Secretariat
The board of the IAFN met in Quito, Ecuador in 2009 and decided to seek for financial support to establish an office for the international secretariat in Quepos, Costa Rica.
Thanks to funding provided by the organization with BothEnds and Cordaid, the plan has become a reality and Milo Bekins has made all of the arrangements required to establish this new office in Quepos.
The functions of the office are to maintain a list of ongoing and future analog forestry projects and to provide funding opportunities for these. In addition, the office will evaluate grants, microcredit loans for self-sustaining IAFN participants and members.
From there a coordination will also aid in the creation of skills around analog forestry in different regions. A broad database with information on plant species will be maintained in collaboration with other IAFN member organizations around the world.
Finally, our office is dedicated to communicating with the public through multiple venues including an updated website, a newsletter, and local publications.
We welcome everyone to find out more about the analog forestry methodology, IAFN's work internationally, and what it means to become a member. Milo Bekins, chairman of IAFN, will be in charge of this headquarters along its coordinator, Eduardo Aguilar Espinoza.