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Fossil fuel consumption and logging, mainly caused by the expansion of agricultural activities and forest fires, trigger climate change and biodiversity loss.
Improving our habits has a positive impact on our health and environment. Our well-being also depends on the well-being of ecosystems; the air we breathe is one example.
The Association of Forest Communities of Petén (ACOFOP) and the Selva Maya Program of the German Cooperation (GIZ); supported an exchange of experiences between expert chicleros, young chicleros and newcomer chicleros from December 17-19.
In the peacebuilding process which is derived from the agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),
Agua Clara Ciudadanos por Bacalar A.C., in collaboration with the German Cooperation for Sustainable Development (GIZ), coordinated the first bi-national meeting on water quality monitoring of the Lake Petén-Itzá (Guatemala) and Bacalar Lagoon (Mexico) on November 19 and 20, 2019.
Celebrate Urban Birds is an alternative for participatory science and research, founded in 2007 at Cornell University’s Laboratory of Ornithology. The goal is to link people, regardless of age, with nature, particularly with bird watching. It does not require a great deal of knowledge of birds to be integrated.
The Inter-institutional Platform for Sustainable Cattle Ranching promotes capacity building for livestock committees in the communities of El Caoba and El Remate in Petén, Guatemala.
At the end of 2019, the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Selva Maya Project will complete its activities.
Continuity in the work of the Operative Coordination Group (GOC), contributes to regional environmental governance.
Imagine a web platform where any person, scientist or citizen, with an interest in biological diversity, can interact and share photos and data of plants and animals; a social network for nature lovers…