Project COBRA Directory of Guiana Shield Civil Society Organisations
Organisations
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Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Alexander von Humboldt, Colombia
Colombia
Instituto Humboldt is a civil non-profit corporation linked to the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development (MADS). The Institute was created in 1993 to be the investigative arm of biodiversity in the Environmental System (Sina). Under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, ratified by Colombia in 1994, the …
Instituto de Pesquisa e Formação em Educação Indígena (IEPE)
Brazil
"Iep é " is the term traditionally used by the indigenous groups of the Guianas, to describe a friend and exchange partner in the complex networks maintained between communities. Today, this term is also used to describe non-indigenous partners, revealing the importance for the indigenous communities of the widening of the network …
Instituto para el Desarrollo Sostenible QUINAXI
Colombia
Quinaxi is a private non-profit scientific organization that serves as a space for reflection, discussion, research and monitoring of the construction process of sustainable development in Colombia. Scale: Local Type: Conservation and development Focus: Sustainable use, Economic development Strategies: Lobby, Capacity building, Research, Technical Assistance
Instituto Sinchi
Colombia
Scale: Local Type: Conservation and development Focus: Conservation, Sustainable use Strategies: Lobby, Research, Technical assistance
International Biodiversity Society of the Guiana Shield (IBG)
IBG is an international society without political, national, social or cultural affiliations. The society will strive to maintain an international reputation as a highly reliable and independent source of information and advice on biodiversity and related environmental issues of the Guiana Shield ecoregion. Scale: Type: Focus: Strategies:
IUCN - National Committee of the Netherlands
The Netherlands
IUCN NL is a bridge between social organisations, the government, business and science and focuses on all kinds of subjects pertaining to the struggle against the loss in biodiversity. In collaboration with the same partners IUCN NL applies this knowledge to come to a constructive Dutch contribution to solving global …
Iwokrama International Centre
Guyana
The IIC is an international not-for-profit organisation, governed by an International Board of Trustees and managed by a professional team of around seventy permanent staff in Georgetown and at the Iwokrama River Lodge and Research Centre at Kurupukari. The IIC ’ s Patron is HRH The Prince of Wales. The Iwokrama …
Kuyujani
Venezuela
Scale: Local Type: Constituency CSO Focus: Indigenous rights, Cultural identity Strategies: Lobby, Activism
Native Planet
Native Planet is a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the self-empowerment of indigenous peoples and the preservation of world ethnic cultures. Using ecotourism, education, documentaries and humanitarian projects, the organization offers native peoples a global voice and promote the self-empowerment necessary for them to protect their own land and lifestyles …
North Rupununi District Development Board
Guyana
The North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB) is a registered Trust and an established non-governmental, non-profit, community-based organisation currently representing 16 communities. It is an autonomous body, initially comprising of representatives from 12 indigenous communities in the North Rupununi. In 1996, it was legally established to link the 12 communities …
About this Directory
This directory and the accompanying Guiana Shield Action Guide have been produced in Project COBRA: The Role of Community Owned Solutions in Sustainable Environmental Management and Governance in the Global South
Project COBRA was supported by a three year grant from the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme. The contents of this directory are the sole responsibility of Project COBRA and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.