovery

process.U

singthat

knowledge

inconjunction

with

improved

chemical

screeningtechniques

developedby

pharmaceutical

companies

will

enable“gene-rich”

countriesto

developsu

stain

ableindustries

basedon

theirdiversity.

Cl’s

newbioprospecting

projectin

Surinam

e

isdesigned

toconserve

bothspecies

and

ethnobotanicalknow

ledge.T

hekey

islinking

indigenouscom

munities

andS

urinamese

gov

ernment

agenciesto

acom

mercial

partnerthat

canprovide

thenecessary

technologyto

develop

pharmaceutical

products.W

ithan

estimated

annualw

orldm

arketof

$200billion

forplant-

deriveddrugs,

theprofit

potentialis

enormous.

Making

bioprospectingalso

work

forco

nserv

a

tionis

thechallenge.

Supported

bya

$2.5m

illiongrant

fromthe

National

Institutesof

Health,

U.S.

Agency

for

InternationalD

evelopment,

andthe

National

ScienceF

oundation,C

Iis

working

with

Bristol-

Myers

Squibb,

theM

issouriB

otanicalG

arden,

BG

VS

(aS

urinamese

pharmaceutical

company),

theV

irginiaP

olytechnicInstitute,

andthe

Tirió

andother

Surinam

esepeoples

todevelop

abio

prospectingpartnership.

The

consortiumw

ill

collectflow

eringplants

fromS

uriname

and

screenthem

forbiological

activityagainst

HIV

,

cancer,andvarious

tropicaldiseases.

This

innovativeprogram

relieson

theeth

nobotanicaltrad

ition

ofS

urinamese

forest

dwelling

societies(see

Mem

bers’R

eport,Fall

1993)to

opendoors

forthe

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theirlegal

rightsand

theow

nershipand

controlof

biodiversityand

geneticresources.

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agreement

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localtraining

inthe

collectionand

extractionof

biological

specimens

andthe

installationof

Cl’s

geographic

information

systemin

Surinam

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putertechnology

will

ensurethat

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haveaccurate

info

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adependable

resupplyof

biologically

activeplant

specimens,

crucialto

securing

researchand

development

investments.

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CI

hasestablished

theF

orestPeople’s

Fund

to

fundprojects

inbiodiversity

andcultural

con

servationin

Surinam

eas

alasting

legacyof

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landmark

accord.

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Conservation

UR

IN

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earchingfor

wild

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tobiologically

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Conservation

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departments

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toexplore

thepharm

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TW

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itsprotected

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indanger—

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andundesirable

tourismpractices.

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orethan

threeyears,

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hasbeen

collaboratingw

iththe

Philippines’

Tubbataha

Foundation

totry

andprotect

this

endangeredm

arinehabitat.

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andits

Philippine

colleaguesare

pu

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suingseveral

strategiesto

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ubbataha.

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with

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Farthw

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map

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datathey

gatherw

illbe

used

todevelop

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anagement

planfor

thepark.

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prim

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thefoundation

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thenearby

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grantfrom

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initiated

protectionand

comm

unitydevelopm

entactiv

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well

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educationthat

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ayhelp

localpeople

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ould

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entof

ecologically

soundtourism

andserve

asa

sourceof

fishand

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torestock

depletedfisheries.

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programalso

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thed

evel

opment

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todestructive

fishingpractices.

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with

Cl’s

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Ventures,

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ple,the

programhas

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fieda

promising

marine

product,carrageenan

(athickening

agent),that

haspotential

for

long-termharvesting

without

damaging

reef

ecosystems.

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thereis

evidencethat

theproject’s

increasedpatrols

andpublic

educationprogram

s

arehaving

anim

pact.W

hilestudies

hadshow

n

thatT

ubbatahareef

diversity(corals

andreef

fish)declined

between

1984and

1989,since

that

time

bothcoral

coverand

indicatorspecies

such

asbutterfly

fishhave

reboundeddram

atically.

This

isgood

news

notonly

forT

ubbataha’s

coralreefs,b

ut

alsofor

devastatedreefs

thro

ugh

outthe

country.R

ecentresearch

bya

Philippine

universityshow

sthat

coraland

fishlarvae

pro

ducedat

Tubbataha

haverecolonized

devastated

reefshundreds

ofm

ilesaw

ay.For

CI

andthe

Tubbataha

Foundation,

thisis

justthe

firststep

inprotecting

nearly1,500

reeffish

and60

genera

ofcoral

thatflourish

inthe

magnificent

reefs

andatolls

ofthese

islands.

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Washington

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Program

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iddleof

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coralatoll

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fewsand

isletsabove

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constitutes

aunique

openocean

ecosystemw

ithinan

endangeredC

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But

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TW

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N

itsbiodiversity.

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much

ofthis

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acity—

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nologyand

trained

scientists—to

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ealth.S

inceC

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as

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blem

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ugh

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development

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capacityhas

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Andes,

akey

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young

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any

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ethodology,con

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aw

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thenight.

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met

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advocatesof

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hotel

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government

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theissues,

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aset

offield

projectsto

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ques

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man

agement

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coun

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including

timber

policyand

non-

timber

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Alto

Madidi,

Bolivia

Establishing

conserv

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local

comm

unitiesnear

theproposed

Madidi

National

Park.

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aneco

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biological

researchfacility

within

theproposed

park.

Beni

Biosphere

Reserve

andC

himane

Forest,

Bolivia

*Research

onbiology

andeconom

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selectivelogging

in

theC

himane

Forest.

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support

for

activitiesof

theB

eni

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Station

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theB

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iosphere

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assistanceto

Chim

aneIndian

com

munities

andsm

all-

scaledevelopm

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SantaC

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*Expanding

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biologicallyim

portant

habitatsin

Southern

Bahia

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surveys.W

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sitevisits.

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arine

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pro

posednational

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park,including

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program,

includingsustainable

alternativesto

fishing

andprom

otionof

comm

unityresource

managem

ent.

Mt.

Kitan glad

National

Park,The

Philippines

Work

with

localfarm

ers

tointensify

agricultural

productionas

alterna

tiveto

clearingnew

forestin

Philippine

eaglehabitat.

Ecotourism

project

generatingincom

efor

localcom

munities

and

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offorest

canopy-viewing

platforms

andw

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activitiesin

CISIG

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assess

ment

todefine

priority

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conservation.

Biodiversity

research,

training,and

habitat

conservationin

Lakekam

uK

unamaipa

Wilderness

Area.

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forN

GO

s

andforest-based

com

munities

throughthe

Grassroots

Action

Fund.

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ofconservation

and

alternativesm

all-scaledevelopm

entw

ith

village-based

landowners.

Solomon

Islands

Conservation

capacity-

buildingof

anin

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e

nousN

GO

,the

Solom

on

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evelopment

Trust.

Fiji

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with

the

designof

enviro

nm

entally

sustainablenatural

forestm

anagement

and

biologicalsurveying.

PAC

IFICN

OR

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RA

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IN

FOR

EST

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ritish

Colum

bia,C

anada

*C

ompletion

ofa

GIS

map

showing

original

distributionof

temp

er

aterain

forestsin

the

region.

Kitlope

Region,

British

Colum

bia,C

anada

Cultural

restoration

programw

ithH

aisla

Indiansfocusing

on

revivingtraditional

knowledge

andtraining

programs

innatural

resourcem

anagement.

CR

OSS-C

UT

I’ING

PRO

GR

AM

S

Conservation

Biology

The

fieldwork

ofthis

programprovides

the

scientificunderpinnings

andgeographic

target

ingfor

thein-country

programs.

The

Rapid

Assessm

ent

Program

(RA

P)enables

Cl’s

teamof

world-class

fieldscientists

toper

formfirst-cut

assess

ments

ofpoorly

un

der

stoodecosystem

s.

In1993,

Cl’s

RA

Pteam

ledexpeditions

tothe

Kanuku

Mountain

regionin

Guyana

and

theC

ordilleradel

Through

theSham

an’s

Apprentice

Program

,

youngm

enstudy

with

theirtribal

shamans—

or

medicine

men—

top

re

serveindigenous

ethno

botanicalknow

ledgeof

rainforest

plants.P

lant

Conservation

also

researchesnontim

ber

forestproducts

in

CI

projectareas

and

assessessustainable

harvestingtechniques

forpotential

impact

on

habitats.

Conservation

Finance

works

with

in-country

programs

tonegotiate

debt-for-naturesw

aps,

self-sustainingin

dep

en

dentendow

ments

and

trustfunds

andto

estab

lishother

financial

mechanism

sto

provide

capitalfor

conservation

activitiesw

orldwide.

Seed

Ventures”,C

l’s

biodiversityproduct

marketing

division,

createseconom

icalter

nativesfor

localco

m

munities

inthe

tropics

byidentifying

products

thatcan

beharvested

without

damaging

sur

roundingecosystem

s.

Beginning

with

the

Tagua

Initiativethree

yearsago,

Seed

isnow

marketing

Brazil

nuts

andpotpourri

andhas

sixother

productsin

advancedstages

of

development.

The

Econom

icPolicy

Program

seeksto

inte

grateconservation

with

economic

development

bydefining

andp

rom

o

tingsustainable

forest

managem

entand

nat

uralresource

policy

reforms,

with

projects

inB

olivia,B

razil,P

eru,

andG

uatemala.

The

Ecotourism

Pro

gramencourages

the

growth

ofresponsible

ecotourismby

dev

el

opingappropriate

policiesand

small-scale

model

destinationsin

CI

priorityecosystem

s

aspart

ofthe

economic

lifeof

thearea.

Conservation

Planning

andT

echnical

Cooperation

Cl’s

geographicin

for

mation

system(C

ISIG)

isa

computer

toolthat

integratesand

displays

biological,social,

po

liti

cal,and

economic

data

forsetting

conservation

priorities.T

heupdated

software

isavailable

in

Spanish,

English,

and

Portuguese,

andthe

CISIG

network

now

numbers

135users

inm

orethan

30countries.

Conservation

Priority

Workshops

takead

van

tageof

CISIG

’sability

to

displayan

arrayof

data,bringing

scientists

andconservation

pla

n

nerstogether

toshare

information

andreach

consensusabout

regionaland

national

conservationpriorities.

Using

GIS

technology,

CI

iscooperating

with

itsW

estcoast

affiliate,E

cotrust,to

producean

overviewof

Pacific

Northw

esttem

perate

rainforest.

Gender

andSocial Policy

The

Gender

andSocial

PolicyP

rogramp

artici

patesin

international

policydialogues

and

thereform

ulationof

U.S.

foreignaid

strate

giesand

legislation,

contributingto

policies

aimed

atw

omen,

bio

diversityconservation,

population,and

sus

tainabledevelopm

ent.

Inaddition,

Gender

andSocial

Policystaff

work

with

Cl’s

country

programs

todevelop

andsu

pp

ort

gender-

relatedprojects

inthe

field.

In-country

Com

munications

Toheighten

con

serva

tionaw

arenessam

ong

localpeople

andnational

decisio

nm

ak

ers,com

munication

strategiesand

public

educationcam

paigns

aredeveloped

and

implem

entedfor

tar

getedbioregional

pro

grams.

Com

munica

tionstools

include

publishedm

aterials

andvideos

asw

ellas

seminars

forjournalists

andlocal

education.A

mong

thevideos

releasedin

1993are

“Betw

eenT

wo

Futures;’

describing

Cl’s

work

onnontim

berforest

productsin

Guatem

ala’sM

aya

Biosphere

Reserve,

anda

documentary

on

theA

tlanticF

orestin

collaborationw

ith

Brazilian

conservation

organizations.

Legislative

Programs

Cl’s

linkto

decision-

makers

inthe

U.S.

government

andin

ter

nationalinstitutions

suchas

theW

orldB

ank

andU

.N.

agencies

enablesC

Ito

con

tributelessons

learned

inour

fieldw

orkto

the

highestlevels

ofp

olicy

making.

This

program

focuseson

issuessuch

asthe

North

Am

erican

FreeT

radeA

greement

(NA

FTA

),the

bio

div

er

sityactivities

ofU

.S.

AID

,and

international

initiativeslike

the

Global

Environm

ent

Facility

andthe

Bio

diversityC

onvention.

*C

ontinuingw

orkon

GIS

databasefor

the

PacificC

oastof

North

Am

ericaand

com

plet

ingan

analysisof

water

shedsbased

onlevel

of

development

andp

ro

tectedstatus.

*S

upportfrom

Com

munications,

Legislative

Program

s,

andC

onservation

Planning

toadvocate

protectionof

old-growth

forestin

theregion.

Condor

insouthern

Ecuador.

Conservation

Biology

presentsits

resultsin

RA

PW

orking

Papersand

hasp

ub

lishedthe

firstin

a

seriesof

fieldguides,

Al

Gentry’s

FieldG

uide

tothe

Woody

Plants

of

Northw

estSouth

Am

erica.

Plant

Conservation

Conservation

Econom

ics

*P

opulationstudy

of

marbled

murrelets,

seabirdsw

hosenesting

sitesare

threatenedby

logging.

NC

1A

LR

Ep

0

urin

gthe

recentfiscal

year,C

onservation

Internationalco

ntin

ued

toex

pan

dand

adap

tto

meet

new

challenges.C

Iposted

asu

rplu

sof

$612,297on

revenuesof

$11,837,616and

expensesof

$11,225,319.T

hebalance

sheetalso

improved,

with

thefund

balanceincreasing

by66

percent.

As

inpast

years,the

largestcategory

ofrx

pen

ditu

resw

asfor

in-co

untry

conservationprogram

s.In

FY93,

77.1percent

ofCI’S

totalex

pen

ditu

resw

entdirectly

toprogram

s,11.8

percentto

fundraisin

g,

and

11.1percent

coveredm

anag

emen

tand

generalexpenses.

Revenues

increasedby

2percent

inFY

93T

houghan

arrayof

foundations,corporations,

and

gov

ern

men

tagencies

contrib

uted

toC

I,the

areashow

ingthe

most

growth

came

fromindividual

donors,reflect

ingtheir

strongco

mm

itmen

tto

environment.illy

sustainabledevelopm

ent.T

hefigures

presen

tedon

the

following

pagesare

derivedfrom

Cl’s

auditedfinancial

statements

forthe

yearending

June30,

1993.

Acom

pletecopy

ofthe

financialau

dit

perfo

rmed

byD

eloitte&

Touche

isavailable

onrequest.

.-

Tu

IR

IV

II0

UT

HIR

TY

FIV

E

BA

LA

NC

ES

HE

ET

FISCA

LY

EAR

1993EX

PENSES

$11,225,319Regional

Pro

gram

s47.3%

Cross-cutting

Pro

gram

s29.8%

Man

agem

ent

&G

eneral11.1%

Fu

ndraisin

g11.8%

FISCA

LY

EAR

1993IN

CO

ME

$11,837,616Ind

ivid

uals

53.3%

Foundatio

ns

13.6%

Govern

men

t9.8%

Corp

oratio

ns

12.6%

Oth

er9.0%

Mem

bership1.7%

Year

endingJu,Ie

30

______________________________________-

19931992

AS

SE

TS

Curre

nt

Asse

ts:

Cash

andcash

equivalents$2,722,545

$1,382,318

Accounts

receiv

able

1,082,604416,945

—P

repaid

ex

pen

ses

and

oth

er

asse

ts—

_________

71,130106,290

Total

Cu

rrent

Assets

$3,876,279$1,905,553

Furn

iture

and

equ

ipm

ent,

net372,351

277,007

Investments

65,03089,525

Dep

osits

_____

35,674

____________

43,959

Total

$4,349,334$2,316,044

LIArnLn1Es

AN

DFU

ND

BA

LAN

CE

Curre

nt

Liabilities:

Acco

un

tsp

ay

ab

lean

daccru

ed

expenses

$320,631

$187,544

Accru

ed

vacatio

n212,314

174,309

Loans

pay

ab

le—

25,000

Defe

rred

rent,

cu

rrent

portio

n33,364

—

Defe

rred

gra

nt

rev

en

ue

1,846,180713,074

To

tal

Curre

nt

Lia

bilitie

s$2,412,489

$1,099,927

Defe

rred

Rent

108,431—

Fund

Balance:

Unrestricted:

Vo

llum

Fund

1,000,0001,000,000

Conservation

Action

Fund

500,000100,000

Undesignated

3,88950,251

Endow

ment

Funds

___________________________________

324,525115,866

Total

$1,828,414$1,216,117

$4,349,334$2,316,044

TK

iR

TS

ix

FIN

AN

CIA

LS

UM

MA

RY

leareiidiiig

June30

19931992

INC

OM

E

Gran

tsan

dcontributions

$11,176,163$10,737,395

Mem

bershipdues

207,974424,426

interest68,495

116,703

Oth

erincom

e384,984

393,073

Total

Income

$11,837,616$11,671,597

EXPEN

SES

Program

services:

Co

un

trypro

gram

s$

5,275,510$

6,158,167

North

Am

ericanoperations

28,474—

Conservation

plan

nin

g1,023,554

1,012,103

Conservation

biology779,489

526,085

Com

munications

634,658646,340

Public

education29,503

64,854

Conservation

policy192,167

153,071

Mem

bershipservices

221,274126,624

Conservation

economics

686,991554,480

Total

Pro

gram

Expenses

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

_

$8,871,620

$9,241,724

SUPPO

RTIN

GSE

RV

ICE

S

Managem

entand

general$

1,248,707$

1,443,253

Developm

ent1,060,741

849,883

Mem

bershipfu

ndraisin

g

____________________-

_______

44,25199,541

Total

Supportin

gE

xpenses$

2,353,699$

2,392,677

Total

Expenses

Sil,225,319

$11,634,401

Excess

ofrevenue

overexpenses

612,29737,196

Fund

balance,beginning

ofyear

________________

$1,216,117$

1,178,921

Fund

balance,end

ofyear

__________________________

$1,828,414

$1,216,117

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achievements

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fieldpro

gram

san

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thediverse

supporters—

foundatio

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corporations,in

div

iduals

andgovern

men

tagencies—

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comm

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The

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includesinfluential

leadersfrom

thehigh-tech

field,the

entertain

men

tindustry,

thew

orld

offinance,

and

especially,the

scientificand

conservationcom

munity.

The

resourcesand

expertisep

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ided

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inary

gro

up

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meet

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challengesw

ithconfidence.

Long-tim

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partn

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thisnetw

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tohelp

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thecreation

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severalcountries

where

we

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pro

grams,

thispartn

ership

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etruly

international.L

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businessand

govern

men

tin

Mexico,

Brazil,

Peru,

Colom

bia,an

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adagascarare

establishingcouncils

thatw

illadvance

our

fieldw

ork,explore

localfu

ndin

gopportu

nities,

and

pro

vid

ea

sphereof

influencefor

conservation.T

hisapproach

notonly

helpsfulfill

imm

ediateconservation

need

sby

openingu

pim

portan

tsources

oflocal

sup

port,

ithas

also

helpedto

encouragethe

growth

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ilanth

ropy

incountries

where

thistradition

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emerging.

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Mario

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ellas

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model

offu

ndin

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con

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vationhere

andabroad.

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relyon

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vid

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tbase

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pport.

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gthe

past

year,our

mem

bers

haveparticip

atedin

lectures,

gatherings,an

dother

specialactivities

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the

country.S

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mail

mem

ber

acquisition,w

ehave

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suppo

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ugh

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dm

oreperso

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com

mun

i

cations.In

thecom

ingyear,

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dep

end

onthis

uniq

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asw

eincrease

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kip

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irclehas

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tforce

forconservation

action.T

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rkby

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gin

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iduals

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dm

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globe.F

orthis

reason,

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merald

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thecore

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ilyof

supporters.

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eraldC

irclem

embers

receivein

-dep

th

reports

fromthe

fieldand

haveopportu

nities

to

visitconservation

sites.T

heyalso

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to

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staff,board

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nser

vationistsw

orld

wid

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merald

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un

ityof

theC

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unity

and

helpsus

developnew

op

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embers

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who

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ade

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CI

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toaddress

theneed

sof

local

rainforest

comm

unities.T

ogether,w

ehave

created

solutionsto

many

ofthe

conservationproblem

s

facingthe

world

inthis

decade.

CI

hasinitiated

avariety

ofcorporate

mark

et

ingand

licensingpro

gram

sthat

reflectthe

entre

pren

eurial

spiritof

our

conservationw

ork.In

today’sglobal

markets,

enviro

nm

ental

credibility

isdirectly

linkedto

businessperform

ance.W

ork

ingw

ithco

rporatio

ns

likeB

ankof

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erica,

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onald’sC

orporation,H

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afe,the

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ralW

onders,C

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repeatedly

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illresp

ond

positivelyto

enviro

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ental

products—especially

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itmen

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part

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alarger

enviro

nm

ental

corporateethic.

CI

works

toidentify

corporateinstitutions

that

sharesim

ilarvalues

andhave

developedend

pro

d

ucts,corporate

activities,an

den

viro

nm

ental

vision

thatare

inkeeping

with

our

organization’sm

ission.

New

Opportunities

forC

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corporatep

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