Bio-diversity

The Association of eros mixed n Piang Purruja ( APIAPU ) Constitute is in the 1998 consolidated ran or moving this forms a large collective Consisting of very low - income families keep eating Primarily Revenues from the extraction and subsequent marketing piangua n n . One at that time the University of Kansas and the University of Costa Rica , With headquarters in Golfito , Actively boosted the conformation n n and training organization . n By the Professor of the University of Costa Rica , Dr. Margarita Silva, a research process starts n cient fica on mangroves and the ecology of the bivalve popularly called piangua ( Anadara similis and Anadara TB ) in the mangroves of Purruja . In parallel the project develops sustainable use of the tuberculous piangua Anadara similis and Anadara in the mangroves of Purruja funded by the program of small donations (PPD ) of UNDP . In the last to you , has-been Strengthened APIAPU internally as organization , its work has Projected Within the community of Piang eros Laguz you NDOS n Increased number of affiliates and consultants -external . At the same time , your experience n the COVIRENAS and spec especficamente to ASOCOVIRENAS national Programme, has allowed to Increase the operational capacity of its environmental Local Committee. These positive conditions allowed us to submit a second draft Which We titled : APIAPU : alternative productive and sustainable environmental Gesti n of mangroves and Marine and Coastal areas in the Golfo Dulce (2005 ) and Which is currently in its last phase of implementation n . In this project we try to synthesize to the maximum pr practice Intended to objectively identifiable results based on three axes tem ticos General: n production , ecotourism and environmental management . The provisional results are translated in a significant progress of the project and the Institutional Strengthening of the Organization n . The project has enabled to fully remodel the basic infrastructure creating two distinct areas of work: ( 1) room higienizaci n ne handling of fishery products under the requirements of the Ministry of health , (2 ) environmental education and meeting room equipped with office and documentation n cient fica and informative about the mangroves . The proposal is presented in este documento t n participatory environmental Gesti title of the mangroves of Purruja and Coto -Colorado , Golfo Dulce ( 2007). This initiative to AIMS , Firstly , to move forward in institutional APIAPU Programmes of empowerment through training in productive activities , environmental education and tourism ecological comprehensive logical n . Second , the wood n and n subsequent Implementing progressive management of a plan in the mangroves of Purruja and Coto Colorado. The overall objective Pursued complete Focuses on the development of a Programme Management under the expected environmental n guidelines for a management plan. This instrument of planning n the above dealer key and unique element to harmonize aleda as a comprehensive strategy for preserving mangrove forests and n sustainable development in the communities. Currently APIAPU and ASOCOVIRENAS are Promoting , Within the coastal marine n Commission of Haunts and the Master Plan for the South Pac fico MUMA , wood n of a management plan for mangroves of the Golfo Dulce. Mangroves are a good p public heritage and Themselves Constitute a category of management as a protected wild area as a wetland and , Therefore , subject to the administration of the State . However , the absence of management action plans have inhibited the n policy program of the State In These ecosystems . In the Pac South Community Organizations Have Been : such as APIAPU , ASOCOVIRENAS , ASOMANGLE , With institutional and financial support of UNDP and other NGOs , que vac have occupied the left or by the State . At the moment it is Necessary to progress towards the establishment of management Plans that allow the co-determination of These Natural planned n spaces with participation n Proact

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