Centro para el Desarrollo Agropecuario y Forestal, Inc. 2011
Transcript of Centro para el Desarrollo Agropecuario y Forestal, Inc. 2011
Centro para el Desarrollo
Agropecuario y Forestal, Inc.
2011 Further information contact: Ms. Ginny Heinsen
[email protected] / 809-5655603 ext. 247
About CEDAF
• Private nonprofit foundation established to promote agricultural
development and sustainable forestry in order to contribute to a competitive
agriculture that respects the environment and improves the quality of life.
•Created 1987, with the collaboration of:
• USAID
• Dominican Government
• National Council of Private Enterprise
Our work
• Human Resources – Capacity Building
•Research and Development of Technology
•Natural Resources and Environment
•Information and Communication
•Corporate Social Responsibility-Recycling
Masters and PhD (355 professionals from 1999-to date)
Bachelor’s Degree in Ecology and Environmental
Management (Initiated in 2009 - 84 students)
Training
Conferences and Seminars
Short courses
Scholarships and Program Coordination
Human Resources – Capacity Building
Fruit Technology Development Networks
Apiculture Networks
Greenhouse Projects
3Rs Networks
Cattle Upgrade Network
Research & Development of Technology
Capacity Builing and Technology Transfer
Objective
Reduce the negative impacts of agriculture and forestry in the degradation of
natural resources and the environment, through the development, promotion and
implementation of innovative projects and initiatives that serve as models for the
sustainable management of these resources.
The end is to contribute to the sustainability and competitiveness of agriculture
and forestry through the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources,
improving environmental quality and the living conditions of rural communities.
Environment and Natural Resource
Capacity Building for Fitosanitary Management in 7 Clusters -
USAID/RED
Pilot Project for the Establishment and Strengthening of Forestry
Governance - FAO/ACP-FLEGT
Market Development of Native and Endemic Forestry Seeds and Edition
of Forestry Tree Guide - USAID/TNC/Pronatura
Coordination of the Forestry Roundtable - (Public and Private Sector)
Co-Management partnered with the Ministry of Environment,
Botanical Garden and Zoological Park
• Las Neblinas Cloud Forest Scientific Reserve
• Biodiversity Park
Environment and Natural Resource
•Documentation and Information Center for Public Use
•47 Technical Guides (Commissioned and Edited)
•Coordination and assistance to 15 Document Centers
Information and Communication
Corporate Social Responsability-Recycling
•Recycling Projects and Programs
•Schools (200+)
•Institutions, Businesses, Universities
•Establishment of Paper Collection Locations for Recycling
• Commission and Edition of a 3Rs Guide endorsed by Ministry of
Environment and Education
• Coordination of 3Rs-reduce,reuse recycle Networks with JICA
(Public & Private Members)