ABOUT SMA:
Government Partners

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

http://international.fws.gov

The goal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to strengthen the ability of local conservation and natural resources managers, institutions, and communities to conserve biological diversity, including the conservation of species and ecosystems where they reside.

SAGARPA

www.sagarpa.gob.mx

Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food).

FIRCO: Fideicomiso de Riesgo Compartido
(Trust for Shared Risk).

www.sagarpa.gob.mx/firco

FIRCO is a federal program which works in conjunction with lending agencies to promote sustainable rural development, alleviate poverty, and raise the standard of living in the countryside.

SEMARNAT

www.semarnat.gob.mx

Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Office of the Environment and Natural Recourses), the agency charged with creating a national environmental protection policy which reverses the tendency to ecological deterioration and establishes the basis for sustainable development.