Instituto Espinhaço - Biodiversidade, Cultura e Desenvolvimento Socioambiental

Espinhaço Institute is a non-profit NGO that operates all over the State of Minas Gerais focusing on biodiversity, culture and social development, encouraging innovative sustainable practices. The Institute was established through a process of social mobilization that resulted in the support from UNESCO - Biosphere Reserve - for the region of the Espinhaço Mountain Range in 2005, with 70 members in six Brazilian States (Minas Gerais, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul and Goiás) and nine countries (Switzerland, Germany, France, Portugal, USA, Spain, India, China and Italy).