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WELCOME!
 
IFCAE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve human and environmental conditions through applied research, education, and community improvement projects.

As a nonprofit public charity, IFCAE needs your help to build our organization and carry out our charitable work.  For more information, visit our Donation page.
 


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Nontimber Forest Product Curriculum Workbook
is now available through the IFCAE website.

Board of Directors are Sought with an interest in fundraising and capacity building.  Come join the team and help prepare IFCAE for ten more successful years.


THANK YOU TO RECENT DONORS & FUNDERS

CSREES National Research Initiative
National Science Foundation
O'Brien Family Foundation
Pacific Blue Foundation

Willamette Resources & Education Network
Jennifer and Ellen Wilcox
Melza M. and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation
Tropical Salvage
TechSoup: Adobe, Microsoft, ESRI software
Nike
USDA Rural Development
US Forest Service PNW Research Station
Oregon Woodland Cooperative
Colorado State University Extension
People and Plants International
Bureau of Land Management

See the full list of IFCAE Donors
 



 
 

 


CURRENT PROJECTS

Wild Forest Goods - Development of nontimber forest product/ecosystem service markets for small landowners.

Urban Foraging - A long-term comparative case study of plant and fungi gathering in U.S. urban ecosystems.

Jepara Forest Conservancy - IFCAE has partnered with Tropical Salvage to establish a botanical park and education center in the Indonesian village of Jepara.

West Eugene Wetlands Ethnobotany Resource Area
The goal of this project is to create opportunities for regional tribes to help with identification, restoration, and use of traditionally managed/culturally important species.

Ecological Literacy: Across Geographies, Generations and Economies - An international project to better understand the knowledge base that children have about
their natural environment and how this is related to their income, geography and/or age.

Mapping Socio-Ecological Meanings of Olympic Peninsula Landscapes - A joint-venture with the U.S. Forest Service to refine a methodology for mapping complex and dynamic interactions of people and forests across a region.

SeaAid.  By working collaboratively with community members, boaters, anthropologists and development professionals, SeaAid seeks to promote cultural, economic, and environmental sustainability through  community-based service projects that provide appropriate technology and other direct aid.

Decision Support System Tool Analysis - This study examines the effectiveness of DSS tools in the Columbia River Basin Salmon Recovery process.

Congo Basin Aka Education - This project is helping  Aka foragers who have requested the need for education and tools to protect their culture and environment.