# YAKUM

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1186064
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Oct. 31, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1186064


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 BARKER CLOSE, RICHMOND
- **Postcode:** TW9 4ET
- **Phone:** 07710 282340
- **Email:** info@yakum.org
- **Website:** WWW.YAKUM.ORG



## Activities

**Objects:** A. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) RESTORING VULNERABLE AND IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEMS USING REGENERATIVE AGROFORESTRY, TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC AND NUTRITIONAL ALTERNATIVES TO DEFORESTATION.B. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESTORATION, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS AND WORKSHOPS ON CLIMATE SCIENCE, DEFORESTATION, AGROFORESTRY FOR COMMUNITIES AND FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND DOCUMENTING INFORMATION ON AMAZON USEFUL PLANTS AND THEIR MEDICINAL/NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES TO SHARE AMONGST RAINFOREST PEOPLE.C. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(I) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(II) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.&quot;

**Activities:** Yakum helps indigenous communities reforest their land.  Yakum works to protect indigenous forest and build territorial, cultural, medicinal and food sovereignty, through reforestation with carefully selected native tree species and territory mapping.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin



## Geography

- Ecuador





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Francis Henry McFarlane-Watts BSc |  | Oct. 31, 2019 |
| Georgina Jane White MSc |  | Oct. 31, 2019 |
| Zygmunt de Goris Jedrzejowski ACMA |  | Sept. 16, 2021 |




