Using community-based interventions, AMBAS empowers women to participate in sea turtle conservation, mangrove restoration, sustainable agriculture and environmental education. AMBAS, the Women's Association of Barra de Santiago, is a Salvadoran non-profit based in Barra de Santiago with two full-time staff, a dozen part-time staff, and a large number of community volunteers.
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By Luis Roberto Quintanilla Guerra | project leader
Deforestation in the upper and middle parts of the basin causes large amounts of soil to be washed away by rain. All that soil is dragged into the rivers which flow into the mangrove ecosystems. Due... Read the full report ›By Eder Caceros | Eder Caceros
RESULTS IN THE CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES IN BARRA DE SANTIAGO. Incubation goal in the 2024 season To this date, 50 community people have been supported by generating green jobs through payment for... Read the full report ›By Luis Roberto Quintanilla Guerra | project leader
We continue working in the areas of the mangrove forest that have been lost over the years, in Barra de Santiago in western El Salvador, this initiative is led by Community Women who make up the AMBAS... Read the full report ›