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About ELTI

As an initiative of The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment, ELTI supports the efforts of people to design and implement an array of land use practices and initiatives that conserve and restore tropical forests and native tree cover in human-dominated landscapes that are rich in biodiversity.

Participant of a Rainforestation training with her recently collected wildings, Philippines
Participant of a Rainforestation training with her recently collected wildings, Philippines

Approach

We take a unique approach to capacity building for conservation and restoration by mentoring people who manage or influence these landscapes in Tropical Asia and the Neotropics. With our training and support, they design and implement a range of strategies that improve the environment and livelihoods of local landholders and communities.

Discover what makes us different.

Hazel Consunji of ELTI with children from the local community at a Rainforestation training
Hazel Consunji of ELTI with children from the local community at a Rainforestation training, Philippines

People

Our global team lives and breathes our mission. Rather than prescribe a specific course of action, we take a bottom-up approach. We believe we’re more successful when we work directly with local people, practices, cultures and land-use choices.

Meet the team committed to our success.

Planting native tree seedings during an ELTI field course, Philippines
Planting native tree seedings during an ELTI field course, Philippines

Partners

We partner with world-class organizations. Our collaborators include a spectrum of in-country partners that work on our focal themes. Many are world renowned for their teaching, research and applied experience on the social and ecological aspects of our work.

Find out about our global partners.