Submitted by
Carianne.Johnson
on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 20:52
General Information
Period covered
IUCN Constituent
IUCN CEM Central America, Mexico and Caribbean 2017-2020
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2017-2020
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
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Education/Communication/Raising awareness
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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.
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Completed
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Fundraising
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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.
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Completed
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Actors involved in these activities
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)
External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2017-2020