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Status: Closed

ITTO-CORNARE-EMPA (ITTO-CORNARE-EMPA Project)

Description

Expertise on restoration and rehabilitation of tropical forest within the scope of the project "alternative financing model for sustainable forest management in San Nicolas - second phase: non-Kyoto rehabilitation areas" of ITTO, CORNARE and EMPA St. Gallen. Countries of assignment: Switzerland and Colombia.

Within the scope of the ITTO-CORNARE-EMPA project, EMPA leads activities, which seek to integrate social, scientific and technical aspects of the establishment of sustainable managment practices in tropical forest within the implementqation of financing instruments that reflect the value of forest products and services.

International partner: CORNARE Colombia, Dr. Patricia Tobon Hincapie

Fact sheet

Type: Long-term mandate
Start: 2005 End: 2006 Status: Closed

Country: Colombia

Key topic: Sustainable forest management and agroforestry | Forest restoration and secondary forest

Funding source: EMPA

Staff

Project responsible: Jürgen Blaser

Responsible at Head Office: Jürgen Blaser

Advisors, programme officers: Jürgen Blaser

Associated staff: | Claudia Greco

Contact

Address:
P.O. Box 6724
CH-3001 Bern

Phone: +41 31 385 10 31 Fax: +41 31 385 10 09

E-Mail: foren@intercooperation.ch

Resp. for this entry: cgreco

Achieving more together

Helvetas and Intercooperation entered a strategic partnership in 2008. Within the next 12 months, they will become one organisation under the name of HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation.