Subject: Honduras' Environmental Groups 1.2
I am in the process of concluding an update of this list. It's archived online
the Eco Travels website at http://www.planeta.com. Suggestions are
appreciated! Hope this is of interest. Saludos, Ron
[Image] Environmental Reference Library:
Honduras' Environmental Groups
Summer 1996, Version 1.2
This is a list of environmental groups and leaders in Honduras. Kudos to
James Gollin, Sergio Moncayo, Ruth Norris, Suyapa Dominguez, Juan de Dios
Fajarado, Fausto Lopez, Vicente Murphy and Derek Parent for their help in
constructing this page.
Additional information about environmental issues is archived in El Planeta
Platica newsletter. Please note that the Eco Travels website has similar
lists for I've created short lists of environmental contacts for the
following countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belize and El
Salvador. If you have suggestions and/or corrections, please contact me. I
can only correct the errors I know about. Finally - be patient - this is a
volntary effort and there is no financial budget for the creation of this
index. Thanks,
Ron Mader
12345 SW 18th Street #417
Miami, FL 33175 USA
Email: ron@txinfinet.com
Web: http://www.planeta.com/
Editor's note - the international country code for making telephone calls to
the nation of Honduras is 504.
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Honduras Environmental Profile:
* Honduras is roughly 112,000 square kilometers large, with a population
of 5.5 million people. Urban growth, deforestation and soil erosion all
impact the country. In addition, mining activities pollute the nation's
fresh water. The first national environmental law was passed in 1993.
Numerous environmental groups address issues from local, national and
regional perspectives.
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Government Contacts:
Secretaria de Estado en el Despacho del Ambiente (SEDA)
Apartado Postal 4710
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Phone: 37-5664
Fax: 37-5726
Contact: Carlos Alberto Medina, Secretario del Ambiente
Honduras Tourism Institute
Col. San Carlos, Edif. Europa
Apdo Postal 3261
Tegucigalpa, CA
Phone: 504-38-3794
Contact: Erasmo Sosa, Director of Ecotourism; Ricardo Martin, Director of
Tourism
COHDEFOR
Division de Areas Protegidas
Apdo Postal 1378
Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan
Honduras, Central America
Phone: 23-1027 and 23-4346
Contacts: Ana Patricia Martinez, director of Protected Areas Divison and
Lisa Villela
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Environmental Groups:
Asociacion de Promotores Ecoturismo de Honduras - APROECOH (Ecotourism
Association)
Col. Alameda
Edif. Gomez Zuniga, 3o Piso
Phone: 31-4303
Contact: Luis Tinoco
EDUECO
Col. Tara B13 C13
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Phone/Fax: 504-52-6956
Contact: Suyapa Dominguez
- Focus on environmental education and ecotourism
Committee for the Defense of the Flora and Fauna of the Gulf of Fonseca
(CODDEFFAGOLF)
Apdo. Postal 3663
Ed. Fiallos Soto #204
Tegucigalpa
Contacts: Jorge Varela Marquez and Bonificio Sanchez
Phone: 38-0415
Email: coddeffagolf%cgolf%sdnhon@sdnhq-undp.org
Friends of La Tigra (AMITIGRA)
Apdo Postal 3954
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Phone: 36-8788/5703 and 37-8114
Asociacion para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza y Desarrollo de Minas de
Oro (ACONADEMO)
Colonia El Naranjal
La Ceiba, Honduras C.A. 31101
Contact: Dr. Wilfredo Sandoval C.
AMARAS
AP 674 La Ceiba Atlantida
Phone: 504-43-0329
contact Leonel Marineros
- wild bird rehab center near La Ceiba
Bay Islands Conservation Association (BICA)
Cooper Building/Calle Principa
Coxen Hole
Roatan, Bay Islands
Phone: 504/45-1424
Contact: Irma Brady, Cheryl Galindo
- very active environmental group
Comite Vigilante de Tierra
Belen Dpto. de Gracias a Dios
Honduras
Contact: Donaldo Gonzales
Enersol Associates
A.P. 216, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Voice: (504) 39-0383
Fax: (504) 39-5691
E-mail: sdnhon!honduras%enersol@sdnhq.undp.org
Contact: Olatokumbo E. O. Shobowale
- Enersol is a not-for-profit international development organization working
to improve the quality of life in rural areas of developing countries by
fostering the use of solar energy for rural electrification.
Fundacion Ecologista "Hector Rodrigo Pastor Fasquelle"
Apartado Postal 2749
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Phone/Fax: 52-1014
Contact: Gladys Fasquelle de Pastor, Presidente
- sponsors numerous workshops on environmental topics; works in the Cusuco
National Park with funding from The Nature Conservancy
Fundacion Pico Bonito
Ave. San Isidro, Bo.
El Centro Edificio Reyes #3
La Ceiba
504-43-3824
Contact Gerardo Rodriguez
Fundacion Cuero y Salado
AP 122 La Ceiba Atlantida
504-43-0329
Contact Pepe Herrero
- Manatee and wildlife sanctuary near La Ceiba
Fundacion Hondurena de Ambiente y Desarrollo (Fundacion Vida)
Blvd. Suyapa, Edificio Florencia 2o Piso #203
Apdo Postal 4252 Tegucigalpa
Phone: 39-1642 and 39-1644
Fax: 39-1645
Email:
- recipient of several million dollars in USAID development money which it
allocates to other Honduran environmental groups
Herencia Verde
Katalysis Regional Field Office San Pedro Sula
Phone: 504-52-57-53
Fax 52-61-78
contact Ingrid Faulhaber
- Permaculture Organic Farming Training near San Pedro Sula
MOPAWI Mosquitia PAWISA
Puerto Lempira
Depto. de Gracias a Dios
Honduras
Phone: 98-7460
or
AP 2175, Tegucigalpa
504-37-72-10
Contact Osvaldo Munguia, Exec Director
Fundacion Prolansate
Apdo #32
Calle de Commercio (Frente a BANCHASA)
Tela Atlantida
504-48-2042
Contact: Juan Hernandez
- Protects three parks near Tela
Fundacion Parque Nacional Montana de Celaque
Apdo Postal 220
Santa Rosa de Copan, Copan
Phone: 62-0265
Fundacion Parque Naciones Unidas
Apdo Postal 20403
Parque Naciones Unidas
Cerro El Picacho, Tegucigalpa
Phone: 21-9126
Fax: 21-9127
Defunct Groups
Asociacion Hondurena de Ecologia
- published report Areas Silvestres de Honduras
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Academic
National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH)
Biology Department
Contact: Gustavo Cruz
Phone: 32-2110
Contact: Sherry Thorne
Phone: 34-1869
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Media
Pro-Eco
Apdo Postal 3158
Tegucigalpa, CA
Phone: 36-9103
Contact: Vicente Murphy
- produces annual agenda/calendar "Honduaras al Natural" with the best
photos of natural areas in Honduras; Vicente Murphy is also the editor of
the CODEFOR/Peace Corps map of protected areas
Flora y Fauna: Ecologia y Turismo Newspaper
3 Calle, 5 y Avenida, SO
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Phone/Fax: 57-2089
Contact: Juan de Dios Fajarado
- appears monthly
Honduras This Week Newspaper
P.O. Box 1312
Tegucigapa, M.D.C
Honduras, Central America
Contacts: Larry Lee (environmental issues); Terry Clymire (Mosquitia,
Honduras' Bay Islands) and Wendy Griffin (Native Peoples, preservation of
endangered species, protection of parks or reserved areas)
El Nuevo Dia Newspaper
Barrio Las Acacias
3 avenida, 11 y 12 Calles N.O.
Apdo 275
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
- has regular section on Ecologia
El Tiempo Newspaper
1ra Calle 5a Avenida NE 102
Apdo 450
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Website: http://www.tiemp.hn/
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International Contacts in Honduras
U.S. Peace Corps - Honduras
Apartado 3158
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Phone: 504 328-517 and 321-753
Fax: 504 328-399 and 328-348
Contact: Jorge Betancourt, Associate Peace Corps Director/Environment
USAID Honduras
Natural Resources/Environment Division
Unit 2927
APO AA 34022
Phone: (504) 36-9320, ext. 2691
Fax: (504) 36-7776
Contacts: John Warren, Armando Busmail and Peter Hearne
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U.S. Contacts
Honduras Tourism Institute
299 Alhambra Circle #510
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Phone: 305-461-0600
Phone: 800-410-9608
Proyecto Paseo Pantera/Wildlife Conservation Society
4424 N.W. 13th Street, Suite A-2
Gainesville, Florida, 32609
Phone: (352) 371-1713
Fax: (352) 373-6443
Email: wcsfl@afn.org
The Nature Conservancy
World Wildlife Fund
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Ron E. Mader, Publisher
El Planeta Platica: Eco Travels in Latin America
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Ron@txinfinet.com
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