Our Areas of Work

Talks, conferences, workshops and courses given at a
community-based level on the following topics:

Agroecology and Agroforestry

  - Conservation and improvement of soils
  - Green fertilizers
  - Manufacture of biofertilizers
  - Selection, improvement, and conservation of native seeds
  - Conservation and storage of grains
  - Integrated management of plagues
  - Horticulture
  - Management of farm animals
  - Sylvo-Pastoral Management and alternative livestock
  - Agroforestry management

See documents on Agroecology and Agroforestry >>

Community Health

  - Recovery of traditional medicine
  - Medicinal gardens and community pharmacies
  - Alternative medicine (production of tinctures, essential oils, ointments, and
    syrups)
  - Environmental sanitation (ecological toilets, wood-saving stoves, and water
    filters)

See documents on Alternative Medicine >>
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Community-based Ecological Planning

  - Self-diagnostic and participative community workshops
  - Dynamic socio-environmental reflection
  - Production and interpretation of maps
  - Management of GPS and GIS systems
  - Instituting soil-use practices and community self-regulation
  - Comprehensive plans for community development -Community-based  alternative tourism projects designed to realistically reflect community life

See leaflet on Community-based Ecological Planning >>

Support for Communiy Organization, Autonomy,  Self-Management

  - Analysis, organization, and dispersal of information
  - Provision of technical means to support discussion and decision-making within communities
  - Strengthening of autonomous community management
  - Creation, evaluation, and support in the management and execution of community projects

Legal Consultancy and Advocacy

   - Agrarian rights (territorial rights)
   - Economic, social, and cultural rights
   - Indigenous Rights (Agreement 169 OIT; Declaration of Indigenous Rights ONU)
   - Environmental rights
   - Civil and Political rights
   - Human rights
   - Rights to information (including the usage of technology needed to acquire information via internet)

See documents and Laws on Indigenous Rights >>

Reflexión y Comunicación Socioambiental

  - Biodiversity
  - Protected Natural Areas (Biosphere Reserves, National Parks vs. Community Reserves)
  - Biopiracy, patents and transgenics
  - Forests, water and environmental services
  - Harvestable and non-harvestable forest resources
  - Climate Change and Global Warming
  - Threats and mega-projects (PROCEDE, Plan Puebla Panamá, Isthmus Mega-project)

See document on Protected Natural Areas Áreas >>
  See documents on Water >>

If you are interested in any of
the above workshops and courses..
contact us >>