Welcoming new members to the SAN family

At SAN we believe in a membership that grows steadily and strategically. Each new member expands our geographical reach, brings skills that complement existing capacities in the network and enriches SAN’s knowledge of landscapes and crops. Every member that joins does so after careful vetting, ensuring that they are able to contribute to the rest of the network and amplify SAN’s mission. Today, we welcome our newcomers of 2025.

CIFOR-ICRAF is a global research institution formed by the merger of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), headquartered in Indonesia, and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), based in Kenya. They combine expertise in forestry, agroforestry, and sustainable land management, and, apart from their long experience in Asia and Africa, are growing rapidly in Latin America. CIFOR-ICRAF offers research and science-based practical solutions to tackle global environmental and development challenges; from climate change and biodiversity loss to food security, livelihoods and inequality.

Global Nature Fund (GNF) is a non-profit foundation headquartered in Germany and working in its home country and several continents at the intersection of business and biodiversity. Its holistic approach combines environmental protection and conservation with poverty reduction, for the benefit of nature and people. With a strong focus on collaboration that matches SAN’s, GNF partners with civil society organizations in developing countries to create project consortia that drive collective impact in the improvement of local livelihoods. GNF is already actively involved in the Responsible Sourcing Program that several SAN members, along with the Secretariat, are implementing for Nestlé, and we are happy to keep growing our relationship.

The Moroccan Biodiversity and Livelihoods Association (MBLA) will extend SAN’s impact into new landscapes: the High Atlas farming communities. They work to conserve agrobiodiversity, protect local crop varieties, and revitalize traditional Amazigh agroecological practices. Its methods blend community-led action and ancestral knowledge with scientific research. Among other successful practices, they have established community herbariums, community seed banks and plant nurseries, and applied nature-based solutions to restore degraded lands and sustain water–soil–biodiversity health.

With them we have now become 38 members, and with them our determination to transform agriculture into a force that nurtures our extraordinary planet keeps growing. Our goal is to be the foremost global impact network making agriculture regenerative, resilient and equitable, and we invite you to join us in this journey.

Welcome!

Do you want to become a member? Click this link to fill out the interest form.