FRIENDS OF THE MONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST
Friends of the Monteverde Cloud Forest (FOM) is a U.S. based
non-profit organization founded in 1989 to protect the Monteverde
Cloud Forest wildlife and habitat.
We are a coalition of people who care about the cloud forests
and are determined to guarantee that the Monteverde Cloudforest
stays just the way it is - wild, unspoiled, a rare sanctuary.
Our Mission
Our mission is to support conservation, education and research
efforts in the Monteverde area. We pursue this mission by requesting
tax-deductible contributions from U.S. citizens, foundations and
corporations. The net earnings of these contributions will be
used exclusively for environmental education, habitat protection
and scientific research.
The organization includes Costa Rican and international scientists,
conservationists, residents, guides and, most of all, visitors. With
your help as a FOM Member, the biological wealth of this magnificent
forest will never be destroyed. Become a member of Friends of the
Monteverde Cloud Forest join us in protecting the cloud forest
Friends offers you an opportunity to
join the global campaign to save tropical forests, especially
the most rare among them: the cloud forest.
- You can make contributions at the Preserve or by mail.
- Donations of any size are needed.
You will receive news bulletins, premiums, free admission and
guide service.
Our Directors ()
Carlos Hernández (President)
William Aspinal (Treasurer)
José Torres (Secretary)
Oscar Fennell
Allan Pounds
Wilford Guindon
Dulce Wilson
Karen Matarrita
Vicente Watson
 Sponsors
We are grateful for the support provided by the following companies:
- Productores de Monteverde S. A.
- Hotel Fonda Vela
- Galeria Colibri
- Instituto Monteverde
- Costa Rica Study Tours
- Hotel Finca Valverde
- Almacen VITOSI
- Supermercado La Esperanza
Soon-to-be contributors:
- Centro Panamericano de Idiomas
- Caballeriza la Estrella
- ASEM (La Gasolinera)
- La Colina Lodge
- El Mariposario
- Reserva de Santa Elena
Researchers
Debra DeRosier — Migratory patterns, population locations
and sizes, and the possible impact of climate change on Three-wattled
Bellbird populations
Robert Lawton — Search for cloud forest plants which may
yield useful medical or commercial chemicals (bioprospecting); Evolution
of hemiepiphytes (plants which grow in trees but have some connection
to the ground)
Richard LaVal — Effects of climate change on local bat populations
Debra Moriarity — Search for cloud forest plants which may
yield useful medical or commercial chemicals (bioprospecting)
Greg Murray — Factors influencing rate of forest regeneration
in abandoned cattle pastures; Chemical defenses of cloud forest
tree and shrub seeds
Nalini Nadkarni — The role of canopy plants in nutrient cycling;
Colonization rates of epiphytes on cloud forest trees; Effect of
climate change on cloud forest epiphytes
Alan Pounds — Effects of climate change on local amphibian
and reptile populations
George Powell — Migratory patterns, population locations
and sizes, and the possible impact of climate change on Three-wattled
Bellbird populations
William Setzer — Search for cloud forest plants which may
yield useful medical or commercial chemicals (bioprospecting)
Kathy Winnett-Murray — Factors influencing rate of forest
regeneration in abandoned cattle pastures; Chemical defenses of
cloud forest tree and shrub seeds
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