Centro para el Desarrollo

Agropecuario y Forestal, Inc.

2011 Further information contact: Ms. Ginny Heinsen

v_heinsen@hotmail.com / 809-5655603 ext. 247

About CEDAF

• Private nonprofit foundation established to promote agricultural

development and sustainable forestry in order to contribute to a competitive

agriculture that respects the environment and improves the quality of life.

•Created 1987, with the collaboration of:

• USAID

• Dominican Government

• National Council of Private Enterprise

Organization

• Board of Directors

•Advisory Committee

•Executive Board

•Management

•Projects

Our work

• Human Resources – Capacity Building

•Research and Development of Technology

•Natural Resources and Environment

•Information and Communication

•Corporate Social Responsibility-Recycling

Masters and PhD (355 professionals from 1999-to date)

Bachelor’s Degree in Ecology and Environmental

Management (Initiated in 2009 - 84 students)

Training

Conferences and Seminars

Short courses

Scholarships and Program Coordination

Human Resources – Capacity Building

Fruit Technology Development Networks

Apiculture Networks

Greenhouse Projects

3Rs Networks

Cattle Upgrade Network

Research & Development of Technology

Capacity Builing and Technology Transfer

Objective

Reduce the negative impacts of agriculture and forestry in the degradation of

natural resources and the environment, through the development, promotion and

implementation of innovative projects and initiatives that serve as models for the

sustainable management of these resources.

The end is to contribute to the sustainability and competitiveness of agriculture

and forestry through the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources,

improving environmental quality and the living conditions of rural communities.

Environment and Natural Resource

Capacity Building for Fitosanitary Management in 7 Clusters -

USAID/RED

Pilot Project for the Establishment and Strengthening of Forestry

Governance - FAO/ACP-FLEGT

Market Development of Native and Endemic Forestry Seeds and Edition

of Forestry Tree Guide - USAID/TNC/Pronatura

Coordination of the Forestry Roundtable - (Public and Private Sector)

Co-Management partnered with the Ministry of Environment,

Botanical Garden and Zoological Park

• Las Neblinas Cloud Forest Scientific Reserve

• Biodiversity Park

Environment and Natural Resource

•Documentation and Information Center for Public Use

•47 Technical Guides (Commissioned and Edited)

•Coordination and assistance to 15 Document Centers

Information and Communication

Corporate Social Responsability-Recycling

•Recycling Projects and Programs

•Schools (200+)

•Institutions, Businesses, Universities

•Establishment of Paper Collection Locations for Recycling

• Commission and Edition of a 3Rs Guide endorsed by Ministry of

Environment and Education

• Coordination of 3Rs-reduce,reuse recycle Networks with JICA

(Public & Private Members)

Thank you