The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NACEC) and the University of Minnesota Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Agricultural Management (CINRAM) worked together with the Rainforest Alliance TREES program and Smartwood to ensure that palms from the forests of Mexico and Guatemala were harvested sustainably.
Partnerships with wholesaler Continental Floral Greens and distributor Greenwing have enabled Eco-Palms to be distributed throughout the United States for Palm Sunday. In addition, partnerships with faith-based organizations such as Lutheran World Relief (LWR), United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) and the Presbyterian Church of the United States (PCUSA) have helped expand awareness of the Eco-Palms program.
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Certification
The harvesting communities are currently either about to receive certification, or are in the process of being certified for their Non-Timber Forest Products (the Eco-Palms as well as other products) from RainForest Alliance working with the Forest Stewardship Council. For information about this certification, please visit the FSC website.
Harvesting Communities
Currently we are partnering with several communities in Guatemala and Mexico.
Mexican Communities:
- Capitan Luis Vidal
- Sierra Morena
Guatemalan Communities:
- Carmelita
- San Andres
- Uaxactun
Partners
- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
- Catholic Relief Services-Fair Trade Program
- Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Agricultural Management (CINRAM)
- Continental Floral Greens
- Episcopal Church Peace and Justice Ministries
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- Lutheran World Relief
- North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NACEC)
- Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) - Enough for Everyone Program
- Pronatura, Chiapas
- Rainforest Alliance TREES Program
- SmartWood
- United Methodist Church Committee on Relief
Links
- Amazon Conservation Association
- Catholic Relief Services
- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
- Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Agricultural Management (CINRAM)
- Comercio Justo, Méxcio
- Continental Floral Greens
- Conservation International
- Episcopal Church Peace and Justice Ministries
- Equal Exchange
- Falls Brook Centre
- Fondo de Educación Ambiental
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- Global Exchange
- Lutheran World Relief
- North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NACEC)
- Presbyterian Church USA Enough for Everyone Program
- Pronatura, Chiapas
- Rainforest Alliance TREES Program
- SmartWood
- TransFair, USA
- WildShare International
- World Resources Institute, Forest Frontiers Initiative
- United Methodist Church Committee on Relief