IPG Handbook on Environmental Funds: List of Environmental Funds

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Annex D: List of Environmental Funds

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Country or Region Environmental Fund [*] Date Established Source(s) of Funds
Africa African World Heritage Fund - AWHF
Inge Herbert, Head, Resource Mobilization
Physical address:
1258 Lever Road
Headway Hill
Midrand
1685
South Africa
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1234, Halfway House,
Midrand, 1685 South Africa
tel: +27 11 313 306
web: www.awhf.net
e-mail: NtumbaK2@dbsa.org
e-mail: ingeh@awhf.net
  2006
  China, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Norway, Spain, Unesco and others
Argentina Fondo para las Américas - Argentina
Silvia Tissoni
San Martín 451
Entrepiso - Of. 69
1004 - Buenos Aires
Argentina
tel: (54-11) 4348-8521 / 8253
fax: (54-11) 4348-8595
Silvia Tissoni stissoni@ambiente.gov.ar
web: www.ambiente.gov.ar/
1993 Argentina-US (EAI debt swap)
Fondo Ambiental Nacional [*]
San Martin 459, Piso 2, Ofc 215
1004 Buenos Aires, Argentina
tel: (54-011) 4348-8452/3
fax: (54-011) 4348-8495
 
 
Bahamas The Bahamas National Trust
Gary E. Larson, Director
PO Box N-4105
Nassau, Bahamas
tel: (242) 393-1317/393-2848
fax: (242) 393-4978
e-mail: bnt@bahamas.net.bs
 
 
Bangladesh Arannyak Foundation
Farid Uddin Ahmed, Executive Director
House-120, Apartment-4A,
Road-1, Block-F
Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh
tek: 880 2 9873275
fax: 880 2 9873248
e-mail: info@arannayk.org
e-mail: farid@arannayk.org
web: www.arannayk.org
2003 Bangladesh-US (TFCA debt swap)
Belize Protected Area Conservation Trust -- PACT
Sharon Perera
2 Mango Street
PO Box 443
Belmopan, Belize
tel: (501) 822-3637
fax: (501) 822-3759
e-mail: info@pactbelize.org
web: www.pactbelize.org
1997 Airport and cruise ship passenger tax, Belize-US, TNC (TFCA debt swap) for PACT Foundation
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund)
María José González, Executive Director
17 Av. “D” 0-19
Zona 15, Colonia El Maestro
Guatemala 01015
tel/FAX: +502 6637 5903
mobile: +502 5630 1386
e-mail: mjgonzalez@turbonett.com
web: www.marfund.org
2004 Summit Foundation, Avina Foundation, Packard Foundation, Oak Foundation, WWF
Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger (West Africa) Fondation des Savanes Ouest Africaines (FSOA)
Geoffroy Mauvais, IUCN Regional Coordinator
IUCN West and Central Africa Program on Protected Areas
BP 1618 Ouagadougou 01
Burkina Faso
tel: 226 76 04 58 01
e-mail: geoffroy.mauvais@iucn.org
(in process) KfW, World Bank/GEF, AFD, FFEM: 1.5 million Euros equivalent (set-aside by the Government of Benin pending creation)
Bhutan Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation
Tashichho Dzong Complex
P.O. Box 520
Thimphu, Bhutan
tel: (975-2) 339861, 339862
fax: (975-2) 339863
Dr. Pema Choephyel, Director
Chukey Wangchuk, Chief Program Officer
e-mail: info@bhutantrustfund.bt
web: www.bhutantrustfund.bt
 
 
Bolivia Fondo Nacional para el Medio Ambiente -- FONAMA
Sergio Arenas Mariaca, President
Edificio Mariscal Ballivián, Mezzanine
Calle Mercado No. 1328
Casilla 862
La Paz, Bolivia
tel: (591-2) 330-892
fax: (591-2) 391-774
e-mail: sarenas@mail.megalink.com
fonama@mail.megalink.com
2007  
Fundacion para el Desarrollo del Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas de Bolivia -- FUNDESNAP
Sergio Martin Eguino Bustillos, Executive Director
Prolongación Cordero No. 127
P.O. Box. 3667
La Paz, Bolivia
tel: (591-2) 243 1875
fax: (591-2) 211 3364
e-mail: seguino@fundesnap.org
e-mail: fundesnap@unete.com
web: www.sernap.gov.bo/fundesnap/menu.html
e-mail: fundesnap@fundesnap.org
web:
www.fundesnap.org>/a>
2000 World Bank-GEF, Switzerland, UK, Bolivia-US debt swap, Germany-US debt swap, Gas Oriente Bolivano
Fundación PUMA -- Protección y Uso Sostenible del Medio Ambiente
Juan Carlos Chavez Corrales
Calle Miguel de Cervantes, 2977
La Paz, Bolivia
tel: (591-2) 214-1495
fax: (591-2) 214-1496
fpuma@fundacionpuma.org
jcchavez@fundacionpuma.org
web: www.fundacionpuma.org
web: www.fundacionpuma.org/contenido/principal.htm
1991 World Bank-GEF, Switzerland, UK, Bolivia-US (EAI debt swap), Bolivia-Germany debt swap, Private donors
Botswana Forest Conservation Botswana
Kgale Terrace, Plot 140 Unit 13
Gaborone International Finance Park
Gaborone, Botswana
tel: 315-8427
fax: 315-8426
e-mail: enquiries@forestconservation.co.bw
web: http://www.forestconservation.co.bw
packages: P.O Box 5118, Gaborone, Botswana
2006
Botswana-US (TFCA debt swap)
Brazil Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade -- FUNBIO
Rosa Lemos de Sá (Secretary General), Marcia Soares (Info)
Largo do IBAM, 1-6o Andar Humaitá
22271-070 Rio De Janeiro RJ Brazil
tel: (5521) 2123-5300
fax: (5521) 2123-5354
e-mail: funbio@funbio.org.br
web: www.funbio.org.br
1995 World Bank-GEF, ARPA (Brazil, KfW, WWF, World Bank-GEF), Ford Foundation, Alcoa, Brazilian foundations and corporations
Fundo Nacional do Meio Ambiente (FNMA)
Ana Beatriz Oliveira
SCRS 514 Bloco B Loja 59/69 – W3 Sul
70380-526 Brasília, DF – Brazil
tel: +55 61 4009-9090
fax: +55 4009-9101
e-mail: fnma@mma.gov.br
web: www.mma.gov.br/fnma
1989 Brazil, Inter-American Development Bank
Mamirauá Sustainable Development [*]
Sociedade Civil Mamirauá
Universidade Federale do Para
Campus do Guama
Deparatmento de Antropologia - CFCH
Belem, Para, Brazil
tel/fax: (55-91) 249-6369
   
Consortium of African Funds for the Environment - CAFE Consortium of African Funds for the Environment - CAFE
Consortium africain des fonds environnementaux - CAFE
Lot IAI 1 bis Ambatobe
Antananarivo MADAGASCAR
tel/fax: +261 22 403 99
e-mail: r.ranaivoson@tanymeva.org.mg
web: www.consortiumcafe.org
2011
16 Funds as founding members in 2011. At the end of 2011, these Funds managed about US$184 million in the form of endowments, sinking funds, and other financing mechanisms.
Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic Fondation Tri-national de la Sangha
Timothée Fomete, Executive Director
PO Box 6776
Yaounde, Cameroont
tel: +237 99 93 64 46
fax: +237 22 05 76 82
e-mail: fondationTNS@yahoo.com
e-mail: timfomete@yahoo.com
2007 Endowment: 8 Million Euros; Other: 1.45 Millions Euros project of KfW /BMZ, 0.5 Million Euros KfW, 661,000 Euros (Congo Basin Forest Fund), 400,000 Euros (EU, UNESCO-Central African World Heritage Forest Initiative)
Cayman Islands Environmental Protection Fund
Conservation Fund
Cayman Islands Government
web: www.gov.ky
 
a portion of the airport departure tax (USD 20) is directed to the fund)
Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) Caucasus Nature Fund
Geof Giacomini, Executive Director
54 rue de Clichy
75009 Paris, France
tel: +33 (0)1 48 74 31 93
e-mail: contact@caucasus-nature-fund.org
web: http://www.caucasus-naturefund.org/
2007
 
Central America Central American Fund for Environment and Development -- FOCADES[*]
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Paseo de Los Estudiantes
San Jose, Costa Rica
tel: (506) 289-6131
fax: (506) 289-6124
Chile Fondo de las Américas
Jorge Osorio Vargas, Rodrigo Calcagni
Huerfanos 786, Ofc 708
Santiago de Chile, Chile
tel: (562) 633-5950
fax: (562) 664-4213
1993-2003 Privatized in 2003 as the "Citizens Foundation of the Americas" and finally closed in 2008.
Fondo de Proteccion Ambiental
Ministerio del Medio Ambiente
tel: (02) 517 02 42
e-mail: fpaconsultas@conama.cl
web: www.fpa.conama.cl
web: www.fpa.mma.gob.cl
Government of Chile
Colombia Corporación ECOFONDO
Rafael Colmenares F., Director Ejecutivo
Calle 82, No 19-26
Apartado Aereo 350.224
Bogota, Colombia
tel: (57-1) 691 3442
fax: (57-1) 256 2424
e-mail: ecodir@ecofondo.org.co
web: www.ecofondo.org.co
 
 
Fondo Nacional Ambiental - FONAM
Maria Victoria Cifuentes
Ministerio del Ambiente
Carrera 10 No 27-27 Ofc 705
Bogota, Colombia
tel: (57-1) 284-9262/9102
fax: (57-1) 342-7242
 
 
Fondo Accion
Jose Luis Gómez R., Director Ejecutivo
Carrera 7, No. 32-33   Oficina 2703
Bogota, Colombia
tel: (571) 285-3862
fax: (571) 245-4145
e-mail: lgalindo@fondoaccion.org
web: www.fondoaccion.org
 
 
Fondo Ambiental para la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Rafael Gomez, Armando Calvano
Fundacion Pro-Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Calle 17, No. 3-83
Santa Marta, Colombia
e-mail: snevada@uniandes.edu.co
e-mail: prosierra@compunet.net.co
 
 
Patrimonio Natural
Francisco Alberto Galán Sarmiento, Director Ejecutivo
Ed.Centro Avenida de Chile, Torre A, Oficina 1005/1006
Calle 72 No. 10–70
Bogotá, Colombia
tel: (571) 211-5545; 211-6308
web: www.patrimonionatural.org.co
 
 
Fundacion Patrimonio Ambiental
Daniel Zuluaga, Director Ejecutivo
Carrera 42c No 22d-20
Bogota, Colombia
tel: (1) 244 7367
fax: (1) 368 3386
e-mail: fundpatrimonioambiental@cable.net.co
 
 
Fondo BioComercio
John Bejarano, Director Ejecutivo
Carrera 7 # 26 20 Ofc. 1501, Edificio Seguros Tequendama
Bogota, Colombia
tel: (571) 210 6002 / 210 8973
e-mail: info@fondobiocomercio.com
 
 
Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Fund

 
 
Conservation Finance Alliance - CFA Conservation Finance Alliance - CFA
http://www.conservationfinance.org/
http://toolkit.conservationfinance.org/
2002
 
Costa Rica Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento Forestal -- FONAFIFO
Jorge Mario Rodriguez Zuniga, Director Ejecutivo
Ave 7 & 9, Calle 5
San Jose, Costa Rica
tel: (506) 257-8475
fax: (506) 257-9695
e-mail: fonafifo@ns.minae.go.cr
web: www.fonafifo.com
 
 
Fundación de Parques Nacionales
Karla Ceciliano, Director Ejecutiva
Apartado 1108-1002
Paseo de los Estudiantes
San Jose, Costa Rica
tel: (506) 257-2239
fax: (506) 222-4732
Karla Cecilian kcecilian@ns.minae.go.cr
 
 
Fundación Fundecooperación para el Desarrollo Sostenible
Milton Rojas, Director Ejecutivo
Apartado 1108-1002
100 m al oeste, 100 m sur del al Iglesia de Fatima
Los Yoces, San Pedro
San Jose, Costa Rica
tel: (506) 283-8327/280-0221
fax: (506) 225-5900
e-mail: fundecop@sol.racsa.co.cr
 
 
Centro Agrícola Siquirres
Felix Mendez Morales
Hatillo 5
San Jose, Costa Rica
tel: (506) 768-6825
fax: (506) 768-6171
 
 
Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Cordillera Volcánica Central -- FUNDECOR
Carlos Herrera Arguedas, Sub-Director Ejecutiva
Apartado 1108-1002
200 m al este, 50 m al norte del Banco nacional de CR
Moravia, San Jose, Costa Rica
tel: (506) 240-2624
fax: (506) 297-1044
Carlos Herrera herrera@fundecor.or.cr
 
 
Cote d'Ivoire Fondation pour les Parcs et Réserves de Côte d’Ivoire (FPRCI)
(Ivory Coast)
Fanny N’Golo, Directeur Exécutif
11 Plateaux, Rue des Jardins, derrière la station Texaco, villa no. 1079
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
tel: (+225) 2241-7100
fax: (+225) 2241-3101
e-mail: fondationparc@africaonline.co.ci
2002
Euro 2.4 million; KfW, GEF/World Bank, UNDP
Cuba Fondo Nacional Ambiental[*]
Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
 
 
Dominican Republic Fondo Pro Naturaleza -- PRONATURA
Rene Ledesma, Director Ejecutivo
Paseo de los Periodistas #4, Ensanche Miraflores
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
tel: (809) 687-5799
fax: (809) 687-5766
e-mail: pronatura@codetel.net.do
 
 
Eastern Carpathians Foundation for Eastern Carpathian Biodiversity Conservation
(Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine)
 
 
Ecuador Fondo Ambiental Nacional -- FAN
Diego Burneo, Director Ejecutivo
Edificio COPLADI, 4to Piso, Oficina 401-A
Av. Amazonas N 31-23 y Azuay, esquina
Quito, Ecuador
tel: (593 2) 2443 580, 2444 827
fax: (593-2) 2443 580, 2444 827 ext.109
e-mail: fan1@fan.org.ec
e-mail: dburneo@fan.org.ec
web: www.fan.org.ec
(packages: Casilla 17-01-698, Quito, Ecuador)
1999
 
El Salvador Fondo Iniciativa para las Américas de El Salvador -- FIAES
Jorge Alberto Oviedo, Gerente General
65 Avenida Sur #132, Colonia Escalon
San Salvador, El Salvador
tel: (503) 2298-5308
fax: (503) 2224-5775
e-mail: info@fiaes.org.sv
e-mail: jorge.oviedo@fiaes.org.sv
web: www.fiaes.org.sv/
1993
El Salvador-US (EAI debt swap and TFCA debt swap)
Fondo Ambiental de El Salvador -- FONAES
Antonio Adolfo Villacorta Guandique
Calle Gabriela Mistral y 29 Avenida Norte # 1013
San Salvador, El Salvador
tel: (503) 226-3000
fax: (503) 226-4339
e-mail: comunicaciones@fonaes.gob.sv
web: http://www.fonaes.gob.sv
1994
Fiji Fiji National Trust
Ministry of Local Affairs
Germany Blue Action Fund (BAF)
Mainzer Landstr. 41
60329 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
web: www.blueactionfund.org
e-mail: info@blueactionfund.org
2017 Created by BMZ (The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) and KfW. Supports marine protected areas and the most sensitive coastal waters of Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Works through medium- to large- sized grants to NGOs working on marine/coastal conservation (€ 1 – 3 million), typically to NGOs working in partnerships with local actors. Goal is to contribute to reducing the dramatic loss of marine biodiversity and stabilizing incomes in coastal fishing communities.
Guatemala Fideicomiso para la Conservacion de Guatemala -- FCG
Yvonne Ramírez
17 Ave. "D" 0-19 zona 15
Colonia El Maestro, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
tel/fax: (502) 2365-8985
e-mail: direccion@fcg.org.gt
e-mail: yramirez@fcg.org.gt
web: www.fcg.org.gt
Fondo Guatemalteco para el Medio Ambiente -- FOGUAMA
Antonio Hidalgo, Director Ejecutivo
7 Avenida No 7-09
Zona 13, Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala
tel: (502) 475-3556
fax: (502) 475-3568
e-mail: foguama@infovia.com.gt
Fondo Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza -- FONACON
Marco Tulio Díaz
Edificio 74, Sexto Nivel, Oficina 601
7ª. Avenida 3-74, Zona 9, Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala
tel/fax: (502) 2331 4773
e-mail: fonacon@intelnet.net.gt
web: fideicomiso.fonacon.org
Guinea Bissau Guinea Bissau Fund
 
 
Haiti Fundation Haitienne de l'Environnement -- FHE
Gerard L. Xavier
42 Rue Magny
Petion-Ville, Haiti
tel: (509) 410-7704
fax: (509) 257-1988
fhe_haiti@yahoo.com
Fonds pour la Protection et la Conservation de la Biodiversite (FOPECOB) [*]
Haiti Solidarite Internacionale
BP 320
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
tel: (509) 45-8681/45-5217
fax: (509) 45-1022
atppf@compa.net
Honduras Fundación Hondureña de Ambiente y Desarrollo -- Fundacion VIDA
Isaac Ferrera
Boulevard Suyapa, Edificio Florencia, 2do piso, #203
CP 4252 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
tel: (504) 239-1642
fax: (504) 239-1645
e-mail: isaac_ferrera@fundacionvida.org
web: www.fundacionvida.org
Fondo para el Manejo de Areas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre
Instituto Nacional de Conservación y Desarrollo Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre (ICF)
Apartado Postal No. 3481, Col. Brisas de Olancho
Comayagüela, Honduras
tel: 223-4346 (Depto Areas Protegidas)
tel: 223-7387 (ICF)
2010
Indonesia Yayasan Keanekaragaman Hayati (KEHATI)
(Indonesia Biodiversity Foundation)
MS Sembiring, Executive Director
Yayasan Keanekaragaman Hayati Indonesia
Jalan Bangka VIII No. 3B, Pela Mampang
DKI Jakarta 12720
Indonesia
tel. (021) 718 3185 / 3187
fax. (021) 719 6131
web: http://kehati.or.id
1994 US, USAID (TFCA)
Yayasan Dana Lestari Sumatera (SSF)
(Sumatra Sustainability Fund)
Sri Mariati, Executive Director
Jl. Haji Abu No. 23 Cipete Selatan
Jakarta Selatan 12410
tel: 021 711 02150
fax: 021 769 3046
e-mail: info@ssf.or.id
web: www.ssf.or.id
2010? WWF-International, WWF-Indonesia, Government of Indonesia
Jamaica Jamaica National Park Trust Fund -- JNPTF
(JNPTF is essentially closed, but activities continue via JCDT)
Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust -- JCDT
95 Dumbarton Avenue
PO Box 1225
Kingston 8, Jamaica
tel: (876) 960-2848/9
fax: (876) 978-2850
e-mail: jamaicaconservation@gmail.com
e-mail: jcdt@greenjamaica.com
web: www.greenjamaica.org.jm/
Jamaica Protected Areas Trust (JPAT)
Allison Rangolan McFarlane, Executive Director
Jamaica Protected Areas Trust/Forest Conservation Fund
72b Hope Road, Suite 201
Kingston 6, Jamaica
tel: 876-927-9956
e-mail: jpat@infochan.com
web: www.jpat-jm.com
2004 Jamaica, US, The Nature Conservancy (debt swap)
Environmental Foundation of Jamaica -- EFJ
Karen McDonald Gayle, Chief Executive Officer
1B Norwood Ave.
Kingston 5, Jamaica
tel: (876) 960-6744, 960-7954, 960-3224, 960-7125
fax: (876) 920-8999
e-mail: grants@efj.org.jm
web: www.efj.org.jm
1991 Jamaica-US (EAI debt swap)
Kazakhstan Biodiversity Conservation Fund of Kazakhstan
11/1, Orynbor str.
010000, Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan
fax: + (7 7172) 59 27 12
tel: + (7 7172) 79 73 95 / 59 27 13
e-mail: kazakhstan.wetlands@undp.org
web: http://www.wetlands.kz/
Kenya Kenya Wildlife Service Fund
Edwin W. Wanyoni, Head of Resource Mobilization Service
PO Box 40241 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
tel: 254-20-600800
direct: 254-20-609356
e-mail: ewanyonyi@kws.go.ke
web: www.kws.org
2009 Endowment: US$ 581,737 (target: US 100 million raised over 10 years)
Latina America and the Caribbean Red de Fondos Ambientales de Latinoamérica y el Caribe -- REDLAC
(Latin American and the Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds)
Secretaría Ejecutiva / Fundación Natura
Llanos de Curundu, Edificio 1992 A y B
Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
tel: (+507) 232 7615
e-mail: infor@redlac.org
[Current President: Pedro Leitao, FUNBIO, Brasil]
web: www.redlac.org
GEF/UNDP Small Grant Programme -- SGP
Carmen Tavera
304 East 45th Street, 16th Floor
New York NY 10017
USA
tel: (212) 906-5832
fax: (212) 906-6568
Carmen Tavera carmen.tavera@undp.org
web: www.undp.org
Madagascar Fondation pour les Aires Protégées et la Biodiversité de Madagascar (FAPB)
(Madagascar Foundation for Protected Areas and Biodiversity)
M. Eric Rakoto Andriantsilavo, Directeur Exécutif
Lot VX 13 Andrefandrova
101 Antananarivo, Madagascar
tel: (+261 20) 22 605 13
fax: (+261 20) 22 621 44
e-mail: eric.ra@fondation-biodiversite.mg
web: www.fondation-biodiversite.mg
English: http://www.madagascarbiodiversityfund.org/
2005 Madagascar-Germany (debt swap), KfW, AFD, FFEM, World Bank, CIGCF, WWF/MacArthur Foundation, Madagascar-France (debt swap) Madagascar; US 31.76 endowment, Euro 8.5 million sinking fund
Fondation Tany Meva
Fenosoa S. Andriamahenina, Directeur Exécutif
Lot A 1 bis Ambatobe
BP 4300
Antananarivo 103, Madagascar
tel/fax: (+261 20) 22 403 99
GSM: 033 14 403 99 / 032 05 403 99
e-mail: contact@tanymeva.org.mg
web: www.tanymeva.org.mg
1996 Endowment: US$ 12.63 million, Sinking Fund(s): US$ 3.9 million, Revolving Fund: US$ 115,000
Mauritania Fondation Internationale du Banc d'Arguin (FIBA)
CP458, 1110 Morges, Suisse
web: http://www.lafiba.org
fiba@lafiba.org
 
Secrétariat: Tour du Valat, le Sambuc
13200 Arles France
tel: (33) 4 90 97 29 26
fax: (33) 4 90 97 22 42
 
Ouakam Street 21 Breasts villa F46
BP 24939 - Wakam
Dakar - Senegal
tel: +221 33 869 April 14
fax: +221 33 860 00 51
 
BP 4249
Ilôt K, Lot No. 164, South (B)
Nouakchott, Mauritania
tel: +222 4 525 07 77
Malawi Malawi Environmental Endowment Trust (MEET)
Stephen Nanthambwe, Chief Executive Officer
Adindo House
3 Joachim Chissano Road
Blantyne, Malawi
P.O. Box 3053
tel: 265 (0) 1 820 303/ 01 822 829
fax: 265 (0) 1 823 378
cel: 265 (0) 995 244 155
snanthambwe@naturetrust.mw
meet@naturetrust.mw
web: www.meet.org.mw
1999 Endowment: MK650 million (US$ 4.33 million)
Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (MMCT)
Carl Bruessow, Executive Directorr
Adindo House
PO Box 139
Mulanje, Malawi
P.O. Box 3053
tel: 265 (0) 1 466 282
fax: 265 (0) 1 466 241
carl@mountmulanje.org.mw
carlatmj@gmail.com
web: www.mountmulanje.org.mw
1996 EU $4 million (3 projects); Norway US$ 6 million; USAID $3 million; Foundations – less than $100,000
Melanesia Mama Graun Conservation Trust Fund
web: http://www.mamagraun.com.pg
2000
Mexico Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza
Lorenzo Rosenzweig (Executive Director), Diane Hermanson
Calle Damas 49
Col. San Jose Insurgentes
CP 03900
Ciudad Mexico DF, Mexico
tel/fax: (52 55) 5611-9779
e-mail: info@fmcn.org
e-mail: clira@fmcn.org
web: www.fmcn.org
1994 World Bank-GEF, US, Mexico, private foundations
Fondo para Areas Naturales Protegidas -- FANP
Renee Gonzalez, Directora Ejecutiva
Miguel Hidalgo No. 94
Col. Centro, 91000
Xalapa, Veracruz
Mexico
tel/fax: (52-228) 813 6058/59/60
Renee Gonzalez M.fmrene@datasys.com.mx or rene@xal.megared.net.mx
Yarit Leon Reyes fmyarit@xal.megared.net.mx
web: http://www.fmcn.org/int_areas.htm
1994 World Bank-GEF, US, Mexico, private foundations
Micronesia Micronesia Conservation Trust
Pohnpei
Federated States of Micronesia
Mozambique Fundação para a Conservação da Biodiversidade en Moçambique (BIOFUND Moçambique)
Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Mozambique
Luis Bernardo Honwana, Executive Director
Samora Machel Avenue 323, 5th Floor
Maputo, Moçambique
tel: 258 21 322 225
e-mail: info@biofund.org.mz
web: http://www.biofund.org.mz/en/
2011 Endowment (at least 13.2 million Euros): KfW, GEF, CI/GCF, WWF, Private sector. Sinking Fund: 4 million Euros investment in infrastructure; Other: Start up and initial operating funds (2010- 2015) community development in harmony with conservation: US$1.4 million
Namibia Community Conservation Fund of Namibia
c/o Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organizations -- NACSO
19 Lossen Street
Windhoek, Namibia
tel: +264 61 230888
e-mail: nacso@iway.na
web: http://www.nacso.org.na
see also: www.wildlifecredits.com
2016 anticipating creating a $10 million endowment, plus a $5 million sinking fund replenished every five years.
Netherland Antilles Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA)
Kaya Grandi #20
Kralendijk, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
tel: +599.717.5010
e-mail: info@DCNAnature.org
web: http://www.dcnanature.org
2003
Nicaragua Fondo Canadá-Nicaragua para el Manejo del Medio Ambiente
Mercedes Salgado, Yazmina Gutierrez
Bolonia de los Pipitos, 2 cuadras abajo
Managua, Nicaragua
tel: (505) 268-1983/4
fax: (505) 268-1985
bosque@ibw.com.ni
Fondo Nacional Ambiental de Nicaragua - FANIC or FONANIC
Ninnette Montes
MARENA km 12 1/2 Carretera Sur
Managua, Nicaragua
tel: (505) 263-2615

Panama Fundacion Natura
Zuleika Pinzon, Executive Director
Fideicomiso Ecologico de Panama -- FIDECO
Llanos de Curundu, Edificio #1992
Apartado 0816-06822
Panamá 1, República de Panamá
tels: (507) 232-7615
fax: (507) 232-7613
Zuleika Pinzon ZPinzon@naturapanama.org
e-mail: info@naturapanama.org
web: www.naturapanama.org
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Mama Graun (Mother Earth) Conservation Trust
Jane Mogina, Director
P.O. Box 107, Boroko, NCD 111
Papua New Guinea
tel: +675 325 6041
fax: +675 323 0397
e-mail: moginaj@global.net.pg
web: mamagraun@global.net.pg
2000 TNC, Packard Foundation, World Bank-GEF
Paraguay
Fondo de Conservación de Bosques Tropicales
Edmilce Ugarte, Director
Avenida Kubitschek 1080 - Apto 102
Asunción, Paraguay
tel/fax: (595) (21) 210 640 / 23-39-98
e-mail: info@fondodeconservaciondebosques.org.py
web: www.fondodeconservaciondebosques.org.py
   
Peru Fondo Nacional para las Area Naturales Protegidas por el Estado -- PROFONANPE
Alberto Paniagua V. (Executive Director)
Olivia Cardenas, Gabriel Quijandria
Av. Javier Prado Oeste 2378
San Isidro
Lima 27, Perú
tel: (511) 218-1097
fax: (511) 218-1049
Alberto Paniagua apaniagua@profonanpe.org.pe
Olivia Cardenas ocardenas@profonanpe.org.pe
Gabriel Quijandria gquijandria@profonanpe.org.pe
e-mail: prf@profonanpe.org.pe
web: www.profonanpe.org.pe
Fondo de las Américas
Juan Gil Ruiz
Av. Primavera 1053
San Borja, Lima, Perú
tels: (51-1) 717-5060
fax : (51-1) 717-5093
e-mail: fondam@fondoamericas.org.pe
web: www.fondoamericas.org.pe
Peru-US (debt buyback agreement 1997)
Fondo Nacional del Ambiente - FONAM
Julia Justo Soto
Calle Hermanos Quinteros 103
Urb. La Castellana
Santiago de Surco, Lima 33, Peru
telfax: (51-1) 449-6200
e-mail: fonam@fonamperu.org
web: www.fonamperu.org
Philippines Foundation for the Philippine Environment -- FPE
#77 Matahimik Street
Teachers' Village, Quezon City 1101
Philippines
tel: (632) 927-2186, 927-9403, 926-9629
fax: (632) 922-3022
e-mail: fpemain@fpe.ph
web: www.fpe.ph
1992 Philippines-US Debt Swap
Philippines Tropical Forest Conservation Fund
Juan Angel "Onggie" Canivel, Executive Director
2/F Valderrama Building, 107 Esteban Street
Makati City, Philippines
+63 2 891-0595
e-mail: admin@ptfcf.org
web: www.ptfcf.org
2002 Philippines-US (TFCA debt swap yielding $8.25 million)
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia National Trust
Saint Lucia
P.O. Box 595
Castries, St. Lucia
West Indies
tel: (758)452-5005
e-mail: natrust@candw.lc
web: www.slunatrust.org
South Africa Peace Parks Foundation - PPF
Millennia Park
16 Stellentia Avenue
Stellenbosch
PO Box 12743
Die Boord, 7613
Republic of South Africa
tel: (27 21) 887 6188
fax: (27 21) 887 6189
e-mail: parks@ppf.org.za
web: www.peaceparks.org
Table Mountain Fund
(For more information, see WWF-South Africa-Table Mountain Fund)
1993
Suriname Suriname Conservation Fund
Leonard C. Johanns
Hofstraat 1, 4th Floor
Paramaribo, Suriname
tel: (597) 470-155
fax: (597) 470-156
e-mail: surconf@sr.net
e-mail: johanns@sr.net
web: www.ci-suriname.org/scf
Tanzania Eastern Arc Mountains Conservation Endowment Fund (EAMCEF)
Francis B.N. Sabuni, Executive Director
Plot No. 348, Forest Hill Area, Kingalu Road,
P.O. Box 6053, Morogoro, Tanzania
tel: +255 23 261 3660
cel: +255 755 330 558 fax: +255 23 261 3113
e-mail: eamcef@easternarc.or.tz eamcef@morogoro.net
web: http://www.easternarc.or.tz/
2001 June World Bank/GEF US 7.5 million
Turks and Caicos Turks and Caicos Island Conservation Fund
e-mail: tc.nattrust@tciway.tc
Uganda Bwindi-Mgahinga Conservation Trust - BMCT
Geo Z. Dutki, Trust Administrator
Plot 4, Coryndon Road
PO Box 1064
Kabala, Uganda
tel: 256 (4864) 24123
fax: 256 (4864) 24122
e-mail: dutki@bwinditrust.ug
web: www.bwinditrust.ug
1994 US 6.3 million, Euro 2.1 million: GEF/World Bank, Netherlands Government, FAO, USAID, D. Swarovski & Co., CARE, Greater Virunga Executive Secretariat, African Orphan Foundation
Wildlife Clubs of Uganda Trust
c/o Wildlife Clubs of Uganda
Plot 33 / 55 Lugogo UMA Show Grounds, Kampala
P.O. Box 4596 Kampala, Uganda
tel: +256 393 271 450
e-mail: info@wildlifeclubs.ug
web:www.wildlifeclubs.ug


Uganda Biodiversity Trust
c/o Wildlife Conservation Society
Uganda
2016

Uruguay Fondo de las Americas
Jonathan D. Farrar, Alvaro Mendy, Alba Peralta, Mabel Gomez
Alianza Cultural Uruguay - Estados Unidos
Paraguay 1217 - Piso 1o
Montevideo CP. 11000
Uruguay
tel/fax: (598) 2-903-1923
e-mail: fondoame@adinet.com.uy
web: www.famericas.org.uy
1993 (sinking fund -- closed in 2008) Uruguay-US (bilateral debt reduction agreement-- EAI)
Vietnam Vietnam Conservation Fund (VCF)
Do Quang Tung, Operation Manager
4th Floor, A3 Building, Forest Protection Department
No. 2 Ngoc Ha St.
Ba Dinh District
Ha Noi, Vietnam
e-mail: fpdvn@hn.vnn.vn
2005 World Bank-GEF, Netherlands
Zambia Zambia Interim Environment Fund
2011
US 24 million from Denmark and Finland.

Note: [*] indicates a proposed fund, or a fund in development, or a fund about which we have not been able to obtain more information. It may or may not be in operation.

 

A chapter from:
IPG Handbook on Environmental Funds:
a resource book for the design and operations of Environmental Funds

Edited by Ruth A. Norris

Based on Contributions by the
Inter-Agency Planning Group on Environmental Funds - IPG -
Published for the IPG by PACT Publications, New York. Includes April 2001 - July 2012 revisions


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