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IYARINA
Napo-Pastaza, Ecuador
CENTER FOR LEARNING ALLIANCE: Fundación Cotococha | Andes and Amazon Field School | Shayarina Amazonian Resilience
Shayarina Resilient Forest Project
Iyarina is a multi-use forest land trust located on the south bank of the Rio Napo. Its mission is to simultaneously maximize biodiversity and productivity so as to sustain the wellbeing of the forest and communities who work there. We do this by integrating indigenous knowledge and evidence based agro-forestry.
Success will be measured by
1. The increased biodiversity of the forest.
Transparency
Governance and advisory boards
Enhancing forest value as a service economy
Increasing community well being as a key to successful long term forest preservation.
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