The Latin America and Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds – RedLAC – was created in 1999 and currently includes 22 funds from 16 countries. Its mission is to set up an effective system of learning, capacity building and cooperation through a Network of Environmental Funds (EFs) aimed at contributing to the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources in the region.
RedLAC, with the support of the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation and the French Fund for the Global Environment (FFEM, for its name in French), implements a capacity building project with the objective of strengthening the capacity of EFs to develop innovative financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation, reducing their dependence on donations, and supporting the establishment of new EFs, by systematizing and sharing proven best practices in funds day-to-day operations.
