Non-Profit Organizations (7)
None of the listed non profit conservation organizations are vetted or guaranteed by the OCC. They have agreed to a be accountable and open with the funding they receive from 1% FOC participants. Non-Profit Conservation Agreement
Orchid Conservation Alliance is a non-profit orchid conservation organization that collects donations from a variety of sources, reviews grants, and distributes money to worthwhile orchid conservation projects. The funding and the granting will be transparent. There will be feedback: amount of money collected and granted, reports on conservation projects (progress and success), pictures, and people involved.
For 2008 the OCA has a goal of raising $50,000 for orchid conservation. Click here to read more details on the projects to be funded.
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contact: Peter
TobiasDenver Botanic Gardens
Denver Botanic Gardens' spectacular 23-acre urban oasis, offering an unforgettable artistic garden experience, as well as a living laboratory for education and acclaimed conservation and research programs. Additional sites at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, a 750-acre native plant refuge in Littleton; Mount Goliath, a high altitude trail and interpretive site filled with alpine wildflowers on the Mount Evans Scenic Byway; and Centennial Gardens, a five-acre formal garden in downtown Denver, extend our rich horticultural offerings throughout the Front Range.
contact: Denver Botanic Gardens
EcoMinga
In July 2005 a group of concerned Ecuadorian and international scientists and conservationists started a foundation to do something to save these plants and the other threatened organisms of Ecuador's forests. EcoMinga is efficiently preserve biodiversity by a mixture of innovative and traditional approaches to protect strategic centers of endemism in Ecuador. We also work with local communities and international tourists to raise awareness about the value of Ecuador's biodiversity.
contact: Lou JostPlant Restoration, Conservation and Propagation Biotechnology Program Researchers in the PLANT RESTORATION, CONSERVATION AND PROPAGATION BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM (University of Florida, Environmental Horticulture Department) combine multiple disciplines to develop species recovery plans for Florida’s native orchids. Studying several aspects of a plant’s biology and ecology results in a more complete picture of that species’ life strategy, and improves the likelihood of successful species conservation. Additional Summary Information
contact:
Michael KaneTropical Research and Education Center At the Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC), University of Florida, Homestead, FL, USA, we have established a long term research program on orchid production and conservation. This is a broad program aiming to enhance and promote orchid propagation and conservation through a variety of approaches and techniques, including plant tissue culture, cryopreservation, cell growth and development, and gene expression studies. Additional Summary Information
contact: Wagner A. VendrameOrchid
Conservation International is an independent,
non-profit
organization, established to provide a firm funding base for the work
of the Orchid
Specialist Group
(OSG) of the Species
Survival
Commission
(SSC) of The
World
Conservation Union
(IUCN).
The OCI awards grants for orchid
conservation on an annual basis. Link to: OCI 2006 Awards
contact:
Philip
Seaton
or Phil Cribb
The GROWISER native plant preserve was originally founded in 1993 as a non-profit corporation to preserve a pristine 160 acre site in northeastern Oregon. Included among the 190 native plants on the preserve, are nine orchids. It is hoped that the GROWISER model will be used to establish many more orchid preserves. Additional Summary Information
contact: Andy Huber