Environmental policy and administrative management

The community of Monte Rey is formed by about 31 families, for a total of approximately 130 people. Revenues depend on the econ nomic productive activities in their plots (4 ha / plot), including reproduction n minor species (pigs, chickens, chickens), livestock ay crops (cassava, taro, pipes, pl tano, love and niques vegetables) org. In the labor environment, few people have outside work and supplement the income with temporary jobs. This is a settlement established by the IDA in the year 2003 and still has not managed to develop services blicos b p musicians. This community along with eight other part of the program of Community and Corridor Gesti n logical rea Biol Tortuguero Conservation. In the year 2005, when the social work inici, an environmental stico diagn destac main community issues: illegal logging and / or deforestation, lack of awareness of the people by preserving biodiversity, pollution of the stream n DEGRADATION n Mona and soil caused by bad agricultural practices pr queues and to livestock. Today we know that the work helps to reduce these problems but has not solved. Among the advances in the production area n agro ecological logic and organizational strengthening, has received training in an integrated farm and many of the families is n engaged in the fight to produce cleanly, today there are 12 trained people make changes their farms. Adem s there are people in our community strengthened in areas such as: computation n, n Local MANAGEMENT, waste management, environmental education and elaboration n n projects. This project is intended to continue the path to strengthen families who initiated or initiated changes to produce more sustainably through agriculture and livestock to conservation, thereby preventing waste mechanics org mismanaged farm soil and pollute nearby waters . Another important factor is the reduced use of agroqu monkeys, a major source of pollution of the environment. The goal is for 12 families develop initiatives, and practices of sustainable agriculture and livestock to (52 people, 51.9% of them are women). This initiative is not new but it is a process that tore with more force at time 2005-2006, articulating the agro ecological production n logic with new trends of production n org nica and thanks to this the region has capitalized the n valuable support of institutions and NGO s as MAG, IDA, IMAS, EARTH, CEDECO, ACTo-SINAC, UCR, UNED, including and especially the experience of adding innovative producers and producers who took the challenge of leading and believe in the movement. Additionally, and not least the project includes support for the consolidation of communal waste management program s lidos; This program already has a small or collection center, a process of initial training and a responsible community program committee. Aiming this issue raised in the community is expected to have more information and awareness to participate more actively in the recycling plan. The community is near the Colorado-cal Corridor Biol Tortuguero and the buffer zone of the PNT. This location makes the community is important for the development of productive initiatives friendly to the environment, it is known that the effects of contamination by agroqu n s monkeys and waste solids reach the park.

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