Amigos de Iracambi USA

Amigos de Iracambi (US) Inc

A link between the United States of America and those working in Brazil to conserve the Atlantic Rainforest

In the 500 years since the first Europeans arrived in Brazil, 93% of the Atlantic Rainforest has been destroyed. Though less famous than its northern counterpart the Amazon, the Atlantic Rainforest's unique climate supports a greater range of animal and plant life, much of which is in danger of extinction. The people living near the forest face a daily struggle to survive, which leaves them with few resources and little incentive to conserve the forest. This is the challenge that Iracambi seeks to address.

Amigos de Iracambi, our Brazilian registered NGO, is working to stem the destruction of the forest and build a future in which the forest and the people can live in harmony, rebuilding the forest in ways that improve the quality of life of the local farmers. Iracambi has three main program areas:

- Forest Restoration: Reforestation, Agroforestry, Forest Futures Adopt a Plot, Forest Corridors, supported by our Forest Nursery

- Natural Resource Management: Creating and Supporting Environmental Protection Areas, Participatory Rural Needs Assessments, Education and Capacity Raising

- Alternative Income Generation: Community Based Ecotourism, Food Producers´ Association, Payment for Environmental Services

Iracambi volunteers planting forest corridors

Amigos de Iracambi US, Inc. (registered with the Internal Revenue Service under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, and run by a volunteer Board of Directors) has been incorporated to support this cause by raising interest and pooling resources, contacts and ideas in the USA to ensure the future of the forest and its population.

Amigos de Iracambi depends on support from individuals, corporations and other non-profit organizations to:

- Implement the programs and projects of Amigos de Iracambi Brazil

- Fund research and development activities at the Iracambi Research Center

- Sponsor IRC´s conservation activities

- Become involved in our research or volunteer programs.

Executive Directors:

President: Shane Robinson.
Vice-President: Mary Robinson.
Treasurer: Philip Schanzer.
Secretary: Dale Beckmann.
Director: Jim Harrison.

Advisory Panel:

Dr. Jim Bryan: former director Tropical Resources Institute, Yale University
Dr. Naomi Moniz: former director Brazilian Studies, Georgetown University
Dr. Diane Osgood: Business for Social Respoonsibility, San Francisco
Dr. Stahis Panagides: Millenium Development Goals Cabo Verde
Dr. Rudy Rudran: ex Conservation and Research Center, Smithsonian Institution
Ms. Manuela Rayner GIS consultant Washington DC
Ms Lisa Patel: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Clayton Nix Esq.: Epstein, Becker & Green P.C., Washington DC

For more information about our program or about how you can help, visit our sponsors page, download our "Giving" Information Brief, or contact us at iracambi@iracambi.com

Amigos de Iracambi (US) Inc, PMB 247, 1350 Beverly Road, Suite 115, McLean, Virginia 22101-3633, USA