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BELIZE
Belize Audubon Society
12 Fort Street
P.O Box 1001
Belize City, BELIZE
Phone: (501)2-35004 Fax: (501)2-34985
email: bas@btl.net
* Valdemar Andrade -- Acting Executive Director
* Ian Courtenay -- Marketing and Development Coordinator
GEF/ Small Grants Program, UNDP
Constitution Drive, Belmopan
Cayo District, BELIZE
Phone: (501)8-22462 Fax: (501)8-23364
* Miguel Usher -- Operational Assistant Program
Belize Tourism Board
Gabourel Lane
P.O Box 325
Belize City, BELIZE
Phone: (501)2-31913 Fax: (501)2-31943
email: btb@btl.net
* Gina Escalante -- Senior Product Development Officer
* Vincent Palacio -- Training Unit
Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Western Highway, BELIZE
email: mbay@btl.net
* Matthew Miller




Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center
29 Mls. Western Highway
Belize District, BELIZE
Phone: (501)8-13004 Fax: (501)8-13010
email: belizezoo@btl.net
* Deon Lind
Peace Corps Belize
789 Bella Vista /2882 Coney Drive
Belize City, BELIZE
Phone: (501)2-45399/31681 Fax: (501)2-30345
* Ken Goodson -- Associate Director for Environment/Agriculture
Birds Eye View Lodge
Crooked Tree Village
Belize District, BELIZE
Phone: (501)25-7027
email: Contact through pfbel@btl.net
* Verna Samuels
Programme for Belize
#1 Eyre Street
P.O Box 749
Belize City, BELIZE
Phone: (501)2-75616 Fax: (501)2-75635
email: pfbel@btl.net
* Herbert Haylock -- Manager, Administration and Planning
* Ramon Pacheco -- Field Station Manager, La Milpa
* David Tzul -- Naturalist, Hill Bank Field Station
Chaa Creek Cottages
P.O. Box 53
San Ignacio, Cayo
BELIZE
Phone: (501)9-12010 Fax: (501)9-23912
email: frontdesk@chaa creek.com
* Mick Flemming -- Owner
Protected Areas Conservation Trust
2 Mango Street
P.O.Box 443
Belmopan City, BELIZE
Phone: (501)8023637 Fax: (501)8-23759
email: pact@btl.net
* Valerie Woods
* Lisel Alamilla
* Emelda Lizarraga
Community Baboon Sanctuary- Women's Group
Bermudian Landing Village
Belize District, BELIZE
Phone: (501)185407
email: contact through pfbel@btl.net
* Jessie Young -- President
Sandy Beach Women's Cooperative
Hopkins Village
Stann Creek District
BELIZE
Phone: (501)5- 12084
* Verna Nunez
Friends of Five Blues Lake National Park
Gales Point Village
Belize District, BELIZE
* Nicole Andrewin
Toledo Institute for Development & Environment
P.O. Box 150
Hopeville
Toledo District, BELIZE
Phone: (501)7-22274 Fax: (501)7-22655
email: pgwil@btl.net / tide@btl.net
* Will Maheia -- Executive Director
* Stacey Noel
Friends of Laughing Bird Caye
Placencia Village
Stann Creek District, BELIZE
* Lindsay Garbutt
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
12 Eve Street
P.O. Box 1836
Belize City, BELIZE
Phone: (501)2-31514 Fax: (501)2-31330
email: ymcabze@btl.net
* Monica Ott -- Volunteer/ Ecotourism Officer, Belize
COSTA RICA
Cooprena
San Jose
COSTA RICA
Phone: (506)2482538 Fax: (506)2481659
email: cooprena@racsa.co.cr
* Leyla Solano -- Director
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
Santo Domingo de Heredia
COSTA RICA
Codigo: 22-3100
Phone: (506)2990690 Fax: (506)2492816
email: rgarcia@inbio.ac.cr
* Randall Garcia -- Coordinador Programa Conservacion
Instituto Costaricense de Turismo
San Jose
COSTA RICA
Phone: (506)223-1733 ext 253 Fax: (506)255-0578
email: asalas@ict.go.cr
* Alberto Salas Roiz -- Jefe de Fomento y Coordinador del Programa CST
EL SALVADOR
Corporacion Salvadorena de Turismo
Boulevard del Hipodromo
#508. Calle San Benito
San Salvador
EL SALVADOR
Phone: (503) 243-7838 Fax: (503) 243-0427
email: planifcorsatur@salnet.net
* Ramon Eduardo Servellon Rodriguez -- Unidad Desarollo
SalvaNATURA
33 Avenida Sur # 640
San Salvador
EL SALVADOR
Phone: (503)279-1515
email: jmalvarez@saltel.net
* Juan Marco Alvarez -- Director Ejecuitvo
Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
San Salvador
EL SALVADOR
Phone: (503)2603114
Email: leonorquevedo@yahoo.com
* Maria Leonor Quevedo Hernandez -- Tecnico de Sistemas Ambientales
FRANCE
UNEP Tourism Program
Tour Mirabeau
39-43 Quai Andre Citroen 75739
Paris, France
Phone: (01)4437-7636
email: wesley.massey@unep.fr
* Wesley Massey - IYE Representative
GUATEMALA
Agropecuaria Ecologica
Avenida Reforma 8-95, Zona 10
Ciudad de Guatemala
GUATEMALA
Phone: (502)771-5737 Fax:(502)771-5731
email: tags@guate.net
* Antonio Ralda -- Gerente General
* Ricardo Morataya -- Director
Eco-Escuela de Espanol
San Andres, Peten
GUATEMALA
Tel/Fax: (502) 928-8106
email: lucreciaromerogt@yahoo.com
* Esdras Aroldo Burgos -- Consejo de Administacion
Asociacion Alianza Verde
Castillo de Arismendi
Parque Central
Ciudad Flores, Peten
GUATEMALA
Phone: (502)926-0718 Fax: (502)926-0718
email: saulblanco@yahoo.com
* Saul Blanco -- Director Tecnico
Proyecto Ecologico Quetzal
2 Calle 14-3621
Coban A.V.
Guatemala, C.A.
Tel: (502)9521-047 Fax: (502)9521-047
email: bidaspeq@guate.net
* Helene Schleehauf - Coordinadora de Ecoturismo
Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo
7a Avenida 1-17, Zona 4
Ctro Civico
Ciudad de Guatemala 01004
GUATEMALA
Phone: (502)3327628 Fax: (502)3314416
email: ivajesfam@inguat.gob.gt
* Bruno Antonio Busto Davaux -- Director de Segmentos Turisticos
* Walter Augusto Fischer -- Director de Mercadeo
Ecomaya, S.A
Calle Centro America
Ciudad Flores, Peten
Postal: 17001
GUATEMALA C.A
Phone: (502)926-3202 Fax: (502)926-3202
email: lucreciaromerogt@yahoo.com ecomaya@guate.net
* Lucrecia Yaneth Romero Obando -- Asesora Tecnica
HONDURAS
Fundacion Para la Proteccion de Lancetilla,
Punta Sal y Texiguat (PROLANSATE)
Texiguat
Tela, Atlantida
HONDURAS
Phone: (504)448-2042 Fax: (504) 448-2042
email: fprocans@honduter.hn
* Rafael Sambula Morales -- Director Ejecutivo
Mosquitia Ecoventuras
La Ceiba, Atlantida
HONDURAS
Phone: (504)442-0104 Fax: (504)442-0104
email: moskitia@caribe.hn
* Jorge Emilio Salaverri -- Operador Ecoturistico
Fundacion Parque Nacional Pico Bonito (FUPNAPIB)
La Ceiba, Atlantida
HONDURAS
Phone: (504)443-3938
email: fupnapib@laceiba.com // fito_steiner@yahoo.com
* Ricardo Steiner Bendeck -- Presidente
Red Ecologista Hondurena para el Desarollo Sostenible (REHDES)
La Ceiba, Atlantida
HONDURAS
Phone: (504)440-0385 Fax: (504) 440-0385
email: rehdes@caribe.hn // norman @rds.org.hn
* Norman Javier Flores Enamorado -- Director Ejecutivo
Mesoamerica Travel, S.A
San Pedro Sula,
Puerto Cortes
HONDURAS
Phone: (504)550-5262
email: dm@mesoamerica-travel.com
* Dean Milverton -- Assistant Manager
Universidad Tecnologica de Honduras
Calle Armenta
San Pedro Sula
Honduras
Phone: (504)551-2220 Fax: (504) 551-2240
email: joaquimdn@hotmail.com
* Joaquim Duc Nebot
NICARAGUA
Fundacion Cocibolca
Nicaragua
Phone: (505)278-3224 Fax: (505)270-0578
* Juan Carlos Martinez - Director Tecnico

Camara de Turismo Ometepe
Mayogales, Isla de Ometepe
Nicaragua
Phone: (505)459-4244 Fax: (505)459-4218
email: ometepehugonavas@hotmail.com
* Hugo Jose Navas Mora
PANAMA
Asociacion Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (ANCON)
Calle Elvira Mendez
Edificio El Dorado
Planta Baja
Panama
Phone: (507)269-9415 Fax: (507)264-3713
email: info@anconexpeditions.com
* Marco A. Gandasegui N. - Vice Presidente Ejecutivo
Grupo Odesen
Pueblo Naso de Panama
email: turismo_odesen@hotmail.com
* Adolfo Villagra
Fundacion Natura
Llanos de Curundu
Panama
email: info@naturapanama.org
* Yolanda del C. Jimenez - Oficial de Proyectos
 
MEXICO
Conservation International
191 Col Moctezuma
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas
Mexico
Phone: 52-961-602-9032 Fax: 52-961-602-5816
email: rhernand@ci-mexico.org.mx
* Ricardo Hernandez - Coordinator de Ecoturismo del Corredor Selva Maya
H. Ayuntamiento de Othon Blanco
Comite Permanente de la Expofer 2001
Ave. Ochoa de Mexino
Esq.5 de Mayo
Mexico
Phone: (983)839-1370 Fax: (983)832-0540
email: msosahuerta@hotmail.com
* Miguel Angel Sosa Huerta
EcoBiosfera El Truinfo S.C.
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas
Mexico
Phone: (961)40779 Fax: (961)40378
email: ecotriunfo@hotmail.com
* Sonja Bartelt - Coordinadora, Programa de Ecoturismo
Ninos y Crias A.C.
Calle 33d 503 entre 7 y 72
Col. Reperto Dolores Patron
Merida
Yucatan, Mexico
Phone: (999)925-3947 Fax: (999)925-3947
email: anamancera@hotmail.com // chicho@mda.com.mx
// sandychelonia@hotmail.com
* Ana Bertha Mancera Valencia - Promotora de Ecoturismo
* Rodrigo Migoya Von Bertrab - Director
* Sandra Flores - Promotora de Ecoturismo
Ecosistemas Costeros de Chiapas A.C.
3a Norte Oriente, No. 1621
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas
Mexico
Phone: (961)82105 Fax: (961)82105
email: kenyb2002@hotmail.com
* Martha Eugenia Barrios Herrera - Presidenta
Sociedad Cooperativa Sac-Bahlan
Conocida Ejido Ixcan
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas
Mexico
Phone: Contact Ricardo Hernandez
email: rhernand@ci-mexico.org.mx
* Oscar Morales - Presidente
Escudo Jaguar
Conocida Frontera Corozal
Mexico
Phone: Contact Ricardo Hernandez
email: rhernand@ci-mexico.org.mx
*Luis Arcos

Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrujada
3a Norte Oriente, No. 1621
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas
Mexico
Phone: (961)82105 Fax: (961)82105
email: laencrucijada@infosel.net.mx
* Matilde Rincon Perez - Jefa de Educacion Ambiental y Desarollo

List of Co-hosts
COSTA RICA BELIZE
Rainforest Alliance
Moravia, San Jose
Costa Rica
Phone: (506) 248-04-93 / 248-1170
Fax: (506) 248-1268 / 248-0493
email: rsanabria@ra.org
* Ronald Sanabria - Manager, Sustainable Tourism Program
Programme for Belize
#1 Eyre St.
Belize City, Belize
Phone: (501) 025-7616
Fax: (501) 025-7635
email: pfbel@btl.net
* Seleni Matus - Event Organizer
USA
Conservation International
1919 M Street, NW Suite 600
Washington DC 20036
USA
Phone: (202) 912-1000 Fax: (202) 912-1044
email: g.ryan@conservation.org // s.edwards@conservation.org
// c.christ@conservation.org
* Greta Ryan
* Stephen Edwards - Americas Region Manager, Ecotourism Department
* Costas Christ - Senior Director - Ecotourism
The International Ecotourism Society
PO Box 668
Burlington, VT 05402
USA
Phone: (802)651-9818 Fax: (802)651-9819
email: ecomail@ecotourism.org // jessica@ecotourism.org
* Megan Epler Wood - President
* Jessica Staats - Assistant to the President
RARE Center for Tropical Conservation
1840 Wilson Blvd
Suite 402
Arlington, VA 22201
USA
Phone: (703)522 5070
Fax: (703) 522-5027
email: jdion@rarecenter.org
* James Dion - Director of Ecotourism and
Community Development Program
 
List of Moderators
BELIZE COSTA RICA
University of the West Indies, School of Continuing Studies
Princess Margaret Drive
Belize City, Belize
Phone: (501) 2-30484
email: uwi@btl.net
* Dr. Joseph Palacio - Lead Facilitator
InBio
Sto. Domingo
Heredia, Costa Rica
Phone: (506)244-0690
Fax: (506)244-2816
email: rgarcia@inbio.ac.cr
* Randall Garcia Viquez - Coordinador del Programa Conservacion para el Desarollo
MEXICO
PANAMA
Conservation International
Selva Maya Rainforest Corridor
Mexico
Phone: (529) 602-9032/5825
Fax: (529) 602-5816
email: imarch@ci-mexico.org.mx
* Ignacio March - Director
Canopy Tower
Marbella, Edif World Trade Center
Panama
Phone: (507)264-5720 Fax: (507) 264-2784
email: stay@canopytower.com
* Raul Arias de Para - President
USA
The Nature Conservancy
4245 North Fairfax Dr.
Arlington, VA
USA
Phone: (703) 841-5300
Fax: (703) 841-1283
email: jgrant@tnc.org
* A. Joy Grant - Vice-President and Managing
Director of the Atlantic Conservation Region

The International Ecotourism Society
PO Box 668
Burlington, VT 05402
USA
Phone: (802)651-9818
Fax: (802)651-9819
email: ecomail@ecotourism.org
// megan@ecotourism.org
* Megan Epler Wood - President

RARE Center for Tropical Conservation
1840 Wilson Blvd
Suite 402
Arlington, VA 22201
USA
Phone: (703)522 5070
Fax: (703) 522-5027
email: jdion@rarecenter.org
* James Dion - Director of Ecotourism and
Community Development Program

Conservation International
1919 M Street, NW Suite 600
Washington DC 20036
USA
Phone: (202) 912-1000
Fax: (202) 912-1044
email: s.edwards@conservation.org
* Stephen Edwards - Americas Region
Manager, Ecotourism Department

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