WELCOME!
The Institute for Culture and Ecology
is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to
conduct collaborative, interdisciplinary research-based initiatives to foster
vibrant and resilient livelihoods, communities, and ecosystems. We believe that
sustainable solutions to environmental problems require an understanding of the
surrounding social complexities. We strive to be responsive, transparent, and
broadly accessible.
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
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.
Visit the new NTFP Information Exchange
site featuring information aiding non-industrial forestland owners manage and
market nontimber forest product biodiversity.
THANK YOU TO RECENT DONORS & FUNDERS
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
National Science Foundation
O'Brien Family Foundation
Pacific Blue
Foundation
Willamette Resources & Education Network
Melza M. and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation
Tropical Salvage
TechSoup:
Adobe,
Microsoft,
ESRI software
Nike
USDA
Rural Development
US
Forest Service PNW Research Station
People and Plants International
Machamer Charitable Fund
See the full list of
IFCAE
Donors
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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.
Northwest
Ethnobotany Conservation
Program
The goal of this project is to bring ethnobotanical understanding and tools into
environmental and conservation management in the Pacific Northwest.
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.
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