Acknowledgments

The BPS Program has links with the forestry environment. It is the result of a systematic effort by workers, shareholders and other people who constitute this PROGRAM. It has been formally recognized by many institutions and by the public opinion throughout Ecuador.

It is necessary to highlight some important personal and institutional contributions made by different sources such as: OIMT, DFID, GTZ, USAID, CTFT, WWF, IUFRO, CIFOR, CAMCORE, OFI, FABI, WHPA, FRIM, JICA, CPATU, CATIE, Royal Kew Botanical Garden, ITE, Fundación Natura, AIMA, COMAFORS, CORMADERA, CEFOVE, INEFAN, PUCE, UTE, UTN, Univ. Técnica de Loja, UTQ, ESPOCH, University of Berkley, University of Cambridge , Forestal Mininco, KLABIN, Florestal Vale do Río Doce, Simpson & Co., JARI, STCP, BOSQUES CHECOS, USA, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, UK, Sweden, Finland, Malasia, Indonesia, Surinam, Panama, Germany, New Zeland and Australian Forest Services.