Our Lines of Work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- 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

     

 

 

 

- 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)

  

- 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

 

 

 

- 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Talks, conferences, workshops and courses on a community level, covering:
- Biodiversity
- Natural Protected 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)