The Plan Vivo Standards are managed, developed and overseen exclusively by the Plan Vivo Foundation, whose governance structure is summarised below.

Technical Advisory Group

The Plan Vivo Technical Advisory Group is composed of experts in community-based natural resource management, ecosystem services quantification and monitoring, and the development of rural livelihood programmes. The Group will provide elements of quality control in the application of Plan Vivo System, and contribute to the ongoing development of the Plan Vivo Standard through providing guidance and technical oversight.

Specific functions are to:

• Peer review technical documents from existing and potential Plan Vivo projects
• Provide recommendations on technical requirements in the Plan Vivo Standard and how they should be applied in practice
• Contribute to the development of tools and methodologies to support Plan Vivo projects

To download a list og Technical Advisory Group Members click here (pdf).