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GAIA

Grupo Autónomo para la Investigación Ambiental, A. C.

Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico

Environment & ClimateNature & Wildlife conservationCommunity developmentGender equalityTax-deductible donations
AssociationFounded 1998National reach
Profile last updated: August 18, 2026

About

Founded in 1998, GAIA is a non-profit association based in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico working on environment & climate, nature & wildlife conservation, community development +1 more.

GAIA is a non-profit civil association founded legally in 1998 in Mexico. It works with rural communities and organisations in southeast and central Mexico to strengthen biocultural processes, community governance, territorial management, sustainable rural production and biodiversity conservation. Its work includes basin management, environmental service production, and a council of researchers and policy experts that guides annual planning. GAIA also promotes Forestería Análoga, an international network focused on restoring degraded landscapes and generating income for rural communities.

Location

Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico

Founded

1998

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

A.C.

Legal name

Grupo Autónomo para la Investigación Ambiental, A. C.

Charity number

GAI980211200116

VAT number

GAI980211PJ9

Focus areas

biodiversityrural landscapesbioculturalenvironmental servicescommunity governanceForestería Análoga

Languages

ES

Causes & programmes

Causes

Environment & ClimateNature & Wildlife conservationCommunity developmentGender equality

Works for

CommunitiesYouth

How they work

ResearchCapacity buildingCommunity programmes

Programmes

Sistema Comunitario para la Biodiversidad

Nature & Wildlife conservation · Mexico

Community-based system for biodiversity and territorial management that emerged from results in the Copalita-Zimatán-Huatulco hydrological complex in Oaxaca.

Red de Productores de Servicios Ambientales

Environment & Climate · Mexico

Network of environmental service producers in Quintana Roo, run with the Consejo Civil Mexicano para la Silvicultura Sostenible.

Countries of operation

Mexico

Funding & support

Trust

Tax-deductible donations

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Catholic Relief Services, Natura Mexicana, A.C., Consejo Civil Mexicano para la Silvicultura Sostenible, La Cooperativa Tosepan Titatanizque, UCIRI, CORENCHI, Triunfo Verde, San Fernando, IDESMAC

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