Asociacion Ecosistemas Andinos (ECOAN)

ECOAN is an entity classified as a non-profit nongovernmental organization, registered in the Register of non-governmental organizations of development recipients of international technical cooperation (NGO) of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers for Resolution N 109-2001/PMC-SECTI of April 09, 2001.

MISSION

To preserve the species of flora and fauna in danger of extinction and the threatened ecosystems; across the protection of the biological diversity and the use and sustainable handling of natural resources, in a frame of participation and mutual commitment with the authorities, and communities of the national, regional and local ambience.

VISION

ECOAN is a solid organization, stable, self-financing in its internal functioning, recognized at local, national and international levels as a leading institution, serious, responsible and trustworthy in the fulfilment of its mission; that contributes to the conservation of biological diversity, working in direct collaboration and close with the population, local authorities and communities, key allies in the implementation of conservation strategies of the planet.

PRIORITY

From the statement of its Mission, ECOAN has analyzed different elements and hierarchies of biological diversity and of potential ambiences of intervention, to decide priorities for the short and medium-sized term. In hierarchy terms, ECOAN gives major importance to the species menazadas and its habitat, and secondly to the management, of the threatened ecosystems.