The Environment

The environment represents the future to the Coordinadora. Their region includes one of El Salvador's few remaining natural areas: the Bay of Jiquilisco, which in 2005 received recognition as a special protected area from both El Salvador's government and the RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands. Each community is involved in grassroots project design that responds to local needs. The communities have responded by organizing projects which include waste composting for fertilizer, irrigation techniques to conserve water, wood saving stoves, marine life repopulation in the Bay of Jiquilisco, and the Romero Memorial Tree Project, which plants native mangrove trees previously cut down for firewood.

 

Additional Reading:

Reforestation-An Alternative Spring Break	Connecting Values with the Environment
Earth Health & Public Health	The Mayans Earth & Ecology
Native Forest Project	Environmental Rehabilitation