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 […]
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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.
On February 5, 1990, the Maya Biosphere Reserve (RBM), the largest Protected Area in Guatemala, with an area of 21,602.04 km² was declared. It occupies the northern half of the Department of Petén in Gautemala.
Strengthening the technical cross-border coordination and cooperation is becoming increasingly important for the conservation of the Selva Maya in the three countries that share it. In this regard, on February 8 and 9, 2018, the 5th Trinational Meeting of the Operative Coordination Group – GOC for the Conservation of the […]
The Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) is not only a method of data collection; is a set of best practices to help rangers in protected areas improve monitoring, evaluation and adaptive management of their patrol activities.
From December 11 to 15, 2017, eight members of the Muuch Kanan K’aax Community Surveillance Network of the Bala’an K’aax Flora and Fauna Protection Area (APFFBK) participated in an exchange visit to the Corozal Sustainable Future Initiative (CSFI), in Corozal, Belize. The objective of the exchange was to get to […]
Developed by international conservation NGOs, the Spatial Monitoring And Reporting Tool (SMART) is a software designed for the management of protected areas. It combines a database with Geographic Information (GIS) modules with analysis and reporting tools to facilitate data collection and use of this information for efficient adaptive management of […]
The Advisory Councils (CA) of the Natural Protected Areas in Mexico, are constituted as spaces for participation and social inclusion in order to support and advise the management of these natural areas in the implementation of their management programs, as well as to promote their administrative effectiveness. The CAs are […]
The Sello Colectivo Calakmul initiative encourages regional companies to have a continuous improvement system that contributes to sustainable development. In this sense, the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (CBR) of the National Nature Conservation Authority of Mexico (CONANP), the Haciendas del Mundo Maya Foundation (FHMM), the State Institute for the Promotion of […]