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The Local Global Network includes a broad diversity of businesses who have joined together to promote environment awareness through various mediums including website, music festivals, eco product promotion, sustainability, networking and online media. For further information contact Micheal O'Loinsigh
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Fundacion ZoobrevivenFundacion Zoobreviven is a South American charity based in Ecuador. It was established in 1997 to protect Ecuador's ecosystems and wildlife. We manage three reserves in North Western Ecuador, two in the cloud forest of the Choco Bioregion and one in Esmereldas. We work to preserve these important environments through wildlife, plant and tree conservation work, community education, environmental management, volunteer projects, community ecotourism and scientific research into the flora and fauna of the region.
Fundacion Zoobreviven's past projects include our Andean Spectacled Bear reintroduction program and community initiatives to provide alternative income to people living in the areas surrounding the reserves. We also run a volunteer program on our Alto Choco reserve where volunteers can assist with reserve management tasks, such as reforestation, organic farming, area patrolling, plant and tree development studies and more recently, coffee farming. The very serious threats facing the reserves include mining, illegal logging and hunting of Andean Spectacled bears and rare Mountain Tapirs. There is an urgent need to both protect the reserves and educate people about preserving these ecosystems. Fundacion Zoobreviven is also actively creating programmes of sustainable agriculture and development of natural resources to aid the local community and the environment. If you are interested in voluntary work with us, contributing or simply finding out more please have a look at our site.
http://www.zoobreviven.org/
CRANN 
Crann was launched on World Environment Day, June 5, 1986. The motivation behind the organization was to put broadleaved trees back on the agenda so that Ireland could at some stage in the future become self sufficient in all of its timber needs. Back in 1986 broadleaved trees were seen by the majority of foresters as amenity trees. Irish forestry was only producing fast grown softwood timber from single species crops of north American spruce and pine. This left Irish joiners and related industry no alternative but to import all their hardwood timbers. A significant proportion of these hardwoods, around 65%, came from tropical countries. The situation is still the same with regard to timber imports into Ireland. We can grow hardwood timbers here. Growing trees, especially with timber as the aim, is a long term project. However a start has been made, the results of which we will have to wait for. There are now grants from the EC for broadleaved species to be grown and the Forest Service are running courses on the subject through the Native Woodland Scheme. More broadleaved trees are being planted. Research is being carried out by COFORD, not just into the silviculture, but also into the timber qualities of Irish hardwoods. The lone voice of Crann back in the mid eighties has now been joined by the forestry establishment, other NGO's and the public. |
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