Indiana University/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Country:
Mexico
Award Date:
2002
Award Amount:
$150,877.00
Cost Share:
$177,378.00
Other Partners:
Centro para la Biodiversidad (CENBIO), Consejo Civil Mexicano para Silvicultura Sostenible (CCMSS), Estudios Rurales y Asesoría Campesina (ERA), Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales–Guatemala, Proyecto de Conservación y Manejo Forestal (PROCYMAF); Unión Zapoteca Chinanteca
This TIES partnership developed and improved community forest management through training and collaboration with researchers, technical advisers, and community members. Training activities emphasized theoretical, methodological and technical approaches pertinent to understand and analyze community governance and natural resource management. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM) developed courses for students interested in the development and community management of Mexico’s forests. The collaboration influenced public policy and community-level strategies through the joint work with relevant governmental programs such as PROCYMAF and the Program on Indigenous Conservation of Biodiversity, with NGOs such as ERA and CCMSS, and with the community-based organization, Unión Zapoteca Chinanteca.