Communities have had bad experiences with
the exective management of Tropical Nature

Charles Munn has been the Chairman of Tropical Nature for years, but likely little effective board oversight. Below are some places in Peru and Ecuador that have had what sound like bad experiences. See the letters section to see read the first indications of a brewing storm in Brazil.

Timpia, Peru - an indigenous community that was abandoned by Tropical Nature and Peru Verde after years of good-faith efforts.

Sonene, Peru - an indigenous community that chose not to work with Munn, so others were paid to build a lodge in a manner that would hide Munn's involvement. The lodge is no longer in use, as Munn later built a competing lodge on the Bolivian side of the border that does not require that money be shared with any community (the Heath River Wildlife Center).

Mr. Maldonado later convinced Munn to pay for the construction of a lodge far up the Rio Piedras that Mr. Maldonado later simply took for his own, knowing that it was more important to keep the Sonene fiasco quiet.

Valencia, Peru - another local community that was convinced to spent over $30,000 building alow end lodge that left them in debt.

Anangu, Ecuador - Munn attempted to take control of this successful lodge after driving out the upper level managers in Tropical Nature and attacking the upper management of the EcoEcuador Foundation in Quito, which was very successfully managing the project. The community was strong enough to fend off the illegal behaviour and the lodge continues to do well under the passionate management of the community.

Sani Isla, Ecuador - a community near Anangu that Munn attempted to use after being expelled from Anangu. This community soon decided that they were better off without Munn's involvement, but were forced to write "tropical nature internships" to get their name removed from the propaganda.

If you know of other examples, please let us know! See the latest letters here.