Support the conservation of the Chelemhá cloud forest!

Conservation work is nonprofit. That is why we also need your help. Please contact us for details for a donation: UPROBON (Unión para Proteger el Bosque Nuboso): Tel.: (502) 7941 7674 Cobán, Alta Verapaz Guatemala		UPROBON (Unión para Proteger el Bosque Nuboso - Union for Protecting the Cloud Forest), a conservationist organization based in Cobán is administrating the Chelemhá reserve. UPROBON’s Logo symbolizes a Guatemalan Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra), which is a common species in the cloud forest of Chelemhá.
	The NABU Regional Group "Erzgebirge" supported the amplification of the Chelemhá reserve: Donation of US$ 7,800 in 2005 Donation of US$ 5,720 in 2007 Information about the land purchase for conservation
	The Foundation for Species Conservation (Stiftung Artenschutz, Germany) together with PROEVAL RAXMU supported the amplification of the Chelemhá reserve with a donation of US$ 2,571 in 2009.
	since 2006 - Monitoring site of the PROEVAL RAXMU Bird Monitoring Program.

We thank all who have supported conservation in Chelemhá, especially private donators who are not indicated by name in the following list:

• 2009 - Stiftung Artenschutz together with PROEVAL RAXMU, fundraising for land purchase.
• 2009 - Training of local tourism guides by guatemalastory.com and CAYAYA BIRDING.
• since 2007 - HARVEY MATHIS EYE FOUNDATION, Atlanta, GA - Funding support for conservation work in the Montaña Yalijux.
• since 2005 - NABU Regional Group "Erzgebirge", fundraising for land purchase.
• since 2006 - PROEVAL RAXMU Bird Monitoring Program.
• Carsten Loth, Berlin - fundraising in Germany.
• 2003 - Schools St. Michael (Paderborn, Germany) in collaboration with GEO schützt den Regenwald e.V.: Collection of donations for land purchase and agricultural program of UPROBON.
• since 2003 - CAYAYA BIRDING (Guatemalan Birding Tour Operator): Fundraising, Training of local tourist guides in collaboration with the UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES EBERSWALDE, Public relations.
• 2003 - FONACON (Guatemalan National Fund for Conservation): Partial funding of the construction of the visitors center (Maya Cloud Forest Lodge) in Chelemhá.
• The environmental work group of the St. Michael School in Paderborn, Germany, in collaboration with the Association "GEO schützt den Regenwald e.V." raised donations of US$ 14.000 in 2002 for the support of land purchase with primary cloud forest in Chelemhá.
• 2002 - CONAP (National Council of Protected Areas of Guatemala): Support to the official designation as protected area.
• UNIVERSITY of GÖTTINGEN, Germany: Scientific studies on the land use (Michael Markussen) and the avifauna (Swen Renner) in Chelemhá.
• since 2001 - INAB (National Forest Institute of Guatemala): Support and partial funding of reforestations.
• 1998 / 2003 - UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES EBERSWALDE, Germany: Support to the elaboration of the documentation for the official designation as protected area, and to the training of local tourist guides through practical courses.
• since 2000 - Neighboring Maya Q’eqchi’ communities: Collaboration with UPROBON.
• since 2000 - UPROBON (Guatemalan conservationist NGO): Coordination of conservation activities, administration of the reserve, year round activities with members residing in Chelemhá.
• since 1998 - many volunteers, who supported practical conservation activities in Chelemhá.
• since 1998 - Proyecto Mosaico Guatemala: Guatemalan NGO for the mediation of volunteers.
• 1997-99 - UNIVERSITY of MUNICH, Germany: Floristic inventory (Harald Förther).
• 1997 - VERA HURSCHLER, MARKUS REINHARD, ARMIN SCHUMACHER begin an initiative for the conservation of Chelemhá.