Fundación Pro-Bosque won the prize in the category ¨Forests and Flora¨ in the Green Latin America Prizes

Fundacion Pro Bosque with the project "Restoration of dry forest in the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest"  won the prize in the category ¨Forests and Flora¨ on August 25^th in the Green Latin America Prizes held in Guayaquil.  A total of 1,407 projects were submitted from twenty five countries including Costa Rica and the USA.  Of these, 500 projects were selected to be presented at the awards which was held over three days and included conferences and other activities via posters and oral presentations.  Of the 500 projects thirty were selected as finalists, three from each category.  There were a total of 57 projects submitted in our category and the three finalists included other projects from Colombia and Peru. 

http://m.eluniverso.com/noticias/2016/08/22/nota/5757150/finalistas-restaurar-bosques

http://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2016/08/26/nota/5763777/premios-latinoamerica-verde-destaco-proyecto-dos-ecuatorianos

http://expreso.ec/vivir/ecuador-brillo-en-la-gala-de-los-premios-latinoamerica-verde-GY607549

 http://expreso.ec/guayaquil/dos-galardones-verdes-para-ecuador-EF610363

http://www.worldlandtrust.org/news/2016/09/pro-bosque-wins-environment-oscar

 http://premioslatinoamericaverde.com/

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