Our Vision

 

One of the world’s top five bio-diverse hot spots made safe for future generations.

 

Our Mission

To generate funds to support a sustainable environment and community by delivering geo-eco-products and services so successfully that our people become our greatest ambassadors.

Values

Respect. Care. Pride. Passion. Knowledge. Partnership. Accountability.

Our work

Our Commitment

We are committed to finding conservation and sustainable development solutions for two of the top 5 biodiversity hotspots on the planet which are threatened with degradation from a growing human population and unsustainable land uses – the Chocó and Tropical Andean ecosystems. 

Maquipucuna’s primary role in this process is to be a facilitator and enabler of economic development in this poor and marginalized region by bringing it actively into the global development process by:

• Building human capital (i.e. training, environmental education, medical clinics, establishing day care facilities, and increasing gender equity);
• Establishing social capital (i.e. networks, community-based conservation and development, support and creation of local micro-enterprises and producers associations, beyond fair trade agreements, and an international environmental education);
• Recognizing and utilizing natural capital (i.e. ecotourism, Chocó Andes identification of origin, shade-grown organic coffee and cacao, native bamboo, tissue culture of endangered orchids and bromeliads, conservation carbon offsets), and;
• Providing financial capital (investments, infrastructure, micro-financing).