The Rainforest Alliance is working to ensure that Mexico, one of the most biologically diverse nations, maintains healthy forests that provide income to local people, and habitat to wildlife.
Comprised of five different ecosystems, ten percent of the planet's total land species, and over 700 different reptile species, Mexico is a bastion of biodiversity. As part of a concerted effort by the Rainforest Alliance and others, sustainable management of Mexico's forests has increased in acreage from 288,996 acres in 1998 to 1,269,163 in 2002. The demand from local people wanting technical assistance and access to US markets now outweighs our ability to help!
To provide technical assistance and training to local land managers to teach sustainable timber harvesting. It will engage landowners in Durango, Mexico and connect them with wood buyers in the US.
The goal is to ensure the long term health of the forest and the livelihoods of those depending on them.
Deforestation rates are the same in Mexico as in Brazil, and the population is growing even faster. Without strict guidelines on using Mexico's remaining treasured forests - jobs will be lost.
- Jonathan Labozzetta, Membership Coordinator
Total Funding Received to Date: $170
Funding Policy: partial
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $170 as of Jun 9, 2004. The original project funding goal was $100,000.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Thanks to 1 donor like you, a total of $170 was raised for this project on GlobalGiving. Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.
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