The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands.
We are a non-governmental organization based in Ecuador and Peru, which works for the conservation of mountain ecosystems and for the well-being of rural communities in the Andean region. We are committed to the sustainable use of natural resources for social transformation, with work based on alliances and with open access to the information and knowledge that we generate.
Created in 1948, IUCN has evolved into the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network.
The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) is Norway’s leading institution for applied ecological research, delivering knowledge and solutions across public and private sectors, focusing on nature and the interactions between nature and society.