The Department of Education and Development of the National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP), Peten Region, has a Training Plan aimed at specific target groups.
Yearly Archives: 2018
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The use and commercialization of ramón seed generates revenues for the local population derived from the forest and thus motivates its protection. With the collection of non-timber resources, such as ramón seed, natural resources are used in a sustainable way, without causing damage to the forest ecosystem.
It is expected to consolidate a tool for continuous improvement in the Selva Maya protected areas management, according to the same comparative scheme between Mexico, Guatemala and Belize governments, using internationally recognized standards, such as the Green List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
On the occasion of the International Honey Bee Day, a fair of small and medium-sized companies was held in Flores, Guatemala on May 20th. The event was organized by the Mesa de Miel de Petén, a coordination entity to manage and strengthen beekeeping in which government institutions, apicultural producers and […]
In order to coordinate joint actions for the prevention and control of forest fires in the border area between Guatemala and Belize, a meeting was held on May 3, 2018 at the offices of the Organization of American States (OAS).
As part of the Project Protection and Sustainable Use of the Selva Maya, specifically in the component Sustainable Alternatives for income generation, the German Cooperation / GIZ collaborates with partner institutions in the development and strenthening of various agricultural production alternatives in the buffer zones of the Mayan Biosphere Reserve […]
With the objective of promoting the exchange of information and experiences among beekeepers of Cayo Quality Honey Producers Cooperative Society Limited (CQHPC) of Belize and the Beekeepers Network of Bala’an K’aax, a meeting took place in Ejido Sabana San Francisco, Quintana Roo, Mexico, from April 18 to 21, 2018.
As part of the actions aimed at strengthening capacities in forest fire management, 30 rangers from Belize, Guatemala and Mexico (10 per country) participated in the courses S190 – Introduction to Fire Behavior & S130 – Forest Fire Fighter, from April 9 to 13, 2018. The course was taught by […]
Control and surveillance activities are fundamental for the management of Natural Protected Areas (PAs). The Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (smartconservationtools.org) is a free software composed of a database, a geographic information system (GIS) and an analysis and reporting module.
As part of the cross-border activities among countries that share the Selva Maya, staff and brigade members of the Corozal Sustainable Future Initiative (CSFI) in Belize and the Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna de Bala’an K’aax (APFFBK) in Mexico, exchanged strategies for monitoring, surveillance and sustainable use of natural […]
In this second edition of our newsletter We Are Selva Maya we share the events that took place between August and December 2017. Also included is the section “topics of interest” with information on SMART and the Ramón Value Chain. We hope you have a chance to read through it […]
Cooperation between Germany and Guatemala began in 1978. Since then, the bilateral cooperation has been focused on citizen security and strengthening of democratic structures.