Community Conservation of Monarch Forest in Mexico

As a result of the workshops carried out by our local partner Alternare during March, April, May, and June, 5 communities helped reforest 35 hectares of land within the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in July and August, 2013.  

In 5 additional workshops carried out by Alternare in June and July, 32 women and 54 men built a total of 9 cisterns and 38 fuel-efficient stoves.  The funding provided by MBF for these activities was available thanks to 20 generous donors who contributed $2,440 on June 12^th’s GlobalGiving Bonus Day, which were matched with $780 from GlobalGiving.  Thank you!

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Conserving the monarchs’ overwintering habitat is crucial to the long-term survival of the monarch migratory phenomenon, and conservation of these forests must go hand in hand with support for the communities who are stewards of the land. Thank you for being our conservation allies, and helping us implement strategies to conserve the monarchs’ migration and improve the lives of the communities who share their habitat.

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The past three months have been full of work for our local partner Alternare, carrying out workshops among the communities who will be participating in the 2013 summer reforestation season.  We are eager to plant trees and improve the monarchs’ overwintering sites so they can keep coming back!

During March, April, and June Alternare held nine workshops focused on the construction of cisterns and fuel-efficient stoves.  We are currently building a new type of cistern, called the “capuchino” which has the capacity to store 20,000 liters of water and have a longer life span than the previous ones. A total of 220 women and 110 men participated in seven cistern-building workshops, and built 12 cisterns in schools and three in the communities. The two workshops on fuel-efficient stoves resulted in the construction of four community stoves and 13 for individual families. Eighteen women and four men participated in these workshops.

Our reports usually coincide with GlobalGiving’s Bonus Days and this month is no exception. On Wednesday, June 12^th GlobalGiving will match donations at 40% starting at 9:00 am EDT (this time in your city).

This month we are also following Gerardo Segundo Sanchez, a campesino instructor, on Facebook as he goes along his daily activities conducting conservation workshops in the communities.

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Thank you for your continued support. Together we are making a difference in the lives of the communities and preserving the extraordinary beauty of the amazing monarch migration.

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MBF Begins 2013 as a GlobalGiving Leader

Thanks to your generous support we have raised our rank in GlobalGiving and become leaders.

After wrapping up 2012 with a series of successful conservation workshops, we initiated 2013 holding a forest tree production workshop, followed by 5 more on fruit tree production. We also held 3 workshops to build a total of 10 fuel-efficient stoves.  Fuel-efficient stoves decrease the use of wood for cooking by 50% and reduce toxic fumes, benefiting both the forest due to reduced logging as well as improving the health of local families.

A total of 69 women and 35 men participated in the 9 workshops described above and more than 190 people from 27 local communities held assessment and planning meetings to determine their plans for 2013. We are looking forward to a spring full of flowers blooming and a flurry of activities by the communities who will be busy implementing their projects for this year.

The first GlobalGiving Bonus Day of the year is also coming up this Wednesday, March 13^th .GlobalGiving will match donations at 30% up to $1,000 per donor per project starting at 9:00 am EDT (this time in your city)!

For more details about our projects please visit our website where you can also sign up to receive our biannual electronic newsletter.

Thank you for your continued support. Together we are making a difference in the lives of the communities and preserving the extraordinary beauty of the amazing monarch migration.

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The end of the year is here and we are happy to report that our capacity-building workshops and conservation activities continued successfully. During the last trimester of 2012 we held 8 conservation workshops that resulted in the construction of 16 fuel-efficient stoves, 18 cisterns, and the establishment of 3 tree nurseries.  A total of 97 women and 62 men participated in our workshops acquiring skills that will benefit their families, schools and communities.

The halfway mark in our GlobalGiving fundraising goal has been surpassed and we are hoping to reach it this coming year.  Reaching our total funding target will raise our GlobalGiving rank as “Partner” to “Leader” making us eligible to be recommended to a corporate partner, thus expanding our visibility and fundraising opportunities. This will help us continue our capacity-building workshops with the communities in the Monarch Butterfly Butterfly Reserve. We hope that you will consider MBF in your end-of-year giving.  

We are looking forward to continuing our projects in 2013.  For more details about our projects please visit our website where you can also sign up to receive our biannual electronic newsletter.

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With our best wishes for this holiday season, we thank you and hope you have a happy new year!!

This past trimester MBF focused on reforestation activities and continued supporting capacity-building workshops. With funds from GlobalGiving and other sources we reforested 16 hectares within the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve with 22,340 seedlings from 6 community and 5 school tree nurseries. We also held 6 workshops on how to build fuel-efficient stoves and 2 on cisterns. This led to the construction of 62 stoves and 4 cisterns. All of this could not have been accomplished without your generosity. THANK YOU!

We are now close to reaching the halfway mark in our GlobalGiving fundraising goal.  Currently, our goal is to reach our total funding target so we can raise our GlobalGiving rank as “Partner” to “Leader” making us eligible to be recommended to a corporate partner, thus expanding our visibility and fundraising opportunities. This will help us continue our capacity-building workshops with the communities for the next three months.

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http://www.monarchconservation.org/content/mbf-newsletter-summer-2012

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