Bio-diversity

ASOPROFOR is composed mainly of women organization that was formed 12 years ago to improve the conditions of production of marketing of ny n carb n vegetal and generate employment for women in particular. It was in 1998 that we began to participate in the sale of services alimentation n tourism research potential and teaching anza stayed in the house of CATIE in Villa Mills. And from July 2003 to now we were building a Center for Environmental Animation thanks to a donation of as Peque Grants Program (SGP) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). His realization n aims, firstly, to raise awareness in us, the aleda you and ecotur stas on the importance of protecting the environment and want to do our level best trying to solve environmental problems that stand in our area that are garbage, ay cacer capture wildlife. On the other hand, aims that we can benefit from nature tourism, provide employment opportunities and formation n for women and our families a source of additional income to not rely solely on monoculture of default, to avoid leave the area. The proposal is linked to Operation no3 Forest Ecosystems Program under protection activities yh natural habitat sites of great value. We are located on the boundary with R or Macho Forest Reserve which is at the limits of the Massif l Death and Chirrip Tapanti Park National Park and the surround as the Los Santos Forest Reserve. From July 2003 until now we were building together a Center for Environmental Animation with the help of UNDP SGP. This center located in a buffer zone is the possibility for us to have an alternative to monoculture blackberry and able to stay to live in this area to help care for her. Able to live here in harmony with nature benefici ndonos selling nature tourism services (accommodation, alimentation n, washing, local transportation, guiatura and animations). For n Environmental animation is used as the main stage the trails around the facility, in a secondary forest and a pine plantation n, we conducted in 2003 and 2004 with the help of Raleigh International. The animations will have no aim to make discover the PUBLIC what not obvious that it is an ecosystem c mo, cu they are relationships between the sun, air, water, soil, and all living beings are organized including the most discreet as fungi, l Quees, mosses. PUBLIC explain that all living beings have a vital role in the cycle of nature and therefore it is important to the environment as a whole although we emphasis on the importance of protecting forests for the carbon they sequester and nascent sheltering. We will touch on global environmental issues such as the greenhouse effect, as the renewable energy, the current rate of extinction of species n, freshwater consumption, provided by din micas. We believe that a good relationship with nature n begins to know her better YMS closely. Objectives spec GRAPHICS: 1.Contar with animation n Environmental Center equipped, running, self-financing and replicable to other areas of pa s 2.Darles job opportunity na formation and women and all of us a source of additional income for our families. 3.Concientizar to PUBLIC on global environmental issues and the importance of protecting the environment

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