Day: Wednesday, November 9thTime: 9:00 - 10:30 am (CST, Costa Rica time)
Agenda
Introduction. Ana María Majano. Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Secretariat. Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE).
Community forestry and climate compatible development: the Latin American experience. Fernando Carrera. Professor and researcher, CATIE.
The experience of community forest concessions in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala. Julio Madrid, Non Timber Forest Products Coordinator of the Association of Forest Communities of Petén (ACOFOP).
About the webinar
It is known that most of the forests in the region that are not under the category of protected areas are in the hands of the communities. Therefore, the question arises: Is community forestry a conservation and development strategy? This question is valid if we take into account the ITTO and FAO report that concluded that until 1990 there were no cases of good management in tropical America (with the exception of 1 case in Trinidad). So, are there really successful cases of community forest management in Latin America?
Both presentations answered these questions with case studies. The first of them reviewed the situation of community forestry in several countries of the region (Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Dominican Republic) and the second presentation focused on the largest community forestry project in the world, the case of community concessions in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala, which has many lessons to share.
The webinar was conducted in Spanish. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists
Fernando Carrera Gambetta
Forestry Engineer, professor and researcher at CATIE. He has more than 25 years of experience in forest management in several countries of the region. He currently manages the activities of the forestry component of the USAID Regional Climate Change Program and is Manager of the Ibero-American Model Forest Network.
Julio Javier Madrid Cruz
Degree in Environmental Education from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. He is currently Coordinator of Non Timber Forest Products of the Association of Forest Communities of Petén (ACOFOP).