The Mayan Forest is the northernmost tropical rainforest in the Americas and has lost over 50% of its original canopy cover.
This project will support the Mayan Forest in becoming the wildlife sanctuary it once was, sequester carbon to help fight climate change, and will empower local communities to transform their land into a thriving forest that also benefits them.
The project will include mangrove and terrestrial reforestation projects. Primarily indigenous Maya communities are being hired to implement the restoration work.
The project will pay community members to restore their community land, will benefit the community through sustainable agroforestry programs, improved fishing through increasing mangrove habitat, and will include ecotourism opportunities.