https://lookfar.org/projects daily 1.0 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630814646936-0ZYZGIX9WQSO3854SUQZ/79035B94-604E-413D-9080-8851EABB611C_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar - Rewilding Argentina Rewilding Argentina seeks to prevent species extinction and reverse environmental degradation, with the goal of restoring the functionality of ecosystems and the well-being of surrounding communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630814830414-XJKVYBYA66DLS5Z7UFHV/878EA16B-0085-44ED-BF5D-0B21C1FD6E3B_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar - Wetlands International Wetlands International is the only global organization dedicated to the conservation and restoration of wetlands. Wetlands International works toward a world where wetlands are treasured and nurtured for their beauty, the life they support, and the resources they provide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630814066714-K33BLCWOWTMR9RS6XC18/8B199AE4-62C4-4834-8910-3A25C45EF7BE_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar - Make it stand out Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA) in the Mata Atlântica in Brazil. Photo by Scott Stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630810768805-EED7591KL6FXE8CNC5LM/D91DE448-DBC1-4E88-BA77-2551A9B3B44A_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar - Third Millennium Alliance Third Millennium Alliance protects the Jama-Coaque Reserve in Ecuador, home to more than 1,600 acres of tropical moist forest and premontane cloud forest in one of the last major remnants of Pacific Ecuadorian Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630810649916-KM0RX7NNACKGMDO595MC/CF8AF123-E781-4674-ACF0-31FEDCA41E1E_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar - Parcs de Noé Parcs de Noé is a French NGO managing three national parks in Africa – the Termit Tin-Toumma Reserve in Niger, the Binder Léré Wildlife Reserve in Chad, and Conkouati-Douli National Park in the Republic of Congo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630809632324-0Y0GESBGZOZSVLIMXSJV/A41C4FAB-0C0C-4405-A016-3E054B32B4E2_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar - Fair trade certified Fair Trade sets standards and certifies and labels products that protect the environment and promote sustainable livelihoods to empower low-income farmers, workers, and fishers in nearly 50 countries around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630809811735-N7HFN6DXYMS4OBO7LLVK/1F42B805-B7E8-43C0-A5A3-D243C8318B9B_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar - Fundación Jocotoco Fundación Jocotoco protects the rich biodiversity of the Ecuadorian Chocó, the high Andes, and western Amazon, home to hundreds of rare and endangered species of bird, reptile, amphibian, plant, and mammal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/fbfdc69a-be8d-4f33-be91-6f24b7b4af9c/Fazenda+dos+Cordeiros.jpg Lookfar - Irene M. Staehelin (IMS) Foundation The Irene M. Staehelin (IMS) Foundation is a Swiss-based foundation supporting nature and species protection, human rights and women’s rights, economic development, and humanitarian aid across landscapes in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630808973162-K0RR6L5K70RQYXG92PWQ/D44EEFD0-408E-4D63-946D-3B22C45134E3.jpeg Lookfar - ASSOCIAÇÃO MICO-LEĀO-DOURADO Associação Mico-Leāo-Dourado (AMLD) protects the Mata Atlântica in Brazil, focusing on the golden lion tamarin, an endangered species and key biodiversity indicator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630809503311-908CLW46KBJHSCC4KCVQ/EFD66EF2-8068-4C84-A375-D485AD489A3B_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar - Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve The Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve spans three biodiversity hotspots in South Africa. GCBR conserves the region’s biodiversity and improves the well being of its communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630808727186-ELRXQLT98PXC1K7WXXS5/DOB+Ecology+-+Photo+100.jpeg Lookfar - DOB Ecology DOB Ecology is a Dutch charitable foundation focused on conservation and restoration projects in forest and wetland ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630815242177-YHYKP17IXA38AS8NIP7R/967D6E76-1CCE-4C00-A84B-5C60424C6382_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar - Amazon Conservation Team The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) works in partnership with indigenous peoples of tropical South America in conserving the biodiversity of the Amazon rainforest and the land rights and cultures of indigenous peoples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630809886040-7GGQIGK23FOERFZXI1P6/C81303A2-4CF1-4CE4-9A58-BF795CE97DC4_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar - RESERVA ECOLÓGICA DE GUAPIAÇU Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA) conserves the mega-biodiverse Mata Atlântica in Brazil, protecting and restoring land in the upper Guapiaçu watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630813258379-N4RU5QQ2Y736IC40L7IW/2507C6F3-1AAE-4001-9D26-EA76CE441350_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar The Avilés Loop Trail in Parque Patagonia in Chile. Photo by Scott Stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630816387017-HXHOROLE5FQKYGNTR2MN/D55DE80E-9EE3-401F-A22A-B5754952D1D6_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar Just outside the Tiriyó village of Kwamalasamutu in the northeastern Amazon in Suriname. Photo by Scott Stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1631039244641-DR7I8D6L055AN29E1H3K/Scott_Lookfar_002_B%26W_hi_res.jpg Lookfar - Scott Stone Founder & Chief Executive Officer Scott is an attorney and conservationist. Prior to founding Lookfar, Scott co-founded S2C Pacific, a climate and conservation policy consulting firm, and is currently president of its successor firm, Glencoe Strategies. He also practiced environmental law at Hunton Andrews Kurth in Washington, DC, served as the Director of Global Environmental Initiatives for nContext, and worked as a policy analyst for the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development. Scott is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Park Trust and serves on the Board of Advisors to the Carbon Containment Lab at the Yale School of Environment. He formerly served on the board of the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation and the Technology Advisory Board of Fair Trade Certified. Scott is a graduate of Northwestern University and Washington University School of Law. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife Julia, their two children, and the family dog Gus. Email LinkedIn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/9eac236c-bb9c-4e1b-818d-f3a7792ee821/IMG_7903.jpg Lookfar - Quinn Harper Conservation Fellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630818259902-DBPGXMH0FSM60EE1ZL2O/Ty+Harper+Bio+Photo+01.jpg Lookfar - Ty Harper Director of Partnerships A graduate of the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School, Ty worked as a public defender representing clients at risk of losing their liberty and unable to afford counsel. Ty also was a partner at the law firm DLA Piper, where he represented clients in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and Thailand. Ty later served as the General Counsel of Edifecs, a healthcare technology company, and as outside counsel for a renewable energy manufacturer. Ty continues to advise small- and medium-sized businesses on a variety of legal matters. Ty spends as much time as possible outdoors, hiking, backpacking, and paddling across the Pacific Northwest. He is slowly improving at guitar and speaking Spanish. His dog, Mochi, is the best dog in the world. Email LinkedIn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/bec342a7-6bfa-4f85-a060-991326229c37/PP_LF.jpg Lookfar - AZ Ali Conservation Fellow & GIS Developer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630819443410-7XV0L177TONG32EML1N0/Lilian+Pintea_credit_Jeff+Kerby.jpg Lookfar - Lilian Pintea Ph.D., Vice President, Conservation Science, The Jane Goodall Institute LinkedIn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630819319490-KVYSRBHDBQCAYZEIXKJD/Bat-Sheva_photo1.JPG Lookfar - Bat-Sheva Guez Director, Adventure Pants Instagram Twitter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/79c156e3-cb54-4190-a78e-c9a66953e46b/Julia_Lookfar_2022.jpg Lookfar - Julia Watkins Author and Photographer, Simply Living Well, and Co-Founder, Lookfar Conservation Instagram https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/887b5dba-4365-4d76-816b-5eb33154bdb6/Lucia+Guaita.jpg Lookfar - Lucia Guaita Director of Conservation Lucia is an environmental sociologist with an MSc in International Development from Wageningen University. Over her career, she has worked internationally with foundations and nature conservation NGOs as a grant manager, knowledge coordinator, and communicator. She is the co-author of Sustainable Nature Reserves: Guidelines for Privately Protected Area, a hands-on manual from practitioner to practitioner on how to create and manage nature reserves and co-hosts the podcast El Poder del Jaguar to share interdisciplinary perspectives on the role that jaguars play in indigenous, rural and urban societies in Latin American and on positive examples of coexistence. Lucia lives between Italy and the Netherlands and enjoys spending her free time climbing mountains and learning about local cultures and foods. Email LinkedIn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630819383046-UMRORQ0Z2IAKDUS5OTX6/Ben_Vickery_photo.jpg Lookfar - Ben Vickery Staff Product Designer, Cash App Instagram Twitter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630819528022-BYZ0YTCJ4QQN6I1CZJJ6/image0.jpg Lookfar - Samina Bharmal Sustainability Counsel, HP LinkedIn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630819588448-VCX5L54EJVG8RDNP2JW5/Willemijn_photo.JPG Lookfar - Willemijn Slingenberg-Verdegaal Head of Climate Scenarios and Regulatory Solutions, MSCI, Inc. LinkedIn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630818445767-GPFZ288KTP5LJ0QQB1JU/Marlies+Quiniro+Photo+BW.PNG Lookfar - Marlies Quirino Cabrita Chief Operating Officer Marlies is the Chief Operating Officer for Lookfar, where she leads operational strategies to support biodiversity conservation and regenerative agriculture initiatives. With a background in law from Leiden University and experience in law, marketing, and the arts, she brings a multidisciplinary perspective to her work. Marlies serves as a strategic advisor to the Irene M. Staehelin Foundation, guiding its philanthropic efforts in conservation. She also coordinates the Chocó Alliance, a collaborative initiative to conserve biodiversity and foster sustainable development in the Ecuadorian Chocó. Additionally, Marlies is a director and the president of the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation in the United States, which supports Fundación Jocotoco’s critical conservation projects in Ecuador. Fluent in Dutch, English, and Portuguese, she divides her time between the Netherlands and Portugal, dedicating herself to creating impactful solutions for a sustainable future. Email LinkedIn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d514f2a803bbe8c04d8432/1630890431030-JTDD0GWFVCXAOSS5088U/1F85E1A8-2213-4801-800D-D17F6FEA84A2_1_201_a.jpeg Lookfar Volcán Antisana, in the northern Andes in Ecuador. Photo by Scott Stone