Basic Organization Information
CAMINO VERDE INC
- Physical Address:
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Concord, MA
01742
- EIN:
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20-8563386
- Web URL:
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www.caminoverde.org/
- NTEE Category:
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C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification
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C30 Natural Resource Conservation and Protection
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C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification
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C36 Forest Conservation
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Q International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security
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Q32 International Economic Development
- Year Founded:
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2008
- Ruling Year:
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2008
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Mission Statement
<p>Camino Verde is a US-based non-profit organization dedicated to:</p>
<ul><li>Protecting and understanding biodiversity in the Peruvian Amazon.</li><li>Protecting indigenous rights, autonomy, and wisdom.</li><li>Spreading sustainable ways of life and encouraging fair, sustainable development.</li></ul>
<p>Our mission is to plant trees and encourage others to do the same.</p>
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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit
<div>Camino Verde's work is focused in the Tambopata river basin in Madre de
Dios, Peru. The nearby Tambopata Reserve is an important protected area
that has been recognized as a biodiversity Hot Spot and is considered
by some to be the most biodiverse place on Earth. Sadly, the region's
forests and rivers face increasing pressures from migratory
agriculture, irresponsible lumber extraction and reckless gold mining.</div><div> </div><div>Camino Verde works to preserve the region's biodiversity by planting important and endangered tree species and working with local farmers to promote agroforestry and reforestation as sustainable alternatives to slash-and-burn for monoculture of annual grains. <br /></div>
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Leadership
Robin Van Loon
Highest Paid Employees & Their Compensation
Program:
Living Seed Bank
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- Category:
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- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
The Living Seed Bank is a multi-faceted ongoing program for the
preservation of the biodiversity of Madre de Dios. The program is
based at our center in Baltimori, on the Tambopata River in the buffer
zone of the Tambopata National Reserve. The primary focus of the Seed
Bank is on trees:
<p>1. We identify and propagate the greatest possible variety of
economically important tree species (for timber, medicines, fruits,
nuts, building materials, etc.), with 150 species planted to date.
Some of these trees are familiar while others have never been
domesticated. </p>
<p>2. We work toward the preservation of the genetic diversity within
key species of endangered and over-exploited trees (primarily timber
species) through the Camino Verde Heritage Tree Species. Each Heritage
Species consists of over 50 individual trees (and in some cases 200 or
more), to create a diverse and healthy genetic stock from which to draw
seed for future reforestation. As wild populations of many of these
species erode due to irresponsible harvesting, the Living Seed Bank
ensures healthy genetic resources for each of these trees. </p>
<p>3. As many of the trees we plant have never been planted in a
cultivated setting, we carry out ongoing evaluation of growth rates and
productivity, with the aim of identifying species that could become
commercially important as alternative crops for small farmers.</p>
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