| MASBOSQUES Corporation is a non-profit PPP that works in the construction of a sustainable forest management strategic vision. It arises as one of the results in the project Alternative Financial Model for Sustainable Forest Management in San Nicolas, Colombia sponsored by Autonomous Corporation for the rivers Negro and Nare -CORNARE-, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Testing and Research -EMPA-, and International Timber Trade Organization -ITTO-.
MASBOSQUES aims to share the abilities, experience and creativity of its partners to bring to communities the possibility to participate in the environmental services trading through the use of natural resources, according to Clean Development Mechanism CDM under the Kyoto Protocol.
Project Sponsors:
CORNARE: www.cornare.gov.co
EMPA: www.empa.ch
OIMT: www.itto.org.jp
Mission
To promote conservation, sustainable use, and restoration of the forest resources and their associated resources, promoting projects that contribute to the integration and competitiveness of the productive chain, and developing mechanisms for environmental services payment.
Vision
Being a recognized organization at local, national and international level because of its high efficiency and trust degree.
Objective
To build an interdisciplinary work system that allows promoting sustainable forest management in the region through projects and the implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism according to United Nations framework on climate change which have been ratified by the Colombian government. Thus it seeks to support the creation, encouraging, development and funding of entities that include innovations in infrastructure, research and technology applicable in national production, environmental and natural resources management, aiming for forest conservation and sustainable livelihoods. |
