Forum for the Conservation of the Patagonian Sea and Areas of Influence

	BirdLife International (BLI): BirdLife International is a global partnership of conservation organizations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.

	Conservation International (CI): Conservation International believes that Earth's natural heritage must be maintained if future generations are to thrive spiritually, culturally and economically. Its mission is to conserve the Earth's living heritage, our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature.

	Fundación Aquamarina: Aquamarina envisions a world of healthy coastal areas and oceans with the highest diversity of species and ecosystems to ensure the future and to improve the quality of life for present and future generations.

	Fundación Cambio Democrático (FCD) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Our vision is to promote changes into a more peaceful and participative society. FCD is the first Latin-American organization member of the network, Partners for Democratic Change International (PDCI), with members in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Slovakia, Hungary, Kosova, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and United States of America. PDCI is an alliance of local and independent organizations, devoted to the globally promotion of a change of culture for conflict management.

	Fundación Patagonia Natural (FPN): Their objectives are to protect the Patagonian environment and promote the responsible management of its resources and ecosystems in order to increase quality of life. They are inspired by scientific knowledge and strongly believe that people’s participation is the way to generate a long term consciousness and responsible societies.

	Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina (FVSA): Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina is a non-profit organization created in 1977. Its mission is to preserve the biodiversity, to promote a sustainable development and to encourage new consumer patterns. It face its challenges proposing concrete solutions through dialogue and consensus with all sectors from the society. Since 1988 it is associated to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

	Whale Conservation Institute Argentina (ICB) is a non-profit organization founded in 1996, which campaigns to protect whales and their environment through education and research. WCI´s headquarters are located in Buenos Aires and represent in Argentina the Whale Conservation/Ocean Alliance (WCI/OA). In 1996, ICB joined the WCI/OA to promote an effective protection of Southern Right Whales and their coastal habitats in Argentina.

	Oceana Chile is a regional office of an international organization that campaigns to protect and restore the world’s oceans. Our teams of marine scientists, economists, lawyers and advocates win specific and concrete policy changes to reduce pollution and to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations, marine mammals and other sea life. Global in scope and dedicated to conservation, Oceana has campaigners based in South America (Santiago, Chile), North America (Washington, DC; Juneau, AK; Los Angeles, CA ) and Europe (Madrid, Spain; Brussels, Belgium).

	Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS): The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands, through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks. Together, these activities change individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. In the Southern Cone, through many coastal and oceanic projects, one of them being the Sea and Sky Project, WCS promotes the sustainable management of the Patagonian Sea ecosystem.


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