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L atin American Consultants for Sustainable Development and Environmental Management (LAGA) is a consultancy firm that was incorporated in the Republic of Panama in 2008. Headquartered in the Province of Chiriquí in western Panama, we are a group of sustainable development and environmental management experts with a broad range of experiences in international organizations, national environmental agencies, universities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Our professional personnel include nationals from Panama, Colombia, Mexico, the United States of America, Canada, Great Britain and Nepal.

LAGA is registered with the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) which is the common procurement portal of the United Nations. The UNGM is essentially a vendor database serving as a springboard to introduce the products and services of its members to many UN organizations, countries and regions. Through the UNGM, LAGA has been awarded several contracts with UN organizations, including:

• The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
• The Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF),

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LAGA has also worked on a wide variety of consultancy projects with international organizations and developing countries
throughout the world, including:

  • The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  • The Regional Coordination Unit of the Caribbean Environment Programme (UNEP-CAR/RCU)
  • World Wildlife Fund (WWF)—USA
  • World Wildlife Fund (WWF)—Mexico
  • Texas State University, San Marcos; the Meadows Center for Water and Environment

Consultancies undertaken for these clients cover many of the most significant sustainable development and environmental management issues, including:

A mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata)on Isla Boca Brava

Biodiversity management and conservation

A mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata)on Isla Boca Brava
4a. Cloud forest

Sustainable forest management

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Preparation of funding proposals to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Success in seeking environmental funding for countries
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Reporting of international organizations and countries to multilateral environmental agreements

Reporting to MEAs
12. Information dissemnation is keyto the success of a project

Public awareness and information dissemination

Information dissemnation is keyto the success of a project
11. Best environmental and agricultural practices

Best agricultural practices (BAP) and best environmental practices (BEP)

Best environmental and agricultural practices
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Environmental rehabilitation and reclamation

Promoting reforestation and land rehabilitation in Mexico.
8. Port of San Pedro de Macoris at the mouth of the Higuamo River in the Dominican Republic

Integrated watershed and coastal area management

Port of San Pedro de Macoris at the mouth of the Higuamo River in the Dominican Republic
5b. Reforesting with Cairbbean pines (Pinus caribaea)

Forest financing

Reforesting with Cairbbean pines (Pinus caribaea)
6. A dry stream that used to run with water all year long

Climate change

A dry stream that used to run with water all year long

Countries that have been the direct beneficiaries of these LAGA consultancies include Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico in the Wider Caribbean; Ecuador in South America; and Uganda in Africa.