By Douglas McMeekin | Executive Director
Yachana is making progress in the development of a project, working with Conservation International, to declare all of our 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) into a protected forest. This is a program of the Ecuadorian Ministry of the Environment to declare private reserves as part of this initiative. It is taking time due to all the government requirements, but we are almost there. The thing about this agreement that is important for me is that once the land is part of this government program, by law it has to be maintained in the condition that it was at the time of registering it into the program. In our case, about 90% of our land is in rainforest and 10% in either tourism infrastructure or agriculture. The farming techniques we are using we can show to the local farmers so they can improve their methods of farming. More along the lines of Permaculture. I will keep you posted as things progress. Thanks for your support and please keep helping. Thanks, love you, Douglas
By Douglas McMeekin | Executive Director
By Douglas McMeekin | Executive Director, Yachana Foundation
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