manuel

ruiz

SPDA is a national/regional NGO with over 25 years experience in developing, promoting and implementing environmental law and policies in a wide range of fields: forestry, protected areas, biodiversity, marine and coastal, and citizens rights. Through a very strong focus on research, policy incidence, awareness raising and communication tools, plus a broad set of aliiances and partnerships with international, regional and national organizations (NGOs, public entities, local communities, universities), SPDA is ideally positioned to stimulate and lead changes towards a sustainable future. SPDA has been a recipient of many international and national prizes including the Mac Arthur Foundation Prize for Creative and Innovative Institutions (2007), the Miterrand Prize for its activities in the prevention of biopiracey (2014), and the PODER Prize for Influential Think Tanks (2015), among others.