Amazon Conservation Association

The Amazon Conservation Association "is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization legally incorporated in the United States and Bolivia, with offices in Peru. The directors and staff are experienced tropical ecologists and conservationists. Our goal is to conserve biodiversity through development of new scientific understanding, sustainable resource management and rational land-use policy for the Amazon Basin."

"USAID Grant Boosts ACA's Work in SW Amazonia."

Directors
Accessed February 2008:


 * Adrian Forsyth, President and co-founder of ACA
 * Enrique Ortiz is Vice President and ACA co-founder.
 * John Tobin de la Puente, Secretary-Treasurer of ACA
 * Sarah duPont
 * Elizabeth Losos
 * Dorothy Batten
 * Jessica Nagle
 * Miles Silman
 * Avecita Chicchon

Technical Advisory Team
Accessed February 2008:


 * Russ Mittermeier, President, Conservation International
 * Reynaldo Barthem, Amazonian Fisheries Specialist, Museo Goeldi
 * Gonzalo Castro, Team Leader, Global Environment Facility
 * Lily Rodriguez, APECO
 * Pedro Solano, Environment Lawyer, SPDA
 * Claudia Sobrevilla, Biodiversity Specialist, World Bank
 * John Terborgh, Duke University
 * Scott Mori, New York Botanical Garden
 * John Fitzpatrick, Cornell University
 * Avecita Chicchon, Wildlife Conservation Society
 * Peter Myers
 * Tom Lovejoy, Biodiversity Specialist, World Bank and Smithsonian
 * Aline Tristao, Ecoreserve Specialist
 * Manuel Glave, Economist
 * Sc. Audrey Henik, Ecotourism Specialist

Contact

 * Web: http://www.amazonconservation.org