The following links provide information and a variety of perspectives on Greenheart's canopy walkways, particularly in relation to specific projects and partner organizations.

 

Partner Organizations:

Amazon Conservation Association

Greenheart has designed and is building a canopy walkway in the cloud forest of Peru, near Cuzco. Amazon Conservation Association is dedicated to protection of the biodiversity of the Amazon basin. www.amazonconservation.org/home/

ACEER—Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research

ACEER, together with the support of National Geographic Conservation Trust, is participating in the construction of the canopy walkway in the cloud forest of Peru. The mission of the ACEER Foundation is to promote conservation of the Peruvian Amazon by fostering awareness, understanding, action, and transformation. This is achieved by initiating environmental education programs, supporting basic and applied research, and protecting unique tracts of land. www.aceer.org/

CERCOPAN—Centre for Education, Research and Conservation of Primates and Nature

Greenheart, through a CIDA-funded Joint Initiatives Project, has partnered with Cercopan to help develop a canopy walkway. Cercopan’s mission is to conserve Nigeria’s primates through sustainable rainforest conservation, community education, primate rehabilitation and research. www.cercopan.org/

ICTE—Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments

ICTE is the major force behind a project we are developing in Madagascar. icte.bio.sunysb.edu/pages/national_parks.html

ICAN—Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments

The Internation Canopy Network is an international research, education, and conservation initiative based in Olympia, WA. www.evergreen.edu/ican/main/ican.html

National Geographic: news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/10/1007_031007_canopywalkways.html

Project Specific Links:

China: www.smallstepsinchina.com/community.html

Eden Project

Greenheart is developing a canopy walkway for the Eden Project's Humid Tropics Biome in Cornwall, UK. www.edenproject.com/

Fraser Headwaters Alliance

Greenheart has designed a tower-based walkway for FHA in the Goat River, Robson Valley, B.C. www.fraserheadwaters.org/

Greenheart Rationale

This article serves as a rationale for Greenheart's approach to developing conservationist projects. www.ecoforestry.ca/default.htm and http://canopy.evergreen.edu/bcd/cmuPath/links.asp

Onesky

Greenheart is working with Onesky, The Canadian Insitute for Sustainable Living, and Cercopan, a Nigerian NGO, to build a canopy walkway in Cross River State Nigeria. http://www.onesky.ca/partner.html

Iwokrama, Guyana

Greenheart built a canopy walkway in Iwokrama, a protected area in Guyana. www.thecommonwealth.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=38000&int1stParentNodeID=35638
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/guyana/trial_ruins_dec-en.asp and www.iwokrama.org/partners/list.htm
www.landofsixpeoples.com/news304/nc312023.htm
www.iwokrama.org/newsletter/jun06/en_specialfeat.htm

Kakum National Park, Guyana

Founders of Greenheart designed and built a very successful canopy walkway in this Ghanain park for Conservation International. www.ghanatourism.gov.gh/regions/highlight_detail.asp?id=1&rdid=6 gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/consintl/gha_kak.htm
www.atidekate.com/park/KakumNationalPark.html
www.garycook.co.uk/ghana3.html
www.ecotour.org/destinations/kakum.htm
www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=1137
www.ikeagyeman.worldbreak.com/photo.html

Oxbow Meadows

Greenheart recently built a canopy walkway at this University of Columbus Ecology Centre near Columbus, Georgia. www.egretcommunications.com/ox/construction.htm

Ranomafana, Madagascar icte.bio.sunysb.edu/pages/national_parks.html

Una Ecopark, Brazil

Canopy walkway built by Ian Green, a founder of Greenheart. natzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2000/4/searchforgold.cfm
www.ecotour.org/destinations/una.htm

 

Other:

Ecoforestry: www.ecoforestry.ca/default.htm

Ghana Tourism Board

This site features theKakum Canopy Walkway built by the founders of Greenheart. www.ghanatourism.gov.gh/regions/highlight_detail.asp?id=1&rdid=65

Iwokrama

Iwokrama is non-governmental environmental organization formed to protect Iwokrama, a large protected area in Guyana. www.iwokrama.org/ecotours/activities.htm