Submitted by
Carianne.Johnson
on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 20:52
General Information
Resolution
44087
IUCN Constituent
IUCN CEM Central America, Mexico and Caribbean 2017-2020
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2017-2020
Period covered
Geographic scope
Meso and South America
North America and the Caribbean
Country/Territory
Belize
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Ya'axche Conservation Trust (Belize), Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical (Cuba), GEF Small Grants Programme - United Nations Development Programme (Belize)
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Conducted agro-ecology capacity building sessions with indigenous farmers from communities adjacent to protected areas in the Maya Golden Landscape. Activities included demonstration planting of local pest control plant varieties into existing Inga Alley-Cropping farms and development of demonstration labs to farm biological control agents that are natural predators for indigenous pests. Training sessions conducted by Professor Reuben Sanchez of Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical (Cuba) through the South-South cooperation.
Status
Completed
Activity
Fundraising
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Ya'axche sought partnership for the continuation of the climate-smart agriculture capacity building sessions with indigenous farmers. The sessions focused on agro-ecology practices to reduce the impact of agriculture on biodiversity in the Mayan Golden Landscape in southern Belize.
Status
Completed
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
A team of indigenous farmers from southern Belize participated in a South-South cooperation networking opportunity in Cuba. They attended the Simposo Ecologia Sociedad y Medio Ambiente Ecovida 2018in Pinar del Rio hosted by Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical (Cuba).
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Fundraising
Description
Ya'axche Conservation Trust will continue to seek opportunities to partner with Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical (Cuba) for agro-ecological training for indigenous farmers in southern Belize.
III. Additional Information
External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2017-2020