Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana para el Medio Ambiente

Environmental work in the Valencian Community

Fundación de la Comunitat Valenciana para el Medio Ambiente is a nonprofit organization registered in the Valencian Community’s Foundations Registry on January 11, 2008. Its purpose is to protect the environment within a sustainable development framework and in accordance with applicable environmental regulations.

Areas of work

• Environmental research: Studying how human activity affects ecosystems in the Valencian Community, using scientific and technical methods to assess the impact.
• Environmental education and outreach: Encouraging social change toward more sustainable behavior and improving information, participation, and shared responsibility in environmental decision-making.
• Environmental protection and conservation: Maintaining, restoring, improving, and highlighting natural and scenic heritage.
• Territorial and environmental observatory: Monitoring sustainable development through social, scientific, and technical initiatives.

Organization and governance

The foundation is privately constituted. Contributions to its endowment from its trustees—the Government of the Valencian Community, provincial councils, and public companies or autonomous entities—total less than 50% of the endowment. Under Article 33 of Valencian Law 9/2008 and Article 5.3 of the consolidated Public Finance Law of the Valencian Community, it is therefore not considered part of the regional public sector.