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Creating the Category of Indigenous and Communal Natural Areas in the Guatemala Protected Areas Law

Grantee Name: Asociación SOTZ'IL ONG

Hotspot
Mesoamerica
Location
Guatemala
Amount
$20,000
Dates
Nov 2008 – Oct 2009
Keywords
Biodiversity mainstreaming, Legal support, Policy/law, Protected Areas

Support the design, validation and promotion of community and indigenous reserves as a new category of protection in the Guatemalan System of Protected Areas. Activities will include meetings to design the law, workshops to validate it with local actors and meetings with the Guatemala Protected Areas Agency and Congressional representatives to discuss its approval.

Strategic Direction :

1 Foster civil society participation in regional decisionmaking on select policies and investments to promote the conservation and sustainable development of the Selva Maya and the Selva Zoque and Chiapas/Guatemala Highlan

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