NGOs active in Central America? (fwd)
Yacine Khelladi (yacine@aacr.net)
Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:03:03 -0400 (EDT)
>From: "Dr. Chris Furedy" <furedy@YorkU.CA>
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>To: lanfran@YorkU.CA
>Subject: NGOs active in Central America? (fwd)
>
>================= original posting ====================
>Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 06:54:54 +0200
>From: Ivan Lieben <lieben@lclark.edu>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <infoterra@cedar.univie.ac.at>
>Subject: NGOs active in Central America?
>
>Please Help -
>
> I am looking for an NGO that would have interest in sponsoring an
>ecotourism/conservation project in Honduras. Honduras has abundant
>parks, but they are all paper parks, with no actual management or
>protection. Tourism is flourishing in the country, and the parks can be
>a great resource and source of income from tourists if they are properly
>managed. I am proposing to set up and manage a sustainable
>ecotourism park in conjunction with the Honduran government, which has
>already expressed great interest in the possible partnership. I need to
>find an NGO that would be interested in sponsoring the project, and in
>taking over the venture after it has been established. The park would
>require a management plan, an infrastructure, path improvements, border
>protection, some sort of fee collection, an interpretative center or an
>education program, long-term goals, and a flow of tourists.
>
>This is still in the early planning stages. I would be very receptive to
>advice about the region, advice about how best to set up a sustainable
>ecotourism park, and information about NGOs that might have interest in
>the program. Please e-mail me directly at <lieben@lclark.edu>.
>
>I think that a proposed plan like this holds much potential for the
>Honduran government, the environment, and the local people who will be
>included in the park management and upkeep.
>
>Thank you
>
>Ivan
>