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Institutional Capacities in Latin America
Working across Latin America’s most significant natural landscapes—from the South American Amazon rainforest to the Mayan jungle which extends through Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize—the Rainforest
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2020-2025 Strategy: Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve
For rural, isolated communities in Guatemala, natural capital is the people’s greatest wealth. Since 1997, the Rainforest Alliance has worked with community forestry concessions to strengthen their
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New Report Shows Net Forest Gain in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve
Local communities not only protect existing forests, they contribute to forest recovery.[Read more...]
Guatemala’s Forest Guardians Go To Washington D.C.
We shared our conservation achievements in Guatemala with congressional staffers.[Read more...]
Indonesians Travel to Guatemala to Learn About Community Forestry
Indonesians visit Guatemala to learn how they can build sustainable forest economies at home.[Read more...]
2017-2019 Kleinhans Fellow: Megan Butler
Improving Community Forest Enterprise Governance in the Maya Biosphere Reserve This project focuses upon the social organization and governance of community forest enterprises (CFEs) in the Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR) of Northern Guatemala. CFEs operating in the MBR face intense land-conversion pressure and challenges related to organizational governance. The goal is to improve the organizational […]
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