A group of small-scale teak producers in Sulawesi who have received FSC certification for their wood. KHJL has the capacity to sell 540 m3/year FSC certified teak, and 1080 m3/year Jabon and Gemelina wood.
Take Two Credit Lines and Call Me in the Morning
Since 1985 Coopemedicos has prescribed financial services to the medical providers of Costa Rica. The credit unions critical care ensures that these practitioners can focus on patient health not financial stress. Coopemedicos offers its members a full pharmacy of treatments for a myriad of monetary ills. Savings accounts, credit, loans and mutual funds maintain a […]
Cooperativa de Ahorro, Crèdito y Servicios Mùltiples de los Mèdicos
Coopermedicos was formed on September 29th, 1984. In May 1985 it was registered with the Department of Social Organizations of the Ministry of Work and Social Security under resolution number 678. Its aim is to improve the economic, social and cultural conditions of its members. According to the cooperatives statute, membership is reserved exclusively for […]
The self-delivery model of the Windvogel in practice
The Windvogel is a cooperative association whose goal is the realisation and generation of renewable energy. The Windvogel contributes to this through the development of new wind turbines and the purchasing and operating of existing turbines and solar PV installations. Founded in 1991 the cooperation now has over 2000 members in the Netherlands. It has […]
De Windvogel
The Windvogel is a cooperative association whose goal is the realisation and generation of renewable energy. The Windvogel contributes to this through the realisation of new wind turbines and the purchasing and operating of existing turbines and solar PV installations. Founded in 1991 the cooperation now has over 2800 members in the Netherlands. It has […]
Ur Jims
Ur Jims’ is an agricultural cooperative proud to empower women through its main activities: forestation, fruit tree plantation, fruit processing, and a seedling nursery. The Ur Jims cooperative produces sea buckthorn, gooseberry, sea buckthorn seedlings, and other green house plants.
Buckthorn, gooseberry: bushes bringing women into the Mongolian workforce
What do four single mothers do when the government unit they worked in is privatized and their jobs are eroded? In the case of these four women, they decide to grow their own business, a co-operative business. After the privatization of the forestry unit, we were dismissed in 1998 and it has become very difficult […]
Western Farm Cooperative Forestry Co Ltd
Currently the coop is only achieving limited scale economies through collaboration. However the aspiration is to pool harvesting and marketing rights to get the benefits of being able to guarantee continuity of supply over several years and spread income on an equitable basis also across time. As the article explains, the forestry cooperative concept is […]
Do forest cooperatives have a future in New Zealand?
Cooperation among small scale forest owners in New Zealand is in its infancy. Surveys show that most woodlot owners lack understanding of good forest practice and they do not want to pass the control to a cooperative. They think that, since trees continue growing, one can wait until log prices are high before cutting. However, […]
Building a Better World Literally
Forests are the green lungs of the planet, absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, and they provide vital habits for an incredible array of biodiversity. Yet over the last half-century, we have lost about half of the worlds original forest cover, mostly because of our unsustainable exploitation of forests many resources. Now, ICA Housing, the […]